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The ongoing charges figure shown here is an annualised estimate of the charges as there has been a reasonably significant difference to the last reported ongoing charges figure. The Fund's annual report for each financial year will include detail on the exact charges made. It excludes portfolio transaction costs and performance fees, if any.
Important Information:
Investments involve risks. The investment return and principal value of an investment may fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original value. There is no guarantee strategies will be successful.
Performance data shown represents past performance and is not a guarantee of future results. Current performance may be higher or lower than the performance shown. Performance may increase or decrease as a result of currency fluctuations.
The Fund may invest its assets in other underlying funds. The Fund’s performance, costs and risks will be affected by the underlying funds. There can be no assurance that an underlying fund will achieve its investment objective.
Where the Fund uses futures or forward foreign currency contracts (derivatives), it may become exposed to certain investment risks including leverage, market, mismatching of exposure and/or counterparty risk, liquidity, interest rate, credit and management risks and the risk of improper valuation. While the Fund is not expected to have exposure to leverage to a material degree, any movement in the price of these investments can have a significant impact on the value of the Fund and the Fund could lose more than the amount invested.
More information in relation to risks in general may be found in the "Risk Factors" section of the prospectus. See below for information on how to obtain the latest version of the KIID, KID and Prospectus.
Equity Strategies:
The Fund may invest in smaller companies. This carries a higher risk as shares of small companies are often more difficult to sell than those of large companies, and as a result their share price can fluctuate more. In general, smaller companies are also more vulnerable than larger companies to adverse market conditions.
The Fund may invest in emerging markets which may be less economically or politically developed and can involve greater risks than well developed economies. Amongst other issues, decreased liquidity, political unrest and economic downturn may be more likely and could affect the value of your investment. Investment in emerging markets can be more expensive and challenging to buy, sell and withdraw investments. Investments in emerging markets also have an increased risk of settlement default.
The Fund may seek to identify and invest in value shares, which are (in the Investment Manager’s view) shares, the prices of which are low compared to the accounting values of the companies issuing them. Value shares may perform differently from the market as a whole and following a value oriented investment strategy may cause the Fund, at times, to underperform funds that use other investment strategies. The Fund may be exposed to stock market movements in a single country or region, and its performance is expected to be closely tied to social, political or economic developments, government action or natural events in such country or region that may not affect a Fund investing in broader markets.
The Fund’s investments are subject to issuer-specific risks, market risks, economic or political risks that may cause the share prices to fluctuate over time. This can affect the value of your investment in the Fund. The assets in which the Fund invests may be denominated in or have exposure to a currency other than the currency of the shares in the Fund or of the country in which you live. Additionally, the currency of the shares you hold may be denominated in a currency different to the base currency of the Fund. The Fund does not actively manage movements in the value of currencies and currency fluctuations may affect the value of the Fund’s assets.
Fixed Income Strategies:
The Fund may invest in tradeable debt (bonds), the return on which depends on the issuer’s ability or willingness to make its payments. There is a risk that the issuer will fail to do so. Although the Fund generally invests in bonds with high ratings, these ratings are subjective and a high rating does not guarantee an issuer’s ability or willingness to pay.
The Fund may be exposed to bond market movements in a single country or region, and its performance is expected to be closely tied to social, political or economic developments, government action or natural events in such country or region that may not affect a Fund investing in broader markets.
Tradeable debt (bonds) are interest rate sensitive, meaning that the range and frequency of price movements of the bonds may be significant due to various factors, including changes in interest rates, the creditworthiness of the bond issuer and the ease with which similar investments may be bought or sold (liquidity).
ESG Strategies:
The Fund’s sustainability impact considerations may limit the number of investment opportunities available, and as a result, at times may produce different returns or more modest gains than funds that are not subject to such special investment conditions. Sustainability impact considerations may cause a Fund’s industry allocation to deviate from that of funds without these considerations and of conventional benchmarks. The Fund promotes sustainability in accordance with Article 8 of Regulation (EU 2019/2088) on sustainability related disclosures in the financial services sector (SFDR). The Fund does not have sustainability investment as its objective but as part of the Fund’s investment policy, the Investment Manager does take into account the sustainability impact associated with securities when making investment decisions for the Fund. While the Fund promotes sustainability and the Investment Manager takes into account sustainability impact considerations, the Fund’s investments are not evaluated against the EU criteria for environmentally sustainable economic activities and, therefore, the “do no significant harm” principle does not apply to the Fund’s investments. Consider the investment objectives of the Dimensional funds carefully before investing. For this and other information about the Dimensional funds, please read the prospectus, KID and KIID carefully before investing. Information on sustainability related disclosures in the financial services sector (SFDR) pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2019/2088 in relation to the promoted fund is available at www.dimensional.com/SFDR.
