- Sector
- Financial Services
- Industry
- Asset Management - Global
- Address
- 6300 Bee Cave Road, Building One Austin TX United States of America 78746
- IPO Date
- Nov 14, 2024
- Business
- Dimensional ETF Trust (the Trust) is a Delaware statutory trust registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 as an open-end management investment company that offers exchange-traded funds (ETFs). The Trust's ETFs, including the Dimensional Emerging Markets ex China Core Equity ETF (DEXC), are actively managed by Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (Dimensional) to pursue higher expected returns through systematic processes emphasizing factors such as smaller capitalization, value, profitability, and momentum in equity securities. Core offerings encompass a suite of over 40 active ETFs providing exposure to U.S. equity, international developed markets, emerging markets (including ex-China strategies like DEXC), fixed income, and specialized segments; these funds integrate financial science-based portfolio design with daily trading flexibility to capture market inefficiencies while maintaining broad diversification across sectors, countries, and company sizes.
Dimensional, founded in 1981 and headquartered in Austin, Texas, with additional offices in Charlotte, North Carolina; Santa Monica, California; and 13 international locations across Canada, Europe, Asia, and Australia, serves as the investment adviser to the Trust. The Trust operates globally, with ETFs targeting institutional and retail investors through financial professionals, focusing on evidence-driven strategies benchmarked against indices like the MSCI Emerging Markets ex-China Index for products such as DEXC, which launched on November 13, 2024, and invests primarily in large- and mid-cap emerging market equities excluding China.
Recent developments include the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) approval in November 2025 of Dimensional's application for exemptive relief to offer ETF share classes alongside 13 existing U.S. equity mutual funds, representing over $190 billion in assets and enabling enhanced tax efficiency and liquidity for investors. In September 2025, Dimensional filed to launch its first UCITS ETFs in Europe by year-end, targeting developed markets all-cap and small/mid-cap value strategies for listing in London and Frankfurt, marking its entry into the region's ETF market. Additionally, Dimensional renewed its transfer agency agreement with SS&C Global Investor and Distribution Solutions in March 2025 for U.K. OEIC funds managing GBP 8.7 billion.