XML Financial’s $21.6 Million Exit from Vanguard Bond ETF: A Shifting Strategy

On October 20, 2025, in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, XML Financial disclosed the complete sale of its 293,210-share stake in the Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF (BND). With the shares changing hands for approximately $21.59 million, this exit marks the end of XML’s bond market engagement through BND-an instrument that once represented a solid 1.87% of the firm’s total assets under management. Now, as the dust settles, XML reports no position in the ETF, a quiet yet impactful shift in their portfolio.



