- Sector
- Financial Services
- Industry
- Asset Management - Global
- Address
- 6300 Bee Cave Road, Building One Austin TX United States of America 78746
- IPO Date
- Sep 13, 2021
- Business
- Dimensional World ex U.S. Core Equity 2 ETF (DFAX) is an exchange-traded fund managed by Dimensional Fund Advisors LP that seeks long-term capital appreciation by investing in a broad and diverse portfolio of equity securities from non-U.S. companies across developed, emerging, and potentially frontier markets; the fund emphasizes exposures to small-cap, value, and profitability factors while considering federal tax implications through strategies that minimize net capital gains realization and prioritize long-term gains. DFAX invests at least 80% of its net assets in non-U.S. equity securities or investments providing exposure thereto, including depositary receipts, and benchmarks its performance against the MSCI All Country World ex USA Index (net dividends) and MSCI All Country World ex USA IMI Index (net dividends); it offers quarterly distributions with a recent yield of approximately 2.69% and maintains an expense ratio of 0.28%-0.29%, with net assets exceeding $9.8 billion. The fund, part of Dimensional ETF Trust, complements Dimensional's broader suite of systematic active ETFs, mutual funds, separately managed accounts, and model portfolios focused on equity and fixed income strategies that integrate academic research on market dimensions such as size, value, and profitability.
Dimensional Fund Advisors LP, founded in 1981 and headquartered in Austin, Texas, operates globally with offices across the U.S., Canada, U.K., Germany, Netherlands, Australia, Singapore, and Japan, serving institutional clients, financial advisors, and investors through evidence-based investment solutions managing over $600 billion in assets. In recent developments, Dimensional surpassed $200 billion in ETF assets in 2025, less than five years after launching its first ETFs in late 2020, driven by $123 billion in flows including conversions from mutual funds; the firm expanded its ETF lineup to 41 funds and awaits SEC approval for a dual share class structure to enhance tax efficiency across mutual funds and ETFs. Additionally, Dimensional renewed its transfer agency agreement with SS&C Technologies in March 2025 for U.K. funds managing GBP 8.7 billion and partnered with Prudential Financial and Fiduciary Exchange in January 2025 to introduce protected lifetime income strategies via Dimensional's systematic approaches in managed accounts; in September 2024, it strategically increased its stake in Vista Outdoor Inc., and in 2025 updated strategy designs for targeted value funds to emphasize higher profitability securities.