Most vanguard classical mutual funds are share classes of an underlying ETF, and can be lent.
Last I checked (which to be fair was like a year or so ago), vanguard didn't take a cut for securities lending. It does however boost the fund's performance
> Vanguard Brokerage maintains an economic interest in Fully Paid Lending program loans and earns revenue in connection with such loans.
Vanguard the brokerage wants me to enable lending, but my mutual fund shares in Vanguard the brokerage can't be lent, because mutual funds are not lendable. If I converted it to an ETF, then the ETF could be lent, but I don't know how much interest there is in borrowing ETFs to short.
The underlying holdings in the mutual fund can be lent by Vanguard the funds. Vanguard says all the proceeds from lending (net of expenses) go to the funds. I think Schwab and Fidelity take a cut of lending proceeds on funds beyond their program expenses, but then they take a 'zero expense ratio'. It doesn't necessarily matter to me where specifically the Fund administrator takes their fees, it's the end of the day net investment value. And honestly, inertia is a big part of it, I have too much unrealized capital gains to really consider changing my stock funds, but I could be convinced to switch to a different brokerage.
Vanguard the brokerage also has a share lending program, advertisement here https://investor.vanguard.com/campaign/earn-additional-incom...
> Vanguard Brokerage maintains an economic interest in Fully Paid Lending program loans and earns revenue in connection with such loans.
Vanguard the brokerage wants me to enable lending, but my mutual fund shares in Vanguard the brokerage can't be lent, because mutual funds are not lendable. If I converted it to an ETF, then the ETF could be lent, but I don't know how much interest there is in borrowing ETFs to short.
The underlying holdings in the mutual fund can be lent by Vanguard the funds. Vanguard says all the proceeds from lending (net of expenses) go to the funds. I think Schwab and Fidelity take a cut of lending proceeds on funds beyond their program expenses, but then they take a 'zero expense ratio'. It doesn't necessarily matter to me where specifically the Fund administrator takes their fees, it's the end of the day net investment value. And honestly, inertia is a big part of it, I have too much unrealized capital gains to really consider changing my stock funds, but I could be convinced to switch to a different brokerage.