DWS Group GmbH & Co. KGaA
Budget
€400 — €0
EP Access
0
accredited persons
Staff
7
1.75 FTE
EU Grants
None
Mission & Goals
DWS Group (DWS), with EUR 1,054bn of total assets under management (as of 30 September 2025), is a leading European asset manager with global reach. With approximately 4,900 employees in offices around the world, DWS offers individuals, institutions and large corporations access to comprehensive investment solutions and bespoke portfolios across the full spectrum of investment disciplines. Its diverse expertise in Active, Passive and Alternative asset management enables DWS to deliver targeted solutions for clients across all major liquid and illiquid asset classes. We consider constructive dialog to be essential in order to understand the expecations and concerns of our stakeholders. In dialog with all these stakeholders, DWS is advocating for open, competitive financial markets and enabling a fund industry that can provide capital for a more sustainable society.
EU Legislative Interests
Banking and finance, Capital markets regulations (incl. Savings & Investments Union), Civil law, Climate protection, Competition law, Construction and building industry (infrastructure), Consumer protection, Digitization, E-commerce, EU internal market, EU legislation, Foreign trade, Industrial policy, International relations, Other areas of construction and housing (incl. regional housing), Protection of species/biodiversity, Public finances, taxes and duties, Sustainability and protection of ressources (incl. Sustainable Finance), Trade and services, European Defence Industrial Strategy Investments Concrete legislative files targeted: EU Retail Investment Strategy, Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation, Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (incl. MiFIR Review), European Green Deal, Money Market Fund Regulation, AI Act, Financial Data Access Regulation, UCITS Eligible Assets Review, Securitization, Non-banking Financial Intermediary Consultation, Tokenisation and Stablecoin regulation
Communication Activities
The link leads to our "Public Dialogue" website. Here you can find our contributions and statements since 2021 on public and regulatory consultations conducted by legislators and regulators as well as international standard setters. Link: https://group.dws.com/corporate-governance/dws-public-dialogue/
Interests Represented
Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members
Member Of
ACA (Association des Compagnies d'Assurance et Réassurance), AMAS (Asset management association for Switzerland), Asia Investor Group on Climate Change (AIGCC), Association of the Luxembourg Funds Industry (ALFI), Assogestioni (Asset Managers Association Assogestioni), IMMFA (Institutional Money Market Funds Association), BEAMA (Belgian Asset Manager Association), Af2i (Association française des investisseurs institutionnels), Bundesverband Investment & Asset Management (BVI), CDP (former Carbon Disclosure Project), CERES, CFA Society Denmark, Commercial Real Estate Finance Council Europe (CREFC), Danish Sustainable Investment Forum (Dansif), Berufsverband der Investment Professionals (DVFA), Deutsches Aktieninstitut (DAI), ICI Global (Investment Company Institute), European Funds and Asset Management Association (EFAMA), ELFA (European Leveraged Finance Association), European Association for Investors in Non-Listed Real Estate Vehicles (INREV), INVERCO (Investment fund Spanish association), Frankfurt School of Finance and Management, Global Infrastructure Investors Association (GIIA), Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC), International Capital Market Association (ICMA), New Financial, Principles for Responsible Investments (PRI), Spanish Sustainable Investment and Finance Association (SpainSIF), Wirtschaftsforum der SPD e.V. Wirtschaftsrat der CDU e.V., Zentraler Immobilienausschuß (ZIA), Bundesverband Deutscher Vermögensberater e.V. (BDV), European Financial Reporting Advisory Group (EFRAG), Bitkom e.V., Bundesverband Alternative Investments e.V. (BAI), Wirtschaftsvereinigung der Grünen e.V., The Investment Association, Gstaad Impact Circle, ILA (Institut Luxembourgois des Administrateurs), Institute for Corporate Governance in the German Real Estate Industry (ICG), International Corporate Governance Network (ICGN), Investment Adviser Association (IAA), Maison Moderne (Paperjam Club), Schmalenbach-Gesellschaft für Betriebswirtschaft, Deutsch-Japanischer Wirtschaftskreis e. V., Dt. Unternehmensverband Vermögensberatung (DUV), Deutsches Institut für Altersvorsorge (DIA), Transatlantic Business Initiative (TBI), Fondsfrauen, Diversity Project, Transition Pathway Initiative, Frankfurt Main Finance e. V., Förderverein House of Finance and Tech Berlin e.V., Urban Land Institute (ULI), HKIFA (Hong Kong Investment Funds Association)
Commissioner Meetings
No recorded meetings with EU commissioners.