PPLZX Fees and Costs — DWS Short Duration Fund, Class R6

Data updated: 2026-08-27

The net expense ratio is 0.34%: a 0.37% management fee plus 0.13% other expenses, less a 0.16% fee waiver. There are no sales loads or redemption fees. In fiscal 2025 the fund paid $22K in broker commissions, 0.0019% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 133%.

PPLZX Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of PPLZX. Prospectus, as of April 30, 2026.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.37%
12b-1 fee0.00%
Other expenses0.13%
Gross expense ratio0.50%
Fee waiver−0.16%
Net expense ratio0.34%
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

PPLZX Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in PPLZX, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $217 over 5 years, cutting the return by 0.36% 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 0.34%)$36$112$196
Trading costs (broker commissions)$0$1$1
Lost growth on money paid in costs$0$6$20
Total costs$36$118$217
Value after costs$10,464$11,458$12,546
Impact on return, per year0.36%0.36%0.36%

PPLZX Trading Costs

Brokerage costs reported on SEC Form N-CEN for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025.

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): 0.0019%
  • Total broker commissions: $22K
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $3.9B
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 133%
  • Securities on loan, average value: $13.3M
  • Net income from securities lending: $148K (0.013% of average net assets)

PPLZX Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.$22K100.00%

PPLZX Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
State Street Bank and Trust Company$1.0B29.23%
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC$574.2M16.78%
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$381.5M11.15%
BofA Securities, Inc.$319.1M9.32%
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.$280.2M8.19%
Wells Fargo Securities, LLC$246.6M7.21%
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC$215.0M6.28%
BNP Paribas Securities Corp.$184.7M5.40%
Mizuho Securities USA LLC$115.7M3.38%
BNY Capital Markets, LLC$104.6M3.06%

DWS Short Duration Fund Share Classes

Net expense ratio and maximum front-end load of each share class, cheapest first.

TickerClassNet expense ratioFront load
DBPIXClass S0.34%none
PPILXInstitutional Class0.34%none
PPLZXClass R60.34%none
PPIAXClass A0.59%2.25%
PPLCXClass C1.34%none

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.