N-CSR 1 ar033109af_llr.htm N-CSR - DWS LIFECYCLE LONG RANGE FUND

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D. C. 20549

 

FORM N-CSR

 

Investment Company Act file number

811-04760

 

DWS Advisor Funds

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

345 Park Avenue

New York, NY 10154-0004

(Address of principal executive offices)             (Zip code)

 

Registrant’s Telephone Number, including Area Code: (212) 454-7190

 

Paul Schubert

345 Park Avenue

New York, NY 10154-0004

(Name and Address of Agent for Service)

 

Date of fiscal year end:

3/31

 

Date of reporting period:

3/31/09

 

 

ITEM 1.           REPORT TO STOCKHOLDERS

 


 

MARCH 31, 2009

Annual Report
to Shareholders

 

 

DWS Lifecycle Long Range Fund

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Contents

4 Performance Summary

10 Information About Your Fund's Expenses

12 Portfolio Management Review

20 Portfolio Summary

22 Investment Portfolio

61 Financial Statements

65 Financial Highlights

67 Notes to Financial Statements

77 Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

78 Tax Information

79 Summary of Management Fee Evaluation by Independent Fee Consultant

84 Summary of Administrative Fee Evaluation by Independent Fee Consultant

85 Board Members and Officers

89 Account Management Resources

This report must be preceded or accompanied by a prospectus. To obtain a prospectus for any of our funds, refer to the Account Management Resources information provided in the back of this booklet. We advise you to consider the fund's objectives, risks, charges and expenses carefully before investing. The prospectus contains this and other important information about the fund. Please read the prospectus carefully before you invest.

Investments in mutual funds involve risk. Some funds have more risk than others. Although asset allocation among different asset classes generally limits risk and exposure to any one class, the risk remains that the investment advisor may favor an asset class that performs poorly relative to the other asset classes. The fund is subject to stock market risk, meaning stocks of companies the fund holds may decline in value for extended periods of time due to the activities and financial prospects of individual companies, or due to general market and economic conditions. Bond investments are subject to interest-rate risk such that when interest rates rise, the prices of the bonds, and thus the value of the fund, can decline and the investor can lose principal value. Investing in foreign securities presents certain risks, such as currency fluctuation, political and economic changes and market risks. Additionally, derivatives may be more volatile and less liquid than traditional securities, and the fund could suffer losses on its derivatives positions. Please read this fund's prospectus for specific details regarding its investments and risk profile.

DWS Investments is part of Deutsche Bank's Asset Management division and, within the US, represents the retail asset management activities of Deutsche Bank AG, Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, Deutsche Investment Management Americas Inc. and DWS Trust Company.

NOT FDIC/NCUA INSURED NO BANK GUARANTEE MAY LOSE VALUE NOT A DEPOSIT NOT INSURED BY ANY FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AGENCY

Performance Summary March 31, 2009

Institutional Class

All performance shown is historical, assumes reinvestment of all dividend and capital gain distributions, and does not guarantee future results. Investment return and principal value fluctuate with changing market conditions so that, when redeemed, shares may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance quoted. Please visit www.dws-investments.com for the Fund's most recent month-end performance.

The total annual fund operating expense ratio, gross of any fee waivers or expense reimbursements, as stated in the fee table of the prospectus dated August 1, 2008 is 0.89% for Institutional Class shares. Please see the Information About Your Fund's Expenses, the Financial Highlights and Notes to the Financial Statements (Note C, Related Parties) sections of this report for gross and net expense related disclosure for the period ended March 31, 2009.

Returns and rankings during all periods shown reflect a fee waiver and/or expense reimbursement. Without this waiver/reimbursement, returns and rankings would have been lower.

Performance figures do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares. Returns and rankings may differ by share class.

Average Annual Total Returns as of 3/31/09

DWS Lifecycle Long Range Fund

1-Year

3-Year

5-Year

10-Year

Institutional Class

-32.84%

-9.65%

-3.22%

-.42%

Russell 1000® Index+

-38.27%

-13.24%

-4.54%

-2.57%

MSCI EAFE Index+

-46.51%

-14.47%

-2.18%

-.84%

Barclays Capital US Aggregate Bond Index+

3.13%

5.78%

4.13%

5.70%

Blended Index through 3/31/09+

-24.99%

-6.41%

-1.64%

.45%

Blended Index effective 4/1/09+

-26.30%

-6.51%

-.53%

1.78%

Sources: Lipper Inc. and Deutsche Investment Management Americas Inc.

Net Asset Value and Distribution Information

 

Institutional Class

Net Asset Value:

3/31/09

$ 6.51

3/31/08

$ 10.22

Distribution Information:

Twelve Months as of 3/31/09:

Income Dividends

$ .23

Capital Gain Distributions

$ .13

Return of Capital

$ .09

Growth of an Assumed $1,000,000 Investment

[] DWS Lifecycle Long Range Fund — Institutional Class

[] Russell 1000 Index+

[] MSCI EAFE Index+

[] Barclays Capital US Aggregate Bond Index+

[] Blended Index through 3/31/09+

[] Blended Index effective 4/1/09+

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Yearly periods ended March 31

Comparative Results as of 3/31/09

DWS Lifecycle Long Range Fund

1-Year

3-Year

5-Year

10-Year

Institutional Class

Growth of $1,000,000

$671,600

$737,600

$849,100

$958,900

Average annual total return

-32.84%

-9.65%

-3.22%

-.42%

Russell 1000 Index+
Growth of $1,000,000

$617,300

$653,100

$792,800

$770,800

Average annual total return

-38.27%

-13.24%

-4.54%

-2.57%

MSCI EAFE Index+
Growth of $1,000,000

$534,900

$625,600

$895,500

$919,100

Average annual total return

-46.51%

-14.47%

-2.18%

-.84%

Barclays Capital US Aggregate Bond Index+
Growth of $1,000,000

$1,031,300

$1,183,500

$1,224,100

$1,740,400

Average annual total return

3.13%

5.78%

4.13%

5.70%

Blended Index through 3/31/09+
Growth of $1,000,000

$750,100

$819,700

$920,500

$1,045,500

Average annual total return

-24.99%

-6.41%

-1.64%

.45%

Blended Index effective 4/1/09+
Growth of $1,000,000

$737,000

$817,100

$973,700

$1,193,000

Average annual total return

-26.30%

-6.51%

-.53%

1.78%

The growth of $1,000,000 is cumulative.

The minimum initial investment for the Institutional Class is $1,000,000.

