Investment Portfolio | as of January 31, 2021 (Unaudited) |
DWS Emerging Markets Equity Fund
Shares | Value ($) | ||
Equity Securities 84.2% | |||
Argentina 1.2% | |||
MercadoLibre, Inc.* (Cost $4,363,547) | 3,402 | 6,053,893 | |
Brazil 5.6% | |||
B3 SA - Brasil Bolsa Balcao | 230,281 | 2,516,870 | |
Banco Bradesco SA (ADR) | 1,082,992 | 4,916,785 | |
CCR SA | 261,962 | 580,286 | |
Cia Siderurgica Nacional SA | 736,904 | 4,094,360 | |
Gerdau SA (ADR) | 1,109,704 | 4,705,145 | |
Itau Unibanco Holding SA (ADR) (Preferred) | 967,984 | 5,052,877 | |
Lojas Americanas SA (Preferred) | 626,580 | 2,758,766 | |
Multiplan Empreendimentos Imobiliarios SA | 1,848 | 7,160 | |
Vale SA (ADR) | 296,918 | 4,795,226 | |
(Cost $23,820,984) | 29,427,475 | ||
Chile 1.2% | |||
Antofagasta PLC (Cost $4,380,065) | 328,230 | 6,408,260 | |
China 33.0% | |||
21Vianet Group, Inc. (ADR)* | 94,166 | 3,552,883 | |
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. (ADR)* | 98,204 | 24,927,121 | |
Anhui Conch Cement Co., Ltd. "H" | 552,500 | 3,262,750 | |
Baidu, Inc. (ADR)* | 17,904 | 4,207,798 | |
BYD Co., Ltd. "H" | 319,500 | 9,714,815 | |
China Construction Bank Corp. "H" | 10,831,577 | 8,181,694 | |
Huatai Securities Co., Ltd. 144A | 924,200 | 1,473,151 | |
Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Ltd. "H" | 12,432,095 | 7,911,589 | |
JD Health International, Inc. 144A* | 104,900 | 2,067,604 | |
JD.com, Inc. (ADR)* | 159,175 | 14,117,231 | |
Kuaishou Technology* | 12,912 | 193,639 | |
KWG Group Holdings Ltd. | 2,069,000 | 2,746,902 | |
Meituan "B"* | 442,900 | 20,261,154 | |
NetEase, Inc. (ADR) | 26,786 | 3,080,122 | |
New Oriental Education & Technology Group, Inc. (ADR)* | 33,801 | 5,661,668 | |
Pinduoduo, Inc. (ADR)* | 44,535 | 7,379,895 | |
Ping An Insurance Group Co. of China Ltd. "H" | 405,532 | 4,763,960 | |
TAL Education Group (ADR)* | 58,188 | 4,473,493 | |
Tencent Holdings Ltd. | 495,200 | 43,602,657 | |
Topsports International Holdings Ltd. 144A | 1,320,000 | 2,143,640 | |
(Cost $99,914,838) | 173,723,766 | ||
Colombia 0.3% | |||
Bancolombia SA (ADR) (Cost $2,198,435) | 43,000 | 1,513,170 | |
Hong Kong 2.1% | |||
AIA Group Ltd. | 258,400 | 3,119,188 | |
Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing Ltd. | 87,300 | 5,584,654 |
Shimao Group Holdings Ltd. | 579,000 | 1,675,629 | |
SJM Holdings Ltd. | 670,000 | 718,093 | |
(Cost $9,213,889) | 11,097,564 | ||
India 8.8% | |||
HDFC Bank Ltd. (ADR)* | 147,192 | 10,612,543 | |
ICICI Bank Ltd. (ADR)* | 422,378 | 6,377,908 | |
ICICI Bank Ltd.* | 240,257 | 1,778,578 | |
Infosys Ltd. (ADR) | 557,759 | 9,414,972 | |
ITC Ltd. | 770,000 | 2,146,825 | |
Larsen & Toubro Ltd. | 32,190 | 590,906 | |
Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. | 10,439 | 1,032,116 | |
Reliance Industries Ltd. 144A, (GDR) | 100,983 | 5,119,838 | |
Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. | 206,744 | 8,850,451 | |
UltraTech Cement Ltd. | 8,316 | 606,611 | |
(Cost $32,764,824) | 46,530,748 | ||
Indonesia 1.7% | |||
Bank Rakyat Indonesia Persero Tbk PT | 8,276,600 | 2,466,121 | |
PT Bank Central Asia Tbk | 1,002,000 | 2,417,821 | |
PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia Persero Tbk | 17,422,200 | 3,828,702 | |
(Cost $8,890,220) | 8,712,644 | ||
