DFA Emerging Markets Core Equity Portfolio
DFCEX
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in mil. unless spec.- Sector
- Financial Services
- Industry
- Asset Management
- Address
- Santa Monica CA 90401 Santa Monica CA United States of America 90401
- IPO Date
- Apr 8, 2005
- CIK
- 0000355437
- Website
- dimensional.com
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- DFA Emerging Markets Core Equity Portfolio (DFCEX) is an institutional-class mutual fund managed by Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (DFA), which provides systematic investment strategies based on academic research into capital markets. The Portfolio invests in a broad and diverse group of equity securities associated with emerging markets, including frontier markets authorized by DFA's Investment Committee; it gains exposure through depositary receipts and targets companies across market capitalizations with tilts toward smaller size, lower relative price, higher profitability, and short-term reversal factors, spanning sectors such as technology (21.8%), financial services (17.9%), and consumer cyclical (12.6%), with top holdings including Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd, Tencent Holdings Ltd, and Samsung Electronics Co Ltd. DFA offers this alongside complementary products like U.S. Core Equity, Small Cap Value, and fixed income ETFs; the firm pioneered flexible indexing since 1981 and now provides equity and fixed income mutual funds, ETFs, separately managed accounts, and model portfolios to advisors and institutions. Founded in 1981 and headquartered in Austin, Texas, DFA operates globally with 15 offices across the U.S., Canada, U.K., Germany, Netherlands, Australia, Singapore, and Japan. The firm manages hundreds of billions in assets through its investment companies, including DFA Investment Dimensions Group Inc, emphasizing low-cost, evidence-based approaches informed by Nobel laureates like Eugene Fama and Kenneth French. In recent developments, DFA received SEC approval in November 2025 to launch ETF share classes for 13 mutual funds, including potentially DFCEX, representing over $190 billion in assets and marking a shift from its advisor-only model. The firm renewed and extended its transfer agency agreement with SS&C Technologies in March 2025 for U.K. OEIC funds managing GBP 8.7 billion and U.S. '40 Act mutual funds, enhancing operational efficiency. Additional 2025 initiatives include a January partnership with Prudential and FIDx to distribute strategies in retirement products, State Street's support for new UCITS ETFs in Europe launched in December, and August strategy enhancements for targeted value funds emphasizing profitability screens.