Common use of Duties of Advisor Clause in Contracts

Duties of Advisor. The Fund hereby employs the Advisor to manage the investment and reinvestment of the assets of The DFA International Small Cap Value Portfolio (the "Portfolio"), to continuously review, supervise and administer the Portfolio's investment program, to determine in its discretion the securities to be purchased or sold and the portion of the Portfolio's assets to be uninvested, to provide the Fund with records concerning the Advisor's activities which the Fund is required to maintain, and to render regular reports to the Fund's officers and the Board of Directors of the Fund, all in compliance with the objectives, policies and limitations set forth in the Fund's prospectus and applicable laws and regulations. The Advisor accepts such employment and agrees to provide, at its own expense, the office space, furnishings and equipment and the personnel required by it to perform the services described herein on the terms and for the compensation provided herein.

Duties of Advisor. The Fund hereby employs the Advisor to manage the investment and reinvestment of the assets of The DFA International Small Cap Value VA Short-Term Fixed Portfolio (the "Portfolio"), to continuously review, supervise and administer the Portfolio's investment program, to determine in its discretion the securities to be purchased or sold and the portion of the Portfolio's assets to be uninvested, to provide the Fund with records concerning the Advisor's activities which the Fund is required to maintain, and to render regular reports to the Fund's officers and the Board of Directors of the Fund, all in compliance with the objectives, policies and limitations set forth in the Fund's prospectus and applicable laws and regulations. The Advisor accepts such employment and agrees to provide, at its own expense, the office space, furnishings and equipment and the personnel required by it to perform the services described herein on the terms and for the compensation provided herein.

Duties of Advisor. The Fund hereby employs the Advisor to manage the investment and reinvestment of the assets of The the DFA International Small Cap Value Global Real Estate Securities Portfolio (the "“Portfolio"”), to continuously review, supervise supervise, and administer the Portfolio's ’s investment program, to determine in its discretion the securities to be purchased or sold and the portion of the Portfolio's ’s assets to be uninvested, to provide the Fund with records concerning the Advisor's ’s activities which the Fund is required to maintain, and to render regular reports to the Fund's ’s officers and the Board of Directors of the Fund, all in compliance with the objectives, policies policies, and limitations set forth in the Fund's Portfolio’s prospectus and applicable laws and regulations. The Advisor accepts such employment and agrees to provide, at its own expense, the office space, furnishings and equipment equipment, and the personnel required by it to perform the services described herein on the terms and for the compensation provided herein.

Duties of Advisor. The Fund hereby employs the Advisor to manage the investment and reinvestment of the assets of The DFA International Small Cap Value Enhanced U.S. Large Company Portfolio (the "“Portfolio"”), to continuously review, supervise and administer the Portfolio's ’s investment program, to determine in its discretion the securities to be purchased or sold and the portion of the Portfolio's ’s assets to be uninvested, to provide the Fund with records concerning the Advisor's ’s activities which the Fund is required to maintain, and to render regular reports to the Fund's ’s officers and the Board of Directors of the Fund, all in compliance with the objectives, policies and limitations set forth in the Fund's prospectus ’s registration statement and applicable laws and regulations. The Advisor accepts such employment and agrees to provide, at its own expense, the office space, furnishings and equipment and the personnel required by it to perform the services described herein on the terms and for the compensation provided herein.

Duties of Advisor. The Fund hereby employs the Advisor to manage the investment and reinvestment of the assets of The the DFA International Small Cap Value Municipal Real Return Portfolio (the "“Portfolio"”), to continuously review, supervise supervise, and administer the Portfolio's ’s investment program, to determine in its discretion the securities to be purchased or sold and the portion of the Portfolio's ’s assets to be uninvested, to provide the Fund with records concerning the Advisor's ’s activities which the Fund is required to maintain, and to render regular reports to the Fund's ’s officers and the Board of Directors of the Fund, all in compliance with the objectives, policies policies, and limitations set forth in the Fund's Portfolio’s prospectus and applicable laws and regulations. The Advisor accepts such employment and agrees to provide, at its own expense, the office space, furnishings and equipment equipment, and the personnel required by it to perform the services described herein on the terms and for the compensation provided herein.

Duties of Advisor. The Fund hereby employs the Advisor to manage the investment and reinvestment of the assets of The DFA the International Small Large Cap Value Growth Portfolio (the "“Portfolio"”), to continuously review, supervise supervise, and administer the Portfolio's ’s investment program, to determine in its discretion the securities to be purchased or sold and the portion of the Portfolio's ’s assets to be uninvested, to provide the Fund with records concerning the Advisor's ’s activities which the Fund is required to maintain, and to render regular reports to the Fund's ’s officers and the Board of Directors of the Fund, all in compliance with the objectives, policies policies, and limitations set forth in the Fund's Portfolio’s prospectus and applicable laws and regulations. The Advisor accepts such employment and agrees to provide, at its own expense, the office space, furnishings and equipment equipment, and the personnel required by it to perform the services described herein on the terms and for the compensation provided herein.

