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DWS Alternative Asset Allocation VIP A
Release date as of 2024-10-31. Data on page is subject to change.
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As of 2024-10-31
Out of 112
Multistrategy Funds
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As of 2024-09-30
As of 2024-09-30
Total Fund Assets ($ Mil)
424.51
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  Investment Objective & Strategy  
The investment seeks capital appreciation.
The fund seeks to achieve its objective by investing in alternative (or non-traditional) investment strategies. Investments may be made in other DWS funds (i.e., mutual funds, exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and other pooled investment vehicles managed by DWS Investment Management Americas Inc., the fund's investment advisor, or one of its affiliates), or directly in the securities and derivative instruments in which such DWS fund could invest.
  Morningstar Category: Multistrategy
Multistrategy portfolios offer investors exposure to two or more alternative investment strategies, as defined by Morningstar’s alternative category classifications, through either a single-manager or multi-manager approach. Funds in this category typically have a majority of their assets exposed to alternative strategies, but at a minimum, alternatives must comprise greater than 30% of the strategy’s gross exposure. The category includes funds with static allocations to alternative strategies as well as those that tactically adjust their exposure to different alternative strategies and asset classes. Multistrategy funds typically aim to have low to modest sensitivity to traditional market indexes, although that may not be the case for strategies with lower alternatives allocations. 
  Investment Risks
Fund of Funds: An investment option with mutual funds in its portfolio may be subject to the expenses of those mutual funds in addition to those of the investment option itself.
  Portfolio Profile
Asset Allocation
% of Net Assets
Bullet U.S. Stocks U.S. Stocks 22.1
Bullet Non-U.S. Stocks Non-U.S. Stocks 12.9
Bullet Bonds Bonds 43.8
Bullet Cash Cash 6.4
Bullet Other Other 14.8
Asset Allocation Rescaled Graph
Data through 2024-09-30
Morningstar Equity Sectors
% of Stocks
Cyclical 45.01
Basic Materials 7.00
Consumer Cyclical 1.83
Financial Services 1.76
Real Estate 34.42
Sensitive 28.47
Communication Services 1.83
Energy 16.78
Industrials 8.14
Technology 1.72
Defensive 26.50
Consumer Defensive 0.83
Healthcare 2.74
Utilities 22.93
Data through 2024-09-30
Morningstar Fixed-Income Sectors
% Fund
Government 37.48
Corporate 49.55
Securitized 3.64
Municipal 0.00
Cash & Equivalents 9.23
Derivative 0.10
Data through 2024-09-30
Credit Analysis
% Bonds
AAA 15.60
AA 6.51
A 13.48
BBB 23.19
BB 15.12
B 21.80
Below B 2.42
Not Rated 1.87
Data through 2024-09-30
Credit Analysis Graph
Holding Status
Total Number of Stock Holdings 0
Total Number of Bond Holdings 0
% of Net Assets in Top 10 Holdings 93.39
Turnover % (as of 2023-12-31) 0.00
30 Day SEC Yield % 0.00
Top Holdings
Sector Country Maturity Date Market Value ($000) % of Net Assets
DWS RREEF Global Infrastructure Inst --- USA --- 67,794 15.51
DWS Enhanced Commodity Strategy Inst --- USA --- 62,693 14.34
SPDR® Blmbg Convert Secs ETF --- USA --- 48,702 11.14
DWS Floating Rate Inst --- USA --- 46,135 10.55
SPDR® Blmbg Em Mkts Lcl Bd ETF --- USA --- 43,851 10.03
DWS RREEF Real Estate Securities Instl --- USA --- 41,480 9.49
DWS Global Macro Inst --- USA --- 37,010 8.47
iShares JP Morgan USD Em Mkts Bd ETF --- USA --- 22,299 5.10
Xtrackers RREEF Global Natrl Res ETF --- USA --- 19,427 4.44
DWS Emerging Markets Fixed Income Inst --- USA --- 18,892 4.32
Data through 2024-09-30
  Principal Risks   
Lending, Credit and Counterparty, Extension, Inflation/Deflation, Inflation-Protected Securities, Prepayment (Call), Currency, Emerging Markets, Foreign Securities, Loss of Money, Not FDIC Insured, Country or Region, Nondiversification, Interest Rate, Market/Market Volatility, Bank Loans, Commodity, Convertible Securities, Equity Securities, ETF, High-Yield Securities, Industry and Sector Investing, Preferred Stocks, Restricted/Illiquid Securities, Underlying Fund/Fund of Funds, U.S. Federal Tax Treatment, Leverage, Pricing, ETN, Management, Portfolio Diversification, Small Cap, Real Estate/REIT Sector
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  Other Information
Inception Date: 2009-02-02
Portfolio Manager(s)
Darwei Kung   (2013-07-12)
Darwei Kung, Managing Director, has joined Deutsche Asset Management in 2006. Previously he has worked as a Director, Engineering and Business Development at Calpoint LLC from 2001-2004. He holds a BS and MS from University of Washington, Seattle; a MS and MBA from Carnegie Mellon University.
Investment Advisor(s)
DWS Investment Management Americas, Inc.
Issuer
DWS
Subadvisor(s)
RREEF America L.L.C.
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