-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, QQW0xyeydO00LFMCgZ+Uq0Apkdo0au8GXAsWlVIAzj1PbvDRBXLacWKN4YQ94hAV 5asRDQKWqiKqfZe5mzRjSQ== 0000088053-06-001471.txt : 20061129 0000088053-06-001471.hdr.sgml : 20061129 20061129144549 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000088053-06-001471 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: N-Q PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20060930 FILED AS OF DATE: 20061129 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20061129 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20061129 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: DWS ADVISOR FUNDS CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000797657 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MA FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: N-Q SEC ACT: 1940 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 811-04760 FILM NUMBER: 061244945 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE SOUTH STREET CITY: BALTIMORE STATE: MD ZIP: 21202 BUSINESS PHONE: 412881401 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE SOUTH STREET STREET 2: XX CITY: BALTIMORE STATE: MD ZIP: 21202 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: SCUDDER ADVISOR FUNDS DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20030519 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: BT INVESTMENT FUNDS DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: BT TAX FREE INVESTMENT TRUST DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19880530 0000797657 S000012423 Money Market Fund Investment C000033698 Investment Class N-Q 1 nq093006af_mmfi.htm N-Q FILING

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549

 

FORM N-Q

QUARTERLY SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS OF REGISTERED

MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY

_______________________________

Investment Company Act file number 811-04760

DWS Advisor Funds

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

 

One South Street

Baltimore, MD 21202

(Address of principal executive offices)             (Zip code)

 

Paul Schubert

345 Park Avenue

New York, NY 10154

(Name and address of agent for service)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (212) 454-7190

Date of fiscal year end: 12/31

Date of reporting period: 09/30/06

Form N-Q is to be used by registered management investment companies, other than small business investment companies registered on Form N-5 (§§ 239.24 and 274.5 of this chapter), to file reports with the Commission, not later than 60 days after the close of the first and third fiscal quarters, pursuant to rule 30b1-5 under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (17 CFR 270.30b1-4). The Commission may use the information provided on Form N-Q in its regulatory, disclosure review, inspection, and policymaking roles.

A registrant is required to disclose the information specified by Form N-Q, and the Commission will make this information public. A registrant is not required to respond to the collection of information contained in Form N-Q unless the Form displays a currently valid Office of Management and Budget ("OMB") control number. Please direct comments concerning the accuracy of the information collection burden estimate and any suggestions for reducing the burden to the Secretary, Securities and Exchange Commission, 450 Fifth Street, NW, Washington, DC 20549-0609. The OMB has reviewed this collection of information under the clearance requirements of 44 U.S.C. § 3507.

 


ITEM 1. SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

 

Investment Portfolio

as of September 30, 2006 (Unaudited)

 

 

Cash Management Portfolio

 

 

Principal

Amount ($)

 

Value ($)

 

Certificates of Deposit and Bank Notes 33.4%

 

ABN AMRO Bank, NV:

 

 

5.36%, 1/11/2007

 

35,000,000

 

34,999,845

 

5.365%, 3/5/2007

 

38,000,000

 

37,998,023

Bank of America NA:

 

 

5.33%, 10/27/2006

 

50,000,000

 

50,000,000

 

5.36%, 11/9/2006

 

125,000,000

 

125,000,000

Bank of Novia Scotia, 5.335%, 12/28/2006

 

68,000,000

 

67,997,288

Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi-UFJ, Ltd.:

 

 

5.3%, 10/2/2006

 

85,000,000

 

85,000,000

 

5.31%, 10/24/2006

 

80,000,000

 

80,000,000

Banque Federative du Credit Mutuel, 5.33%, 1/31/2007

 

60,000,000

 

60,000,000

Barclays Bank PLC, 5.44%, 2/20/2007

 

40,000,000

 

40,006,015

BNP Paribas, 5.555%, 12/28/2006

 

30,000,000

 

30,009,680

Calyon:

 

 

4.75%, 10/25/2006

 

76,000,000

 

76,000,000

 

