Comments on: Tax Efficiency of Vanguard ETFs Follow Up http://www.wheredoesallmymoneygo.com/tax-efficiency-of-vanguard-etfs-follow-up/ A Canadian Personal Finance Blog Sun, 14 Mar 2010 09:30:52 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Henry http://www.wheredoesallmymoneygo.com/tax-efficiency-of-vanguard-etfs-follow-up/comment-page-1/#comment-18247 Henry Tue, 22 Sep 2009 12:48:42 +0000 http://www.wheredoesallmymoneygo.com/?p=1289#comment-18247 So for situations where tax concerns do not exist such as endowments and tax deferred accounts, Vanguard ETFs' tax structure does not matter. I am just wondering if you know about special institutional rebates that Blackrock Global Investors give to institutions that invest in iShares. EEM is the most obvious example with a MER of .72% vs VWO's .27%. My impression is that various endowment funds that use EEM over VWO has some form of institutional rebate of the MER. So for situations where tax concerns do not exist such as endowments and tax deferred accounts, Vanguard ETFs’ tax structure does not matter.

I am just wondering if you know about special institutional rebates that Blackrock Global Investors give to institutions that invest in iShares.

EEM is the most obvious example with a MER of .72% vs VWO’s .27%. My impression is that various endowment funds that use EEM over VWO has some form of institutional rebate of the MER.

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