DWS — funds, providers and filings
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Registrations
- 2026-09-29 New fund vehicle registered: DWS ALTERNATIVES SICAV (LU) entity register
- 2026-09-24 New fund vehicle registered: DWS GROWTH DEBT FUND S.C.A. SICAV-RAIF (LU) entity register
- 2026-09-22 New fund vehicle registered: DWS Zurich ESG Equity Allocation (DE) entity register
- 2026-09-22 New fund vehicle registered: DWS Zurich Equity Allocation (DE) entity register
- 2026-09-17 New fund vehicle registered: DB VorsorgeFonds Aktien (DE) entity register
- 2026-09-17 New fund vehicle registered: DB VorsorgeFonds Anleihen (DE) entity register
- 2026-09-17 New fund vehicle registered: DB VorsorgeFonds Ausgewogen (DE) entity register
- 2026-09-17 New fund vehicle registered: DB VorsorgeFonds Konservativ (DE) entity register
Events
- 2026-10-05 DWS agrees to buy Zug-based Peakside Capital Advisors outright to expand opportunistic real estate Alternative Credit Investor · source
| Total assets under management | €1.19tn † DWS Group, second-quarter 2026 results, as at 30 June 2026 |
| Of that, the part reported to the US SEC as private funds | $12.0bn gross · 72 funds Form ADV, through 2024 |
† A record; its long-term assets were €1,049 billion at the same date.
DWS is a German asset manager, once called Deutsche Asset Management. It has more than 60 years of history. It offers active, index and alternative strategies to both institutions and retail investors. (DWS)
Investor base
It serves both institutions and retail investors. Its base is largest in Germany and continental Europe, and it runs a big ETF business under the Xtrackers brand.
Source: DWS Group.
Asset classes
The range spans active equities and fixed income, multi-asset, passive funds and ETFs (Xtrackers) and alternatives — real estate, infrastructure and private credit.
Fund structure
Its funds are organised into 55 umbrella funds and 632 sub-funds.
How the funds sit under the manager and its umbrellas:
The US-reported view
The sections below draw on US regulatory filings — SEC Form ADV and Form D — and on US investors' own disclosures. They set out DWS's US-reported slice: the funds, service providers, domiciles and activity visible in US filings, not its worldwide business.
1. US-SEC private funds
This page reports $12.0bn of gross asset value across 72 private funds that DWS reports on SEC Form ADV, filings through 2024. Its firm-wide figures are in the Assets summary at the top of this page, measured on a different basis.
Worldwide, 1,115 registered fund vehicles are on file under its management companies, on the worldwide entity register (read 2026-10-05) — these are legal fund entities, not the share classes or products a manager markets.
| Registered fund vehicles worldwide (as at 2026-10-05) | 1,115 |
| Management entities on file (US filings · worldwide register) | 5 · 12 |
| Principal offices on file | Hong Kong, China; London, United Kingdom; Luxembourg, Luxembourg, Luxembourg; New York, United States; Singapore, Singapore |
2. Service providers
PwC audits 37 of the 65 DWS funds that name an auditor on Form ADV Schedule D, filings through 2024 — more than any other firm. State Street administers 39 of the 72 that name an administrator, on the same filings. Relationships the filings attribute to DWS's own group are part of its structure, not third-party appointments, and are left out of these counts.
Across the funds that disclose each role on Schedule D — the count is funds naming that provider, of funds disclosing the role at all:
| Fund administrator | State Street (39 of 72); Aztec Financial Services (8 of 72); Alter Domus (5 of 72) — and 12 more |
| Auditor | PwC (37 of 65); EY (9 of 65); KPMG (8 of 65) — and 3 more |
| Custodian | State Street (35 of 67); Aztec Financial Services (8 of 67); IQ-EQ (5 of 67) — and 11 more |
| Prime broker | Goldman Sachs (1 of 1); Morgan Stanley (1 of 1) |
| Marketer / placement | Deutsche Bank (219 of 28); First Avenue Partners (2 of 28); Detusche Bank (Belgium) S.A. (1 of 28) |
3. Fund domiciles
33 of DWS's 72 SEC-reported private funds are domiciled in Cayman Islands, its largest single domicile on Form ADV, filings through 2024. Luxembourg is next, and the bars below give the rest in order.