Korea 15.1% | |||
Hyundai Motor Co. | 28,454 | 5,804,045 | |
KB Financial Group, Inc.* | 27,810 | 1,000,545 | |
LG Chem Ltd. | 11,892 | 9,723,443 | |
LG Household & Health Care Ltd. | 2,852 | 3,965,897 | |
Naver Corp. | 11,733 | 3,577,394 | |
POSCO | 23,358 | 5,102,919 | |
Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd. | 18,803 | 3,425,689 | |
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | 535,113 | 39,087,812 | |
Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance Co., Ltd. | 12,812 | 1,923,338 | |
SK Hynix, Inc. | 55,665 | 6,079,587 | |
(Cost $46,765,091) | 79,690,669 | ||
Mexico 0.9% | |||
Fomento Economico Mexicano SAB de CV (ADR) | 54,712 | 3,723,152 | |
Gruma SAB de CV "B" | 61,238 | 672,157 | |
Grupo Financiero Inbursa SAB de CV "O"* | 505,109 | 452,895 | |
(Cost $6,389,693) | 4,848,204 | ||
Russia 0.9% | |||
LUKOIL PJSC (ADR) | 29,111 | 2,079,399 | |
Sberbank of Russia PJSC (ADR) | 184,799 | 2,533,594 | |
(Cost $4,653,519) | 4,612,993 | ||
Singapore 1.0% | |||
Sea Ltd. (ADR)* (Cost $4,599,682) | 24,950 | 5,406,914 | |
South Africa 2.3% | |||
FirstRand Ltd. | 915,114 | 2,877,289 | |
Naspers Ltd. "N" | 40,102 | 9,244,304 | |
(Cost $12,093,613) | 12,121,593 |
Taiwan 9.1% | |||
ASE Technology Holdings Co., Ltd. | 1,127,761 | 3,692,869 | |
Catcher Technology Co., Ltd. | 201,000 | 1,420,336 | |
Formosa Plastics Corp. | 1,047,000 | 3,244,320 | |
Fubon Financial Holding Co., Ltd. | 1,984,000 | 3,224,650 | |
Largan Precision Co., Ltd. | 13,000 | 1,365,368 | |
MediaTek, Inc. | 195,000 | 6,091,957 | |
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (ADR) | 74,834 | 9,093,828 | |
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd. | 774,803 | 16,143,826 | |
Vanguard International Semiconductor Corp. | 947,000 | 3,778,666 | |
(Cost $26,028,495) | 48,055,820 | ||
Thailand 0.8% | |||
Kasikornbank PCL (NVDR) | 257,700 | 1,088,571 | |
PTT PCL (NVDR) | 1,292,300 | 1,621,405 | |
Thai Oil PCL (NVDR) | 926,800 | 1,684,919 | |
(Cost $5,665,966) | 4,394,895 | ||
Turkey 0.1% | |||
KOC Holding AS | 100,545 | 277,293 | |
Turkiye Garanti Bankasi AS* | 97,879 | 124,456 | |
(Cost $716,326) | 401,749 | ||
United Arab Emirates 0.1% | |||
Emaar Malls PJSC* (Cost $589,330) | 687,850 | 338,954 | |
Total Equity Securities (Cost $293,048,517) | 443,339,311 | ||
Exchange-Traded Funds 4.1% | |||
Hong Kong | |||
iShares FTSE A50 China ETF (a) (Cost $15,707,719) | 8,185,800 | 21,774,875 | |
Rights 0.0% | |||
Brazil | |||
Lojas Americanas SA, Expiration Date 4/2/2021* (Cost $0) | 5,905 | 4,965 | |
Securities Lending Collateral 3.5% | |||
DWS Government & Agency Securities Portfolio “DWS Government Cash Institutional Shares”, 0.01% (b) (c) (Cost $18,336,080) | 18,336,080 | 18,336,080 | |
Cash Equivalents 6.6% | |||
DWS Central Cash Management Government Fund, 0.05% (b) (Cost $34,923,144) | 34,923,144 | 34,923,144 |
% of Net Assets | Value ($) | ||
Total Investment Portfolio (Cost $362,015,460) | 98.4 | 518,378,375 | |
Other Assets and Liabilities, Net | 1.6 | 8,517,357 | |
Net Assets | 100.0 | 526,895,732 |
For information on the Fund's policies regarding the valuation of investments and other significant accounting policies, please refer to the Fund's most recent semi-annual or annual financial statements.
