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DFA Global Fixed Income Portfolio Class A

Global Corp Fixed Income

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FundGrade E

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NAVPS
(04-07-2025)
$9.17
Change
-$0.03 (-0.35%)

As at February 28, 2025

As at December 31, 2024

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DFA Global Fixed Income Portfolio Class A

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Fund Returns

Inception Return (September 28, 2018): 0.18%

Fund Returns
Row Heading Return Annualized Return
1 Mth 3 Mth 6 Mth YTD 1 Yr 2 Yr 3 Yr 4 Yr 5 Yr 6 Yr 7 Yr 8 Yr 9 Yr 10 Yr
Fund 0.55% 0.40% 1.06% 0.79% 3.53% 3.95% -0.13% -1.15% -0.98% -0.09% - - - -
Benchmark 1.09% 3.16% 6.82% 2.45% 11.98% 9.17% 4.15% 1.72% 1.26% 3.13% 3.09% 3.05% 3.01% 3.28%
Category Average 1.02% 1.34% 3.12% 1.78% 7.68% 6.75% 2.34% 1.29% 1.79% 2.85% - - - -
Category Rank 119 / 158 147 / 158 135 / 155 149 / 158 117 / 117 112 / 114 93 / 103 87 / 96 85 / 93 91 / 91 - - - -
Quartile Ranking 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 - - - -

Monthly Return

Monthly Return
Return % Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb
Fund 0.61% -0.58% 0.56% 0.37% 0.98% 0.51% 0.61% -0.53% 0.59% -0.39% 0.24% 0.55%
Benchmark 0.87% -0.72% 1.05% 0.71% 3.42% -0.54% 2.07% 0.44% 1.01% 0.69% 1.35% 1.09%

Best Monthly Return Since Inception

2.22% (July 2022)

Worst Monthly Return Since Inception

-3.29% (March 2020)

Calendar Return (%)

Calendar Return
Return % 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Fund - - - - 4.61% 2.25% -2.59% -10.81% 4.80% 2.55%
Benchmark 15.41% 0.66% 2.08% 5.22% 5.81% 8.39% -3.78% -10.63% 6.54% 10.41%
Category Average - - - - 9.03% 6.89% 0.56% -10.54% 7.62% 5.63%
Quartile Ranking - - - - 4 4 4 3 4 4
Category Rank - - - - 82/ 88 90/ 92 94/ 96 68/ 103 106/ 113 99/ 115

Best Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

4.80% (2023)

Worst Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

-10.81% (2022)

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation
Name Percent
Cash and Equivalents 43.43
Foreign Corporate Bonds 34.36
Foreign Government Bonds 16.04
Canadian Corporate Bonds 2.85
Canadian Government Bonds 2.82
Other 0.50

Sector Allocation

Sector Allocation
Name Percent
Fixed Income 56.46
Cash and Cash Equivalent 43.43
Financial Services 0.11

Geographic Allocation

Geographic Allocation
Name Percent
North America 73.02
Europe 17.11
Asia 7.26
Multi-National 1.23
Other 1.38

Top Holdings

Top Holdings
Name Percent
DFA Five-Year Global Fixed Income Fund Class I 39.97
DFA Global Investment Grade Fixed Income Fund Cl I 34.94
DFA Global Targeted Credit Fund Class I 24.98
Canadian Dollar 0.11
US Dollar 0.00

Equity Style

Equity style data not available

Fixed Income Style

Average Duration: S. Average Credit Quality: M.
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Risk vs Return (3 Yr)

DFA Global Fixed Income Portfolio Class A

Median

Other - Global Corp Fixed Income

3 Yr Annualized

Standard Deviation 4.43% 4.09% -
Beta 0.55% 0.47% -
Alpha -0.02% -0.02% -
Rsquared 0.67% 0.57% -
Sharpe -0.86% -0.80% -
Sortino -0.80% -1.05% -
Treynor -0.07% -0.07% -
Tax Efficiency - - -
Volatility Volatility rating is 1 on a scale of 1 to 10 Volatility rating is 1 on a scale of 1 to 10 -

Risk Rating

Rating 1 out of ten

Annualized Key Ratio Period Comparison

Key Ratio
Key Ratio 1 Yr 3 Yr 5 Yr 10 Yr
Standard Deviation 1.77% 4.43% 4.09% -
Beta 0.29% 0.55% 0.47% -
Alpha 0.00% -0.02% -0.02% -
Rsquared 0.39% 0.67% 0.57% -
Sharpe -0.33% -0.86% -0.80% -
Sortino 0.38% -0.80% -1.05% -
Treynor -0.02% -0.07% -0.07% -
Tax Efficiency 66.04% - - -

Fund Details

Start Date September 28, 2018
Instrument Type Mutual Fund
Share Class Commission Based Advice
Legal Status Trust
Sales Status Open
Currency CAD
Distribution Frequency Quarterly
Assets ($mil) -

Fund Codes

FundServ Code Load Code Sales Status
DFA915

Investment Objectives

The fundamental investment objective of the fund is to seek to maximize total returns comprised of income and capital appreciation, through exposure to investments in debt securities. The fund’s exposure to these securities may be achieved through investments in other mutual funds or directly in individual securities. Fundamental investment objectives may only be changed with the approval of a majority of unitholders at a meeting called for that purpose.

Investment Strategy

To achieve the fund’s investment objectives, the fund is designed to invest in a diversified portfolio of fixed income securities from a universe of Canadian, U.S. and international debt securities through investments in other mutual funds managed by us (each an “underlying fund”) or directly in individual securities.

Portfolio Management

Portfolio Manager

Dimensional Fund Advisors Canada ULC

Sub-Advisor

Dimensional Fund Advisors LP

Management and Organization

Fund Manager

Dimensional Fund Advisors Canada ULC

Custodian

RBC Investor Services Trust (Canada)

Registrar

RBC Investor Services Trust (Canada)

Distributor

-

Investment Minimums

RSP Eligible Yes
PAC Allowed Yes
PAC Initial Investment 2,500
PAC Subsequent 50
SWP Allowed Yes
SWP Min Balance 2,500
SWP Min Withdrawal 50

Fees

MER 1.43%
Management Fee 1.21%
Load No Load
FE Max -
DSC Max -
Trailer Fee Max (FE) -
Trailer Fee Max (DSC) -
Trailer Fee Max (NL) 1.00%
Trailer Fee Max (LL) -

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