+ The Russell 1000 Index is an unmanaged index that measures the performance of the 1,000 largest companies in the Russell 3000 Index, which represents approximately 92% of the total market capitalization of the Russell 3000 Index.
The Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) Europe, Australasia and Far East (EAFE) Index is an unmanaged capitalization weighted index that tracks international stock performance in the 21 developed markets of Europe, Australasia and the Far East. The index is calculated using closing local market prices and translates into US dollars using the London close foreign exchange rates.
The Barclays Capital US Aggregate Bond Index (name changed from Lehman Brothers US Aggregate Index, effective November 3, 2008) is an unmanaged, market value weighted measure of treasury issues, corporate bond issues and mortgage securities.
The Blended Index through 3/31/09 is calculated using the performance of six unmanaged indices representative of stocks (Russell 1000 Index effective January 1, 2007, S&P 500 Index until December 31, 2006, Russell 2000 Index, and MSCI EAFE Index), bonds (Citigroup Broad Investment Grade Bond Index until December 31, 2007, Barclays Capital US Aggregate Bond Index and Credit Suisse High Yield Index as of January 1, 2008) and cash (Merrill Lynch 3-month US Treasury Bill Index) weighted by their corresponding proportion of the Fund's neutral position (stocks: 60%; bonds: 35%; cash: 5%). These results are summed to produce the aggregate benchmark. Effective April 1, 2009, the Fund changed its blended index because the Advisor believes that the new blended index better reflects the Fund's investment strategy.
The Blended Index, effective April 1, 2009 consists of the Barclays Capital US Aggregate Bond Index (27%), Russell 1000 Growth Index (20%), Russell 1000 Value Index (20%), MSCI EAFE Index (8%), MSCI EAFE Small Cap Index (3%), Russell 2000 Index (6%), Barclays Capital Global TIPS (5%), MSCI Emerging Markets Free Index (3%), Credit Suisse High Yield Index (3%) and Merrill Lynch 3-month US Treasury Bill Index (5%).
Equity index returns assume reinvestment of dividends and, unlike Fund returns, do not reflect any fees or expenses. It is not possible to invest directly into an index.
Fixed income index returns, unlike Fund returns, do not reflect any fees or expenses. It is not possible to invest directly into an index.

Institutional Class Lipper Rankings — Mixed-Asset Target Allocation Moderate Funds Category as of 3/31/09

Period

Rank

 

Number of Funds Tracked

Percentile Ranking (%)

1-Year

485

of

522

93

3-Year

312

of

391

80

5-Year

232

of

289

80

10-Year

101

of

153

66

Source: Lipper Inc. Rankings are historical and do not guarantee future results. Rankings are based on total return with distributions reinvested. Rankings are for Institutional Class shares; other share classes may vary.

Class S

Class S shares are generally not available to new investors except under certain circumstances. (Please see the Fund's Statement of Additional Information.)

All performance shown is historical, assumes reinvestment of all dividend and capital gain distributions, and does not guarantee future results. Investment return and principal value fluctuate with changing market conditions so that, when redeemed, shares may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance quoted. Please visit www.dws-investments.com for the Fund's most recent month-end performance.

The total annual fund operating expense ratio, gross of any fee waivers or expense reimbursements, as stated in the fee table of the prospectus dated August 1, 2008 is 1.05% for Class S shares. Please see the Information About Your Fund's Expenses, the Financial Highlights and Notes to the Financial Statements (Note C, Related Parties) sections of this report for gross and net expense related disclosure for the period ended March 31, 2009.

Returns and rankings during all periods shown reflect a fee waiver and/or expense reimbursement. Without this waiver/reimbursement, returns and rankings would have been lower.

Performance figures do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares. Returns and rankings may differ by share class.

On July 25, 2003, Class S shares of the Fund were issued in conjunction with the combination of the Fund and Scudder Lifecycle Long Range Fund, each a feeder fund that had invested all of its investable assets in the same master portfolio. Returns shown for Class S shares for the period prior to July 25, 2003 are derived from the historical performance of the Institutional Class shares of the DWS Lifecycle Long Range Fund during such period and have been adjusted to reflect the higher total annual operating expenses of the Class S shares. Any difference in expenses will affect performance.

Average Annual Total Returns as of 3/31/09

DWS Lifecycle Long Range Fund

1-Year

3-Year

5-Year

10-Year

Class S

-33.05%

-9.88%

-3.54%

-.80%

Russell 1000 Index+

-38.27%

-13.24%

-4.54%

-2.57%

MSCI EAFE Index+

-46.51%

-14.47%

-2.18%

-.84%

Barclays Capital US Aggregate Bond Index+

3.13%

5.78%

4.13%

5.70%

Blended Index through 3/31/09+

-24.99%

-6.41%

-1.64%

.45%

Blended Index effective 4/1/09+

-26.30%

-6.51%

-.53%

1.78%

Sources: Lipper Inc. and Deutsche Investment Management Americas Inc.

Net Asset Value and Distribution Information

 

Class S

Net Asset Value:

3/31/09

$ 6.23

3/31/08

$ 9.79

Distribution Information:

Twelve Months as of 3/31/09:

Income Dividends

$ .20

Capital Gain Distributions

$ .13

Return of Capital

$ .09

Growth of an Assumed $10,000 Investment

[] DWS Lifecycle Long Range Fund — Class S

[] Russell 1000 Index+

[] MSCI EAFE Index+

[] Barclays Capital US Aggregate Bond Index+

[] Blended Index through 3/31/09+

[] Blended Index effective 4/1/09+

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Yearly periods ended March 31

Comparative Results as of 3/31/09

DWS Lifecycle Long Range Fund

1-Year

3-Year

5-Year

10-Year

Class S

Growth of $10,000

$6,695

$7,320

$8,353

$9,231

Average annual total return

-33.05%

-9.88%

-3.54%

-.80%

Russell 1000 Index+
Growth of $10,000

$6,173

$6,531

$7,928

$7,708

Average annual total return

-38.27%

-13.24%

-4.54%

-2.57%

MSCI EAFE Index+
Growth of $10,000

$5,349

$6,256

$8,955

$9,191

Average annual total return

-46.51%

-14.47%

-2.18%

-.84%

Barclays Capital US Aggregate Bond Index+
Growth of $10,000

$10,313

$11,835

$12,241

$17,404

Average annual total return

3.13%

5.78%

4.13%

5.70%

Blended Index through 3/31/09+
Growth of $10,000

$7,501

$8,197

$9,205

$10,455

Average annual total return

-24.99%

-6.41%

-1.64%

.45%

Blended Index effective 4/1/09+
Growth of $10,000

$7,370

$8,171

$9,737

$11,930

Average annual total return

-26.30%

-6.51%

-.53%

1.78%

The growth of $10,000 is cumulative.

