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Asset manager · New York, NY

DWS Investment Management Americas, Inc.

SEC-registered investment adviser · CRD 104518 · SEC 801-252

At a glance

DWS Investment Management Americas, Inc. is an SEC-registered investment adviser based in New York, New York, with $199.7 billion in regulatory assets under management as of its Form ADV filed September 17, 2026. Its largest client group by assets is insurance companies, and it reports 7 individual clients. By Form ADV it is a asset manager, ranked 75th of 3,218 asset managers and 132nd of 17,210 SEC-registered advisers by assets.

Main office 212-454-4500dws.comLinkedInAs filed on Form ADV

Regulatory AUM
$200B
Rank among asset managers
#75 of 3,218
Rank among all SEC RIAs
#132 of 17,210
Rank in New York
#26 of 2,591
Individual clients
7
High-net-worth clients
7
Accounts
550
Discretionary
98% of AUM
Employees
452
Advisory staff
91
Offices
6

Owners and executives on its Form ADV

Custody and brokerage

3 custodians

  1. J.P. Morgan$42B52%
  2. BNY$24B29%
  3. Northern Trust$15B18%

Other RIAs using J.P. MorganOther multi-custodian RIAs

Broker-dealer

Hybrid RIA

DWS Investment Management Americas, Inc. is a hybrid RIA: 114 of its employees are also registered representatives of a broker-dealer. It names affiliated broker-dealers: DWS Distributors, Inc., Deutsche Bank AG and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc..

Its Form ADV brochure (filed July 2026) names DWS Distributors as the broker-dealer its advisers are registered with.

Certain management persons of DIMA may be designated as registered representatives of DWS Distributors, Inc., a registered broker - dealer, as necessary or appropriate to perform their responsibilities.

Other hybrid RIAs

Who it serves

Client typeClientsRegulatory AUMShare
Insurance companies47$87B43%
Investment companies55$69B35%
Pooled investment vehicles7$15B8%
Corporations or other businesses20$13B7%
Sovereign wealth funds and foreign official institutions3$5.1B3%
Charitable organizations3$2.2B1%
Banking or thrift institutions2$2.1B1%
Pension and profit sharing plans4$1.9B<1%
State or municipal government entities2$1.8B<1%
Other5$1.5B<1%
Business development companies1$372M<1%
Other investment advisers3$119M<1%
High-net-worth individuals7$92M<1%

Private funds

DWS Investment Management Americas, Inc. reports 4 private funds with $832M in gross assets: real estate funds, other private funds (Form ADV Item 7.B).

Disciplinary disclosures

DWS Investment Management Americas, Inc. answers yes to 137 disclosure items in Item 11 of Form ADV (criminal, regulatory or civil matters involving the firm or its advisory affiliates). Read the details on the SEC’s adviser search ↗

Services

  • Portfolio management for individuals and small businesses
  • Portfolio management for investment companies
  • Portfolio management for pooled investment vehicles
  • Portfolio management for businesses and institutions
  • Selecting other advisers

How it’s paid

  • A percentage of assets under management
  • Fixed fees
  • Performance-based fees

Form ADV and brochures on the SEC’s adviser search ↗dws.com ↗

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Background

Questions

How much does DWS Investment Management Americas, Inc. manage?

DWS Investment Management Americas, Inc. reports $199.7 billion in regulatory assets under management across 550 accounts, 98% of it on a discretionary basis, on its Form ADV filed September 17, 2026.

What kind of firm is DWS Investment Management Americas, Inc.?

DWS Investment Management Americas, Inc. is a asset manager by its Form ADV answers. Most of its assets are managed for funds, institutions or other businesses rather than individuals. It reports a bank or thrift among its related persons. A public reporting company controls it.

Who are DWS Investment Management Americas, Inc.’s clients?

By assets, its largest client types are insurance companies ($86.7 billion, 47 clients); investment companies ($69.2 billion, 55 clients); pooled investment vehicles ($15.1 billion, 7 clients).

Does DWS Investment Management Americas, Inc. manage private funds?

Yes. It reports 4 private funds with $832 million in gross assets, including real estate funds, other private funds.

Does DWS Investment Management Americas, Inc. have any disciplinary history?

DWS Investment Management Americas, Inc. answers yes to 137 disclosure items in Item 11 of Form ADV, which covers criminal, regulatory and civil matters involving the firm or its advisory affiliates. The details are on the SEC’s adviser search.

Where these numbers come from

Every figure is DWS Investment Management Americas, Inc.’s own answer on its latest Form ADV, from the SEC’s registered-adviser list as of October 1, 2026: regulatory assets and accounts (Item 5.F), clients by type (5.D), employees (5.A and 5.B), compensation (5.E) and services (5.G). Custodians come from Schedule D 5.K(3) of its latest filing (2026-09-17), which lists those holding 10% or more of separately managed account assets and the amount at each. “Hybrid” means some employees are also registered representatives of a broker-dealer (Item 5.B(2)); affiliated broker-dealers are the related persons it lists in Item 7.A and Schedule D. Firm type comes from its own answers: broker-dealer firms are registered broker-dealers themselves (Item 6.A); private fund advisers manage mostly private funds (Item 7.B, 5.D); wealth managers manage at least half their assets for individuals (5.D). Ranks compare it by regulatory assets with every SEC-registered adviser and with firms of its type. Figures are as of the firm’s last annual update, so they can lag recent deals and market moves. Regulatory AUM counts assets the firm continuously supervises and can differ from what a firm markets.

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