Liquidity management

For more than 40 years, we have partnered with institutional clients worldwide, including public and private pension funds, national and supranational entities, corporations, charities and foundations to help them achieve their financial objectives. As a fiduciary, we always act in our clients' best interests. The platform is distinguished by its unique global credit control process for active management of credit, counterparty and market risks.

Our management approach is characterized by a transparent investment process with a keen focus on capital preservation. Our strategies are offered in a variety of vehicles and multiple currencies.

Distinguished features

Strategies across the short-term spectrum

Actively managed tiers

Depending on your cash management needs, investors may want to consider customized solutions to help meet their financial obligations. Our process is designed to provide capital preservation, competitive yields with transparency. With maturities from one day to 24 months, we specialize in strategies targeted in three areas of actively managed tiers across the liquidity spectrum.

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Investment horizon

Investor profile

Operational

Overnight – up to 90 days

Highly liquid, day-to-day spending needs

Core

One year or less

Less liquidity, undefined spending needs

Strategic

Up to 2 years

Decreased liquidity, longer-term spending needs

Thorough issuer analysis

We partner with clients in the design of their strategic investment program which allows us to tailor strategies and services that focuses on risk, return and liquidity. The cornerstone of our investment process is global research. Our team of specialists is dedicated specifically to liquidity management, and have successfully managed liquidity portfolios through various market cycles.

Independent research

Insights are shared across the firm’s global proprietary system.
Analysis of investments go beyond a company's financial success. Its Environmental, Social and Corporate Governance (ESG) performance is assessed by evaluating multiple ESG factors that align with the company's and shareholder values.

Credit control

A global credit control function defines available issuance, ultimately defining a universe of eligible securities.
The platform is distinguished by its unique global credit control process for active management of credit, counterparty and market risks.

Fully transparent process

Portfolio construction

Our multi-step research process integrates the DWS ESG Engine, a proprietary tool used to screen underlying issuers, which are then reviewed by the credit research team for ESG investment thresholds Minimum ESG Standards (MESGS).

For illustrative purposes only. DWS developed an ESG engine, which is our proprietary software that aggregates data from multiple third-party commercial providers of ESG data, as well as data from several non-governmental organizations, to arrive at various ESG solutions (e.g., assignments of ratings to investment positions and sovereigns). The ESG engine is operated by DWS GmbH, a German affiliate of DIMA, a U.S. registered investment adviser. DIMA's portfolio managers have access to ESG solutions produced by such German affiliate and may use such ESG solutions in managing client accounts. Please see Part II of the adviser's Form ADV for additional information regarding ESG issues.

Product offerings

We provide an extensive range of short-term investment strategies and innovative global liquidity solutions for offshore and onshore clients. Our funds offer daily liquidity, with principal preservation as their primary objective. Learn more about money market funds >

ESG Prime

ESG Prime		Seeks the preservation of capital while delivering the values of ESG
Investment strategy		Primarily used for operational cash with daily liquidity of T+0. We invest in high quality short-term money market instruments.
Ratings/currencies		AAA; U.S. dollar
Net Asset Value		Variable

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Prime

Prime		Seeks the preservation of capital while providing a high level of current income.
Investment strategy		Primarily used for operational cash with daily liquidity of T+0. We invest in high quality short-term money market instruments.
Ratings/currencies		AAA; U.S. dollar, euro and sterling
Net Asset Value		Variable

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Government

Government		Seeks the preservation of capital
Investment approach		Primarily used for operational cash with daily liquidity of T+0. We invest in government paper & government backed repurchase agreements.
Ratings/currencies		AAA; U.S. dollar
Net Asset Value		Stable

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Tax exempt

Tax exempt		Seeks the preservation of capital. The portfolio seeks to provide maximum current income that is exempt from federal income taxes to the extent consistent with stability of capital.
Investment approach		Primarily used for operational cash with daily liquidity of T+0. We invest in tax-exempt commercial paper and high-quality municipal notes and bonds.
Ratings/currencies		AAA; U.S. dollar

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Separately managed

We tailor portfolios to clients’ specifications with a broad range of liquidity and short-duration income strategies, from overnight to 2 years.

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