+ The Russell 1000 Index is an unmanaged index that measures the performance of the 1,000 largest companies in the Russell 3000 Index, which represents approximately 92% of the total market capitalization of the Russell 3000 Index.
The Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) Europe, Australasia and Far East (EAFE) Index is an unmanaged capitalization weighted index that tracks international stock performance in the 21 developed markets of Europe, Australasia and the Far East. The index is calculated using closing local market prices and translates into US dollars using the London close foreign exchange rates.
The Barclays Capital US Aggregate Bond Index (name changed from Lehman Brothers US Aggregate Index, effective November 3, 2008) is an unmanaged, market value weighted measure of treasury issues, corporate bond issues and mortgage securities.
The Blended Index through 3/31/09 is calculated using the performance of six unmanaged indices representative of stocks (Russell 1000 Index effective January 1, 2007, S&P 500 Index until December 31, 2006, Russell 2000 Index, and MSCI EAFE Index), bonds (Citigroup Broad Investment Grade Bond Index until December 31, 2007, Barclays Capital US Aggregate Bond Index and Credit Suisse High Yield Index as of January 1, 2008) and cash (Merrill Lynch 3-month US Treasury Bill Index) weighted by their corresponding proportion of the Fund's neutral position (stocks: 60%; bonds: 35%; cash: 5%). These results are summed to produce the aggregate benchmark. Effective April 1, 2009, the Fund changed its blended index because the Advisor believes that it better reflects the Fund's investment strategy.
The Blended Index, effective April 1, 2009 consists of the Barclays Capital US Aggregate Bond Index (27%), Russell 1000 Growth Index (20%), Russell 1000 Value Index (20%), MSCI EAFE Index (8%), MSCI EAFE Small Cap Index (3%), Russell 2000 Index (6%), Barclays Capital Global TIPS (5%), MSCI Emerging Markets Free Index (3%), Credit Suisse High Yield Index (3%) and Merrill Lynch 3-month US Treasury Bill Index (5%).
Equity index returns assume reinvestment of dividends and, unlike Fund returns, do not reflect any fees or expenses. It is not possible to invest directly into an index.
Fixed income index returns, unlike Fund returns, do not reflect any fees or expenses. It is not possible to invest directly into an index.

Class S Lipper Rankings — Mixed-Asset Target Allocation Moderate Funds Category as of 3/31/09

Period

Rank

 

Number of Funds Tracked

Percentile Ranking (%)

1-Year

488

of

522

94

3-Year

319

of

391

82

5-Year

241

of

289

84

Source: Lipper Inc. Rankings are historical and do not guarantee future results. Rankings are based on total return with distributions reinvested. Rankings are for Class S shares; other share classes may vary.

Information About Your Fund's Expenses

As an investor of the Fund, you incur two types of costs: ongoing expenses and transaction costs. Ongoing expenses include management fees and other Fund expenses. Examples of transaction costs include account maintenance fees, which are not shown in this section. The following tables are intended to help you understand your ongoing expenses (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to help you compare these expenses with the ongoing expenses of investing in other mutual funds. In the most recent six-month period, the Fund limited these expenses; had it not done so, expenses would have been higher. The example in the table is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the six-month period and held for the entire period (October 1, 2008 to March 31, 2009).

The tables illustrate your Fund's expenses in two ways:

Actual Fund Return. This helps you estimate the actual dollar amount of ongoing expenses (but not transaction costs) paid on a $1,000 investment in the Fund using the Fund's actual return during the period. To estimate the expenses you paid over the period, simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the "Expenses Paid per $1,000" line under the share class you hold.

Hypothetical 5% Fund Return. This helps you to compare your Fund's ongoing expenses (but not transaction costs) with those of other mutual funds using the Fund's actual expense ratio and a hypothetical rate of return of 5% per year before expenses. Examples using a 5% hypothetical fund return may be found in the shareholder reports of other mutual funds. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period.

Please note that the expenses shown in these tables are meant to highlight your ongoing expenses only and do not reflect any transaction costs. The "Expenses Paid per $1,000" line of the tables is useful in comparing ongoing expenses only and will not help you determine the relative total expense of owning different funds. An account maintenance fee of $6.25 per quarter for Class S shares may apply for certain accounts whose balances do not meet the applicable minimum initial investment. This fee is not included in these tables. If it was, the estimate of expenses paid for Class S shares during the period would be higher, and account value during the period would be lower, by this amount.

Expenses and Value of a $1,000 Investment for the six months ended March 31, 2009

Actual Fund Return

Class S

Institutional Class

Beginning Account Value 10/1/08

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,000.00

Ending Account Value 3/31/09

$ 757.80

$ 758.20

Expenses Paid per $1,000*

$ 3.90

$ 2.59

Hypothetical 5% Fund Return

Class S

Institutional Class

Beginning Account Value 10/1/08

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,000.00

Ending Account Value 3/31/09

$ 1,020.49

$ 1,021.99

Expenses Paid per $1,000*

$ 4.48

$ 2.97

* Expenses are equal to the Fund's annualized expense ratio for each share class, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by the number of days in the most recent six-month period, then divided by 365.

Annualized Expense Ratios

Class S

Institutional Class

DWS Lifecycle Long Range Fund

.89%

.59%

For more information, please refer to the Fund's prospectus.

Portfolio Management Review

DWS Lifecycle Long Range Fund: A Team Approach to Investing

Deutsche Investment Management Americas Inc. ("DIMA" or the "Advisor"), which is part of Deutsche Asset Management, is the investment advisor for DWS Lifecycle Long Range Fund. DIMA and its predecessors have more than 80 years of experience managing mutual funds and DIMA provides a full range of investment advisory services to institutional and retail clients.

Deutsche Asset Management is a global asset management organization that offers a wide range of investing expertise and resources. This well-resourced global investment platform brings together a wide variety of experience and investment insight across industries, regions, asset classes and investing styles.

DIMA is an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of Deutsche Bank AG. Deutsche Bank AG is a major global banking institution that is engaged in a wide range of financial services, including investment management, mutual funds, retail, private and commercial banking, investment banking and insurance.

Aberdeen Asset Management Inc. ("AAMI"), a US registered investment advisor, is a subadvisor for the fund. With respect to the core bond and active fixed income portions of the fund only, AAMI makes the investment decisions, buys and sells securities, and conducts the research that leads to these purchase and sale decisions. AAMI is also responsible for selecting brokers and dealers and for negotiating brokerage commissions and dealer charges. AAMI provides a full range of international investment advisory services to institutional and retail clients. AAMI is a direct, wholly owned subsidiary of Aberdeen Asset Management PLC, the parent company of an asset management group formed in 1983.

