VRNIX Fees and Costs — Vanguard Russell 1000 Index Fund, Institutional Shares

Data updated: 2026-07-29

The net expense ratio is 0.05%: a 0.04% management fee plus 0.01% other expenses. There are no sales loads or redemption fees. In fiscal 2025 the fund paid $17K in broker commissions, 0.0002% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 3%.

VRNIX Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of VRNIX. Prospectus, as of February 2, 2026.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.04%
12b-1 fee0.00%
Other expenses0.01%
Gross expense ratio0.05%
Fee waiver—
Net expense ratio0.05%
Sales charges
Max front load—
Max deferred load—
Redemption fee—
Expense limitation in place (N-CEN)No
Fees waived or reduced during the yearNo
Waived fees subject to recoupmentNo

VRNIX Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in VRNIX, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $32 over 5 years, cutting the return by 0.05% 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 0.05%)$5$17$29
Trading costs (broker commissions)$0$0$0
Lost growth on money paid in costs$0$1$3
Total costs$5$17$32
Value after costs$10,495$11,559$12,731
Impact on return, per year0.05%0.05%0.05%

VRNIX Trading Costs

Brokerage costs reported on SEC Form N-CEN for the fiscal year ending August 31, 2025.

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): 0.0002%
  • Total broker commissions: $17K
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $594.5M
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 3%
  • Securities on loan, average value: $1.0M
  • Net income from securities lending: $67K (0.001% of average net assets)

VRNIX Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
BARCLAYS PLC$4K24.85%
CITIGROUP INC.$4K22.15%
BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION$2K13.27%
JPMORGAN CHASE & CO.$2K11.63%
MORGAN STANLEY$2K10.05%
JEFFERIES FINANCIAL GROUP INC.$1K6.25%
THE GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP, INC.$6233.76%
CITADEL SECURITIES LP$5553.35%
VIRTU FINANCIAL, INC.$4722.85%
Royal Bank of Canada$3051.84%

VRNIX Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund$586.1M98.59%
JPMORGAN CHASE & CO.$3.3M0.56%
THE GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP, INC.$3.1M0.52%
MORGAN STANLEY$1.3M0.21%
CITIGROUP INC.$283K0.05%
BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION$162K0.03%
BARCLAYS PLC$140K0.02%
JEFFERIES FINANCIAL GROUP INC.$135K0.02%
FMR LLC$13K0.00%
Mizuho Financial Group, Inc.$2K0.00%

Vanguard Russell 1000 Index Fund Share Classes

Net expense ratio and maximum front-end load of each share class, cheapest first.

TickerClassNet expense ratioFront load
VRNIXInstitutional Shares0.05%—
VONEETF Shares0.06%—

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.