4.75%, 11/14/2006

 

25,000,000

 

25,000,000

 

5.32%, 4/27/2007

 

45,000,000

 

45,000,000

Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce:

 

 

4.75%, 11/14/2006

 

25,000,000

 

25,000,000

 

4.75%, 12/15/2006

 

40,000,000

 

40,000,000

 

5.4%, 10/6/2006

 

75,000,000

 

75,000,795

Citibank, NA, 5.44%, 11/3/2006

 

62,000,000

 

62,000,000

Credit Agricole SA, 5.53%, 12/27/2006

 

25,000,000

 

25,008,047

Credit Suisse, 5.29%, 10/6/2006

 

23,800,000

 

23,800,000

HBOS Treasury Services PLC:

 

 

5.305%, 4/19/2007

 

50,000,000

 

50,000,000

 

5.31%, 12/29/2006

 

40,000,000

 

40,000,000

 

5.34%, 12/7/2006

 

200,000,000

 

200,000,000

 

5.37%, 11/13/2006

 

100,000,000

 

100,000,613

Mizuho Corporate Bank:

 

 

5.36%, 10/16/2006

 

42,000,000

 

42,000,173

 

5.375%, 11/27/2006

 

45,000,000

 

45,000,000

 

5.375%, 11/30/2006

 

80,000,000

 

80,000,658

Monument Gardens Funding LLC, 5.29%, 11/29/2006

 

16,980,000

 

16,832,788

Natexis Banque Populaires:

 

 

4.787%, 1/23/2007

 

77,000,000

 

76,780,069

 

5.0%, 2/8/2007

 

10,000,000

 

10,000,000

 

5.0%, 2/9/2007

 

25,000,000

 

25,000,000

 

5.345%, 12/28/2006

 

80,000,000

 

79,999,237

Nordea Bank Finland PLC, 4.75%, 12/4/2006

 

40,000,000

 

40,000,000

Norinchukin Bank:

 

 

5.34%, 11/13/2006

 

25,000,000

 

25,000,000

 

5.38%, 11/20/2006

 

75,000,000

 

75,000,000

 

5.405%, 3/15/2007

 

75,000,000

 

75,000,000

Royal Bank of Scotland PLC:

 

 

4.4%, 10/4/2006

 

55,000,000

 

55,000,000

 

4.75%, 11/14/2006

 

25,000,000

 

25,000,000

Societe Generale:

 

 

4.79%, 11/17/2006

 

50,000,000

 

50,003,051

 

5.32%, 2/20/2007

 

20,000,000

 

20,000,000

 

 


 

 

5.43%, 12/11/2006

 

89,000,000

 

89,006,894

 

5.43%, 2/5/2007

 

40,000,000

 

40,006,202

Svenska Handelsbanken AB, 5.335%, 12/6/2006

 

25,000,000

 

25,000,000

UBS AG:

 

 

5.29%, 10/10/2006

 

60,000,000

 

60,000,000

 

5.295%, 10/24/2006

 

125,000,000

 

125,000,000

 

5.3%, 11/13/2006

 

50,000,000

 

50,000,000

UniCredito Italiano SpA:

 

 

5.385%, 2/15/2007

 

50,000,000

 

49,998,469

 

5.4%, 3/14/2007

 

65,000,000

 

65,000,000

Wells Fargo Bank, NA:

 

 

4.79%, 1/17/2007

 

50,000,000

 

50,005,545

 

5.27%, 10/27/2006

 

20,300,000

 

20,299,708

Total Certificates of Deposit and Bank Notes (Cost $2,712,753,100)

 

2,712,753,100

 

Commercial Paper** 21.7%

 

AB Spintab, 5.265%, 12/6/2006

 

58,000,000

 

57,440,155

Alliance & Leicester, 5.25%, 11/29/2006

 

35,000,000

 

34,698,854

Atlantis One Funding Corp., 5.36%, 10/3/2006

 

30,000,000

 

29,991,067

Bank of America Corp., 5.37%, 11/9/2006

 