Portfolio Management Team

The following portfolio managers are responsible for the day-to-day management of the fund's investments, except for the passive equity, core bond and active fixed-income portions of the fund.

Thomas Picciochi

Director of Deutsche Asset Management and Portfolio Manager of the fund.

• Joined Deutsche Asset Management in 1999, formerly serving as portfolio manager for Absolute Return Strategies, after 13 years of experience in various research and analysis positions at State Street Global Advisors, FPL Energy, Barnett Bank, Trade Finance Corporation and Reserve Financial Management.

• Senior portfolio manager for Quantitative Strategies Portfolio Management: New York.

• BA and MBA from University of Miami.

• Joined the fund in 2005.

Robert Wang

Managing Director of Deutsche Asset Management and Portfolio Manager of the fund.

• Joined Deutsche Asset Management in 1995 as a portfolio manager for asset allocation after 13 years of experience in trading fixed income, foreign exchange and derivative products at JPMorgan.

• Global Head of Quantitative Strategies Portfolio Management: New York.

• Joined the fund in 2000.

• BS, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.

Inna Okounkova

Director of Deutsche Asset Management and Portfolio Manager of the fund.

• Global Asset Allocation portfolio manager: New York.

• Joined Deutsche Asset Management in 1999 as a quantitative analyst, becoming an associate portfolio manager in 2001.

• Joined the fund in 2007.

• BS, MS, Moscow State University; MBA, University of Chicago.

James B. Francis, CFA

Director of Deutsche Asset Management and Portfolio Manager of the fund.

• Head of Active Quantitative Equity Portfolio Management: New York.

• Joined Deutsche Asset Management in 2008 after 20 years of experience as senior quantitative global equity portfolio manager at State Street Global Advisors, and most recently, Northern Trust Global Investments.

• Joined the fund in 2008.

• BS in Applied Mathematics from University of Massachusetts, Amherst.

The following AAMI portfolio manager is responsible for the day-to-day management of the fixed-income (not including high-yield) portion of the fund.

J. Christopher Gagnier

Head of Core Plus Fixed Income product and senior portfolio manager for corporate and commercial mortgages: Philadelphia.

• Joined Aberdeen Asset Management Inc. and the fund in 2005.

• Formerly, Managing Director of Deutsche Asset Management; joined Deutsche Asset Management in 1997 after 17 years of experience in fixed income investments at PaineWebber and Continental Bank.

• BS from Wharton School of Business; MBA from University of Chicago.

In the following interview, the portfolio management team discusses DWS Lifecycle Long Range Fund's performance, strategy and the market environment during the fund's fiscal year ended March 31, 2009.

The views expressed in the following discussion reflect those of the portfolio management team only through the end of the period of the report as stated on the cover. The management team's views are subject to change at any time based on market and other conditions and should not be construed as a recommendation. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Current and future portfolio holdings are subject to risk.

Q: How would you describe the market environment over the last year?

A: In the semiannual report for this fund, published six months ago, we described the preceding period as a time of economic uncertainty and turmoil in capital markets. In the ensuing months, there was pronounced deterioration in the economy and financial markets, not only in the US but throughout the world. In December 2008, the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) officially declared that the US economy had fallen into a recession that began in December 2007. With the economy and financial markets closely interrelated, the limited availability of credit and a lack of investor confidence hit asset prices, and the resulting loss of wealth contributed further to an economic slowdown. There was a pronounced decline in the equity market and in essentially all asset classes that carry risk in the final months of 2008. Although the economy and markets remained weak into early 2009, the condition of credit markets has improved. Bonds that carry credit risk began to recover in the first quarter of 2009, and the equity market moved up in March.

In this very difficult environment, essentially all US equity indices posted negative returns for the 12 months ended March 31, 2009. The Russell 3000® Index, which is generally regarded as a good indicator of the broad stock market, posted a negative return of -38.20% for the period.1 The difference between performance of large-cap and small-cap stocks was not great: the Russell 1000® Index, which measures performance of large-cap stocks, returned -38.27%, while the small-cap Russell 2000® Index returned -37.50%.2 Growth stocks performed better than value stocks: the Russell 3000® Growth Index returned -34.42%, while the Russell 3000® Value Index returned -42.14%.3 Most international markets were even weaker than the US market: return of the Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) Europe, Australasia and Far East (EAFE) Index, which measures performance of a broad range of international markets, was -46.51%.4 Emerging markets generally performed in line with developed markets: return of the MSCI Emerging Markets Index was -46.90%.5

1 The Russell 3000 Index is an unmanaged index that measures the performance of the 3,000 largest US companies based on total market capitalization, which represents approximately 98% of the investable US equity market.
2 The Russell 1000 Index is an unmanaged index that measures the performance of the 1,000 largest companies in the Russell 3000 Index, which represents approximately 92% of the total market capitalization of the Russell 3000 Index. The Russell 2000 Index is an unmanaged index that measures the performance of the 2,000 smallest companies in the Russell 3000 Index, which represents approximately 8% of the total market capitalization of the Russell 3000 Index.
3 The Russell 3000 Growth Index is an unmanaged index that measures the performance of those Russell 3000 companies with higher price-to-book ratios and higher forecasted growth values, while the Russell 3000 Value Index is an unmanaged index that measures the performance of those Russell 3000 companies with lower price-to-book ratios and lower forecasted growth values.
4 The Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) Europe, Australasia and Far East (EAFE) Index is an unmanaged, capitalization-weighted index that tracks international stock performance in the 21 developed markets of Europe, Australasia and the Far East.
5 The MSCI Emerging Markets Index is a float-adjusted,-capitalization-weighted index created by Morgan Stanley Capital International to measure market performance in global emerging markets.
MSCI indices are calculated using closing market prices and translate to US dollars using the London close foreign exchange rates.
Index returns assume reinvestment of dividends and, unlike fund returns, do not include fees or expenses. It is not possible to invest directly into an index.

