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Dimensional Fund Advisors LP

Austin, TXSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 106482

Filed as DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP

Dimensional Fund Advisors LP is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Austin, TX, registered since 1981, reporting over $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 24, 2026.

45 years
registered since 1981
$1,020,359,585,441
assets under management
2 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Performance-based
2
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Dimensional Fund Advisors LP compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; performance-based fees.

Where is Dimensional Fund Advisors LP located?

Dimensional Fund Advisors LP's principal office is in Austin, TX, according to its Form ADV; the April 2026 filing also lists 2 other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F).

Is Dimensional Fund Advisors LP registered with the SEC or a state?

Dimensional Fund Advisors LP is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 1981. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 106482.

How much does Dimensional Fund Advisors LP manage?

Dimensional Fund Advisors LP reports $1,020,359,585,441 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 24, 2026 (100% discretionary).

How have Dimensional Fund Advisors LP's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Dimensional Fund Advisors LP: Regulatory assets under management: $650,659,683,759 in the October 2021 data and $1,020,359,585,441 in the October 2026 data, up 57%. Total employees: 1,074 in October 2021 and 1,168 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Dimensional Fund Advisors LP serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: high net worth individuals (1,900); investment companies (198); pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies) (146).

Which custodians does Dimensional Fund Advisors LP use?

Dimensional Fund Advisors LP's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists State Street Bank and Trust Company, The Bank of New York Mellon and The Northern Trust Company as custodians holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Dimensional Fund Advisors LP report any disciplinary disclosures?

Reports 2 disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11: yes answers to 11.D(2) (another regulator's finding of a violation) and 11.D(4) (another regulator's order in the past ten years). Each question covers the firm and its advisory affiliates, and one event can produce several yes answers. The detail of any item is on the firm's SEC record: https://adviserinfo.sec.gov/firm/summary/106482

What changed in Dimensional Fund Advisors LP's recent Form ADV filings?

In the April 2026 filing data: Employees performing advisory functions went from 372 to 367. Regulatory assets under management went from $835,713,261,770 to $1,020,359,585,441 (+22%). Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).

From the Form ADV filing

Every figure below is as the firm filed it with regulators, as of October 2026.

How the firm is compensated

Item 5.E
  • A percentage of assets under your management
  • Performance-based fees

Item 5.E lists how the firm is compensated for its advice; Items 5.B, 6.A, and 7.A show whether its people or related companies can also earn commissions. Percentage of assets, fixed, hourly, subscription, and performance-based fees come from clients (a performance-based fee depends on investment results); commissions come with a sale or a trade, often from the company behind the product. How fees, commissions, and other arrangements differ

Fees and minimums

Form ADV Part 2A

See the firm's brochure (dated March 24, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$1,020,359,585,441

$1,020,359,585,441 as of October 2026, filing dated March 24, 2026.

Discretionary: $1,020,359,585,441.Non-discretionary: $0.

A measure of scale, not skill or returns. Discretionary means the firm decides trades; non-discretionary means clients approve each one. What assets under management means

Who the firm serves

Item 5.D
Individuals (other than high net worth individuals)
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 1,900 Assets $6,520,671,399 (1%)
Banking or thrift institutions
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Investment companies
Clients 198 Assets $799,099,640,324 (78%)
Business development companies
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies)
Clients 146 Assets $174,143,388,868 (17%)
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients 17 Assets $2,544,943,291 (0%)
Charitable organizations
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $715,417,254 (0%)
State or municipal government entities (including government pension plans)
Clients 32 Assets $18,856,623,090 (2%)
Other investment advisers
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $0 (0%)
Insurance companies
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $181,285,473 (0%)
Sovereign wealth funds and foreign official institutions
Clients 11 Assets $14,923,551,269 (1%)
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients 7 Assets $2,632,925,578 (0%)
Other
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $741,138,895 (0%)

A firm with no individual clients is an institutional manager even if it manages billions; the mix tells you whom the practice is built around.

Advisory services

Item 5.G
  • Portfolio management for individuals and/or small businesses
  • Portfolio management for investment companies (and business development companies)
  • Portfolio management for pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies)
  • Portfolio management for businesses (other than small businesses) or institutional clients

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
1981 (45 years)
Employees
Total: 1,168. Performing investment advisory functions: 367.
Wrap fee program participation
No.
Custodians (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3))

Custodians holding 10% or more of the firm's separately managed account assets, as filed on Form ADV (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)). A custodian holds client assets; it does not endorse or supervise the firm. AdvisorCensus has no relationship with any custodian.

Other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F)
2 other offices, as of the April 2026 filing
Charlotte, NCSanta Monica, CA
States registered or notice-filed
53 states or jurisdictions
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SEC-registered investment advisers are examined by the SEC. SEC, state, and exempt registration

Disclosures

Item 11

2 Reports 2 disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11. View on IAPD.

Questions answered yes on this filing

Regulatory matters Items 11.C to 11.G

  • 11.D(2) Has another federal regulator, a state regulator, or a foreign financial regulator ever found that the firm or an advisory affiliate was involved in a violation of investment-related regulations or statutes?
  • 11.D(4) In the past ten years, has another federal regulator, a state regulator, or a foreign financial regulator entered an order against the firm or an advisory affiliate in connection with investment-related activity?

Each question covers the firm and its advisory affiliates: its current employees other than clerical staff, its officers, partners, and directors, and anyone who controls the firm or is controlled by it. One event can produce yes answers to several questions. SEC-registered advisers and exempt reporting advisers may leave out events more than ten years old, and may answer 11.A(2) and 11.B(2) for pending charges only. What happened, and who was involved, is on the Disclosure Reporting Pages of the IAPD record. Reading a firm's disclosures

Assets and staff over time

Items 5.A, 5.F
$651B 2021 $743B 2022 $653B 2023 $750B 2024 $836B 2025 $1020B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$1,020,359,585,4411,168March 24, 2026
October 2025$835,713,261,7701,135March 31, 2025
October 2024$749,622,475,3961,166March 28, 2024
October 2023$652,741,971,6271,096March 31, 2023
October 2022$743,326,749,8181,037August 19, 2022
October 2021$650,659,683,7591,074September 24, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $650,659,683,759 in the October 2021 data and $1,020,359,585,441 in the October 2026 data, up 57%.

Total employees: 1,074 in October 2021 and 1,168 in October 2026.

As filed in each year's data for the same month. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going; they measure scale, not skill or returns. Most firms update these figures once a year.

Changes in the filing

Last 12 months
  1. April 2026
    • Employees performing advisory functions went from 372 to 367.
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $835,713,261,770 to $1,020,359,585,441 (+22%).
    • Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).

Compared month to month from the SEC's monthly adviser data and the state compilation feed. Owners and control persons are summarized, never named.

Websites listed on Form ADV

Item 1.I
dimensional.com/us-en/financial-professionalsdimensional.com/us-en/individualstaycalminvesting.comtuneoutthenoisefilm.com

Source: Form ADV, as of October 2026. Values appear as filed; a value the firm did not report is shown as "Not reported."

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