PPLCX — DWS Short Duration Fund
Data updated: 2026-08-27
PPLCX — DWS Short Duration Fund. Intermediate Total / Aggregate Bond · $1.18B AUM · 1.34% expense ratio. Holdings, fees, performance and SEC filings.
PPLCX Fund Overview
PPLCX — DWS Short Duration Fund is a US mutual fund managed by Deutsche Dws Income Trust, categorised as Intermediate Total / Aggregate 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 Income Trust
- Category: Intermediate Total / Aggregate Bond
- Assets under management: $1.18B
- 1-year return: 3.0%
- Ticker: PPLCX
- SEC CIK: 0000747677
- SEC series ID: S000031152
- Share class ID: C000096656
PPLCX Holdings
Top 10 holdings of DWS Short Duration Fund by percentage of net assets, from the fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| Umbs, Tba | 2.55% |
| Government National Mortgage Association | 2.13% |
| United States Treasury | 1.19% |
| Dws | 1.12% |
| United States Treasury | 1.05% |
| U.K. Gilts | 0.97% |
| Dws | 0.92% |
| Umbs, Tba | 0.92% |
| United States Treasury | 0.87% |
| United States Treasury | 0.84% |
PPLCX Portfolio Allocation
Asset-class allocation of DWS Short Duration Fund by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Asset class | Allocation |
|---|---|
| Fixed Income | 59.3% |
| Securitized | 45.1% |
| Cash & Equivalents | 2.1% |
| Equity | 0.6% |
| Loans | 0.4% |
PPLCX Performance
Total returns for PPLCX (as of 2026-09-01), from SEC filings.
| Period | Total return |
|---|---|
| YTD | 0.8% |
| 1 year | 3.0% |
| 3 years (annualised) | 4.8% |
| 5 years (annualised) | 1.9% |
PPLCX Risk Information
Risk metrics for PPLCX, derived from monthly returns in SEC filings.
- 1-year volatility (annualised): 1.6%
PPLCX Costs and Fees
PPLCX costs about $134 per $10,000 invested per year in fund expenses.
- Net expense ratio: 1.34%
- Gross expense ratio: 1.62%
- Portfolio turnover: 133%
- Brokerage commissions: 0.19 bps of average net assets (SEC N-CEN)
PPLCX Cashflows
Over the 12 months to 2026-06, DWS Short Duration Fund had net inflows of $68.37M, from monthly SEC N-PORT filings.
| Month | Net flow |
|---|---|
| 2026-06 | $13.21M |
| 2026-05 | $623.42K |
| 2026-04 | $11.76M |
| 2026-03 | −$6.13M |
| 2026-02 | $12.43M |
| 2026-01 | $4.66M |
PPLCX Debt Constituents
Largest debt holdings of DWS Short Duration Fund by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Debt holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| United States Treasury | 1.19% |
| United States Treasury | 1.05% |
| U.K. Gilts | 0.97% |
| United States Treasury | 0.87% |
| United States Treasury | 0.84% |
| United States Treasury | 0.84% |
| United States Treasury | 0.84% |
| United States Treasury | 0.83% |
| Ally Financial, Inc. | 0.70% |
| United States Treasury | 0.60% |
PPLCX Prospectus and SEC Filings
Official DWS Short Duration Fund filings on SEC EDGAR — prospectus, portfolio holdings and annual reports.
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2026-01-27
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2025-01-28
- Prospectus supplement (497) — filed 2026-04-21
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-08-27
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-05-28
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-02-26
- Annual census (N-CEN) — filed 2025-12-12
- Annual census (N-CEN) — filed 2024-12-10
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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.