The major theme in the bond market over the past year was discomfort with credit risk. Accordingly, bonds with the highest credit ratings, especially US Treasury bonds, which are assumed to carry no credit risk, and investment-grade bonds, generated positive returns, while returns of high-yield bonds were sharply negative. The Barclays Capital US Treasury Index, which measures performance of US Treasury notes with a variety of maturities, returned 7.48% for the 12-month period ended March 31, 2009.6 The Barclays Capital US Aggregate Bond Index, which measures performance of the US bond market as a whole, returned 3.13% for the period. Bonds with below-investment-grade credit ratings performed poorly: the return of the Barclays Capital US Corporate High Yield Index, which measures performance of high-yield bonds, was -19.31%.7

6 The Barclays Capital US Treasury Index (name changed from Lehman Brothers US Treasury Index, effective November 3, 2008) is an unmanaged index of public obligations of the US Treasury.
7 The Barclays Capital US Aggregate Bond Index (name changed from Lehman Brothers US Aggregate Index, effective November 3, 2008) is an unmanaged, market-value- weighted measure of Treasury issues, corporate bond issues and mortgage securities.
The Barclays Capital US Corporate High Yield Index (name changed from Lehman Brothers US Corporate High Yield Index, effective November 3, 2008) is an unmanaged, market-value-weighted measure of high-yield bonds.
Index returns, unlike fund returns, do not reflect any fees or expenses. It is not possible to invest directly into an index.

Q: How is DWS Lifecycle Long Range Fund managed?

A: The fund seeks high total return with reduced risk over the long term. The fund's assets are allocated among various equity and fixed-income asset categories. We generally allocate the largest portion of its assets to equity securities, with smaller allocations to fixed-income securities. We review the fund's allocation among the various asset categories periodically and may adjust the allocation based on current or expected market conditions or to manage risk as is consistent with the fund's investment objective.

We use one or more strategies within each asset category for selecting equity and fixed-income securities for the fund's portfolio. Each strategy is managed by a team of portfolio managers that specializes in its respective category, using a variety of quantitative and qualitative techniques.

In addition to the fund's main investment strategy, we seek to enhance returns by employing a global tactical asset allocation overlay strategy. This strategy, which DWS Investments calls iGAP (integrated Global Alpha Platform), attempts to take advantage of short- and medium-term mispricings within global bond, equity and currency markets.8 The iGAP strategy is implemented through the use of derivatives, which are contracts or other instruments whose value is based on, for example, indices, currencies or securities. The iGAP strategy primarily uses exchange-traded futures contracts on global bonds and equity indices and over-the-counter forward currency contracts, and is expected to have a low correlation to the fund's other securities holdings.9 This strategy makes it possible to take long and short positions in different asset classes without having to make dramatic shifts in the stock, bond and cash allocations of the underlying strategies.10

8 The iGAP strategy may use instruments including but not limited to futures, options and currency forwards. Derivatives may be more volatile and less liquid than traditional securities, and the strategy could suffer losses on its derivatives positions.
9 Correlation is a measure of how closely two variables move together over time. A 1.0 equals perfect correlation. A -1.0 equals total negative correlation.
10 Futures and options are used as a low-cost method for gaining exposure to a particular securities market without investing directly in those securities. Forward currency transactions are the purchase or sale of a foreign currency at an exchange rate established now, but with payment and delivery at a specified future time. Forward currency transactions are used as hedges and, where possible, to add to investment returns.
A long position is the buying of a security such as a stock, commodity or currency with the expectation that the asset will rise in value. A short position is the sale of a borrowed security, commodity or currency with the expectation that the asset will fall in value.

Q: How is the fund positioned with regard to allocation of assets among asset classes?

A: We review strategic asset allocation at least annually or more frequently if market conditions warrant. The target allocation in place for most of the last year was 43% in large-cap equities, 7% in small-cap equities, 10% in international equities, 32% in investment-grade bonds, 3% in high-yield bonds and 5% in cash equivalents.

On February 27, 2009, we began the first stage of transitioning the fund to its new strategic asset allocation. One change was the establishment of a new 3% allocation to emerging markets. This change contributed to performance, as emerging markets were quite strong during the month of March.

As a part of the transition to the fund's new strategic asset allocation, we plan to establish a 3% allocation to global small-cap equities and a 5% allocation to global inflation-protected Treasury securities. These changes will be balanced by a reduction in the exposure to several equity categories as well as investment-grade bonds.

Q: How did the fund perform during the period?

A: We find that an effective way to evaluate performance is to compare returns to those of a peer group of funds that allocate assets among several asset classes, the Lipper Mixed-Asset Target Allocation Moderate Funds category.11 For the 12 months ended March 31, 2009, the DWS Lifecycle Long Range Fund had a return of -32.84% (Institutional Class). The fund underperformed its Lipper peer group of Mixed-Asset Target Allocation Moderate Funds, which had an average return of -25.56%. (Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Please see pages 3 through 8 for the performance of other share classes and more complete performance information.)

11 The Lipper Mixed-Asset Target Allocation Moderate Funds category is a group of mutual funds that, by portfolio practice, maintain a mix of 0% to 60% equity securities, with the remainder invested in bonds, cash and cash equivalents. Category returns assume reinvestment of dividends. It is not possible to invest directly into a Lipper category.

Q: What decisions had the greatest effect on the fund's performance over the period?

A: Over this 12-month period, the underlying strategies as a group detracted from performance. In particular the core fixed-income strategy, the quantitative equity strategy and the fundamental international equity strategy detracted from performance.

Within the quantative equity strategy, major detractors at the industry level were health care equipment & supplies, transportation, and energy. Equity holdings in this portion of the portfolio that detracted from performance included General Dynamics Corp., Mariner Energy, Inc. and W&T Offshore, Inc.

The fundamental international equity sleeve also detracted from performance during the last 12 months, mainly because of stock selection in the consumer discretionary and industrials sectors and a position in the Russian market.

Within the core fixed-income strategy, exposure to mortgage- backed securities was the main cause of underperformance, followed by exposure to corporate bonds.

The quantitative international equity strategy added value over this period. An underweight in the United Kingdom financials sector, a group that was down significantly for the year, was the largest positive contributor to performance.12 Positions in the defensive Asian utilities sector also contributed to performance.

12 "Overweight" means the fund holds a higher weighting in a given sector or security than the benchmark. "Underweight" means the fund holds a lower weighting.

The iGAP strategy detracted from performance over this 12-month period, mainly because of its positioning in equity and currency markets. The severe downturn in global equity markets made the predominantly long equity position disadvantageous. In currencies, the bias toward the Norwegian krone and Singapore dollar detracted from value. Investor fear and aversion to risk led to an unwinding of the carry trade, a strategy where high-yielding currencies are funded with low-yielding currencies. This, along with the fall in energy prices, negatively impacted the Norwegian economy, depressing the Norwegian krone. A long position in the Singapore dollar also detracted as investors rushed towards liquidity and the perceived safety of the US dollar. The predominantly net long-bond positions added value, as bonds rallied and central banks cut interest rates in response to the financial crisis. However, these gains were not enough to offset the losses in the currency and equity positions.

