Dfa Australia Limited (Sydney)

Name: Dfa Australia Limited
Address: Level 43, Sydney, 2000
Telephone: +61 (2) 8336 7100

Dfa Australia Limited is a large advisory firm based in Sydney. It manages $219.6 billion of regulatory assets for 101 client accounts. It has been registered with the SEC as an adviser since 2004 and has operated in the jurisdiction of Texas.

Dfa Australia Limited provides portfolio management for investment companies, portfolio management for pooled investment vehicles, and portfolio management for businesses and institutional clients. It doesn't provide financial planning services to its clients. On top of advisory services, the firm doesn't engage in other business activities.

Dfa Australia Limited: assets under management

The assets under management (AUM) of Dfa Australia Limited is $219.6 billion, all of which is managed in discretionary accounts. The firm's AUM has grown by 42826% since the beginning of its operation, and $6.03 billion of the total AUM is attributable to clients outside of the United States.

The firm manages $219.6 billion in discretionary accounts. On average, the discretionary accounts where all decisions are made on behalf of the client hold $2.17 billion each.

Investments

The firm invests in exchange traded securities the most. They account for 90% of the total AUM. The second-largest asset type is sovereign bonds, which make up 2% of the firm’s portfolio. Investments in non-investment grade corporate bonds form 1% of the total invested assets.

Fees & Commissions

The advisory firm has a single stream of revenue. Clients pay Dfa Australia Limited for their services and products based on fixed fees. Flat-fee based compensation is the most transparent and the one you can safely predict in advance. These fees don’t include brokerage commissions, interest, taxes, and other account expenses.

What kind of clients Nigel Alan Douglas Stewart serves?

The firm provides services to investment companies, pooled investment vehicles, state or municipal government entities, and sovereign wealth funds and foreign official institutions. The largest group of clients of Nigel Alan Douglas Stewart is investment companies with 58 clients and $203.83 billion of assets under management. Among the 11 most similar advisory firms, Dfa Australia Limited has the 5th highest percentage of investment companies out of all clients.

The amount of regulatory assets under management is $217.82 billion for 94 clients. 15% of the firm’s clients are foreign persons or businesses.

Dfa Australia Limited also advises several private funds.

Careers at Dfa Australia Limited

The company employs 93 people that are either part- or full-time employees. 45 percent of the employees work as investment advisers or researchers. 2 employees are registered as investment adviser representatives with the state securities authorities.

There isn’t anyone with the role of looking for and bringing in new clients on behalf of the firm. The firm doesn’t compensate employees in addition to the salary for bringing in new clients. Employees don’t receive compensation from other entities for client referrals.

Nigel Alan Douglas Stewart has been acting as President since 1 Aug 1994. Gerard Kieran O'reilly joined the executive team most recently as the Director, Chief Investment Officer And Vice President.

Direct owners and executive officers

Name	Entity	Date acquired	Ownership	Employer ID
Nigel Alan Douglas Stewart	Director	1 Aug 1994	Other	4361823
John Glenn Crane	Director, chairman & chief executive officer	1 Aug 1994	Other	4361850
David Gilbert Booth	Director	1 Aug 1994	Other	1031000
Dimensional Fund Advisors Lp	Shareholder	1 Aug 1994	75% - 100%	106482
Rex Andrew Sinquefield	Director	1 Aug 1994	Other	1038611
Jeanne Cairns Sinquefield	Executive vice president	1 Aug 1994	Other	1221107
Michael Thomas Scardina	Vp, cfo & tres.	1 Aug 1994	Other	2055228
David Anthony Plecha	Vice president	1 Aug 1994	Other	1788059
Andrew Gordon Cain	Director,v.p., chief operating officer & co-secretary	1 Aug 1994	Other	4361829
Dimensional Fund Advisors Inc.	Shareholder	1 Aug 1994	50% - 75%	22-2370029
Robert Thomas Deere	Vice president	1 Nov 1994	Other	2617793
Karen Elizabeth Mcginley Umland	Vice president	1 Dec 1994	Other	2747219
Catherine Lee Newell	Director, chief legal officer, vice president & secretary	1 Aug 1996	Other	2890628
Graham John Lennon	Director, vice president & senior portfolio manager	1 Feb 2000	Other	4517894
Stephen Gordon Palmer	Compliance manager	1 Nov 2002	Other	4650823
Christopher Scott Crossan	Global chief compliance officer	1 Oct 2004	Other	4269087
David Robert Martin	Director, vice president, chief financial officer & treasurer	1 Apr 2007	Other	3214765
Eduardo Augusto Repetto	Director, vice president & co-chief investment officer	1 Apr 2007	Other	4508425
Patrick Michael Keating	Director	1 Jun 2007	Other	4239521
Rodney David Mair	Head of compliance & vice president	1 Jul 2010	Other	5904923
Andrew Mark Kuo	Vice president & secretary	1 Jul 2012	Other	6177458
Gerard Kieran O'reilly	Co-chief investment officer and vice president	1 Apr 2014	Other	4982644
Bhanu Partap Singh	Director	1 Jul 2015	Other	6339773
Gregory Keith Hinkle	Vice president, interim chief financial officer and interim treasurer	1 Apr 2016	Other	5531613
Gregory Keith Hinkle	Vice president, chief financial officer and treasurer	1 Jul 2016	Other	5531613
Stephen Andrew Clark	Director and vice president	1 Oct 2016	Other	2943305
Michael Sam Gilliland	Director	1 Oct 2016	Other	6609417
David Paul Butler	Director	1 Jul 2017	Other	2305298
Gerard Kieran O'reilly	Chief investment officer and vice president	1 Sep 2017	Other	4982644
Gerard Kieran O'reilly	Director, chief investment officer and vice president	1 Oct 2017	Other	4982644

Indirect Owners

The SEC currently registers 5 indirect owners.

Name	Entity	Date acquired	Ownership	Employer ID
David Gilbert Booth	Chairman, president & co-ceo	1 Oct 2006	25% - 50%	1031000
Rex Andrew Sinquefield	Director	1 Oct 2006	Other	1038611
Dimensional Holdings Inc.	General partner	1 Nov 2006	Other	23-2370029
Dimensional Holdings Llc	Limited partner	1 Nov 2006	75% - 100%	23-2370029
David Gilbert Booth	Executive chairman	1 Feb 2017	25% - 50%	1031000

Based in Sydney

The principal office where Dfa Australia Limited performs its advisory services is located at Level 43, Sydney, 2000 The mailing address of the firm is P.O. Box R1830, Sydney, 1225. The firm also has an office outside of the United States.

You can reach the main office by calling the phone number +61 (2) 8336 7100 or by fax +61 (2) 8336 7195. The normal business hours are 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. on Monday - Friday. You can find more information about the New York firm at au.dimensional.com and its LinkedIn profile.