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What Vanguard's hire of a sizzling Wall Streeter reveals about Bill McNabb's determination to avoid the whiff of stale passivity

Anne Robinson is the new chief counsel reporting to the CEO, but her Citi and AmEx branding expertise and her outsider status hint at the $3.4-billion asset manager's nod to rapid shifts toward market challenges

Author Natalie Carpenter and Brooke Southall August 5, 2016 at 7:21 PM
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Anne E. Robinson could be a change agent as Vanguard looks to its future -- one that may involve a rebrand.


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