Brian Maute, Managing Director and Head of US Wholesale Division at DWS, joined Julie Cooling, Founder and CEO of RIA Channel, to discuss the resources available to advisors and how the firm offers advisors a variety of investment solutions.
DWS is a global asset management company with $1.1 trillion in capital from individual and institutional investors. In the Americas, DWS offers actively managed funds and SMAs, ETFs through the Xtrackers brand, and alternative investments through the RREEF brand.
Maute has observed changing investor preferences, with growth in actively managed ETFs and passive solutions. In the Americas, DWS offers over 100 investment products, with specializations in short-duration and tax-free fixed income and liquid real assets, including real estate, infrastructure, and commodities. The Xtrackers ETFs focus on international and thematic investments.
DWS looks to partner with wealth managers and provide access to investment structures that clients prefer. This includes ETFs, SMAs, mutual funds, and collective investment trusts. DWS is a thought leader, offering Advisor IQ, which provides resources on portfolio optimization, practice growth, and capital market insights. The portfolio solutions group can model portfolios to show the impact of DWS and other products on potential future risk and return trade-offs.
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