| Shares | | Value ($) |
Common Stocks 96.9% |
Australia 0.8% |
Sydney Airport (Units) (Cost $116,311) | | 20,643 | | 80,627 |
Austria 0.5% |
Erste Group Bank AG* (Cost $47,326) | | 2,236 | | 49,619 |
Belgium 0.5% |
KBC Group NV (Cost $59,132) | | 859 | | 44,861 |
Denmark 2.9% |
Novo Nordisk AS "B" (Cost $204,938) | | 4,346 | | 284,020 |
Finland 1.9% |
Neste Oyj (Cost $114,393) | | 4,447 | | 179,710 |
France 12.4% |
BNP Paribas SA* | | 4,225 | | 151,534 |
Bureau Veritas SA* | | 3,745 | | 76,360 |
Capgemini SE | | 1,680 | | 173,633 |
Danone SA* | | 1,497 | | 102,405 |
Kering SA | | 221 | | 115,480 |
LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE | | 406 | | 169,320 |
SEB SA | | 1,284 | | 176,245 |
Valeo SA* | | 1,067 | | 26,508 |
Worldline SA 144A* | | 2,749 | | 207,115 |
(Cost $1,121,744) | | 1,198,600 |
Germany 8.1% |
Allianz SE (Registered) | | 1,181 | | 214,264 |
BASF SE | | 1,768 | | 95,730 |
Deutsche Boerse AG | | 631 | | 103,942 |
LANXESS AG* | | 2,037 | | 105,620 |
Merck KGaA | | 1,474 | | 170,075 |
Puma SE* | | 1,268 | | 90,810 |
(Cost $703,444) | | 780,441 |
Ireland 1.4% |
Kingspan Group PLC (Cost $115,128) | | 2,129 | | 131,696 |
Italy 1.9% |
Moncler SpA* (Cost $64,941) | | 4,845 | | 181,053 |
Japan 22.0% |
Aeon Mall Co., Ltd. | | 3,400 | | 47,801 |
AGC, Inc. | | 3,600 | | 101,967 |
Astellas Pharma, Inc. | | 3,600 | | 63,978 |
Central Japan Railway Co. | | 600 | | 102,582 |
Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. | | 900 | | 132,888 |
CyberAgent, Inc. | | 1,900 | | 95,750 |
Daiwa House REIT Investment Corp. (REIT) | | 22 | | 54,375 |
Dentsu Group, Inc. | | 1,700 | | 45,675 |
Japan Prime Realty Investment Corp. (REIT) | | 13 | | 39,714 |
Japan Real Estate Investment Corp. (REIT) | | 9 | | 49,123 |
Japan Retail Fund Investment Corp. (REIT) | | 38 | | 50,235 |
KDDI Corp. | | 2,200 | | 64,082 |
Marubeni Corp. | | 16,700 | | 81,027 |
Mitsubishi Corp. | | 6,900 | | 160,911 |
Mitsubishi Electric Corp. | | 5,500 | | 72,394 |
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. | | 28,400 | | 117,249 |
Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp. | | 2,500 | | 56,597 |
NTT DoCoMo, Inc. | | 3,100 | | 84,792 |
Shionogi & Co., Ltd. | | 1,500 | | 88,516 |
Softbank Corp. | | 4,900 | | 62,142 |
SoftBank Group Corp. | | 1,700 | | 76,839 |
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. | | 4,100 | | 118,444 |
Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings, Inc. | | 2,400 | | 70,587 |
Takeda Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. | | 1,600 | | 62,322 |
Terumo Corp. | | 3,700 | | 145,234 |
Toshiba Corp. | | 1,800 | | 49,277 |
United Urban Investment Corp. (REIT) | | 29 | | 30,735 |
(Cost $2,236,017) | | 2,125,236 |
Netherlands 8.7% |
ASML Holding NV | | 653 | | 214,433 |
Heineken NV | | 1,907 | | 175,234 |
ING Groep NV | | 12,987 | | 83,693 |
Koninklijke DSM NV | | 1,430 | | 183,055 |
Koninklijke Philips NV* | | 2,898 | | 132,033 |
