DWS High Income VIP

Data updated: 2026-05-28

C000017251 — DWS High Income VIP data: holdings, portfolio allocation, expenses, performance, cashflows, risk and SEC filings. Short Corporate Bond · $41.36M AUM · 0.71% expense ratio · 7.8% 1-yr return. From SEC regulatory filings.

C000017251 Fund Overview

DWS High Income VIP is a US mutual fund managed by Deutsche Dws Variable Series II, categorised as Short Corporate Bond. ABC INVEST provides holdings, performance, costs, cashflows, risk data, prospectus documents and SEC filings, sourced from SEC filings.

  • Type: US mutual fund
  • Manager: Deutsche Dws Variable Series II
  • Category: Short Corporate Bond
  • Assets under management: $41.36M
  • 1-year return: 7.8%
  • SEC CIK: 0000810573
  • SEC series ID: S000006280
  • Share class ID: C000017251

C000017251 Holdings

Top 10 holdings of DWS High Income VIP by percentage of net assets, from the fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.

Holding% of net assets
Dws5.84%
Alpha Generation LLC2.03%
Ashland, Inc.1.53%
iShares Broad USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF1.51%
State Street SPDR Portfolio High Yield Bond ETF1.41%
Charles River Laboratori1.35%
Cco Hldgs Llc/cap Corp.1.31%
Carnival Corp.1.31%
Carnival Corp.1.28%
Xhr LP1.24%

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C000017251 Portfolio Allocation

Asset-class allocation of DWS High Income VIP by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.

Asset classAllocation
Fixed Income92.1%
Cash & Equivalents7.1%
Equity3.6%
Loans3.0%

C000017251 Performance

Total returns for C000017251 (as of 2026-08-01), from SEC filings.

PeriodTotal return
YTD-0.3%
1 year7.8%
3 years (annualised)7.9%
5 years (annualised)4.1%

C000017251 Risk Information

Risk metrics for C000017251, derived from monthly returns in SEC filings.

  • 1-year volatility (annualised): 2.7%

C000017251 Costs and Fees

C000017251 costs about $71 per $10,000 invested per year in fund expenses.

  • Net expense ratio: 0.71%
  • Gross expense ratio: 0.90%
  • Portfolio turnover: 154%
  • Brokerage commissions: 0.01 bps of average net assets (SEC N-CEN)

C000017251 Cashflows

Over the 12 months to 2026-03, DWS High Income VIP had net outflows of $1.43M, from monthly SEC N-PORT filings.

MonthNet flow
2026-03−$1.22M
2026-02−$216.80K
2026-01−$591.05K
2025-12−$207.92K
2025-11−$44.05K
2025-10−$228.91K

C000017251 Debt Constituents

Largest debt holdings of DWS High Income VIP by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.

Debt holding% of net assets
Alpha Generation LLC2.03%
Ashland, Inc.1.53%
Charles River Laboratori1.35%
Cco Hldgs Llc/cap Corp.1.31%
Carnival Corp.1.31%
Carnival Corp.1.28%
Xhr LP1.24%
Vodafone Group PLC1.22%
Xplr Infrastructure LP1.11%
Ezcorp, Inc.1.02%

C000017251 Prospectus and SEC Filings

Official DWS High Income VIP filings on SEC EDGAR — prospectus, portfolio holdings and annual reports.

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Data Sources

ABC INVEST compiles this page from public filings made to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) through EDGAR: portfolio holdings and monthly cashflows from Form N-PORT, expenses and returns from fund prospectuses (Form 485BPOS) and the SEC DERA Risk/Return Summary data sets, annual data from Form N-CEN, and shareholder reports from Form N-CSR.