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Dimensional updates ISERS on emerging‑markets value strategy amid recent volatility
Summary
Dimensional Fund Advisors told the Imperial County Employees' Retirement System board May 21 that its emerging‑markets all‑cap value strategy remains positioned for long‑term value despite recent short‑term underperformance; the firm highlighted small‑cap, value and profitability characteristics and noted a quarter‑to‑date rebound.
Ted Simpson, regional director and vice president at Dimensional Fund Advisors, told the Imperial County Employees' Retirement System board on May 21 that Dimensional’s emerging‑markets all‑cap value strategy blends deep value, small‑cap exposure and a profitability (quality) overlay and that the firm has managed ISERS’ account “for just over a dozen years.”
The presentation said the strategy aims to sit between passive indexing and traditional active management: “very broadly diversified, thousands of securities, low fees, similar to index funds but also absolutely structuring the portfolio to provide outperformance,” Simpson said.…
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