The next leg of the price war toward 0% fees for investors has begun to unfold in the growing world of exchange-traded funds. The Vanguard Group, the world’s second-largest asset manager, this week slashed the cost of investing in its funds,

Key Takeaways The Vanguard Group on Monday announced the largest management fee cuts in its history.The move will reduce the cost of putting money in 87 exchange-traded funds and mutual funds, Vanguard said.

Vanguard announced fee reductions for 168 mutual fund and exchange-traded share classes across 87 funds. The move will save investors roughly $350 million this year. The asset manager’s wide fee cut comes less than a month after Vanguard agreed to pay more than $100 million to the Securities and Exchange Commission over alleged violations involving its target date retirement funds.