IE00BG85LH23

Dimensional Pacific Basin Small Companies Fund(IE00BG85LH23)

Equities
Asia
SGD Cash, SRS
Accumulating

Invest with

SGD Cash, SRS

Payout type

Accumulating

Risk rating

About this fund

Description

The Fund aims to achieve long-term total return by primarily investing in shares of small companies listed on the principal stock exchanges in the Pacific Basin.

Key information

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Our perspective

Why we think this fund is best-in-class

Product

Provides investors with passive and low cost exposure to the small and micro-cap stocks in Pacific Basin markets, , primarily in developed markets such as Japan, Australia, Hong Kong, and Singapore, as well as emerging markets including Taiwan and Korea with a systematic factor-tilts.. Some of these markets are typically underrepresented in broader Asia or APAC strategies, which often skew towards larger markets. As such, the fund serves a useful building block to enhance portfolio diversification. The Fund adopts broad security coverage, investing across more than 3,000 stocks, achieving a greater diversification than its benchmark (MSCI Pacific Small Cap Index), which covers just over 1,000 stocks.

People

Managed by Dimensional Fund Advisors, a recognized leader in systematic investment strategies, with over USD 900 billion in assets under management. The firm brings over 40 years of experience in systematic investing, supported by rigorous, academically grounded empirical research backing its rigorous investment process, and has been associated with 5 Nobel laureates.

Performance

Aims to deliver long-term capital appreciation by outperforming the benchmark through structural tilts toward Value, Size, and Profitability factors. Designed to provide consistent exposure to return premiums over a full market cycle rather than relying on market timing. The Fund is likely to underperform in market environments that are unfavorable to APAC small-cap equities.

Process

Employs a rigorous investment framework rooted in empirical financial research to identify areas of higher expected returns. Portfolio management focuses on maintaining consistent exposure to targeted long-term premiums through disciplined security selection, ongoing rebalancing, and careful consideration of diversification, expected returns, and transaction costs. Utilizes a sophisticated implementation and trading strategy designed to minimize market impact and enhance net returns for investors.

Cost

Access to the Institutional share class with no trailer fees to achieve the lowest possible fees

How it fits in a portfolio

The Fund may serve as a core equity allocation for investors seeking cost-effective, broad-market exposure. By investing across a globally diversified Pacific Basin equity universe, it provides differentiated regional exposure relative to broader Asia or APAC strategies and achieves broader stock coverage than its benchmark. Investors should remain mindful that the Fund is a regional equity strategy and will likely experience periods of heightened volatility and make sure their portfolio remains geographically diversified in most cases. In addition, while the Fund has a tilt towards Value, Size and Profitability factors, these factors may undergo prolonged periods of underperformance in the short to medium term, despite strong evidence supporting their long-term outperformance.

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Performance

Returns

NAV

Shows the total return of this accumulating fund, which includes dividends reinvested.

Total returns

Cumulative

Annualised

All Time

57.81%

YTD

4.18%

1 month

-7.72%

6 month

5.72%

1 year

26.49%

3 year

42.49%

5 year

27.62%

As of Mar 2026

Distributions

This is an accumulating fund, so dividends are re-invested at the fund level.

Risk metrics

Max drawdown

-23.55%As of Mar 2026

Volatility

12.92%As of Mar 2026

Calendar returns

Year	Total	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
2026	-	5.7%	6.8%	-7.7%	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2025	22.6%	1.3%	0.8%	-1.1%	0.2%	3.3%	2.4%	2.8%	6.1%	3.4%	-0.7%	1.4%	0.8%
2024	4.2%	-0.8%	3.1%	2.9%	-2.1%	1.2%	0.1%	2.1%	-1.3%	1.4%	-3.6%	3.1%	-1.7%
2023	13.0%	5.1%	-1.2%	1.6%	-0.2%	-1.4%	3.5%	2.0%	-0.6%	-1.8%	-3.6%	5.0%	4.4%
2022	-16.9%	-6.3%	2.0%	-1.9%	-4.0%	-1.6%	-7.0%	5.2%	-1.1%	-7.4%	-1.7%	9.0%	-2.2%
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Top Exposures

Holdings

Regions

Sectors

State Street Us Treasury Liqui	0.39%
Regis Resources Ltd	0.39%
Vault Minerals Ltd	0.30%
Paladin Energy Ltd	0.29%
Dyno Nobel Ltd	0.29%
Downer EDI Ltd	0.27%
IGO Ltd	0.26%
Sandfire Resources Ltd	0.25%
UOL Group Ltd	0.25%
Seatrium Ltd	0.25%
Bank of Queensland Ltd	0.23%
Taiyo Yuden Co Ltd	0.22%
Ansell Ltd	0.22%
City Developments Ltd	0.22%
ASMPT Ltd	0.22%

Top exposures represent up to 15 of the fund's largest exposures for each category. Allocation percentages may not sum up to 100% and can include negative values due to rounding or trading activities by the underlying fund managers, including short positions.

Fund fees

0.54% p.a.

Fund facts

ISIN

IE00BG85LH23

Fund house

Dimensional

Fund size

S$278.9M

As of 17 Apr 2026

Fund benchmark

MSCI Pacific Small Cap NR USD

Fund inception date

05 Mar 2019

Fund class currency

SGD

Fund share class

SGD

Oldest share class ISIN

IE0034140404

Oldest share inception date

26 Feb 2004

Pricing frequency

Daily

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