In the last two months of the fiscal year, however, the iGAP strategy contributed to performance. This performance was driven predominantly by fixed-income positioning, with currency positioning of secondary importance. A long position in UK government bonds was a major contributor, especially following the surprise purchase of these bonds by the Bank of England in March. A short-dollar position added to performance, with long positions in Australian, Swedish and New Zealand currencies especially positive, as these currencies appreciated significantly relative to the dollar.

Portfolio Summary

Asset Allocation (As a % of Investment Portfolio excluding Securities Lending Collateral)

3/31/09

3/31/08

 

 

 

Common Stocks

57%

58%

Corporate Bonds

9%

8%

Government & Agency Obligations

9%

5%

Collateralized Mortgage Obligations

6%

9%

Mortgage-Backed Securities Pass-Throughs

6%

6%

Cash Equivalents

5%

7%

Exchange Traded Funds

4%

Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities

2%

5%

Municipal Bonds & Notes

1%

1%

Asset Backed

1%

Preferred Securities

1%

 

100%

100%

Sector Diversification (As a % of Equities and Corporate Bonds)

3/31/09

3/31/08

 

 

 

Information Technology

14%

13%

Financials

14%

18%

Health Care

13%

10%

Energy

12%

13%

Industrials

11%

11%

Consumer Discretionary

10%

10%

Consumer Staples

10%

8%

Utilities

6%

6%

Telecommunication Services

5%

6%

Materials

5%

5%

 

100%

100%

Geographical Diversification (As a % of Equity Securities)

3/31/09

3/31/08

 

 

 

United States

84%

78%

Europe (excluding United Kingdom)

9%

9%

Japan

2%

2%

Pacific Basin

2%

3%

United Kingdom

1%

2%

Other

2%

6%

 

100%

100%

Asset allocation, sector and geographical diversifications are subject to change.

Ten Largest Equity Holdings at March 31, 2009 (10.7% of Net Assets)

1. ExxonMobil Corp.
Explorer and producer of oil and gas

1.8%

2. Microsoft Corp.
Developer of computer software

1.4%

3. Chevron Corp.
Operator of petroleum exploration, delivery and refining facilities

1.2%

4. International Business Machines Corp.
Manufacturer of computers and provider of information processing services

1.1%

5. Verizon Communications, Inc.
Provider of advanced communication and information technology services

1.0%

6. Abbott Laboratories
Developer of health care products

0.9%

7. JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Provider of global financial services

0.9%

8. Apple, Inc.
Manufacturer of personal computers and personal computing and communication solutions

0.8%

9. Eli Lilly & Co.
Producer of pharmaceuticals

0.8%

10. QUALCOMM, Inc.
Developer and manufacturer of communication systems

0.8%

Portfolio holdings are subject to change.

For more complete details about the Fund's investment portfolio, see page 22. A quarterly Fact Sheet is available upon request. A complete list of the Fund's portfolio holdings is posted as of the month end on www.dws-investments.com on or about the 15th day of the following month. More frequent posting of portfolio holdings information may be made from time to time on www.dws-investments.com. Please see the Account Management Resources section for contact information.

Following the Fund's fiscal first and third quarter-end, a complete portfolio holdings listing is filed with the SEC on Form N-Q. This form will be available on the SEC's Web site at www.sec.gov, and it also may be reviewed and copied at the SEC's Public Reference Room in Washington, D.C. Information on the operation of the SEC's Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling (800) SEC-0330.

Investment Portfolio as of March 31, 2009

 


Shares

Value ($)

 

 

Common Stocks 56.6%

Consumer Discretionary 5.1%

Auto Components 0.2%

Aisin Seiki Co., Ltd.

100

1,600

Bridgestone Corp.

400

5,776

Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin "B"

157

5,813

Denso Corp.

300

6,061

Magna International, Inc. "A"

500

13,301

Nokian Renkaat Oyj

135

1,588

Stoneridge, Inc.*

9,200

19,412

Toyota Industries Corp.

200

4,312

WABCO Holdings, Inc.

52,282

643,592

 

701,455

Automobiles 0.1%

Bayerische Motoren Werke (BMW) AG

657

19,064

Daimler AG (Registered)

823

20,920

Fiat SpA

9,037

63,209

Honda Motor Co., Ltd.

1,100

26,319

Isuzu Motors Ltd.

1,000

1,232

Mitsubishi Motors Corp.*

3,000

3,839

Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.

1,400

5,058

PSA Peugeot Citroen

169

3,188

Renault SA

194

4,007

Suzuki Motor Corp.

200

3,347

Toyota Motor Corp.

14,800

474,677

Volkswagen AG

98

30,172

 

655,032

Distributors 0.0%

Li & Fung Ltd.

18,000

42,466

Diversified Consumer Services 0.1%

Lincoln Educational Services Corp.*

11,000

201,520

Steiner Leisure Ltd.*

8,100

197,721

 

399,241

Hotels Restaurants & Leisure 1.0%

Accor SA

229

7,959

Buffalo Wild Wings, Inc.*

3,000

109,740

California Pizza Kitchen, Inc.*

5,800

75,864

Carnival PLC

221

5,007

CEC Entertainment, Inc.*

8,700

225,156

Compass Group PLC

2,937

13,421

Crown Ltd.

8,941

39,285

InterContinental Hotel Group PLC

373

2,836

Lottomatica SpA

479

7,886

McDonald's Corp.

46,722

2,549,620

Shangri-La Asia Ltd.

12,000

13,770

Sodexo

129

5,874

TABCORP Holdings Ltd.

9,702

43,912

Tatts Group Ltd.

19,933

38,406

TUI AG

232

1,241

Whitbread PLC

338

3,814

Yum! Brands, Inc.

27,600

758,448

 

3,902,239

Household Durables 0.4%

D.R. Horton, Inc.

33,900

328,830

Electrolux AB "B"

1,200

9,398

Garmin Ltd.

35,600

755,076

Husqvarna AB "B"

1,300

5,255

NVR, Inc.*

700

299,425

Panasonic Corp.

1,000

10,989

Persimmon PLC

383

1,904

Ryland Group, Inc.

5,200

86,632

Sekisui House Ltd.

1,000

7,652

Sharp Corp.

1,000

7,993

Sony Corp.