4. Management entities
DWS files Form ADV through 5 management entities; the largest is DWS Investments Singapore Limited, CRD 162780 of SINGAPORE, with 27 of the 72 funds on this page. Every figure above rolls those filers up into one business. The table below traces each of them back to the entity that filed it, so a number can be checked against its own record rather than taken on trust.
US management entities on file (5 entities — together the 72 funds above)
| Entity | SEC CRD | City | Funds of the 72 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DWS Investments Singapore Limited | CRD 162780 | SINGAPORE | 27 |
| DWS Investment Management Americas, Inc. | CRD 104518 | New York | 17 |
| DWS Alternatives Global Limited | CRD 139526 | LONDON | 13 |
| DWS Investment S.A. | CRD 300838 | Luxembourg, Luxembourg | 13 |
| DWS Investments Hong Kong Limited | CRD 139666 | Hong Kong | 2 |
Management entities on the worldwide register (12 entities — together the 1,115 registered vehicles)
| Entity | Register ID | Fund vehicles |
|---|---|---|
| DWS Investment S.A. | 549300L70BS183Y6ML67 | 689 |
| DWS Investment GmbH | 549300K0BHJ9BX9J8J87 | 285 |
| DWS Investment Management Americas, Inc. | CZ83K4EEEX8QVCT3B128 | 93 |
| DWS Alternatives GmbH | 529900ZJSEYT72X34K26 | 18 |
| DWS Investments UK Limited | 529900IDIVPXHQ72XG19 | 8 |
| DWS International GmbH | 549300TPJCLC0OHGM008 | 6 |
| DWS Alternatives Global Limited | 635400VPPM8R1SOESU52 | 5 |
| DWS Trust Company | 529900H86EC4DAO59C26 | 4 |
| DWS Grundbesitz GmbH | 529900YDIT4SCCP1SY38 | 4 |
| DWS Management GmbH | 5299005MQKIBQ14EIJ38 | 1 |
The remaining 2 are available on request: [email protected].
5. Similar managers
Questions this page answers
What is DWS's AUM?
Across the group it managed €1.19 trillion as at 30 June 2026. (DWS Group, second-quarter 2026 results). It also reports $12.0bn of gross asset value across 72 private funds on its US SEC filings (Form ADV, through 2024).
Who audits DWS's funds?
PwC is named on 37 of the 65 US private funds whose filing discloses an auditor on Form ADV Schedule D (of DWS's 72 filed with the SEC), filings through 2024. EY appears on 9 of the same filings.
Who administers DWS's funds?
State Street is named on 39 of the 72 US private funds whose filing discloses an administrator on Form ADV Schedule D (of DWS's 72 filed with the SEC), filings through 2024. Aztec Financial Services appears on 8 of the same filings.
How many funds does DWS run?
DWS has 1,115 registered fund vehicles on the worldwide entity register — legal fund entities, not the share classes or products a manager markets. Separately, it reports 72 private funds to the US SEC (Form ADV, through 2024) — a different register, counted on a different basis.
Where are DWS's funds domiciled?
33 of the 72 funds are domiciled in Cayman Islands, its largest single domicile on Form ADV, filings through 2024, followed by Luxembourg with 16.
Where does DWS file from?
DWS Investments Singapore Limited, CRD 162780, its largest Form ADV filer, gives its office as SINGAPORE, Singapore. The other filers' offices are in the entity table on this page.
Is DWS registered with the SEC?
Yes. Its filings run through 5 management entities, the largest being DWS Investments Singapore Limited, CRD 162780, with 27 of the 72 funds here.
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