Dimensional Fund Advisors tries to staunch outflows while still preserving its mystique by getting 'real,' again, about 'vehicles' and 'asset classes' with a new ETF
The $540-billion AUM Austin, Texas factor-fund factory dropped $30 billion or so in AUM since August -- enough to make any manager launch a second real estate ETF in 2022
Related Moves
Dimensional Fund Advisors, long the flagship of factor investing, struggles to chart a course as a nimble rival and big foot competitors cut into its market--and exploit its slow move to ETFs
Vanguard, BlackRock and Avantis rattle a complacent Dimensional Fund Advisors with fee cuts and ETF roll outs based on 'smart beta.'
August 9, 2022 at 1:57 AM
Avantis Investors rakes in another top-tier PIMCO talent who can do a very un-asset managerial task --talk to RIAs directly
Ex-DFA co-CEO Eduardo Repetto gets Hozef Arif to fill another key seat at the 60-person suite in Little Tokyo (LA) after he checks all the boxes
July 25, 2020 at 1:20 AM
After adding an ex-iShares product chief to call the shots and -- oye -- lowering fees, Dimensional Fund Advisors humbly and belatedly charges into ETFs and should score $5 billion in two years, an analyst says
DFA nabbed Nicole Hunter's BlackRock ETF playbook and committed to ETF-level fees to show the industry it plans to play to win assets -- even if some come from within.
November 12, 2020 at 4:43 AM
Buckingham Strategic Partners
TAMP, Asset Manager for RIAs
Top Executive: Alex Potts
