DWS Group

DWS traces its origins to Deutsche Gesellschaft für Wertpapiersparen, founded in Hamburg in 1956. It developed within Deutsche Bank's asset-management businesses, adopted the DWS brand globally in 2018 and was listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange in March 2018.

Today, DWS provides active, passive and alternative investment solutions for individuals, institutions and corporations across liquid and illiquid asset classes. Its Xtrackers platform is a major European ETF and ETC business, while its alternatives platform covers private real estate, infrastructure, liquid real assets and direct lending.

For students, DWS is particularly relevant for its European ETF franchise, broad institutional asset-management platform and established alternatives capabilities. The firm also integrates ESG considerations across its investment businesses, although the relevance and implementation vary by strategy.