50,000,000

 

49,709,125

Citibank Credit Card Issuance Trust, Series 01-A3, 5.35%, 11/1/2006

 

100,000,000

 

99,539,306

Compass Securitization LLC, 5.28%, 10/23/2006

 

40,000,000

 

39,870,933

CRC Funding, LLC, 5.35%, 11/6/2006

 

30,000,000

 

29,839,500

Dorada Finance, Inc., 5.33%, 11/8/2006

 

30,000,000

 

29,831,217

Fox Trot CDO, Inc., 5.29%, 10/25/2006

 

25,368,000

 

25,278,536

General Electric Capital Corp., 5.29%, 11/8/2006

 

175,000,000

 

174,022,819

Giro Funding US Corp., 5.29%, 1/22/2007

 

80,000,000

 

78,671,622

Irish Life & Permanent PLC:

 

 

5.27%, 12/21/2006

 

50,000,000

 

49,407,125

 

5.29%, 11/21/2006

 

50,000,000

 

49,625,292

 

5.3%, 11/8/2006

 

42,000,000

 

41,765,033

Jupiter Securitization Corp., 5.26%, 10/24/2006

 

76,704,000

 

76,446,232

Kitty Hawk Funding Corp., 5.27%, 10/16/2006

 

30,000,000

 

29,934,125

Lake Constance Funding LLC:

 

 

5.29%, 10/13/2006

 

5,300,000

 

5,290,654

 

5.33%, 11/6/2006

 

20,000,000

 

19,893,400

Liberty Street Funding:

 

 

5.265%, 10/2/2006

 

50,000,000

 

49,992,687

 

5.27%, 10/27/2006

 

40,000,000

 

39,847,756

Natexis US Finance Co. LLC, 4.588%, 10/20/2006

 

100,000,000

 

99,757,856

Nationwide Building Society, 5.355%, 11/1/2006

 

80,000,000

 

79,631,100

Nieuw Amsterdam Receivables Corp., 5.27%, 10/26/2006

 

78,651,000

 

78,363,159

Perry Global Funding LLC:

 

 

Series A, 5.245%, 12/21/2006

 

60,452,000

 

59,738,591

 

Series A, 5.29%, 12/21/2006

 

65,093,000

 

64,318,231

Scaldis Capital LLC:

 

 

5.265%, 10/25/2006

 

80,000,000

 

79,719,200

 

5.36%, 11/3/2006

 

26,048,000

 

25,920,017

Sheffield Receivables Corp.:

 

 

5.27%, 10/10/2006

 

30,000,000

 

29,960,475

 

5.33%, 11/6/2006

 

35,000,000

 

34,813,450

Simba Funding Corp.:

 

 

5.27%, 3/21/2007

 

32,200,000

 

31,393,954

 

5.29%, 12/19/2006

 

100,000,000

 

98,839,139

The Bear Stearns Companies, Inc., 5.28%, 10/12/2006

 

50,000,000

 

49,919,333

Westpac Banking Corp., 5.36%, 1/5/2007

 

16,935,000

 

16,692,942

Total Commercial Paper (Cost $1,760,162,885)

 

1,760,162,885

 

Master Notes 0.6%

 

The Bear Stearns Companies, Inc., 5.495% *, 10/2/2006 (a) (Cost $50,000,000)

 

50,000,000

 

50,000,000

 

US Government Sponsored Agencies 0.6%

 

 

 


 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.:

 

 

5.35%, 5/25/2007

 

5,000,000

 

5,000,000

 

 

5.4%, 6/18/2007

 

29,000,000

 

29,000,000

 

Federal National Mortgage Association, 5.257% *, 12/22/2006

 

10,000,000

 

9,998,672

 

 

Total US Government Sponsored Agencies (Cost $43,998,672)

 

43,998,672

 

 

Funding Agreements* 3.6%

 

Genworth Life Insurance Co.:

 

 

5.396%, 1/25/2007

 

75,000,000

 

75,000,000

 

 

5.45%, 9/4/2007

 

