Vanguard is an investment company not quite like any other. Vanguard was founded in the United States in 1975 on a simple but revolutionary idea: that an investment company should manage the funds it offers in the sole interest of its clients.

In 1976, Vanguard pioneered the concept of indexing, introducing the first index fund for individual investors in the United States. Our approach has earned us the trust of millions of investors and allowed us to become one of the world's largest investment management companies, with a presence in Europe, Australia and Asia as well as the Americas.



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Our client-focused approach is anchored in the ownership structure of The Vanguard Group, Inc., in the United States. Rather than being publicly traded or owned by a small group of individuals, The Vanguard Group is owned by Vanguard's US-domiciled funds and ETFs. Those funds, in turn, are owned by their investors. This unique mutual structure aligns our interests with those of our investors and drives the culture, philosophy and policies throughout the Vanguard organisation worldwide. As a result, UK investors benefit from Vanguard's stability and experience, low costs and client focus.
Vanguard opened its UK office in 2009 and, since then, our strategy has been specifically aimed at helping the UK adviser and Financial Planning community to thrive in a fee-based world. We're committed to supporting you and your business needs. Vanguard's straightforward, low-cost funds offer access to broadly diversified markets and are designed to help you and your colleagues to build robust portfolios that meet your clients' long-term objectives.

Vanguard's dedicated adviser education material reflects the same client-focused principles as our funds. We aim to provide you with plain talk information that creates transparency and explains things as they are. Through investment symposiums, online tools and extensive literature Vanguard helps Advisers, Financial Planners and Paraplanners to understand complex financial matters and build strong, long-term relationships with their clients based on trust and mutual long term benefit. We're pleased to be corporate members of the IFP and look forward to meeting up with IFP members over the year, particularly at the annual conference at Celtic Manor Resort in October.

For further details contact the adviser helpline Call: 0800 917 5508 or visit www.vanguard.co.uk