Any references herein to “sustainable” or “sustainability” do not indicate that the Fund commits to make sustainable investments within the meaning of the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR). The Fund may promote environmental and/or social characteristics but does not commit to make sustainable investments.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION: A reference index has been provided for comparison purposes only and is not intended to represent the current or targeted asset allocation. The Fund is actively managed. The fund is not managed in reference to a benchmark. An index is not available for direct investment. Their performance does not reflect the expenses associated with the management of an actual portfolio. The Dimensional Sterling Short Duration Real Return Fund's performance may be compared to the fund's performance benchmark, the Bloomberg UK Government Inflation-Linked 1-5 Year Index. The Dimensional Sterling Short Duration Real Return Fund currently uses the UK RPI (Retail Price Index) All Items NSA (Non-Seasonally Adjusted) as a measure of inflation. This is a marketing communication. Please refer to the prospectus of the UCITS, KID and KIID before making any final investment decisions
DIMENSIONAL FUNDS PLC: The Emerging Markets Large Cap Core Equity Fund, Emerging Markets Value Fund, Euro Inflation Linked Intermediate Duration Fixed Income Fund, European Small Companies Fund, European Value Fund, Global Core Equity Fund, Global Core Fixed Income Fund, Global Short Fixed Income Fund, Global Short-Term Investment Grade Fixed Income Fund, Global Small Companies Fund, Emerging Markets Core Equity Lower Carbon ESG Screened Fund, Global Core Equity Lower Carbon ESG Screened Fund, Global Core Fixed Income Lower Carbon ESG Screened Fund, Global Short Fixed Income Lower Carbon ESG Screened Fund, Global High Profitability Lower Carbon ESG Screened Fund, Global Targeted Value Lower Carbon ESG Screened Fund, World Equity Lower Carbon ESG Screened Fund (the implementation and management of the Emerging Markets Core Equity Lower Carbon ESG Screened Fund, Global Core Equity Lower Carbon ESG Screened Fund, Global Core Fixed Income Lower Carbon ESG Screened Fund, Global Short Fixed Income Lower Carbon ESG Screened Fund, Global High Profitability Lower Carbon ESG Screened Fund, Global Targeted Value Lower Carbon ESG Screened Fund, and World Equity Lower Carbon ESG Screened Fund is protected by U.S. Patent Nos. 7,596,525 B1, 7,599,874 B1 and 8,438,092 B2), Global Targeted Value Fund, Global Ultra Short Fixed Income Fund, Global Value Fund, Pacific Basin Small Companies Fund, Sterling Inflation Linked Intermediate Duration Fixed Income Fund, U.S. Core Equity Fund, U.S. Small Companies Fund, World Allocation 20/80 Fund, World Allocation 40/60 Fund, World Allocation 60/40 Fund, World Allocation 80/20 Fund and World Equity Fund are sub-funds of Dimensional Funds plc which is structured as an umbrella fund with segregated liability between sub-funds, established as an open-ended investment company with variable capital under the laws of Ireland with registration number 352043. Dimensional Funds plc is authorised by the Central Bank of Ireland as an undertaking for collective investment in transferable securities (UCITS).
DIMENSIONAL FUNDS II PLC: The Emerging Markets Targeted Value Fund is a sub-fund of Dimensional Funds II plc which is structured as an umbrella fund with segregated liability between sub-funds, established as an open-ended investment company with variable capital under the laws of Ireland with registration number 431052. Dimensional Funds II Plc is authorised by the Central Bank of Ireland as an undertaking for collective investment in transferable securities (UCITS).
DIMENSIONAL FUNDS ICVC: The United Kingdom Core Equity Fund, United Kingdom Value Fund, United Kingdom Small Companies Fund, International Core Equity Fund, International Value Fund, Emerging Markets Core Equity Fund and the Global Short Dated Bond Fund are all sub-funds of Dimensional Funds ICVC, an investment company with variable capital incorporated with limited liability and registered in England and Wales under number IC000258 and authorised by the FCA as a UK UCITS. Dimensional Fund Advisors Ltd. is the Authorised Corporate Director of Dimensional Funds ICVC. The sub-funds are operated separately and the assets of each sub-fund are managed in accordance with the investment objective and policy applicable to that sub-fund.
