SGHSX Fees and Costs — DWS Global High Income Fund, Class S

Data updated: 2026-09-25

The net expense ratio is 0.74%: a 0.40% management fee plus 0.38% other expenses, less a 0.04% fee waiver. There are no sales loads or redemption fees. Portfolio turnover was 148%.

SGHSX Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of SGHSX. Prospectus, as of January 31, 2026.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.40%
12b-1 fee0.00%
Other expenses0.38%
Gross expense ratio0.78%
Fee waiver−0.04%
Net expense ratio0.74%
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

SGHSX Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in SGHSX, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $465 over 5 years, cutting the return by 0.78% 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 0.74%)$78$243$423
Lost growth on money paid in costs$0$12$43
Total costs$78$255$465
Value after costs$10,422$11,321$12,298
Impact on return, per year0.78%0.78%0.78%

SGHSX Trading Costs

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

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): —
  • Total broker commissions: —
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $1.2B
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 148%
  • Securities on loan, average value: $9.3M
  • Net income from securities lending: $116K (0.042% of average net assets)

SGHSX Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
State Street Bank and Trust Company$370.0M35.11%
BofA Securities, Inc.$152.7M14.49%
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC$124.7M11.83%
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$113.5M10.77%
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC$113.5M10.77%
Barclays Capital Inc.$48.1M4.56%
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.$38.5M3.65%
Wells Fargo Securities, LLC$35.6M3.38%
BNY Capital Markets, LLC$30.5M2.90%
Jefferies LLC$26.7M2.54%

DWS Global High Income Fund Share Classes

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

TickerClassNet expense ratioFront load
SGHRXClass R60.65%none
MGHYXInstitutional Class0.74%none
SGHSXClass S0.74%none
SGHAXClass A0.99%4.50%
SGHCXClass C1.74%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.