600

12,302

 

1,525,456

Internet & Catalog Retail 0.4%

Amazon.com, Inc.*

14,200

1,042,848

Home Retail Group PLC

1,046

3,348

Liberty Media Corp. — Interactive "A"*

114,900

333,210

Netflix, Inc.*

2,200

94,424

 

1,473,830

Media 1.4%

British Sky Broadcasting Group PLC

1,807

11,217

Comcast Corp. "A"

168,400

2,296,976

DISH Network Corp. "A"*

88,700

985,457

Fairfax Media Ltd.

24,491

17,158

Gestevision Telecinco SA

500

3,461

ITV PLC

4,753

1,288

Lagardere SCA

166

4,652

Marvel Entertainment, Inc.*

8,600

228,330

Mediacom Communications Corp. "A"*

35,800

144,274

Mediaset SpA

6,937

30,990

Modern Times Group MTG AB "B"

250

4,270

National CineMedia, Inc.

5,100

67,218

Pearson PLC

966

9,699

Publicis Groupe

212

5,428

Reed Elsevier NV

4,876

52,143

Reed Elsevier PLC

2,143

15,378

Seat Pagine Gialle SpA*

137

129

SES "A" (FDR)

261

4,980

Shaw Communications, Inc. "B"

2,000

30,489

Singapore Press Holdings Ltd.

106,000

177,403

Thomson Reuters Corp.

2,400

61,675

Thomson Reuters PLC

202

4,526

Time Warner Cable, Inc.

15,537

385,318

Time Warner, Inc.

61,900

1,194,670

United Business Media Ltd.

550

3,362

Vivendi

1,187

31,364

Wolters Kluwer NV

2,435

39,532

WPP PLC

1,283

7,214

Yellow Pages Income Fund (Units)

600

2,837

 

5,821,438

Multiline Retail 0.2%

Canadian Tire Corp., Ltd. "A"

200

6,948

Macy's, Inc.

99,600

886,440

Marks & Spencer Group PLC

1,707

7,202

Next PLC

252

4,752

PPR

86

5,503

 

910,845

Specialty Retail 1.1%

Aeropostale, Inc.*

9,600

254,976

Barnes & Noble, Inc.

47,900

1,024,102

Cato Corp. "A"

12,100

221,188

Children's Place Retail Stores, Inc.*

8,700

190,443

Esprit Holdings Ltd.

8,800

45,428

Foot Locker, Inc.

34,400

360,512

Hennes & Mauritz AB "B"

8,150

305,914

Hot Topic, Inc.*

11,500

128,685

Industria de Diseno Textil SA

2,606

101,362

Kingfisher PLC

2,909

6,234

Rent-A-Center, Inc.*

11,700

226,629

Signet Jewelers Ltd.

18,900

216,405

The Buckle, Inc.

7,550

241,072

The Gap, Inc.

64,000

831,360

TJX Companies, Inc.

13,900

356,396

Yamada Denki Co., Ltd.

70

2,723

 

4,513,429

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods 0.2%

Adidas AG

193

6,437

Billabong International Ltd.

200

1,185

Burberry Group PLC

630

2,525

Carter's, Inc.*

12,000

225,720

Christian Dior SA

168

9,235

Compagnie Financiere Richemont SA "A"

4,018

62,575

FGX International Holdings Ltd.*

2,000

23,240

Fuqi International, Inc.*

5,000

23,500

Gildan Activewear, Inc.*

600

4,883

Hermes International

82

9,526

Luxottica Group SpA

740

11,488

LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SA

250

15,672

Steven Madden Ltd.*

8,400

157,752

Swatch Group AG (Bearer)

226

27,237

Swatch Group AG (Registered)

506

12,336

The Warnaco Group, Inc.*

4,800

115,200

 

708,511

Consumer Staples 5.8%

Beverages 0.2%

Anheuser-Busch InBev NV

2,032

56,110

Asahi Breweries Ltd.

700

8,415

Carlsberg AS "B"

10,568

436,639

Coca-Cola Amatil Ltd.

1,082

6,527

Diageo PLC

2,872

32,429

Foster's Group Ltd.

6,329

22,291

Heineken NV

556

15,834

Kirin Holdings Co., Ltd.

1,000

10,669

Pernod Ricard SA

372

20,792

SABMiller PLC

1,041

15,522

 

625,228

Food & Staples Retailing 1.6%

Aeon Co., Ltd.

1,700

11,118

Carrefour SA

1,176

45,831

Casino Guichard-Perrachon SA

123

7,989

Colruyt SA

122

27,997

Delhaize Group

424

27,499

George Weston Ltd.

300

13,920

J Sainsbury PLC

1,965

8,812

Kesko Oyj "B"

199

4,125

Koninklijke Ahold NV

3,447

37,737

Lawson, Inc.

100

4,124

Loblaw Companies Ltd.

700

17,406

Metro AG

1,069

35,333

Metro, Inc. "A"

600

18,036

Pantry, Inc.*

7,700

135,597

Safeway, Inc.

43,800

884,322

Seven & I Holdings Co., Ltd.

9,500

209,748

Shoppers Drug Mart Corp.

1,400

48,125

SUPERVALU, Inc.

36,600

522,648

Sysco Corp.

68,333

1,557,992

Tesco PLC

8,774

41,992

Village Super Market, Inc. "A"

1,000

31,170

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

52,214

2,720,349

Wesfarmers Ltd.

1,881

24,590

Wesfarmers Ltd. (PPS)

246

3,243

William Morrison Supermarkets PLC

2,064

7,556

Woolworths Ltd.

3,147

54,937

 

6,502,196

Food Products 1.6%

Ajinomoto Co., Inc.

1,000

7,055

Archer-Daniels-Midland Co.

98,400

2,733,552

Aryzta AG*

119

2,783

Bunge Ltd.

38,600

2,186,690

Cadbury PLC

1,536

11,601

Danisco AS

850

25,476

Darling International, Inc.*

42,800

158,788

Diamond Foods, Inc.

6,800

189,924

Golden Agri-Resources Ltd.

11,440

2,093

Groupe DANONE

675

32,949

J & J Snack Foods Corp.

5,700

197,163

Kerry Group PLC "A"

4,686

95,340

Lance, Inc.

300

6,246

Nestle SA (Registered)

17,779

601,810

Nissin Foods Holdings Co., Ltd.

200

5,873

Parmalat SpA

4,471

9,218

Saputo, Inc.

1,300

21,591

Tate & Lyle PLC

684

2,553

Unilever NV (CVA)

3,555

70,280

Unilever PLC

1,440

27,293

Wilmar International Ltd.

2,000

4,173

 

6,392,451

Household Products 0.9%

Central Garden & Pet Co. "A"*

22,800

171,456

Colgate-Palmolive Co.

