C000014884 Fees and Costs — DWS ESG Global Bond Fund, Class S

Data updated: 2024-01-09

The net expense ratio is 0.65%: a 0.31% management fee plus 0.68% other expenses, less a 0.34% fee waiver. There are no sales loads or redemption fees. In fiscal 2023 the fund paid $2K in broker commissions, 0.0046% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 116%.

C000014884 Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of C000014884. Prospectus, as of February 28, 2023.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.31%
12b-1 fee0.00%
Other expenses0.68%
Gross expense ratio0.99%
Fee waiver−0.34%
Net expense ratio0.65%
Sales charges
Max front load0.00%
Max deferred load0.00%
Redemption fee—
Expense limitation in place (N-CEN)Yes
Fees waived or reduced during the yearYes
Waived fees subject to recoupmentNo

C000014884 Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in C000014884, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $412 over 5 years, cutting the return by 0.69% a year. Illustration, not a forecast: it assumes today's net expense ratio throughout (a fee waiver may end).

$10,000 investedSell after 1 yearSell after 3 yearsSell after 5 years
Value before costs$10,500$11,576$12,763
Fund expenses (net expense ratio 0.65%)$68$214$372
Trading costs (broker commissions)$0$2$3
Lost growth on money paid in costs$0$11$38
Total costs$69$226$412
Value after costs$10,431$11,350$12,351
Impact on return, per year0.69%0.69%0.69%

C000014884 Trading Costs

Brokerage costs reported on SEC Form N-CEN for the fiscal year ending October 31, 2023.

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): 0.0046%
  • Total broker commissions: $2K
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $144.7M
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 116%
  • Securities on loan, average value: $206K
  • Net income from securities lending: $2K (0.004% of average net assets)

C000014884 Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.$2K100.00%

C000014884 Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
Brown Brothers Harriman Investments, LLC$67.3M55.07%
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$11.4M9.34%
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.$9.4M7.66%
BofA Securities, Inc.$7.9M6.47%
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC$5.2M4.25%
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC$4.4M3.60%
Wells Fargo Securities, LLC$4.4M3.59%
Barclays Capital Inc.$4.2M3.47%
BNP Paribas Securities Corp.$4.1M3.35%
HSBC Securities (USA) Inc.$3.9M3.20%

For information only. Not investment advice: figures are as reported in SEC filings and may contain errors or be out of date. Past performance does not guarantee future results.