ORGANIZATION
Dimensional Investment Group Inc. (the “Fund”) is an open-end management investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”), whose shares are generally offered to institutional investors, retirement plans and clients of registered investment advisors. At January 31, 2024, the Fund consisted of ten portfolios (the “Portfolios”), of which three are “Stand-alone Funds”, four are “Feeder Funds” in a master-feeder structure, and three are “Fund of Funds”.
SECURITY VALUATION
The Portfolios use a fair value hierarchy, which prioritizes the inputs-to-valuation techniques used to measure fair value into three broad levels described below:
• Level 1 - inputs are quoted prices in active markets for identical securities (including equity securities, open-end investment companies and futures contracts)
• Level 2 - other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.)
• Level 3 - significant unobservable inputs (including the Portfolios' own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments)
Securities held by U.S. Large Company Portfolio, including over-the-counter securities, are valued at the last quoted sale price of the day. Securities held by the Portfolio that are listed on Nasdaq are valued at the Nasdaq Official Closing Price (“NOCP”). If there is no last reported sale price or NOCP for the day, the Portfolio values the securities within the range of the most recent quoted bid and ask prices. Price information on listed securities is taken from the exchange where the security is primarily traded. Generally, securities issued by open-end management investment companies are valued using their respective net asset values or public offering prices, as appropriate, for purchase orders placed at the close of the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”). These securities are generally categorized as Level 1 in the hierarchy.
Futures contracts held by the U.S. Large Company Portfolio are valued using the settlement price established each day on the exchange on which they are traded. These valuations are generally categorized as Level 1 in the hierarchy.
The Feeder Funds primarily invest in a corresponding series of The DFA Investment Trust Company (each, a “Master Fund”). Each Feeder Fund’s investment reflects its proportionate interest in the net assets of the corresponding Master Fund. These valuations are classified as Level 1 in the hierarchy.
Shares of investment companies (“Underlying Funds”) held by Global Equity Portfolio, Global Allocation 60/40 Portfolio, and Global Allocation 25/75 Portfolio (each a “Global Fund” and collectively, the “Global Funds”) and the shares held by the Portfolios in other investment companies are valued at their respective daily net asset values as reported by their administrator, as these Underlying Funds are treated as regulated investment companies. These securities are generally categorized as Level 1 in the hierarchy.
Debt securities held by DFA Two-Year Fixed Income Portfolio and DFA Two-Year Government Portfolio are valued on the basis of evaluated prices provided by one or more pricing services or other reasonably reliable sources including broker/dealers that typically handle the purchase and sale of such securities. Securities that are traded over-the-counter and on a stock exchange generally will be valued according to the broadest and most representative market, and it is expected that for bonds and other fixed income securities, this ordinarily will be the over-the-counter market. These securities are generally categorized as Level 2 or Level 3 in the hierarchy.
Securities for which no market quotations are readily available (including restricted securities), or for which market quotations have become unreliable, are valued in good faith at fair value in accordance with Rule 2a-5 under the 1940 Act pursuant to procedures approved by the Board of Directors of the Fund. Fair value pricing may also be used if events that have a significant effect on the value of an investment (as determined in the discretion of Dimensional Fund Advisors LP) occur before the net asset value of a Portfolio is calculated. When fair value pricing is used, the prices of securities used by the Portfolios may differ from the quoted or published prices for the same securities on their primary markets or exchanges. These securities are generally categorized as Level 2 or Level 3 in the hierarchy.