105,000,000

 

105,000,000

 

New York Life Insurance Co., 5.45%, 9/18/2007

 

80,000,000

 

80,000,000

 

Travelers Insurance Co., 5.44%, 3/30/2007

 

30,000,000

 

30,000,000

 

 

Total Funding Agreements (Cost $290,000,000)

 

290,000,000

 

 

Asset Backed 1.4%

 

Interstar Millennium, “A1”, Series 2006-G, 5.306%*, 5/25/2011

 

55,000,000

 

55,000,000

 

Mound Financing No.5 PLC, Series 1A, 5.3%*, 5/8/2007

 

35,000,000

 

35,000,000

 

Steers Mercury III Trust, 144A, 5.346%*, 5/27/2048

 

25,000,000

 

25,000,000

 

 

Total Asset Backed (Cost $115,000,000)

 

115,000,000

 

 

Promissory Notes* 3.1%

 

The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.:

 

 

5.42%, 11/10/2006

 

150,000,000

 

150,000,000

 

 

5.426%, 11/13/2006

 

25,000,000

 

25,000,000

 

 

5.495%, 1/16/2007

 

75,000,000

 

75,000,000

 

 

Total Promissory Notes (Cost $250,000,000)

 

250,000,000

 

 

Short Term Notes* 26.7%

 

American Express Centurion Bank:

 

 

5.28%, 9/13/2007

 

50,000,000

 

50,000,000

 

 

5.286%, 1/26/2007

 

44,000,000

 

44,000,000

 

 

5.3%, 4/10/2007

 

175,000,000

 

175,000,000

 

 

5.42%, 7/19/2007

 

72,370,000

 

72,438,320

 

Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd., 5.33%, 7/23/2007

 

30,000,000

 

30,000,000

 

BMW US Capital LLC, 144A, 5.302%, 10/5/2007

 

10,000,000

 

10,000,000

 

Caja de Ahorros y Monte de Piedad de Madrid, 5.368%, 10/19/2007

 

50,000,000

 

50,000,000

 

Calyon, 5.261%, 10/3/2007

 

75,000,000 74,974,028

Carrera Capital Finance LLC:

 

 

5.32%, 8/24/2007

 

70,000,000

 

70,000,000

 

 

144A, 5.375%, 3/22/2007

 

30,000,000

 

30,000,000

 

CIT Group, Inc., 5.605%, 2/15/2007

 

62,000,000

 

62,045,586

 

Commonwealth Bank of Australia, 5.33%, 8/24/2007

 

40,000,000

 

40,000,000

 

Credit Agricole SA, 5.293%, 6/28/2007

 

50,000,000

 

49,982,849

 

DNB NOR Bank ASA, 5.32%, 9/25/2007

 

50,000,000

 

50,000,000

 

General Electric Capital Corp., 5.29%, 8/17/2007

 

60,000,000

 

60,000,000

 

HSBC Finance Corp.:

 

 

5.32%, 2/6/2007

 

75,000,000

 

75,000,000

 

 

5.36%, 4/24/2007

 

25,000,000

 

25,000,000

 

International Business Machine Corp., 5.32%, 12/8/2010

 

66,000,000

 

66,000,000

 

Intesa Bank Ireland PLC, 5.33%, 7/25/2007

 

40,000,000

 

40,000,000

 

K2 (USA) LLC, 144A, 5.31%, 7/16/2007

 

40,000,000

 

39,999,894

 

Links Finance LLC, 144A, 5.335%, 8/15/2007

 

39,000,000

 

39,008,256

 

M&I Marshall & Ilsley Bank, 5.31%, 12/15/2006

 

56,000,000

 

56,000,000

 

Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.:

 

 

5.295%, 5/14/2007

 

25,000,000

 

25,000,000

 

 

5.31%, 8/24/2007

 

80,000,000

 

80,000,000

 

 

5.34%, 10/15/2007

 

35,000,000

 

35,000,000

 

 

5.425%, 5/29/2007

 

25,000,000

 

25,000,000

 

