The Vanguard Energy Fund is adapting to the sector's move toward renewable energy.
Vanguard is changing the benchmark of its actively managed Vanguard Energy Fund, while boosting the net expense ratio on it by about one basis point to 0.33% for investor shares and 0.25% for admiral shares as a result of an advisory change, the company said.
"Vanguard Energy Fund will increase exposure to utilities stocks starting in late 2020 as it adapts to the energy sector's evolution away from fossil fuels and toward renewable energy sources," company spokeswoman Jessica Emery told ThinkAdvisor.
"We believe these changes will enhance the positioning of the Energy Fund to adapt to this evolving sector in the years ahead," she explained.
Meanwhile, Vanguard's Quantitative Equity Group, which has managed about 5% of the Energy Fund since 2005, "will no longer serve as an advisor to the fund," she said.
Wellington Management, an advisor to the fund since its inception in 1984, will become the fund's sole advisor. G. Thomas Levering, senior managing director, partner and global industry analyst for the firm, will continue as portfolio manager, according to Vanguard.
Alger to Offer Its First 2 ETFs
Fred Alger Management will launch its first two exchange-traded funds — the actively managed Alger 25 ETF (investing in 25 large-cap growth equities in the tech, health care, consumer discretionary and industrial sectors) and Alger Mid Cap 40 ETF (investing in 40 mid-cap growth equities) — on the NYSE Arca in the first quarter of 2021, the firm said.
The ETFs are not traditional actively managed ones. The firm licensed the ActiveShares nontransparent ETF strategy from Precidian Investments, enabling it to "deliver actively managed investment strategies in an ETF vehicle without disclosing holdings daily," Alger said.
