Dimensional is a different kind of investment firm. Our confidence in the capital markets frees us to think differently about investing and push the frontiers of innovation. Over the years, we have translated financial research into real world investment solutions, and through our revolutionary approach, investors may seek to capture what the market offers in all its dimensions.
In 1981, we launched our first strategy based on research documenting the stronger performance of US small cap stocks. Our second strategy, a short-term fixed income portfolio launched in 1983, applied Eugene Fama's term structure research. Later, a comprehensive analysis of prices and other research deepened our strategy repertoire. This evolution reflects an abiding belief in the principles of modern finance and the efficacy of capital markets.
We see markets as an ally, not an adversary. Rather than trying to take advantage of the ways markets are mistaken, we take advantage of the ways markets are right—the ways they compensate investors. The firm designs portfolios to help our investors capture what the market offers in all its dimensions.
Dimensional is owned primarily by current and former employees and directors, and manages assets exclusively for institutional investors and the clients of registered financial advisors. From offices in Austin, Santa Monica, London, Sydney, Berlin, Amsterdam, and Vancouver our professional staff supervise portfolios and services clients twenty-four hours a day.
Dimensional Fund Advisors Canada is a Canadian portfolio management company registered in British Columbia since 2003. The firm currently offers eight strategies to investors in the Canadian market, with additional strategies available to institutional investors. Dimensional Canada is the manager, trustee, principal portfolio advisor, and promoter of the funds, while Dimensional Fund Advisors acts as sub-advisor for each of the funds.
Broad Range of Strategies around the World
C$287.5 Billion under Management as of March 31, 2013.
C$287.5 Billion under Management as of March 31, 2013.
Dimensional is owned primarily by current and former employees and directors, and manages assets exclusively for institutional investors and the clients of registered financial advisors. From offices in Austin, Santa Monica, London, Sydney, Berlin, Amsterdam, and Vancouver our professional staff supervise portfolios and services clients twenty-four hours a day.
Dimensional Fund Advisors Canada is a Canadian portfolio management company registered in British Columbia since 2003. The firm currently offers eight strategies to investors in the Canadian market, with additional strategies available to institutional investors. Dimensional Canada is the manager, trustee, principal portfolio advisor, and promoter of the funds, while Dimensional Fund Advisors acts as sub-advisor for each of the funds.
"Dimensional" refers to the Dimensional worldwide group of companies, rather than to one particular entity. These companies are Dimensional Fund Advisors, Dimensional Fund Advisors Canada ULC, DFA Australia Limited, and Dimensional Fund Advisors Ltd.
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