End of Brexit Transition Period
Effective as of 1 January 2021
The withdrawal of the United Kingdom (UK) as a European Union (EU) member state occurred on 31 January 2020, with a transition period (Transition Period) that expired on 31 December 2020. Following the expiry of the Transition Period, the Emerging Markets Core Equity Fund will no longer be registered in, and unless otherwise permitted under local law, will not accept new investors from EU/EEA jurisdictions. Accordingly, for EU/EEA investors, information relating to the fund is intended only for EU/EEA investors already in the fund as at the expiry of the Transition Period and not new investors. Sub-funds of Dimensional Funds ICVC (ICVC Sub-Funds) are no longer considered from an EU/European Economic Area perspective as EU UCITS, but are now viewed as non-EU alternative investment funds, and as such can no longer avail of the EU UCITS passporting regime. It is further expected that from the UK perspective, the ICVC Sub-Funds will be viewed as UK UCITS.
Dimensional Funds ICVC (the “UK Funds”), Dimensional Funds plc and Dimensional Funds II plc (the “Irish Funds”) (together the “Dimensional funds”) are offered solely under the terms and conditions of the respective fund’s current prospectus and applicable UCITS Key Investor Information Document (KIID) and applicable Packaged Retail and Insurance-based Investment Products (PRIIPs) - Key Information Document (KID). Consider the investment objectives, risks, and charges and expenses of the Dimensional funds carefully before investing. For this and other information about the Dimensional funds, please read the prospectus, KID and KIID carefully before investing. The latest version of the prospectus, applicable UCITS KIID (available in English) and applicable PRIIPs KID (available in English and the appropriate local language) for the UK Funds may be obtained at dimensional.com or by contacting the fund’s administrator, or its investment manager at +44 (0)20 3033 3300. The latest version of the prospectus, applicable UCITS KIID (available in English) and applicable PRIIPs KID (available in English and the appropriate local language) for the Irish Funds may be obtained at dimensional.com or by contacting the fund’s administrator at +353 1 242 5536, its distributor Dimensional Ireland Limited at +353 1 576 9750 or, if in the United Kingdom, its sub-distributor Dimensional Fund Advisors Ltd. at +44 (0)20 3033 3300.
In addition, a summary of investor rights is available from Summary of Shareholder Rights. The summary is available in English.
Dimensional Funds plc and Dimensional Funds II plc are currently notified for marketing into a number of EU member states under the UCITS Directive. Dimensional Funds plc and Dimensional Funds II plc can terminate such notifications for any Dimensional funds at any time using the process contained in Article 93a of the UCITS Directive.
Month-end holdings (other than cash and cash equivalents) as of 30 days following the relevant month-end, for sub-funds of Dimensional Funds ICVC, Dimensional Funds plc and Dimensional Funds II plc, may be provided upon request. In addition, upon request, Dimensional may, at its discretion, disclose a fund’s portfolio holdings on a more frequent basis, on certain conditions, for example if the recipient has entered into an agreement with Dimensional governing the disclosure of such information. Please contact your usual Dimensional contact with portfolio holding requests. For further information on a fund’s portfolio holding disclosure policy, please consult the documentation relating to that fund.
Portfolio characteristics for the Global Core Fixed Income Fund of Dimensional Funds plc are available to investors in Ireland, Netherlands, Finland, and Sweden, upon request. Please contact your Dimensional representative with portfolio characteristics requests.
The Markets in Financial Instruments Directive II (‘MiFID II’) went into effect on 3 January 2018. As a ‘Manufacturer’ under the Product Governance Requirements of MiFID II, DFAL is required to make certain information about the UCITS sub-funds it manages available to ‘Distributors’. To that end, if you are a ‘Distributor’ under MiFID II and would like to request a copy of the information contained with the European MiFID Template (‘EMT’) for the funds for which DFAL is Manufacturer, please email your request to EMEAmailbox@dimensional.com. Likewise, the Regulation on Key Information Documents (‘KIDs’) for Packaged Retail and Insurance-Based Investment Products (‘PRIIPs’) went into effect on 1 January 2018. If you would like to request a copy of the information contained in the European PRIIPs Template (‘EPT’) or Comfort European PRIIPs Template (‘CEPT’), please email your request to EMEAmailbox@dimensional.com.
For more information on where certain of the sub-funds of Dimensional Funds PLC, Dimensional Funds II PLC and Dimensional Funds ICVC have been registered or passported for sale within certain jurisdictions, please click here.
The FCA has introduced an additional requirement for firms that sell funds to retail investors to disclose certain information. Alongside the KIID, it is also a financial advisor’s obligation to provide details of complaints handling, FSCS compensation arrangements, and cancellation rights to its retail clients when selling a unit/share in one of our UCITS. The Supplementary Information Document is designed to be read in conjunction with the KIID.
World Allocation 60/40 Fund (GBP, Acc.)
