Retirement
Securing retirement
Retirement is complex. That’s why our approach to helping our clients with it is straightforward. We aim to deliver personal experiences that help individual investors achieve their goals and to help institutional investors and financial advisors that offer retirement plans and advice do the same.
Meeting the challenges of retirement
Personal investors
Strategies and services that meet diverse needs
We empower personal investors to tackle retirement with confidence, whether they’re just starting on the road to retirement, already retired, or anywhere along the journey.

Institutional investors
Serving the needs of large businesses
We offer an array of services to help large businesses construct and deliver world-class retirement plans that attract and retain employees. In addition to traditional 401(k) plans, we serve the recordkeeping needs of 403(b), 457, and other defined contribution and nonqualified plans.
Financial advisors
Serving the needs of small and midsize businesses
Vanguard Retirement Plan Access™ (VRPA) helps financial advisors serve the needs of small and midsize businesses through simple, low-cost 401(k) and 403(b) plans, as well as other types of retirement plans.
Notes:
All investing is subject to risk, including the possible loss of the money you invest.