SCOBX Fees and Costs — DWS International Growth Fund, Class S

Data updated: 2026-07-24

The net expense ratio is 0.93%: a 0.62% management fee plus 0.31% other expenses. There are no sales loads or redemption fees. In fiscal 2025 the fund paid $36K in broker commissions, 0.0077% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 11%.

SCOBX Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of SCOBX. Prospectus, as of August 31, 2025.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.62%
12b-1 fee0.00%
Other expenses0.31%
Gross expense ratio0.93%
Fee waiver—
Net expense ratio0.93%
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

SCOBX Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in SCOBX, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $587 over 5 years, cutting the return by 0.98% 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 0.93%)$98$305$529
Trading costs (broker commissions)$1$3$4
Lost growth on money paid in costs$0$15$54
Total costs$98$323$587
Value after costs$10,402$11,254$12,176
Impact on return, per year0.98%0.98%0.98%

SCOBX Trading Costs

Brokerage costs reported on SEC Form N-CEN for the fiscal year ending August 31, 2025.

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): 0.0077%
  • Total broker commissions: $36K
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $127.8M
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 11%
  • Securities on loan, average value: $3.0M
  • Net income from securities lending: $9K (0.002% of average net assets)

SCOBX Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
RBC Capital Markets, LLC$18K51.50%
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.$6K16.56%
BofA Securities, Inc.$5K14.47%
UBS Securities LLC$2K5.10%
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC$1K3.31%
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$9942.80%
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC$8742.47%
Scotia Capital (USA) Inc.$4941.39%
Nomura Securities International, Inc.$4671.32%
BNP Paribas Securities Corp.$3841.08%

SCOBX Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
Brown Brothers Harriman Investments, LLC$127.8M100.00%

DWS International Growth Fund Share Classes

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

TickerClassNet expense ratioFront load
SGQIXInstitutional Class0.92%none
SCOBXClass S0.93%none
SGQAXClass A1.19%5.75%
SGQCXClass C1.94%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.