C000183463 Fees and Costs — DWS U.S. Multi-Factor Fund, Institutional Class

Data updated: 2020-01-24

The net expense ratio is 0.35%: a 0.15% management fee plus 0.31% other expenses, less a 0.11% fee waiver. There are no sales loads or redemption fees. In fiscal 2019 the fund paid $10K in broker commissions, 0.0033% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 54%.

C000183463 Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of C000183463. Prospectus, as of December 31, 2018.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.15%
12b-1 fee0.00%
Other expenses0.31%
Gross expense ratio0.46%
Fee waiver−0.11%
Net expense ratio0.35%
Sales charges
Max front load—
Max deferred load—
Redemption fee—
Expense limitation in place (N-CEN)Yes
Fees waived or reduced during the yearYes
Waived fees subject to recoupmentNo

C000183463 Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in C000183463, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $224 over 5 years, cutting the return by 0.37% 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 0.35%)$37$115$202
Trading costs (broker commissions)$0$1$2
Lost growth on money paid in costs$0$6$20
Total costs$37$122$224
Value after costs$10,463$11,454$12,539
Impact on return, per year0.37%0.37%0.37%

C000183463 Trading Costs

Brokerage costs reported on SEC Form N-CEN for the fiscal year ending August 31, 2019.

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): 0.0033%
  • Total broker commissions: $10K
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $342.6M
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 54%
  • Securities on loan, average value: $635K
  • Net income from securities lending: $8K (0.003% of average net assets)

C000183463 Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
UBS Securities LLC$4K42.14%
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC$3K28.21%
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.$1K13.01%
JPMorgan Chase & Co.$6746.80%
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated$5966.02%
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC$3773.81%

C000183463 Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated$78.9M23.02%
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC$76.0M22.17%
State Street Bank and Trust Company$72.8M21.25%
UBS Securities LLC$59.4M17.33%
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.$55.5M16.19%
Nomura Securities International, Inc.$130K0.04%

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.