World ex U.S. Core Equity Portfolio
Data updated: 2026-09-24
C000123798 — World ex U.S. Core Equity Portfolio. Developed ex-US Multi-Cap / All-Cap Value Equity · $5.34B AUM. Holdings, fees, performance and SEC filings.
C000123798 Fund Overview
World ex U.S. Core Equity Portfolio is a US mutual fund managed by Dfa Investment Dimensions Group INC, categorised as Developed ex-US Multi-Cap / All-Cap Value Equity. ABC INVEST provides holdings, performance, costs, cashflows, risk data, prospectus documents and SEC filings, sourced from SEC filings.
- Type: US mutual fund
- Manager: Dfa Investment Dimensions Group INC
- Category: Developed ex-US Multi-Cap / All-Cap Value Equity
- Assets under management: $5.34B
- 1-year return: 36.6%
- SEC CIK: 0000355437
- SEC series ID: S000039915
- Share class ID: C000123798
C000123798 Investment Objective and Strategy
World ex U.S. Core Equity Portfolio describes its objective and strategy as follows, from its latest prospectus filed with the SEC by Dfa Investment Dimensions Group INC.
Investment objective
The investment objective of the World ex U.S. Core Equity Portfolio is to achieve long-term capital appreciation.
Principal investment strategy
"The World ex U.S. Core Equity Portfolio seeks to achieve its investment objective through exposure to a broad and diverse group of securities of non-U.S. companies in countries with developed and emerging markets with a greater emphasis on small capitalization, value and high profitability companies as compared to their representation in the Non-U.S. Universe. For purposes of the Portfolio, Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (the ""Advisor"") defines the Non-U.S. Universe as a market capitalization weighted portfolio of non-U.S. companies in developed and emerging markets that have been authorized for investment as approved markets by the Advisor's Investment Committee. The Portfolios increased exposure to small capitalization, value and high profitability companies may be achieved by decreasing the allocation of the Portfolio's assets to the largest growth or low profitability companies relative to their weight in the Non-U.S.
Universe, which would result in a greater weight allocation to small capitalization, value and/or high profitability companies. An equity issuer is considered a growth company primarily because it has a high price in relation to its book value. Securities are considered value stocks primarily because a company's shares have a low price in relation to their book value. In assessing growth and value, the Advisor may consider additional factors such as price to cash flow or price to earnings ratios. In assessing profitability, the Advisor may consider different ratios, such as that of earnings or profits from operations relative to book value or assets. The criteria the Advisor uses for assessing growth, value or profitability are subject to change from time to time. The Advisor determines company size on a country or region specific basis and based primarily on market capitalization.
The Advisor may adjust the representation in the World ex U.S. Core Equity Portfolio of an eligible company, or exclude a company, after considering such factors as free float, momentum, trading strategies, liquidity, size, value, profitability, and other factors that the Advisor determines to be appropriate, given market conditions. As a non-fundamental policy, under normal circumstances, the Portfolio will invest at least 80% of its net assets in non-U.S. equity securities and/or investments that provide exposure to non-U.S. securities. The World ex U.S. Core Equity Portfolio may gain exposure to companies associated with approved markets by purchasing equity securities in the form of depositary receipts, which may be listed or traded outside the issuers domicile country. The Portfolio may purchase or sell futures contracts and options on futures contracts for foreign or U.S.
equity securities and indices, to adjust market exposure based on actual or expected cash inflows to or outflows from the Portfolio. The Portfolio does not intend to sell futures contracts to establish short positions in individual securities or to use derivatives for purposes of speculation or leveraging investment returns. The World ex U.S. Core Equity Portfolio may lend its portfolio securities to generate additional income."
C000123798 Holdings
Top 10 holdings of World ex U.S. Core Equity Portfolio by percentage of net assets, from the fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| The DFA Investment Trust Company | 3.08% |
| Dimensional Holdings Inc. | 2.94% |
| Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd | 1.69% |
| Samsung Electronics Co Ltd | 1.43% |
| SK hynix Inc | 0.87% |
| ASML Holding NV | 0.82% |
| Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd | 0.78% |
| TotalEnergies SE | 0.56% |
| Royal Bank of Canada | 0.49% |
| Shell PLC | 0.49% |
C000123798 Portfolio Allocation
Asset-class allocation of World ex U.S. Core Equity Portfolio by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Asset class | Allocation |
|---|---|
| Equity | 102.0% |
| Cash & Equivalents | 2.9% |
C000123798 Performance
Total returns for C000123798 (as of 2026-10-01), from SEC filings.
| Period | Total return |
|---|---|
| YTD | 10.8% |
| 1 year | 36.6% |
| 3 years (annualised) | 18.5% |
| 5 years (annualised) | 9.8% |
C000123798 Risk Information
Risk metrics for C000123798, derived from monthly returns in SEC filings.
- 1-year volatility (annualised): 14.7%
C000123798 Costs and Fees
C000123798 costs about $30 per $10,000 invested per year in fund expenses.
- Net expense ratio: 0.30%
- Gross expense ratio: 0.30%
- Portfolio turnover: 8%
- Brokerage commissions: 0.65 bps of average net assets (SEC N-CEN)
C000123798 Cashflows
Over the 12 months to 2026-04, World ex U.S. Core Equity Portfolio had net outflows of $167.43M, from monthly SEC N-PORT filings.
| Month | Net flow |
|---|---|
| 2026-04 | −$79.18M |
| 2026-03 | −$20.74M |
| 2026-02 | $75.42M |
| 2026-01 | −$9.83M |
| 2025-12 | $57.70M |
| 2025-11 | −$4.03M |
C000123798 Debt Constituents
No individual debt constituents are reported in World ex U.S. Core Equity Portfolio's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
C000123798 Prospectus and SEC Filings
Official World ex U.S. Core Equity Portfolio filings on SEC EDGAR — prospectus, portfolio holdings and annual reports.
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2026-02-27
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2025-02-28
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2024-02-28
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-09-24
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-06-24
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-03-27
- Annual census (N-CEN) — filed 2026-01-12
- Annual census (N-CEN) — filed 2025-01-10
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Data Sources
ABC INVEST compiles this page from public filings made to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) through EDGAR: portfolio holdings and monthly cashflows from Form N-PORT, expenses and returns from fund prospectuses (Form 485BPOS) and the SEC DERA Risk/Return Summary data sets, annual data from Form N-CEN, and shareholder reports from Form N-CSR.