DFGR Fees and Costs — Dimensional Global Real Estate ETF
Data updated: 2026-09-24
The net expense ratio is 0.21%: a 0.19% management fee plus 0.02% other expenses, less a 0.01% fee waiver. There are no sales loads or redemption fees. In fiscal 2025 the fund paid $49K in broker commissions, 0.0020% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 2%.
DFGR Fees and Expenses
Annual operating expenses and sales charges of DFGR. Prospectus, as of October 31, 2025.
| Annual operating expenses | |
|---|---|
| Management fee | 0.19% |
| 12b-1 fee | — |
| Other expenses | 0.02% |
| Gross expense ratio | 0.22% |
| Fee waiver | −0.01% |
| Net expense ratio | 0.21% |
| Sales charges | |
|---|---|
| Max front load | — |
| Max deferred load | — |
| Redemption fee | — |
| Expense limitation in place (N-CEN) | Yes |
| Fees waived or reduced during the year | Yes |
| Waived fees subject to recoupment | Yes |
DFGR Costs Over Time
On $10,000 invested in DFGR, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $135 over 5 years, cutting the return by 0.22% a year. Illustration, not a forecast: it assumes today's net expense ratio throughout (a fee waiver may end).
| $10,000 invested | Sell after 1 year | Sell after 3 years | Sell after 5 years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Value before costs | $10,500 | $11,576 | $12,763 |
| Fund expenses (net expense ratio 0.21%) | $22 | $69 | $121 |
| Trading costs (broker commissions) | $0 | $1 | $1 |
| Lost growth on money paid in costs | $0 | $3 | $12 |
| Total costs | $22 | $73 | $135 |
| Value after costs | $10,478 | $11,503 | $12,628 |
| Impact on return, per year | 0.22% | 0.22% | 0.22% |
DFGR Trading Costs
Brokerage costs reported on SEC Form N-CEN for the fiscal year ending October 31, 2025.
- Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): 0.0020%
- Total broker commissions: $49K
- Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $685.2M
- Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 2%
- Securities on loan, average value: $94.5M
- Net income from securities lending: $318K (0.013% of average net assets)
DFGR Agency Brokers
Commissions paid.
| Broker | Amount | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Jefferies LLC | $13K | 26.53% |
| Instinet, LLC | $11K | 23.05% |
| Virtu Americas LLC | $11K | 22.80% |
| Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC | $4K | 8.05% |
| J.P. Morgan Securities LLC | $4K | 7.57% |
| UBS Securities LLC | $3K | 7.12% |
| Citigroup Global Markets Inc. | $995 | 2.02% |
| Loop Capital Markets LLC | $957 | 1.95% |
| BofA Securities, Inc. | $355 | 0.72% |
| Rosenblatt Securities Inc. | $102 | 0.21% |
DFGR Dealer Counterparties
Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).
| Broker | Amount | Share |
|---|---|---|
| J.P. Morgan Securities LLC | $590.9M | 86.24% |
| UBS Securities LLC | $58.6M | 8.56% |
| BofA Securities, Inc. | $15.8M | 2.31% |
| Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC | $10.6M | 1.55% |
| Citigroup Global Markets Inc. | $7.7M | 1.12% |
| Virtu Americas LLC | $1.3M | 0.19% |
| Jarden Securities Limited | $239K | 0.03% |
| Instinet, LLC | $6 | 0.00% |
For information only. Not investment advice: figures are as reported in SEC filings and may contain errors or be out of date. Past performance does not guarantee future results.