Royal Dutch Shell PLC "A" | | 3,566 | | 55,976 |
(Cost $761,965) | | 844,424 |
Norway 1.3% |
DNB ASA* (Cost $156,684) | | 9,187 | | 125,511 |
Portugal 0.9% |
Galp Energia, SGPS, SA (Cost $112,386) | | 7,453 | | 89,072 |
Singapore 0.4% |
ComfortDelGro Corp., Ltd. (Cost $58,711) | | 33,200 | | 33,924 |
Spain 4.3% |
Ferrovial SA | | 2,044 | | 55,401 |
Grifols SA | | 4,355 | | 136,192 |
Iberdrola SA | | 21,006 | | 226,030 |
(Cost $331,327) | | 417,623 |
Sweden 5.2% |
Assa Abloy AB "B" | | 4,795 | | 97,864 |
Epiroc AB "A" | | 5,355 | | 59,640 |
Hexagon AB "B"* | | 1,871 | | 103,384 |
Skanska AB "B"* | | 2,808 | | 56,204 |
Swedbank AB "A"* | | 7,711 | | 96,581 |
Swedish Match AB | | 1,332 | | 92,676 |
(Cost $497,110) | | 506,349 |
Switzerland 11.8% |
Kuehne & Nagel International AG (Registered)* | | 398 | | 57,395 |
Lonza Group AG (Registered) | | 306 | | 150,515 |
Nestle SA (Registered) | | 4,046 | | 440,007 |
Schindler Holding AG | | 263 | | 61,424 |
Sika AG (Registered) | | 1,026 | | 176,566 |
Straumann Holding AG (Registered) | | 104 | | 84,493 |
Swiss Life Holding AG (Registered) | | 120 | | 42,287 |
Swiss Prime Site AG (Registered) | | 581 | | 54,037 |
Temenos AG (Registered) | | 131 | | 20,201 |
Zurich Insurance Group AG | | 151 | | 48,715 |
(Cost $870,925) | | 1,135,640 |
United Kingdom 11.9% |
Auto Trader Group PLC 144A | | 8,493 | | 58,878 |
British American Tobacco PLC | | 5,049 | | 200,013 |
BT Group PLC | | 24,374 | | 35,313 |
Compass Group PLC | | 12,895 | | 188,754 |
Diageo PLC | | 5,912 | | 205,401 |
ITV PLC | | 34,341 | | 34,385 |
M&G PLC | | 13,564 | | 23,486 |
National Grid PLC | | 5,762 | | 66,123 |
Prudential PLC | | 13,564 | | 176,729 |
RELX PLC | | 4,972 | | 115,073 |
SSE PLC | | 3,111 | | 47,805 |
(Cost $1,362,609) | | 1,151,960 |
Total Common Stocks (Cost $8,935,091) | | 9,360,366 |
Preferred Stocks 0.5% |
Germany | |
Porsche Automobil Holding SE (Cost $60,170) | | 794 | | 43,236 |
Cash Equivalents 0.4% |
DWS Central Cash Management Government Fund, 0.12% (a) (Cost $37,797) | | | 37,797 | | 37,797 |
| % of Net Assets | | Value ($) |
Total Investment Portfolio (Cost $9,033,058) | 97.8 | | 9,441,399 |
Other Assets and Liabilities, Net | 2.2 | | 215,784 |
Net Assets | 100.0 | | 9,657,183 |
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* | Non-income producing security. |
(a) | Affiliated fund managed by DWS Investment Management Americas, Inc. The rate shown is the annualized seven-day yield at period end. |
(b) | Represents cash collateral held in connection with securities lending. Income earned by the Fund is net of borrower rebates. |
(c) | Represents the net increase (purchase cost) or decrease (sales proceeds) in the amount invested in cash collateral for the period ended May 31, 2020. |
144A: Security exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. |
REIT: Real Estate Investment Trust |
At May 31, 2020 the DWS ESG International Core Equity Fund had the following sector diversification: |