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 |
|---|---|
| Dws | 5.84% |
| Alpha Generation LLC | 2.03% |
| Ashland, Inc. | 1.53% |
| iShares Broad USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF | 1.51% |
| State Street SPDR Portfolio High Yield Bond ETF | 1.41% |
| Charles River Laboratori | 1.35% |
| Cco Hldgs Llc/cap Corp. | 1.31% |
| Carnival Corp. | 1.31% |
| Carnival Corp. | 1.28% |
| Xhr LP | 1.24% |
C000017251 Portfolio Allocation
Asset-class allocation of DWS High Income VIP by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Asset class | Allocation |
|---|---|
| Fixed Income | 92.1% |
| Cash & Equivalents | 7.1% |
| Equity | 3.6% |
| Loans | 3.0% |
C000017251 Performance
Total returns for C000017251 (as of 2026-08-01), from SEC filings.
| Period | Total return |
|---|---|
| YTD | -0.3% |
| 1 year | 7.8% |
| 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.
| Month | Net 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 LLC | 2.03% |
| Ashland, Inc. | 1.53% |
| Charles River Laboratori | 1.35% |
| Cco Hldgs Llc/cap Corp. | 1.31% |
| Carnival Corp. | 1.31% |
| Carnival Corp. | 1.28% |
| Xhr LP | 1.24% |
| Vodafone Group PLC | 1.22% |
| Xplr Infrastructure LP | 1.11% |
| 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.