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Dimensional Fund Advisors Inc.

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  • February 15, 2022

Flat-fee annuity for RIAs adds more investment choices

DFA and Midland National are working with RetireOne on its contingent deferred annuity, which launched last October.

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  • February 2, 2022

AllianceBernstein makes late push into ETFs

AB plans to launch active ETFs in the U.S. later this year, and it has recruited Noel Archard from State Street to head the effort.

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  • June 17, 2021

Mutual fund-to-ETF bonanza may be getting started

An executive at Citi, which acted as transfer agent for the conversion of four Dimensional Fund Advisors mutual funds into ETFs this week, expects many more such switches.

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  • April 16, 2021

David Booth of DFA is taking a value victory lap

The co-founder of the quant giant is in fighting spirits after the strategy of buying cheap equities notched its best quarterly outperformance in 20 years.

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  • December 3, 2020

Debut ETF issuers hit record this year

New rules that made launches easier and the SEC's approval of nontransparent funds have inspired 14 new firms to enter the market this year

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  • November 17, 2020

DFA plans $20 billion dive into ETF market

In addition to three new ETFs, Dimensional Fund Advisors will convert six mutual funds

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  • June 26, 2020

Coming soon: Dimensional Fund Advisors ETFs

For the first time, individual investors will have direct access to coveted DFA strategies

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  • February 13, 2020

For investors in green mutual funds, performance is ‘a wash’

An analysis suggests there's no long-term advantage to picking sustainable funds over those without a sustainable focus, or vice versa

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  • June 26, 2019

American Century taps DFA vets for new factor-based business

Avantis Investors has an independent look, but has plenty of support from American Century

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  • April 11, 2019

Betterment adds Dimensional Fund Advisors to its adviser robo

Advisers will still need to get DFA's approval to access its mutual funds.

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Vanguard, Fidelity, Pimco are top three fund firms among RIAs

DFA rises to fourth most-popular from sixth place in 2016.

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  • December 14, 2017

Invest Forward launches white-label robo for advisers

Startup uses Folio Institutional as custodian and supports investments from Dimensional Fund Advisors.

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Eduardo Repetto to leave Dimensional Fund Advisors

Gerald O'Reilly, currently co-CIO, will take over as co-CEO with David Butler.

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  • April 25, 2017

Dimensional Fund Advisors’ David Booth on competition, the DOL fiduciary rule and his company’s future

The executive chairman discusses how the firm plans to maintain its bond with its legion of astonishingly loyal investment advisers.

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Advisers OK with David Booth stepping down as co-CEO of Dimensional Fund Advisors

Joe Duran says move is "an important transition," comparing founder David Booth to other icons in the financial services industry such as Vanguard's John Bogle.

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Dimensional Fund Advisors’ David Booth replaced by Dave Butler as co-CEO

Dave Butler was appointed co-CEO at Dimensional Fund Advisors, replacing David Booth, the firm's founder, who will remain executive chairman, the company announced Wednesday.

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  • January 6, 2017

Vanguard’s market share keeps growing

Only Vanguard and Dimensional Fund Advisors saw net inflows in November.

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BlackRock starts off subdued earnings season for fund companies

For decades, you would have been better off buying the stocks of companies that manage mutual funds than…

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  • November 4, 2015

DFA breaks into target date fund market with unique investment approach

Manager is hoping to garner assets in a crowded market through a strategy targeting the stability of investors' retirement income stream.

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  • September 28, 2015

Dimensional Fund Advisors posts 77th consecutive month of positive sales

Firm, a favorite of advisers, keeps clients invested despite market swings.