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Vanguard Group
Vanguard's cautious approach to ESG product development and its public skepticism of ESG proxy voting activism — while intellectually principled from a returns-focus perspective — has resulted in a narrower ESG product lineup compared to BlackRock and State Street, potentially costing Vanguard AUM from the growing institutional and retail investor segment that requires ESG alignment as a portfolio mandate.