Dimensional launches ETF share classes on eight more US equity and real-estate portfolios

Dimensional Fund Advisors filed a supplement effective 5 October 2026 listing the portfolios that have begun offering ETF Class shares, alongside their existing mutual-fund share classes. A further supplement effective 14 October added a government bond portfolio.

Start dates

The 5 October supplement gives these commencement dates for ETF Class shares:

Portfolio	ETF class began
U.S. Micro Cap Portfolio	20 March 2026
U.S. Small Cap Growth Portfolio	6 May 2026
U.S. Large Company Portfolio	5 August 2026
U.S. Small Cap Value, U.S. Core Equity 1, U.S. Vector Equity and U.S. High Relative Profitability Portfolios, and DFA Real Estate Securities Portfolio	28 September 2026
U.S. Targeted Value, U.S. Core Equity 2 and U.S. Small Cap Portfolios	5 October 2026

That makes eight portfolios that started ETF classes on 28 September or 5 October. Dimensional registered the ETF Class shares of U.S. Core Equity 2, U.S. Small Cap and U.S. Targeted Value on NYSE Arca in a Form 8-A filed on 29 September.

The supplement says the fund company has also registered ETF Class shares for the U.S. Large Cap Equity and U.S. Large Cap Growth Portfolios, but is not offering them for sale yet.

Fixed income

The 14 October supplement says the DFA Intermediate Government Fixed Income Portfolio began offering ETF Class shares on 14 October 2026. Those shares were registered on the Nasdaq Stock Market. ETF Class shares of the DFA Five-Year Global Fixed Income and DFA Short-Duration Real Return Portfolios are registered but not yet offered.

Why it matters

Mutual-fund investors in these portfolios can now hold the same strategy as a listed share class. The filings do not give tickers or fees for the new classes.

Added to The Midpoint on 31 October 2026, with the ETFs section. This article is dated to the event it describes; it was not published at the time.

Sources

• Supplement to the prospectuses and SAIs: ETF class shares (Form 497), DFA Investment Dimensions Group via SEC EDGAR, 5 Oct 2026
• Supplement to the prospectus and SAI: ETF class shares of fixed income portfolios (Form 497), DFA Investment Dimensions Group via SEC EDGAR, 14 Oct 2026
• Registration of ETF Class shares on NYSE Arca (Form 8-A12B), DFA Investment Dimensions Group via SEC EDGAR, 29 Sep 2026
• Registration of ETF Class shares on Nasdaq (Form 8-A12B), DFA Investment Dimensions Group via SEC EDGAR, 8 Oct 2026