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DWS FUNDS

34 known aliases resolved via the canonical alias map

Market position · 2024

Plans served43+8 YoYRank #438 of mapped providers
Assets under administration$48.3B0.1%Market share · rank #335
Fees received$8MMedian $54,009/planSum across Schedule C direct + indirect
Net wins YoY+39 won · 6 lostPlan-level switch detection
Plans served · 5-year trajectory
Market-share plans percent annotated. Bar height is raw plan count.
Customer-base shape
What does a typical DWS FUNDS plan look like?
Service mix · median fees per plan
Count of plans where DWS FUNDS ships each service code, and the median compensation they report under it.
ServicePlansMedian feesDistribution
Soft dollars commissions; Direct payment from the plan; Investment management; Investment management fees paid indirectly by plan; Investment management fees paid directly by planCode 28
39$54,541
Investment advisory (plan)Code 27
1$26,536
Investment management fees paid directly by planCode 51
1$16,901
Shareholder servicing fees; Sub-transfer agency feesCode 59
1$0
Other feesCode 99
1$1,093,997
Competitor overlap
Percent of DWS FUNDS's plans that also list each competitor on Schedule C. High numbers = co-living partners; low numbers = direct displacement targets.
Plans won in 2024
Appeared this year; did not appear last year under DWS FUNDS.
SponsorFromAssets
BOARD OF TRUSTEES GCIU-EMPLOYER RETIREMENT BENEFIT PLANWA · 916024903-001
KAYE-SMITH ENTERPRISES, INC.$1.8B
IRON WORKERS REGIONAL SHOP LOCAL UNION 855 PENSION TRUSTCA · 940012049-001
PANAGORA ASSET MANAGEMENT$75M
COLLINS PINE COMPANYOR · 930177750-001
GEFFEN MESHER$47M
OREGON EDUCATION ASSOCIATIONOR · 930243443-001
WITHUMSMITH+BROWN, PC$44M
TRUSTEES MIDWESTERN TEAMSTERS PENSION TRUST FUNDIL · 376117130-001
THE SEGAL COMPANY$40M
HECLA LIMITEDID · 820126240-002
BDO USA, LLP$28M
TRUSTEES OF CHICAGOLAND RACE MEET OPERATORS AND LOCAL 134 IBEW JT PENWI · 363825845-001
JEFF KROL$26M
POLYMER TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS, INC.IN · 351895358-001
T ROWE PRICE RPS INC$26M
Plans lost in 2024
Appeared last year under DWS FUNDS; not this year.
SponsorToAssets
MATTEL, INC.CA · 951567322-013
FID INV INST OPS CO$289M
ASSOC OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY INCVA · 530193361-002
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS INSTITUTIONAL$22M
HIGH COUNTRY BEVERAGE CORPORATIONCO · 841341843-001
LPL FINANCIAL$17M
NORTH MEMORIAL HEALTH CAREMN · 410729979-001
(new plan)$4M
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PlanAssetsParticipantsFeesTenureFlags
PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANYCA · 940742640-001
$17.6B58,892$1M5y-
AMEREN CORPORATIONMO · 431723446-005
$4.8B23,302$341,6162y-
TRAVELERS COMPANIES, INC.MN · 410518860-001
$4.2B45,786$262,4317y-
PENSION COMMITTEE UNDER TWIN CITY HOSPITALS - MINNESOTA NURSESMN · 416184922-001
$2.4B33,805$671,7532y-
ONCOR ELECTRIC DELIVERY COMPANY LLCTX · 752967830-001
$1.9B14,519$295,3002y-
BD OF TRUSTEES LOCAL 705 I.B. OF T. PENSION TRUST FUNDIL · 366492502-001
$1.9B15,670$427,6188y-
BOARD OF TRUSTEES - INDIANA LABORERS PENSION FUNDIN · 356027150-001
$1.8B28,807$520,25110y-
BOARD OF TRUSTEES GCIU-EMPLOYER RETIREMENT BENEFIT PLANWA · 916024903-001
$1.8B37,126$146,3321y-
BECTON DICKINSON AND COMPANYNJ · 220760120-004
$1.7B23,384$61,4733y-
ZURICH AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANYIL · 364233459-001
$1.3B18,921$595,4045y-
Flag exposure
90.7%Market: 89.2%
This provider
Market baseline

Share of this provider's plans tripping any deterministic red flag this year. Lower than market baseline = better risk surface.

Aliases resolved (34)
Raw Schedule C names collapsed into DWS FUNDS.
  • DEUTSCHE FUNDS
  • DWS
  • DWS DISTRIBUTORS, INC.
  • DWS ENHANCED COMMODITY STRAT A
  • DWS FUNDS
  • DWS INVESTMENT AMERICAS INC
  • DWS INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AMERICAS
  • DWS INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC
  • DWS INVESTMENTS
  • DWS INVESTMENTS DISTRIBUTOR, INC.
  • DWS INVESTMENTS FUNDS
  • DWS RREEF REAL EST SECS S
  • DWS SCUDDER INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT
  • DWS TRUST COMPANY
  • RREEF
  • RREEF AMERICA
  • RREEF AMERICA II LP
  • RREEF AMERICA II REIT
  • RREEF AMERICA L.L.C
  • RREEF AMERICA L.L.C.
  • RREEF AMERICA LLC
  • RREEF AMERICA REIT II
  • RREEF AMERICA REIT II INC.
  • RREEF AMERICA REIT II, INC
  • RREEF AMERICA REIT II, INC.
Book composition by plan size
Bars stack to total plans served; segments use the same asset cutoffs as the /retirement size filter. Up-and-to-the-right on the bigger segments = moving up-market.
Under $5M$5-50M$50-250M$250M-1B$1B+
Compliance posture vs market
Per-flag share for DWS FUNDS's book against the same flag's overall prevalence across all filings. Negative delta = under-indexed (cleaner book); positive = elevated risk surface.
FlagPlans flaggedProvider %Market %Delta
Recently terminated00.00%7.76%-7.76 pp
Fidelity bond gap00.00%26.94%-26.94 pp
Late contributions00.00%1.71%-1.71 pp
Failed to provide benefit00.00%0.14%-0.14 pp
Corrective distributions00.00%1.76%-1.76 pp
Loss discovered00.00%0.00%-0.00 pp
New-plan formation share
Share of plans filing for the first time each year that landed with DWS FUNDS. Compare to the incumbent market share (0.1%) - higher = winning new business, lower = coasting on existing relationships.
0.0%-0.1 pp vs incumbent
Geographic penetration index
(Provider plans in state / state plans) divided by the provider's overall share of the market. Index 1.00 = average; > 1 = over-indexed (winning more than their fair share); < 1 = under-indexed (white space).
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