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Portfolio Builder

The Project

As more Vanguard clients are moving to robo-advice platforms (like Digital Advisor and Personal Advisor), we wanted to offer them more investment portfolios choices. The portfolio builder project offers clients 3 different investment portfolio options:

  1. All-index investment option
  2. Active/index investment option
  3. ESG investment option

The Strategy

Provide educational content on the differences between the above 3 types of portfolios.

The UX team chose an accordion dropdown design for each of the 3 portfolio options above. When opened, each option provides a brief description of the portfolio type including:

  • Main benefits
  • Type of user who'd benefit most
  • Advisory fee
  • Types of funds used
  • A call to action

Results

Clear, helpful information about the 3 different portfolio types available on Digital Advisor. The drop-down accordion design also makes the page uncluttered and the content easy to access.

Screenshots

This screen introduces users to 3 different portfolio types. We used an accordion menu to showcase them:

  1. All-index investment option
  2. Active/Index investment option
  3. ESG investment option
Vanguard Portfolio Builder

All-index investment option.

When the user clicks on this option in the accordion menu, a concise description of the All-Index investment option displays. The content format is exactly the same for all 3 investment options, ending with the question, "Interested in this investment option?" and the CTA button, "Get started".

Vanguard All-index investment option

Active/Index investment option

When the user clicks on this option in the accordion menu, a concise description of the All-Index investment option displays. The content format is exactly the same for all 3 investment options, ending with the question, "Interested in this investment option?" and the CTA button, "Get started".

Vanguard Active/index investment option

ESG option

When the user clicks on this option in the accordion menu, a concise description of the ESG option displays. The content format is exactly the same for all 3 investment options, ending with the question, "Interested in this investment option?" and the CTA button, "Get started".

Vanguard Active/ESG option