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DWS Investments - ADP 401(k) Alliance Partner

For companies currently offering a retirement plan with $5 million to $25 million in assets

Why DWS?

  • With a strong commitment to superior performance, innovative products and intellectual thought leadership, DWS Investments offers a comprehensive and diverse family of products and services, including mutual funds, structured products, alternatives and retirement plans.

  • A leading qualified plan provider for nearly 30 years, DWS Investments partners with financial advisors to deliver best-in-class products and services to each of our clients.

Facts about DWS

  • DWS Investments is the US retail brand of Deutsche Bank’s global asset management division. DWS is the leading mutual fund brand in Germany and one of the most respected in Europe and Asia. With access to the expertise of a powerful global network in 16 countries, DWS Investments strives to make innovative investment strategies and solutions, traditionally reserved for institutions and high net worth individuals, available to the US retail investor.

  • DWS Investments manages over $133.4 billion (as of 3/31/2010) in retail and retirement assets in more than 150 mutual funds and variable insurance portfolios across all major asset categories in the US. Organizations under the DWS brand manage approximately $341.4 billion globally (as of 3/31/2010).

Plan Highlights

DWS delivers large-market products and services to mid-market clients, with a total emphasis on individualized client needs.

Our focus:

  • Companies with $5 million to $250 million in plan assets
  • Plan sponsors seeking a flexible, bundled retirement plan solution
  • 401(k), Profit Sharing, Money Purchase, 403(b)(7), 457, and Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Plans

DWS Investments' depth of resources include:

  • A dedicated, consultative DWS relationship manager to provide solutions based on specific plan needs and supported by specialists in ERISA compliance, investment consulting, and employee communication and education.1

The quality and breadth of a competitive investment menu

  • More than 70 DWS funds spanning every major asset class and style2
  • Over 3,500 mutual funds from over 50 leading investment managers
  • Self-directed brokerage3 and employer stock4
  • Daily-valued commingled trusts and separately managed accounts
  • Target date funds
  • Model portfolios
  • Access to Institutional shares4
  • Ability to maintain existing life insurance contracts4

Comprehensive, flexible administrative service solutions

Payroll integration:

DWS Investments and ADP, Inc. have forged an alliance combining DWS Investments strengths’ in investment management, employee education and client service with ADP’s capabilities in transaction processing and recordkeeping. For your clients using ADP Payroll5, plan and payroll data can be fully integrated to reduce administrative costs, eliminates unnecessary steps and increases data accuracy. Web Direct, a web based solution, is available for clients that do not use ADP payroll.

The ability to outsource all your administrative plan needs.

  • Enrollment
  • Distributions
  • Loans
  • Hardship withdrawals
  • Deferral changes
  • Full suite of automatic plan features
  • Access to ClientScopeTM, a proprietary diagnostic tool that provides plan sponsors with an easy way to evaluate all aspects of the plan and generates personalized recommendations to help ensure that the plan is providing the most benefit for participants and fulfilling its fiduciary obligations
  • ERISA Budget Accounts4
  • Spectrum of targeted, personalized participant communications
  • Annual Fee Transparency Report

1ERISA Specialists are employed by ADP Retirement Services, the service agent for DWS Investments retirement plans. The investment and employee education and communication specialists are employees of DWSInvestments.
2Mapping requirements may apply at the plan level at the time of conversion.
3Available through State Street Brokerage, a division of State Street Global Markets, LLC (SSGM). SSGM is a member of FINRA, SIPC and the Boston Stock Exchange. Not available through all broker/dealers.
4Minimum plan size may apply
5For clients on ADP’s “AutoPay” payroll platform


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