C000155399 Fees and Costs — Vanguard Institutional Target Retirement 2015 Fund, Institutional Shares

Data updated: 2022-03-01

The net expense ratio is 0.09%. There are no sales loads or redemption fees. In fiscal 2021 the fund paid $21K in broker commissions, 0.0002% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 24%.

C000155399 Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of C000155399. Prospectus, as of January 31, 2022.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.00%
12b-1 fee0.00%
Other expenses0.00%
Gross expense ratio0.09%
Fee waiver—
Net expense ratio0.09%
Sales charges
Max front load0.00%
Max deferred load—
Redemption fee0.00%
Expense limitation in place (N-CEN)No
Fees waived or reduced during the yearNo
Waived fees subject to recoupmentNo

C000155399 Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in C000155399, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $57 over 5 years, cutting the return by 0.09% a year. Illustration, not a forecast: it assumes today's net expense ratio throughout (a fee waiver may end).

$10,000 investedSell after 1 yearSell after 3 yearsSell after 5 years
Value before costs$10,500$11,576$12,763
Fund expenses (net expense ratio 0.09%)$9$30$52
Trading costs (broker commissions)$0$0$0
Lost growth on money paid in costs$0$1$5
Total costs$9$31$57
Value after costs$10,491$11,545$12,705
Impact on return, per year0.09%0.09%0.09%

C000155399 Trading Costs

Brokerage costs reported on SEC Form N-CEN for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2021.

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): 0.0002%
  • Total broker commissions: $21K
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $7.5B
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 24%
  • Securities lending: none during the year

C000155399 Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
BofA Securities, Inc.$8K37.34%
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc.$8K35.88%
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC$6K26.78%

C000155399 Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund$2.1B28.76%
Vanguard Total International Bond II Index Fund$1.7B22.92%
Vanguard Total International Bond Index Fund$1.4B18.75%
Vanguard Total Bond Market II Index Fund$874.6M11.72%
Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund$538.9M7.22%
BofA Securities, Inc.$346.1M4.64%
Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities Index Fund$279.2M3.74%
Vanguard Total International Stock Index Fund$128.4M1.72%
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC$40.2M0.54%

For information only. Not investment advice: figures are as reported in SEC filings and may contain errors or be out of date. Past performance does not guarantee future results.