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Type

Fund Manager

Location

Frankfurt am Main Germany

Alternative Asset Classes

PE PD RE INF NR HF

Established

1956

Firm Ownership

Independent Firm

Investment Team Staff

Total Staff

4700
DWS Group (DWS) is a Germany -based fund manager that invests in private equity, private debt, real estate, infrastructure, natural resources, and hedge funds. DWS offers integrated investment solutions, stability, and innovation across a full spectrum of investment disciplines for clients globally, providing individuals and institutions access to investment capabilities across all major asset classes and solutions aligned to growth trends. DWS has significant expertise across Active, Passive, and Alternatives asset management, and is committed to offering environmental, social, and governance solutions, being among the early signatories of the United Nations-backed Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) in 2008. DWS's Private Equity arm provides equity and structured capital solutions to private equity firms in North America and Europe. Typical investments include follow-on equity capital to fund M&A for an existing portfolio company, taking a minority interest in a portfolio company to allow for partial liquidity, or providing flexible capital for continuation situations around a single asset. DWS, formerly known as RREEF Real Estate, is the real estate investment management business of Deutsche Bank. The firm also acquires and manages investments in commercial and residential properties and real estate securities on behalf of its institutional and private clients worldwide. Its product offering is global and comprehensive, including core, value-enhanced, and high-yield property investments as well as investments in publicly traded real estate securities globally. The firm also manages funds that invest in infrastructure assets such as energy, renewables, utilities, and transportation.
Asset Class No. of Funds Currently Managed Funds Raised in Last 10 Years Est. Dry Powder Strategies
Private Equity 3 Buyout, Co-Investment, Direct Secondaries, Early Stage, Growth, Secondaries, Venture (General)
Real Estate 25 Core, Core-Plus, Debt, Opportunistic, Value Added
Private Debt 1 Direct Lending, Infrastructure Debt, Junior / Subordinated Debt
Infrastructure 10 Infrastructure Core, Infrastructure Core Plus, Infrastructure Debt, Infrastructure Opportunistic, Infrastructure Value Added, Co-Investment, Growth, Infrastructure, Natural Resources
Natural Resources 7 Energy
Asset Class No. of Funds Currently Managed AuM Date of AuM Strategies
Hedge Funds 3 Long Bias, Macro, Managed Futures/CTA

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62 Known Decision Makers

Contact Name Position Location Email Telephone Asset Class
Client Coverage Benelux, DWS Liquidity Management Amsterdam, Netherlands INF NR
Asset Management Analyst Boston, US INF NR
Business Management - Regs and Internal Controls London, UK RE
Chief Administrative Officer Frankfurt am Main, Germany INF NR
Chief Executive Officer of DWS CH AG & Global Chief Investment Officer of DWS Zurich, Switzerland RE INF NR HF

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52 Private Capital Funds Managed

Fund Name Vintage Strategy Status Fund Structure Closed Size (MN) Target Size (MN) Primary Region Focus
Infrastructure Core Plus Raising Commingled Europe
Venture (General) Raising Commingled North America
Infrastructure Opportunistic Open Ended Commingled Europe
Infrastructure Core Closed Commingled Europe
Real Estate Core-Plus Second Close Commingled North America

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5 Hedge Funds Managed

Fund Name Share Classes Inception Date Core Strategy Status Latest AUM
4 Long Bias Active
5 Macro Active
4 Equity Market Neutral Liquidated
7 Managed Futures/CTA Active
5 Commodities Liquidated

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350 Known Investors

Investor Number of Funds Type City Country Asset Class
2 Private Sector Pension Fund RE
1 Private Sector Pension Fund RE
1 Asset Manager INF NR
1 Private Sector Pension Fund RE
1 Public Pension Fund RE

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