Initiatives
IDO Org
BSP Functions
Finance/Investment
Vanguard Misc
100

Name for the initiative to modernize EIP

What is Polaris
100

Product Owners for BoRs

Who are: Tim Sanford, Rich Szczurek, and Harika Marpohno

100

Name the different accounting Service Providers

What are: JPM, SSB, BBH, CIBC, NT

100

An activity in a business that brings material change to the organization and impacts its stakeholders in some way. Can be voluntary or mandatory

What are Corporate Actions

100

Current Vanguard CEO

Salim Ramji

200

Name for the initiative "to define and design cloud-based core data management capabilities and services applicable across data services"

What is HDMI or G42 

200

The head of IDO

Who is Kelly West

200

This BSP performs middle office trade processing

What is SSB

200

Additional shares that are non market recognized that are given to long term stakeholders in the company

What are Loyalty Lines or Prime Fidelite

200

Global net cash flow as of 8/31/25

$199.9 Billion

300

Name of initiative to utilize Refinitive for broader Security Reference Management use

What is Carina

300

The sponsor for Reference operations

Who is Peggy Boehme

300

This BSP does accounting for institutional funds

Northern Trust

300

What is the relationship between a bond's price and it's yield?

Inverse

300

Total AUM as of 08/31/25

$11.3 Trillion

400

Initiative to create a single user interface for consumers to utilize data stored in the lake

What is Data Explorer
400

The sponsor for BoRs Operations

Who is Phil Craven
400

True or False: SSB is the accounting BSP for externally managed funds like Wellington

False

400

What happens to a stock's price on or immediately after ex date?

It goes down

400

Vanguard's Mission Statement

“To take a stand for all investors, to treat them fairly, and to give them the best chance for investment success.”

500

Initiative to scale ESG data within the lake

What is Veritas

500

The sponsor for ESG operations

Who is Will Bishop

500

BSPs that perform US pricing operations?

SSB and JPM

500

A financial agreement where investors exchange the difference in values of an asset between when the contract opens and closes. This allows investors to speculate on the price movement without owning the underlying asset. 

Contract For Difference or CFD

500

Head of Finance Division

John Bendl