Duties of Advisor. The Fund hereby employs the Advisor to manage the investment and reinvestment of the assets of The the DFA International Small Cap Value Investment Grade Portfolio (the "“Portfolio"”), to continuously review, supervise supervise, and administer the Portfolio's ’s investment program, to determine in its discretion the securities to be purchased or sold and the portion of the Portfolio's ’s assets to be uninvested, to provide the Fund with records concerning the Advisor's ’s activities which the Fund is required to maintain, and to render regular reports to the Fund's ’s officers and the Board of Directors of the Fund, all in compliance with the objectives, policies policies, and limitations set forth in the Fund's Portfolio’s prospectus and applicable laws and regulations. The Advisor accepts such employment and agrees to provide, at its own expense, the office space, furnishings and equipment equipment, and the personnel required by it to perform the services described herein on the terms and for the compensation provided herein.

Duties of Advisor. The Fund hereby employs the Advisor to manage the investment and reinvestment of the assets of The the DFA International Small Cap Value Municipal Bond Portfolio (the "“Portfolio"”), to continuously review, supervise supervise, and administer the Portfolio's ’s investment program, to determine in its discretion the securities to be purchased or sold and the portion of the Portfolio's ’s assets to be uninvested, to provide the Fund with records concerning the Advisor's ’s activities which the Fund is required to maintain, and to render regular reports to the Fund's ’s officers and the Board of Directors of the Fund, all in compliance with the objectives, policies policies, and limitations set forth in the Fund's Portfolio’s prospectus and applicable laws and regulations. The Advisor accepts such employment and agrees to provide, at its own expense, the office space, furnishings and equipment equipment, and the personnel required by it to perform the services described herein on the terms and for the compensation provided herein.

Duties of Advisor. The Fund hereby employs the Advisor to 'manage the investment and reinvestment of the assets of The DFA Large Cap International Small Cap Value Portfolio of the Fund (the "Portfolio"), to continuously review, supervise and administer the Portfolio's investment program, to determine in its discretion the securities to be purchased or sold and the portion of the Portfolio's assets to be uninvested, to provide the Fund with records concerning the Advisor's activities which the Fund is required to maintain, and to render regular reports to the Fund's officers and the Board of Directors of the Fund, all in compliance with the objectives, policies and limitations set forth in the Fund's prospectus and applicable laws and regulations. The Advisor accepts such employment and agrees to provide, at its own expense, the office space, furnishings and equipment and the personnel required by it to perform the services described herein on the terms and for the compensation provided herein.

Duties of Advisor. The Fund hereby employs the Advisor to manage the investment and reinvestment of the assets of The of: DFA International Small Cap Value Company Portfolio V (the "“Portfolio"”), to continuously review, supervise and administer the Portfolio's ’s investment program, to determine in its discretion the securities to be purchased or sold and the portion of the Portfolio's ’s assets to be uninvested, to provide the Fund with records concerning the Advisor's ’s activities which the Fund is required to maintain, and to render regular reports to the Fund's ’s officers and the Board of Directors of the Fund, all in compliance with the objectives, policies and limitations set forth in the Fund's Portfolio’s prospectus and applicable laws and regulations. The Advisor accepts such employment and agrees to provide, at its own expense, the office space, furnishings and equipment and the personnel required by it to perform the services described herein on the terms and for the compensation provided herein.

Duties of Advisor. The Fund hereby employs the Advisor to manage the investment and reinvestment of the assets of The DFA Large Cap International Small Cap Value Portfolio of the Fund (the "Portfolio"), to continuously review, supervise and administer the Portfolio's investment program, to determine in its discretion the securities to be purchased or sold and the portion of the Portfolio's assets to be uninvested, to provide the Fund with records concerning the Advisor's activities which the Fund is required to maintain, and to render regular reports to the Fund's officers and the Board of Directors of the Fund, all in compliance with the objectives, policies and limitations set forth in the Fund's prospectus and applicable laws and regulations. The Advisor accepts such employment and agrees to provide, at its own expense, the office space, furnishings and equipment and the personnel required by it to perform the services described herein on the terms and for the compensation provided herein.

Duties of Advisor. The Fund hereby employs the Advisor to manage the investment and reinvestment of the assets of The DFA International Small Cap Value Intermediate Government Bond Portfolio of the Fund (the "Portfolio"), to continuously review, supervise and administer the Portfolio's investment program, to determine in its discretion the securities to be purchased or sold and the portion of the Portfolio's assets to be uninvested, to provide the Fund with records concerning the Advisor's activities which the Fund is required to maintain, and to render regular reports to the Fund's officers and the Board of Directors of the Fund, all in compliance with the objectives, policies and limitations set forth in the Fund's prospectus and applicable laws and regulations. The Advisor accepts such employment and agrees to provide, at its own expense, the office space, furnishings and equipment and the personnel required by it to perform the services described herein on the terms and for the compensation provided herein.