 

5.456%, 2/2/2007

 

35,000,000

 

35,000,000

 

Morgan Stanley, 5.445%, 2/5/2007

 

100,000,000

 

100,000,000

 

Natexis Banque Populaires, 5.42%, 8/31/2007

 

50,000,000

 

50,000,000

 

Nordea Bank AB, 5.31%, 4/8/2011

 

40,000,000

 

40,000,000

 

 

 


 

Northern Rock PLC, 5.33%, 2/5/2007

 

30,000,000

 

30,000,000

Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken, 5.33%, 9/18/2007

 

50,000,000

 

50,000,000

Tango Finance Corp.:

 

 

144A, 5.3%, 9/24/2007

 

50,000,000

 

49,995,124

 

144A, 5.3%, 10/3/2007

 

25,000,000

 

24,997,483

The Bear Stearns Companies, Inc., 5.445%, 10/18/2006

 

94,000,000

 

94,000,000

Toyota Motor Credit Corp., 5.32%, 5/14/2007

 

100,000,000

 

100,000,000

UniCredito Italiano Bank (Ireland) PLC:

 

 

5.34%, 6/15/2007

 

75,000,000

 

75,000,000

 

144A, 5.34%, 10/12/2007

 

45,000,000

 

45,000,000

UniCredito Italiano SpA, 5.425%, 10/4/2006

 

100,000,000

 

99,999,599

Total Short Term Notes (Cost $2,168,441,139)

 

2,168,441,139

 

Time Deposit 1.2%

 

Credit Suisse, 5.375%, 10/2/2006 (Cost $100,000,000)

 

100,000,000

 

100,000,000

 

Repurchase Agreements 6.1%

 

Banc of America Securities LLC, 5.39%, dated 9/29/2006, to be repurchased at $140,026,426 on 10/2/2006 (b)

 

139,963,559

 

139,963,559

BNP Paribas, 5.39%, dated 9/29/2006, to be repurchased at $55,024,704 on 10/2/2006 (c)

 

55,000,000

 

55,000,000

Citigroup Global Markets, Inc., 5.0%, dated 9/29/2006, to be repurchased at $50,020,833 on 10/2/2006 (d)

 

50,000,000

 

50,000,000

Countrywide Securities Corp., 5.27%, dated 9/29/2006, to be repurchased at $2,000,878 on 10/2/2006 (e)

 

2,000,000

 

2,000,000

Lehman Brothers, Inc., 5.01%, dated 9/29/2006, to be repurchased at $32,713,652 on 10/2/2006 (f)

 

32,700,000

 

32,700,000

UBS Securities LLC, 5.02%, dated 9/29/2006, to be repurchased at $54,934,206 on 10/2/2006 (g)

 

54,911,235

 

54,911,235

UBS Securities LLC, 5.38%, dated 9/29/2006, to be repurchased at $160,071,733 on 10/2/2006 (h)

 

160,000,000

 

160,000,000

Total Repurchase Agreements (Cost $494,574,794)

 

494,574,794

 

% of

Net Assets

 

Value ($)

Total Investment Portfolio (Cost $ 7,984,930,590)

98.4

 

7,984,930,590

Other Assets and Liabilities, Net

1.6

 

130,762,959

Net Assets

100.0

 

8,115,693,549

 

For information on the Fund’s policies regarding the valuation of investments and other significant accounting policies, please refer to the Fund’s most recent semi-annual or annual financial statements.

*

Floating rate notes are securities whose yields vary with a designated market index or market rate, such as the coupon-equivalent of the US Treasury bill rate. These securities are shown at their current rate as of September 30, 2006.

**

Annualized yield at time of purchase; not a coupon rate.

(a)

Reset date; not a maturity date.

(b)

Collateralized by $143,509,235 Federal National Mortgage Association, with various coupon rates from 4.5-7.5%, with various maturities from 5/1/2015-9/1/2036, with a value of $144,162,467.

(c)

Collateralized by:

 

Principal

 

 

Maturity

Collateral

 

 

Amount ($)

Security

Rate (%)

Date

Value ($)

 

 

55,550,000

Federal Home Loan Bank

5.625

8/15/2008

55,984,123

 

 

125,000

International Bank for Reconstruction & Development

4.125

8/12/2009

123,578

 

 

Total Collateral Value

 

 

56,107,701

 

 

(d)

Collateralized by $52,560,522 Federal National Mortgage Association, 4.5%, maturing on 9/1/2020, with a value of $51,000,000.

(e)

Collateralized by $2,088,840 Government National Mortgage Association, 5.0%, maturing on 9/15/2036, with a value of $2,040,001.

(f)

Collateralized by $25,329,000 US Treasury Bonds, with various coupon rates from 6.625-8.125%, with various maturities from 8/15/2021-2/15/2027, with a value of $33,356,109.

(g)

Collateralized by $54,095,000 US Treasury Note, 5.125%, maturing on 6/30/2011, with a value of $56,014,466.

 

 


 

(h)

Collateralized by $212,345,255 Federal National Mortgage Association STRIPS, with various maturities from 9/1/2033-8/1/2035, with a value of $164,800,540.

144A: Security exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers.

STRIPS: Separate Trading of Registered Interest and Principal Securities.

 

SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

Registrant:

Money Market Fund Investment, a series of DWS Advisor Funds

 

By:

/s/Michael G. Clark

 

Michael G. Clark

President

 

Date:

November 21, 2006

 

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

Registrant:

Money Market Fund Investment, a series of DWS Advisor Funds

 

By:

/s/Michael G. Clark

 

Michael G. Clark

President

 

Date:

November 21, 2006

 

 

By:

/s/Paul Schubert

 

Paul Schubert

Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

 

Date:                                                 November 21, 2006

 

 

EX-99.CERT 2 certifications-af_mmfi.htm CERTIFICATIONS

CERTIFICATIONS

I, Michael G. Clark, certify that:

 

1.

I have reviewed this report on Form N-Q of Money Market Fund Investment, a series of DWS Advisor Funds;

 

2.

Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

 

3.

Based on my knowledge, the schedules of investments included in this report fairly present in all material respects the investments of the registrant as of the end of the fiscal quarter for which the report is filed;

 

4.

The registrant's other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) for the registrant and have:

 

(a)

Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

 

(b)

Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

 

(c)

Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of a date within 90 days prior to the filing date of this report, based on such evaluation; and

 

(d)

Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant's most recent fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant's internal control over financial reporting; and

 

5.

The registrant's other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed to the registrant's auditors and the audit committee of the registrant's board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

 

(a)

All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant's ability to record, process, summarize, and report financial information; and

 



 

 

(b)

Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting.

 

Registrant:

Money Market Fund Investment, a series of DWS Advisor Funds

 

By:

/s/Michael G. Clark

 

Michael G. Clark

 

President

 

Date:

November 21, 2006

 

 



 

CERTIFICATIONS

I, Paul Schubert, certify that:

 

1.

I have reviewed this report on Form N-Q of Money Market Fund Investment, a series of DWS Advisor Funds;

 

2.

Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

 

3.

Based on my knowledge, the schedules of investments included in this report fairly present in all material respects the investments of the registrant as of the end of the fiscal quarter for which the report is filed;

 

4.

The registrant's other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) for the registrant and have:

 

(a)

Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

 

(b)

Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

 

(c)

Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of a date within 90 days prior to the filing date of this report, based on such evaluation; and

 

(d)

Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant's most recent fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant's internal control over financial reporting; and

 

5.

The registrant's other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed to the registrant's auditors and the audit committee of the registrant's board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

 

(a)

All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are

 



reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant's ability to record, process, summarize, and report financial information; and

 

(b)

Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting.

 

Registrant:

Money Market Fund Investment, a series of DWS Advisor Funds

 

By:

/s/Paul Schubert

 

Paul Schubert

 

Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

 

Date:                                                  November 21, 2006

 

 

 

-----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----