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- Dimensional US Real Estate ETF (DFAR) is an actively managed exchange-traded fund that invests primarily in U.S. real estate equity securities, including real estate investment trusts (REITs) and companies engaged in ownership, management, development, construction, or sale of residential, commercial, or industrial real estate; the portfolio employs a market capitalization-weighted approach with systematic tilts toward higher profitability and lower relative price securities within the broad U.S. real estate sector. Launched on February 23, 2022, and issued by Dimensional Fund Advisors LP, a global investment firm founded in 1981 and headquartered in Austin, Texas, with additional offices across the U.S., Canada, U.K., Germany, Netherlands, Australia, Singapore, and Japan, DFAR targets long-term capital appreciation through diversified holdings such as Prologis Inc., Welltower Inc., American Tower Corp., Equinix Inc., and Digital Realty Trust Inc., among others. The fund, domiciled in the United States with approximately $1.4 billion in assets under management and a net expense ratio of 0.19%, benchmarks against the Dow Jones U.S. Select REIT Index and Russell 3000 Index while focusing on readily marketable equity securities. In recent developments, Dimensional Fund Advisors, the fund's manager, renewed its transfer agency agreement with SS&C Global Investor and Distribution Solutions in March 2025 for its U.K. fund range managing GBP 8.7 billion; partnered with Prudential Financial and Fiduciary Exchange in January 2025 to introduce protected lifetime income strategies via managed accounts; and launched its first active UCITS ETFs on the London Stock Exchange and Xetra in Frankfurt in November 2025, supported by State Street. Additionally, in August 2025, Dimensional updated the strategy design for certain targeted value funds to emphasize higher profitability and lower relative price securities across eligible size and value ranges, reflecting ongoing refinements to its systematic investment approach. These initiatives underscore Dimensional's expansion into new product structures, strategic alliances, and enhanced portfolio methodologies amid its management of over $600 billion in global assets.