40-17F2 1 tm2233042d1_4017f2.htm 40-17F2

 

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM N-17f-2

 

 

Certificate of Accounting of Securities and Similar

Investments in the Custody of

Management Investment Companies

 

Pursuant to Rule 17f-2 [17 CFR 270.17f-2]

 

1. Investment Company Act File Number: 811-03919

 

 Date examination completed:
October 31, 2022

 

2. State Identification Number:

             
  AL AK AZ AR CA CO
  CT DE DC FL GA HI
  ID IL IN IA KS KY
  LA ME MD MA MI MN
  MS MO MT NE NV NH
  NJ NM NY NC ND OH
  OK OR PA RI SC SD
  TN TX UT VT VA WA
  WV WI WY PUERTO RICO
 

Other (specify):

 

3. Exact name of investment company as specified in registration statement:

Vanguard LifeStrategy Conservative Growth Fund
Vanguard LifeStrategy Growth Fund
Vanguard LifeStrategy Income Fund
Vanguard LifeStrategy Moderate Growth Fund
Vanguard STAR Fund

 

4. Address of principal executive office: (number, street, city, state, zip code)

100 Vanguard Boulevard, Malvern, PA 19355

 

 

 

  

 

Report of Independent Accountants

 

To the Board of Trustees of The Vanguard STAR Funds and The Vanguard Trustees' Equity Fund

 

We have examined management's assertion, included in the accompanying Management Statement Regarding Compliance with Certain Provisions of the Investment Company Act of 1940, that the funds listed within Attachment A (the “Funds”) complied with the requirements of subsections (b) and (c) of Rule 17f-2 under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (“the Act”) as of October 31, 2022. The Funds’ management is responsible for its assertion and the Funds’ compliance with those requirements. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on management's assertion about the Funds’ compliance with the specified requirements based on our examination.

 

Our examination was conducted in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) and in accordance with attestation standards established by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Those standards require that we plan and perform the examination to obtain reasonable assurance about whether management’s assertion about compliance with the specified requirements is fairly stated, in all material respects, and, accordingly, included examining, on a test basis, evidence about the Funds’ compliance with those requirements and performing such other procedures as we considered necessary in the circumstances. Included among our procedures were the following tests performed as of October 31, 2022, and with respect to agreement of security purchases and sales, for the periods noted within Attachment A:

 

-Confirmation of all securities held on VAST, the recordkeeping system used by the Funds’ transfer agent, in book entry form without prior notice to management;

 

-Reconciliation of all such securities to the books and records of the Funds and VAST; and

 

-Agreement of 2 security purchases and 2 security sales per fund (when 2 or less security purchases or 2 or less security sales per fund are available, agreement of all possible security purchases or all possible security sales per fund) since our last report from the books and records of the Funds to VAST.

 

We believe that our examination provides, and that the evidence we obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide, a reasonable basis for our opinion. Our examination does not provide a legal determination on the Funds’ compliance with the specified requirements.

 

In our opinion, management's assertion that the Funds complied with the requirements of subsections (b) and (c) of Rule 17f-2 of the Investment Company Act of 1940 as of October 31, 2022 with respect to securities reflected in the investment accounts of the Funds is fairly stated, in all material respects.

 

This report is intended solely for the information and use of management and the Board of Trustees of the Funds and the Securities and Exchange Commission and is not intended to be and should not be used by anyone other than the specified parties.

 

 

/s/PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

December 15, 2022

 

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Two Commerce Square, Suite 1800, 2001 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103-7042
T: (267) 330 3000, www.pwc.com/us

 

 

 

Attachment A

 

Vanguard Fund of Funds   Period
     
Vanguard STAR Funds:    
Vanguard LifeStrategy Conservative Growth Fund   08/15/2022 1 – 10/31/2022
Vanguard LifeStrategy Growth Fund   08/15/2022 1 – 10/31/2022
Vanguard LifeStrategy Income Fund   08/15/2022 1 – 10/31/2022
Vanguard LifeStrategy Moderate Growth Fund   08/15/2022 1 – 10/31/2022
Vanguard STAR Fund   08/15/2022 1 – 10/31/2022
     
Vanguard Trustees' Equity Fund:    
Vanguard Diversified Equity Fund   08/15/2022 1 – 10/31/2022

 

1 Date of our last examination

 

2

 

 

  
   
P.O. Box 2900
  Valley Forge, PA 19482-2900
  www.vanguard.com

  

Management Statement Regarding Compliance with Certain

Provisions of the Investment Company Act of 1940

 

We, as members of management of the funds listed within Attachment A (the “Funds”), are responsible for complying with the requirements of subsections (b) and (c) of Rule 17f-2, Custody of Investments by Registered Management Investment Companies, of the Investment Company Act of 1940. We are also responsible for establishing and maintaining effective internal controls over compliance with those requirements. We have performed an evaluation of the Funds’ compliance with the requirements of subsections (b) and (c) of Rule 17f-2 as of October 31, 2022, and for the periods noted within Attachment A.

 

Based on this evaluation, we assert that the Funds were in compliance with the requirements of subsections (b) and (c) of Rule 17f-2 of the Investment Company Act of 1940 as of October 31, 2022, and for the periods noted within Attachment A, with respect to securities reflected in the investment accounts of the Funds.

 

The Vanguard Funds

 

By: /s/ Mortimer J. Buckley  
  Mortimer J. Buckley  
  Chief Executive Officer of the Funds  
  December 15, 2022  
     
  /s/ Christine Buchanan  
  Christine Buchanan  
  Chief Financial Officer of the Funds  
  December 15, 2022  

 

 

 

Attachment A

 

Vanguard Fund of Funds  Period
    
Vanguard STAR Funds:   
Vanguard LifeStrategy Conservative Growth Fund  08/15/2022 1 – 10/31/2022
Vanguard LifeStrategy Growth Fund  08/15/2022 1 – 10/31/2022
Vanguard LifeStrategy Income Fund  08/15/2022 1 – 10/31/2022
Vanguard LifeStrategy Moderate Growth Fund  08/15/2022 1 – 10/31/2022
Vanguard STAR Fund  08/15/2022 1 – 10/31/2022
    
Vanguard Trustees' Equity Fund:   
Vanguard Diversified Equity Fund  08/15/2022 1 – 10/31/2022

 

1 Date of our last examination