Carlo Venes joins Dimensional, plans Asia push

US-based Dimensional Fund Advisors, with over $200 billion of assets under management, has hired Carlo Venes to expand its institutional business in Asia ex-Japan. The former head of institutional business for the region at Fidelity is currently based at Dimensional’s headquarters in Austin, Texas. He will return to Asia in the next few months once the firm has decided which city to base itself in. Eduardo Repetto, co-CEO at Dimensional in Austin, says a separate Japan office is…