Vanguard is restructuring its account fees. Instead of the mix of: $10 custodial fee on IRAs with balance of less than $5000 $10 maint. fee on index funds with balance of less than $10000 $10 cust fee on ESAs with balance of less than $5000 $10 low-balance fee on all non-ret accounts with balance of less than $2500
Vanguard will instead have a $20 per fund fee on all funds with balances of less than $10000. The fee can be waived by registering for acct access on vanguard.com and requesting electronic delivery of statements, confirmations, reports, and prospecti.