A summary of the Fund’s transactions with affiliated investments during the period ended January 31, 2021 are as follows:
Value ($) at 10/31/2020 | Pur- chases Cost ($) | Sales Proceeds ($) | Net Real- ized Gain/ (Loss) ($) | Net Change in Unreal- ized Appreci- ation (Depreci- ation) ($) | Income ($) | Capital Gain Distri- butions ($) | Number of Shares at 1/31/2021 | Value ($) at 1/31/2021 |
Securities Lending Collateral 3.5% | ||||||||
DWS Government & Agency Securities Portfolio “DWS Government Cash Institutional Shares”, 0.01% (b) (c) | ||||||||
27,705,876 | — | 9,369,796 (d) | — | — | 106,496 | — | 18,336,080 | 18,336,080 |
Cash Equivalents 6.6% | ||||||||
DWS Central Cash Management Government Fund, 0.05% (b) | ||||||||
11,890,966 | 50,163,024 | 27,130,846 | — | — | 3,287 | — | 34,923,144 | 34,923,144 |
39,596,842 | 50,163,024 | 36,500,642 | — | — | 109,783 | — | 53,259,224 | 53,259,224 |
* | Non-income producing security. |
(a) | All or a portion of these securities were on loan. In addition, "Other Assets and Liabilities, Net" may include pending sales that are also on loan. The value of securities loaned at January 31, 2021 amounted to $17,419,931, which is 3.3% of net assets. |
(b) | Affiliated fund managed by DWS Investment Management Americas, Inc. The rate shown is the annualized seven-day yield at period end. |
(c) | Represents cash collateral held in connection with securities lending. Income earned by the Fund is net of borrower rebates. |
(d) | Represents the net increase (purchase cost) or decrease (sales proceeds) in the amount invested in cash collateral for the year ended January 31, 2021. |
144A: Security exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. |
ADR: American Depositary Receipt |
FTSE: Financial Times and the London Stock Exchange |
GDR: Global Depositary Receipt |
NVDR: Non-Voting Depository Receipt |
PJSC: Public Joint Stock Company |
At January 31, 2021 the DWS Emerging Markets Equity Fund had the following sector diversification:
Sector Diversification | Market Value ($) | As a % of Investment Portfolio excluding Exchange-Traded Funds, Securities Lending Collateral and Cash Equivalents |
Consumer Discretionary | 116,362,803 | 26% |
Information Technology | 112,191,883 | 25% |
Financials | 81,912,247 | 19% |
Communication Services | 63,703,587 | 14% |
Materials | 41,943,034 | 10% |
Consumer Staples | 10,508,031 | 3% |
Energy | 10,505,561 | 2% |
Real Estate | 4,768,645 | 1% |
Industrials | 1,448,485 | 0% |
Total | 443,344,276 | 100% |
Sector diversification is subject to change.
Fair Value Measurements
Various inputs are used in determining the value of the Fund's investments. These inputs are summarized in three broad levels. Level 1 includes quoted prices in active markets for identical securities. Level 2 includes other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds and credit risk). Level 3 includes significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund's own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments). The level assigned to the securities valuations may not be an indication of the risk or liquidity associated with investing in those securities.
The following is a summary of the inputs used as of January 31, 2021 in valuing the Fund's investments.
Assets | Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | Total |
Equity Securities | ||||
Argentina | $6,053,893 | $— | $— | $6,053,893 |
Brazil | 29,427,475 | — | — | 29,427,475 |
Chile | — | 6,408,260 | — | 6,408,260 |
China | 67,593,850 | 106,129,916 | — | 173,723,766 |
Colombia | 1,513,170 | — | — | 1,513,170 |
Hong Kong | — | 11,097,564 | — | 11,097,564 |
India | 31,525,261 | 15,005,487 | — | 46,530,748 |
Indonesia | — | 8,712,644 | — | 8,712,644 |
Korea | — | 79,690,669 | — | 79,690,669 |
Mexico | 4,848,204 | — | — | 4,848,204 |
Russia | 4,612,993 | — | — | 4,612,993 |
Singapore | 5,406,914 | — | — | 5,406,914 |
South Africa | — | 12,121,593 | — | 12,121,593 |
Taiwan | 9,093,828 | 38,961,992 | — | 48,055,820 |
Thailand | — | 4,394,895 | — | 4,394,895 |
Turkey | — | 401,749 | — | 401,749 |
United Arab Emirates | — | 338,954 | — | 338,954 |
Exchange-Traded Funds | — | 21,774,875 | — | 21,774,875 |
Rights | 4,965 | — | — | 4,965 |
Short-Term Investments (a) | 53,259,224 | — | — | 53,259,224 |
Total | $213,339,777 | $305,038,598 | $— | $518,378,375 |
(a) | See Investment Portfolio for additional detailed categorizations. |
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