Slowly but surely, Vanguard is expanding and evolving its proxy voting pilot program—Investor Choice.
This pilot program, co-navigated by Broadridge Financial Solutions, aims to give mutual fund and ETF shareholders more input in how their votes are cast on the proxy statements of the companies that their funds hold.
It was launched in 2023 and expanded in 2024. I wrote about my experience participating in the program this year here. (It’s one place Vanguard got the user experience and technology right!)
I’m still waiting on some details about the program—such as when it will run and which underlying holdings it will include—but Vanguard outlined several important changes.
First, three funds were added to the fleet in 2025. Below is a list of the funds taking flight next year: