-----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, CpInm47tJ3OUPE/1MYyFGleukWFGLPDUpAMakXu9yCajnBWOsqjjCH5vd6hzwsFi FE2u00RYsBmFl+QAUvj+5A== 0000088053-07-000596.txt : 20070525 0000088053-07-000596.hdr.sgml : 20070525 20070525141431 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000088053-07-000596 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: N-Q PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20070331 FILED AS OF DATE: 20070525 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20070525 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20070525 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: 07880088 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 S000005726 Cash Management Fund Investment C000015720 Investment Class BCSXX N-Q 1 nq033107af_cm.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: 3/31/07

 

ITEM 1. SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

 

Investment Portfolio

as of March 31, 2007 (Unaudited)

 

 

Cash Management Portfolio

 

 

Principal
Amount ($)

 

Value ($)

 

Certificates of Deposit and Bank Notes 23.1%

 

Alliance & Leicester PLC:

 

 

5.3%, 5/9/2007

 

25,000,000

 

24,999,080

 

5.32%, 4/30/2007

 

100,000,000

 

100,000,000

 

5.335%, 6/11/2007

 

90,600,000

 

90,600,878

Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA, 5.305%, 6/1/2007

 

40,000,000

 

40,000,000

Bank of America NA:

 

 

5.25%, 9/7/2007

 

40,500,000

 

40,500,000

 

5.31%, 4/2/2007

 

80,000,000

 

79,999,761

Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi-UFJ, Ltd.:

 

 

5.34%, 7/19/2007

 

135,000,000

 

135,000,000

 

5.35%, 7/25/2007

 

113,000,000

 

113,000,000

 

5.36%, 4/23/2007

 

75,000,000

 

75,000,000

 

 

 

Barclays Bank PLC, 5.32%, 5/8/2007

 

157,700,000

 

157,700,000

Calyon:

 

 

5.32%, 4/27/2007

 

45,000,000

 

45,000,000

 

5.325%, 8/31/2007

 

28,000,000

 

28,007,840

Citibank NA, 5.315%, 5/2/2007

 

108,000,000

 

108,000,000

Depfa Bank PLC, 5.32%, 5/11/2007

 

27,000,000

 

27,000,000

HBOS Treasury Services PLC:

 

 

5.305%, 4/19/2007

 

50,000,000

 

50,000,000

 

5.32%, 4/26/2007

 

78,000,000

 

77,999,790

 

 

 

 

 

Landesbank Baden Wurttemberg, 5.355%, 4/13/2007

 

95,000,000

 

95,000,154

Mizuho Corporate Bank:

 

 

5.3%, 5/7/2007

 

40,000,000

 

40,000,000

 

5.305%, 4/4/2007

 

129,500,000

 

129,500,050

 

5.32%, 4/10/2007

 

47,000,000

 

47,000,000

 

5.325%, 4/20/2007

 

72,000,000

 

72,000,000

 

5.335%, 5/8/2007

 

60,000,000

 

60,000,000

Norddeutsche Landesbank Girozentrale, 5.34%, 6/25/2007

 

73,000,000

 

73,000,000

Norinchukin Bank, 5.27%, 9/10/2007

 

38,800,000

 

38,800,000

Societe Generale:

 

 

5.32%, 5/11/2007

 

85,000,000

 

85,000,000

 

5.34%, 7/19/2007

 

60,000,000

 

60,000,000

 

5.35%, 4/19/2007

 

65,000,000

 

64,999,557

UBS AG, 5.29%, 7/2/2007

 

37,500,000

 

37,500,000

UniCredito Italiano SpA, 5.315%, 5/8/2007

 

60,000,000

 

60,000,000

Total Certificates of Deposit and Bank Notes (Cost $2,055,607,110)

 

2,055,607,110

 

Commercial Paper** 29.6%

 

Caisse Nationale des Caisses D'Epargne et Prevoyan:

 

 

5.175%, 4/5/2007

 

50,000,000

 

49,971,250

 

5.22%, 6/7/2007

 

70,000,000

 

69,319,950

Cancara Asset Securitization LLC, 5.346%, 4/3/2007

 

60,000,000

 

59,982,180

Charta LLC, 5.26%, 4/17/2007

 

88,000,000

 

87,794,276

CHI Catholic Health Initiatives, 5.35%, 5/8/2007

 

60,000,000

 

60,000,000

Clipper Receivables Co. LLC, 5.26%, 4/17/2007

 

58,000,000

 

57,864,409

Compass Securitization LLC, 5.24%, 6/15/2007

 

93,775,000

 

92,751,290

Dorada Finance, Inc., 5.23%, 6/11/2007

 

35,000,000

 

34,638,985

Dresdner Bank AG, 5.39%, 4/2/2007

 

30,500,000

 

30,495,433

Five Finance, Inc., 5.21%, 7/24/2007

 

27,000,000

 

26,554,545

Galleon Capital LLC, 5.27%, 4/9/2007

 

50,000,000

 

49,941,444

Giro Balanced Funding Corp.:

 

 

5.285%, 4/16/2007

 

100,000,000

 

99,779,792

 

5.29%, 4/16/2007

 

100,000,000

 

99,779,583

Giro Funding US Corp.:

 

 

5.275%, 4/26/2007

 

75,000,000

 

74,725,260

 

5.28%, 4/23/2007

 

139,500,000

 

139,049,880

Grampian Funding Ltd.:

 

 

5.195%, 4/10/2007

 

15,000,000

 

14,980,519

 

5.21%, 7/25/2007

 

14,000,000

 

13,766,997

Greyhawk Funding LLC:

 

 

5.21%, 5/9/2007

 

16,000,000

 

15,912,009

 

5.24%, 5/16/2007

 

32,500,000

 

32,287,125

Hewlett-Packard Co., 5.28%, 4/20/2007

 

50,000,000

 

49,860,667

Honeywell International, Inc., 5.4%, 4/2/2007

 

1,021,000

 

1,020,847

Irish Life & Permanent PLC:

 

 

5.195%, 7/16/2007

 

38,200,000

 

37,615,678

 

5.195%, 7/20/2007

 

34,000,000

 

33,460,297

 

 

 

K2 (USA) LLC:

 

 

5.145%, 8/8/2007

 

30,000,000

 

29,446,912

 

5.225%, 6/14/2007

 

50,800,000

 

50,254,394

 

5.225%, 6/20/2007

 

33,000,000

 

32,616,833

KBC Financial Products International Ltd., 5.2%, 5/14/2007

 

64,000,000

 

63,602,489

Lake Constance Funding LLC:

 

 

5.23%, 6/7/2007

 

50,000,000

 

49,513,319

 

5.25%, 5/4/2007

 

10,000,000

 

9,951,875

Liberty Street Funding, 5.275%, 4/20/2007

 

50,000,000

 

49,860,799

Links Finance LLC, 5.24%, 6/18/2007

 

40,000,000

 

39,545,867

Mane Funding Corp., 5.23%, 6/14/2007

 

50,699,000

 

50,153,958

Morgan Stanley, 5.2%, 6/26/2007

 

95,000,000

 

93,819,889

Nieuw Amsterdam Receivables Corp., 5.28%, 4/18/2007

 

28,667,000

 

28,595,524

Northern Rock PLC:

 

 

5.245%, 5/9/2007

 

32,000,000

 

31,822,835

 

5.245%, 5/10/2007

 

53,000,000

 

52,698,850

Park Avenue Receivables Co., LLC, 5.275%, 4/16/2007

 

47,489,000

 

47,384,623

Perry Global Funding LLC:

 

 

Series A, 5.24%, 6/25/2007

 

30,308,000

 

29,933,023

 

Series A, 5.245%, 4/10/2007

 

80,000,000

 

79,895,100

 

Series A, 5.25%, 4/20/2007

 

93,169,000

 

92,910,844

Prudential PLC, 5.245%, 5/9/2007

 

39,900,000

 

39,679,098

Rabobank USA Financial Corp., 5.395%, 4/2/2007

 

56,500,000

 

56,491,533

Sheffield Receivables Corp., 5.245%, 5/10/2007

 

79,000,000

 

78,551,115

Simba Funding Corp.:

 

 

5.247%, 5/23/2007

 

38,109,000

 

37,820,144

 

5.247%, 5/29/2007

 

39,636,000

 

39,300,905

 

5.25%, 5/2/2007

 

21,863,000

 

21,764,161

Tango Finance Corp., 5.24%, 6/15/2007

 

26,250,000

 

25,963,437

Valcour Bay Capital Co. LLC, 5.31%, 5/4/2007

 

60,000,000

 

59,707,950

Verizon Communications, Inc.:

 

 

5.295%, 4/4/2007

 

35,000,000

 

34,984,556

 

5.3%, 4/3/2007

 

50,000,000

 

49,985,278

 

5.3%, 4/18/2007

 

35,000,000

 

34,912,403

 

5.31%, 4/9/2007

 

30,000,000

 

29,964,600

Windmill Funding Corp., 5.26%, 4/19/2007

 

60,000,000

 

59,842,200

Total Commercial Paper (Cost $2,632,526,930)

 

2,632,526,930

 

Master Notes 1.7%

 

The Bear Stearns Companies, Inc., 5.537% *, 4/2/2007 (a) (Cost $150,000,000)

 

150,000,000

 

150,000,000

 

US Government Sponsored Agencies 0.1%

 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., 5.35%, 3/26/2008 (Cost $10,290,000)

 

10,290,000

 

10,290,000

 

Funding Agreements* 3.5%

 

Genworth Life Insurance Co.:

 

 

5.407%, 9/4/2007

 

105,000,000

 

105,000,000

 

5.407%, 3/3/2008

 

20,000,000

 

20,000,000

 

5.42%, 1/25/2008

 

75,000,000

 

75,000,000

New York Life Insurance Co., 5.41%, 9/18/2007

 

80,000,000

 

80,000,000

Travelers Insurance Co., 5.41%, 3/31/2008

 

30,000,000

 

30,000,000

Total Funding Agreements (Cost $310,000,000)

 

310,000,000

 

Asset Backed 1.2%

 

Interstar Millennium Trust, "A1", Series 2006-2GA, 5.3% *, 5/27/2038

 

50,306,844

 

50,306,844

Mound Financing PLC, "1A", Series 5A, 5.29% *, 5/8/2007

 

35,000,000

 

35,000,000

 

 

 

Steers Mercury III Trust, 144A, 5.34% *, 5/27/2048

 

24,852,030

 

24,852,030

Total Asset Backed (Cost $110,158,874)

 

110,158,874

 

Promissory Notes 1.9%

 

The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., 5.41% *, 10/19/2007 (Cost $170,000,000)

 

170,000,000

 

170,000,000

 

Short Term Notes* 34.2%

 

American Express Bank FSB:

 

 

5.28%, 2/8/2008

 

80,000,000

 

80,000,000

 

5.29%, 11/8/2007

 

34,000,000

 

33,997,983

American Express Centurion Bank:

 

 

5.29%, 9/13/2007

 

50,000,000

 

50,000,000

 

5.29%, 11/6/2007

 

175,000,000

 

175,000,000

American Honda Finance Corp.:

 

 

5.31%, 3/20/2008

 

25,000,000

 

25,000,000

 

5.33%, 10/30/2007

 

45,000,000

 

45,000,000

Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd., 5.32%, 6/23/2010

 

30,000,000

 

30,000,000

Banco Espanol de Credito SA, 144A, 5.334%, 4/18/2012

 

88,000,000

 

88,000,000

Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi-UFJ, Ltd., 5.41%, 8/23/2007

 

50,000,000

 

50,016,245

BMW US Capital LLC, 144A, 5.3%, 10/5/2011

 

10,000,000

 

10,000,000

BNP Paribas:

 

 

5.29%, 6/20/2007

 

100,000,000

 

99,994,326

 

5.3%, 10/3/2007

 

50,000,000

 

49,992,235

Caja de Ahorros y Monte de Piedad de Madrid, 5.36%, 10/19/2007

 

50,000,000

 

50,000,000

Calyon:

 

 

5.26%, 10/3/2007

 

75,000,000

 

74,986,836

 

5.28%, 9/13/2007

 

28,000,000

 

27,996,881

 

144A, 5.32%, 4/15/2008

 

86,000,000

 

86,000,000

Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, 5.39%, 10/26/2007

 

60,000,000

 

59,991,784

Carrera Capital Finance LLC, 5.31%, 8/24/2007

 

70,000,000

 

70,000,000

Commonwealth Bank of Australia, 5.32%, 8/24/2010

 

40,000,000

 

40,000,000

Credit Agricole SA, 5.28%, 6/28/2007

 

50,000,000

 

49,994,410

Danske Bank AS, 144A, 5.29%, 3/20/2013

 

88,000,000

 

87,990,619

DNB NOR Bank ASA, 5.31%, 5/25/2011

 

50,000,000

 

50,000,000

General Electric Capital Corp., 5.28%, 8/19/2011

 

60,000,000

 

60,000,000

HSBC Bank USA, NA, 3.87%, 6/7/2007

 

40,500,000

 

40,380,377

HSBC Finance Corp.:

 

 

5.33%, 2/6/2012

 

75,000,000

 

75,000,000

 

5.37%, 3/24/2011

 

25,000,000

 

25,000,000

HSH Nordbank AG, 144A, 5.33%, 3/20/2008

 

60,000,000

 

60,000,000

International Business Machine Corp., 5.33%, 12/8/2010

 

66,000,000

 

66,000,000

Intesa Bank Ireland PLC, 5.32%, 7/25/2011

 

40,000,000

 

40,000,000

K2 (USA) LLC:

 

 

144A, 5.3%, 7/16/2007

 

40,000,000

 

39,999,961

 

5.315%, 6/8/2007

 

65,500,000

 

65,501,706

Links Finance LLC, 144A, 5.325%, 8/15/2007

 

39,000,000

 

39,003,531

M&I Marshall & Ilsley Bank, 5.32%, 12/15/2011

 

56,000,000

 

56,000,000

Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.:

 

 

5.285%, 5/14/2007

 

25,000,000

 

25,000,000

 

5.3%, 8/24/2011

 

80,000,000

 

80,000,000

 

5.33%, 9/15/2010

 

35,000,000

 

35,000,000

 

5.4%, 2/3/2009

 

35,000,000

 

35,000,000

 

5.487%, 5/29/2007

 

25,000,000

 

25,000,000

 

5.567%, 7/6/2007

 

35,000,000

 

35,006,281

Morgan Stanley:

 

 

5.37%, 9/5/2007

 

102,000,000

 

102,000,000

 

5.497%, 9/10/2007

 

130,000,000

 

130,000,000

 

 

 

Natixis SA, 5.42%, 8/31/2007

 

50,000,000

 

50,000,000

Nordea Bank AB, 5.3%, 4/8/2011

 

40,000,000

 

40,000,000

Northern Rock PLC:

 

 

144A, 5.33%, 10/22/2007

 

90,000,000

 

90,000,000

 

5.34%, 4/4/2008

 

30,000,000

 

30,000,000

Pyxis Master Trust, Series 2007-6, 144A, 5.366%, 9/2/2014

 

37,000,000

 

37,000,000

Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken, 5.32%, 7/16/2010

 

50,000,000

 

50,000,000

Societe Generale, 5.27%, 3/25/2008

 

35,500,000

 

35,491,393

Tango Finance Corp.:

 

 

144A, 5.29%, 9/24/2007

 

50,000,000

 

49,997,603

 

144A, 5.29%, 10/3/2007

 

25,000,000

 

24,998,731

The Bear Stearns Companies, Inc., 5.32%, 7/10/2007

 

50,000,000

 

50,000,000

Toyota Motor Credit Corp., 5.33%, 2/11/2008

 

100,000,000

 

100,000,000

UniCredito Italiano Bank (Ireland) PLC:

 

 

5.33%, 6/15/2011

 

75,000,000

 

75,000,000

 

144A, 5.33%, 9/16/2011

 

45,000,000

 

45,000,000

Total Short Term Notes (Cost $3,045,340,902)

 

3,045,340,902

 

Time Deposit 4.1%

 

UBS AG, 5.5%, 4/2/2007 (Cost $369,489,959)

 

369,489,959

 

369,489,959

 

Repurchase Agreements 0.8%

 

Banc of America Securities LLC, 5.4%, dated 3/30/2007, to be repurchased at $70,031,500 on 4/2/2007 (b)

 

70,000,000

 

70,000,000

Credit Suisse First Boston LLC, 5.15%, dated 3/30/2007, to be repurchased at $1,043,803 on 4/2/2007 (c)

 

1,043,355

 

1,043,355

Total Repurchase Agreements (Cost $71,043,355)

 

71,043,355

 

% of
Net Assets

 

Value ($)

Total Investment Portfolio (Cost $ 8,924,457,130)

100.2

 

8,924,457,130

Other Assets and Liabilities, Net

(0.2)

 

(19,803,472)

Net Assets

100.0

 

8,904,653,658

 

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 March 31, 2007.

**

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

(a)

Reset date; not a maturity date.

(b)

Collateralized by $74,119,248 Federal National Mortgage Association, 5.0%, maturing on 6/1/2035 with a value of $72,100,001.

(c)

Collateralized by $1,270,000 US Treasury STRIPS, maturing on 5/15/2011 with a value of $1,065,149.

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.

 

ITEM 2.

CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

 

 

 

(a)          The Chief Executive and Financial Officers concluded that the Registrant’s Disclosure Controls and Procedures are effective based on the evaluation of the Disclosure Controls and Procedures as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of this report.

 

 

 

 

 

 

(b)         There have been no changes in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s last half-year (the registrant’s second fiscal half-year in the case of the annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal controls over financial reporting.

 

 

ITEM 3.

EXHIBITS

 

 

 

Certification pursuant to Rule 30a-2(a) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (17 CFR 270.30a-2(a)) is filed and attached hereto as Exhibit 99.CERT.

 

 

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:

Cash Management Fund Investment, a series of DWS Advisor Funds

 

By:

/s/Michael G. Clark

 

Michael G. Clark

President

 

Date:

May 23, 2007

 

 

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:

Cash Management Fund Investment, a series of DWS Advisor Funds

 

By:

/s/Michael G. Clark

 

Michael G. Clark

President

 

Date:

May 23, 2007

 

 

By:

/s/Paul Schubert

 

Paul Schubert

Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

 

Date:                                                   May 23, 2007

 

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

CERTIFICATIONS

I, Michael G. Clark, certify that:

 

1.

I have reviewed this report on Form N-Q of Cash Management 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:

Cash Management Fund Investment, a series of DWS Advisor Funds

 

By:

/s/Michael G. Clark

 

Michael G. Clark

President

 

Date:

May 23, 2007

 


CERTIFICATIONS

I, Paul Schubert, certify that:

 

1.

I have reviewed this report on Form N-Q of Cash Management 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:

Cash Management Fund Investment, a series of DWS Advisor Funds

 

By:

/s/Paul Schubert

 

Paul Schubert

Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

 

Date:

May 23, 2007

 

 

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