Dfa Australia Limited (Sydney)


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.