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19.90 +0.10 +0.51%

25/11 - Delayed Data. Currency in USD

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Total Assets: 11.51B

Type: Fund

Market: United States

Asset Class: Equity

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DFISX Overview

On this page you'll find an in-depth profile of Dfa International Small Company Portfolio Institutional Class. Learn about the key management, total assets, investment strategy and contact information of DFISX among other information.

Investment Strategy

The investment seeks long-term capital appreciation. As a non-fundamental policy, under normal circumstances, the International Small Company Portfolio, through its investments in the underlying funds, will invest at least 80% of its net assets in securities of small companies. The Portfolio and each underlying fund may invest in affiliated and unaffiliated registered and unregistered money market funds to manage its cash pending investment in other securities or to maintain liquidity for the payment of redemptions or other purposes.

Contact Information

Address 1299 Ocean Avenue, 11th Floor
Santa Monica,CA 90401
United States

Phone +1 512 3067400

Web www.dimensional.com

Top Executives

Name	Title	Since	Until
Joel P. Schneider	Portfolio Manager	2020	Now
Biography	Mr. Schneider is a Senior Portfolio Manager and Vice President of Dimensional Fund Advisors LP. Mr. Schneider holds an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, an MS from the University of Minnesota, and a BS from Iowa State University. Mr. Schneider joined Dimensional in 2011, has been a portfolio manager since 2013.
Jed S. Fogdall	Vice President	2010	Now
Biography	Jed S. Fogdall is a Co-Head of Portfolio Management and Vice President of Dimensional and a member of Dimensional’s Investment Committee. Mr. Fogdall has an MBA from the University of California, Los Angeles and a BS from Purdue University. Mr. Fogdall joined Dimensional as a Portfolio Manager in 2004 and has been responsible for international portfolios since 2010 and domestic portfolios since 2012.
Arun C. Keswani	Vice President	2015	2024
Biography	Mr. Keswani is a Senior Portfolio Manager and Vice President of Dimensional Fund Advisors LP. Mr. Keswani joined Dimensional in 2011 and has been a portfolio manager since 2013. Mr. Keswani holds an MBA from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Sloan School of Management, an MS from Pennsylvania State University, and a BS from Purdue University.
Bhanu P. Singh	portfolio manager	2015	2023
Biography	Bhanu P. Singh is Vice President and a Senior Portfolio Manager of the Sub-Adviser. Mr. Singh joined Dimensional originally in 2003 and has been a portfolio manager since 2012. Mr. Singh has an M.B.A. from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and a B.A. from the University of California, Los Angeles.
Mary T. Phillips	Head	2017	2020
Biography	Ms. Phillips is Deputy Head of Portfolio Management, North America, a member of the Investment Committee, Vice President and Senior Portfolio Manager of the Advisor. Ms. Phillips holds an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and a BA from the University of Puget Sound. Ms. Phillips joined the Advisor in 2012, has been a portfolio manager since 2014, and has been responsible for the US Sustainability, International Sustainability and Emerging Markets Sustainability ETFs since inception (2022).
Joseph H. Chi	Vice President	2010	2019
Biography	Joseph H. Chi, CFA, is a Co-Head of Portfolio Management and Vice President of Dimensional and the Chairman of Dimensional’s Investment Committee. Mr. Chi has an MBA and BS from the University of California, Los Angeles and also a JD from the University of Southern California. Mr. Chi joined Dimensional as a Portfolio Manager in 2005 and has been responsible for international portfolios since 2010 and domestic portfolios since 2012.
Karen E. Umland	Senior Portfolio Manager	1998	2016
Biography	Karen E. Umland, CFA, is a Senior Portfolio Manager and a Vice President of Dimensional Fund Advisors, Inc. and a member of its Investment Committee. She received her BA from Yale University in 1988 and her MBA from the University of California at Los Angeles in 1993. Ms. Umland joined Dimensional in 1993 and since 1998 has been a Portfolio Manager and responsible for the international portfolios managed by Dimensional.
Stephen A. Clark	Vice President	2010	2013
Biography	Clark is Dimensional's Head of Portfolio Management and Vice President and is chairman of the Investment Committee. He joined Dimensional in 2001 as a general portfolio manager in U.S. equities, became head of international equities trading in 2004 and assumed his current position in 2006. His financial career began at John Nuveen & Co. in 1997, where he worked on mergers and acquisitions for the health care services division. He earned an MBA from the University of Chicago and a BS from Bradley University.
Jeanne C. Sinquefield	executive Vice President, Portfolio Manager, Member	1996	2002
Biography	Sinquefield is an executive vice president and portfolio manager with Dimensional Fund Advisors and is a member of the company's investment policy committee. Previously, she worked at the Chicago Board of Trade, the Ford Foundation, the U.S. Congress, and the University of Chicago.
Art Barlow	Vice President, Portfolio Manager, Member	1996	2002
Biography	Barlow is a vice president and portfolio manager with Dimensional Fund Advisors, his employer since 1990. He is also a member of the company's investment committee. Previously, he was with Wells Fargo Bank.

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