34,000

2,005,320

Henkel AG & Co. KGaA

797

20,157

Kao Corp.

1,000

19,607

Kimberly-Clark Corp.

16,600

765,426

Procter & Gamble Co.

14,841

698,863

Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC

433

16,296

Unicharm Corp.

100

6,093

 

3,703,218

Personal Products 0.2%

Beiersdorf AG

812

36,514

China Sky One Medical, Inc.*

12,500

143,750

Herbalife Ltd.

48,700

729,526

L'Oreal SA

411

28,341

Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc. "A"

1,500

15,735

Shiseido Co., Ltd.

1,000

14,650

 

968,516

Tobacco 1.3%

Altria Group, Inc.

56,864

910,961

British American Tobacco PLC

2,332

53,998

Imperial Tobacco Group PLC

14,583

327,512

Japan Tobacco, Inc.

90

240,356

Lorillard, Inc.

42,300

2,611,602

Philip Morris International, Inc.

23,800

846,804

Swedish Match AB

10,105

146,084

 

5,137,317

Energy 6.2%

Energy Equipment & Services 1.0%

Aker Solutions ASA

1,050

6,792

AMEC PLC

23,138

175,955

Cameron International Corp.*

24,500

537,285

CARBO Ceramics, Inc.

900

25,596

Compagnie Generale de Geophysique-Veritas*

126

1,459

Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc.

35,600

2,237,816

Fugro NV (CVA)

1,590

50,490

Matrix Service Co.*

21,700

178,374

Oil States International, Inc.*

18,300

245,586

Petroleum Geo-Services ASA*

950

3,994

Prosafe SE*

500

1,801

Saipem SpA

17,798

317,536

SBM Offshore NV

3,735

49,668

Seadrill Ltd.

700

6,877

Technip SA

115

4,053

Tenaris SA

591

5,981

Tidewater, Inc.

5,700

211,641

WorleyParsons Ltd.

411

5,170

 

4,066,074

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels 5.2%

Alpha Natural Resources, Inc.*

19,100

339,025

BG Group PLC

34,220

518,679

Bill Barrett Corp.*

4,600

102,304

BP PLC

5,924

39,646

Cameco Corp.

200

3,418

Canadian Natural Resources Ltd.

200

7,759

Canadian Oil Sands Trust (Units)

200

3,847

Chevron Corp.

69,573

4,678,089

Clayton Williams Energy, Inc.*

4,800

140,352

Comstock Resources, Inc.*

600

17,880

ConocoPhillips

60,600

2,373,096

Enbridge, Inc.

200

5,766

EnCana Corp.

300

12,278

Eni SpA

3,640

70,083

EXCO Resources, Inc.*

24,500

245,000

ExxonMobil Corp.

104,466

7,114,135

Frontline Ltd.

140

2,512

Gazprom (ADR)

22,750

334,213

Husky Energy, Inc.

200

4,243

Imperial Oil Ltd.

400

14,531

INPEX Corp.

4

27,538

James River Coal Co.*

7,600

93,784

Mariner Energy, Inc.*

81,245

629,649

McMoRan Exploration Co.*

31,800

149,460

Murphy Oil Corp.

34,200

1,531,134

Nexen, Inc.

300

5,087

Nippon Mining Holdings, Inc.

5,000

20,174

Nippon Oil Corp.

8,000

39,987

Occidental Petroleum Corp.

6,902

384,096

OMV AG

3,491

116,059

Origin Energy Ltd.

2,856

29,542

Petro-Canada

300

8,059

Petroleo Brasileiro SA (ADR)

9,500

289,465

Repsol YPF SA

9,944

171,773

Royal Dutch Shell PLC "A"

1,131

25,431

Royal Dutch Shell PLC "B"

862

18,894

Santos Ltd.

1,760

20,496

Showa Shell Sekiyu KK

700

6,441

StatoilHydro ASA

23,600

412,504

Suncor Energy, Inc.

400

8,928

Talisman Energy, Inc.

400

4,235

Teekay Tankers Ltd. "A"

10,300

97,953

TonenGeneral Sekiyu KK

1,000

9,720

Total SA

7,667

380,252

Tullow Oil PLC

330

3,793

W&T Offshore, Inc.

44,500

273,675

Woodside Petroleum Ltd.

1,595

41,990

World Fuel Services Corp.

7,100

224,573

 

21,051,548

Financials 6.3%

Capital Markets 0.4%

Bank of New York Mellon Corp.

17,500

494,375

Credit Suisse Group AG (Registered)

11,783

357,390

Daiwa Securities Group, Inc.

1,000

4,426

IGM Financial, Inc.

200

4,824

Julius Baer Holding AG (Registered)

167

4,097

Knight Capital Group, Inc. "A"*

13,500

198,990

LaBranche & Co., Inc.*

32,700

122,298

Macquarie Group Ltd.

253

4,782

Man Group PLC

587

1,843

Mediobanca SpA

1,048

8,907

Nomura Holdings, Inc.

1,300

6,547

Northern Trust Corp.

4,500

269,190

Prospect Capital Corp.

14,080

119,962

Reinet Investments SCA*

303

2,801

UBS AG (Registered)*

4,249

40,365

 

1,640,797

Commercial Banks 1.7%

Allied Irish Banks PLC

5,838

4,614

Anglo Irish Bank Corp. PLC

18,150

5,233

Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd.

1,305

14,338

Banca Carige SpA

1,264

4,146

Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena SpA

5,930

8,220

Banca Popolare di Milano Scarl

2,506

12,478

Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA

3,763

30,583

Banco Comercial Portugues SA (Registered)*

114,730

94,077

Banco de Sabadell SA

831

4,169

Banco Espirito Santo SA (Registered)

10,996

42,824

Banco Latinoamericano de Exportaciones SA "E"

19,600

183,652

Banco Popolare Societa Cooperativa

2,075

9,543

Banco Popular Espanol SA

820

5,185

Banco Santander SA

48,975

336,736

Bank of East Asia Ltd.

2,640

5,105

Bank of Montreal

400

10,466

Bank of Nova Scotia

800

19,715

Barclays PLC

4,991

10,647

BNP Paribas

6,957

286,744

BOC Hong Kong (Holdings) Ltd.

6,500

6,670

Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce

300

10,917

Chuo Mitsui Trust Holdings, Inc.

2,000

6,225

Commerzbank AG

2,327

12,469

Commonwealth Bank of Australia

903

21,873

Credit Agricole SA

1,279

14,076

CVB Financial Corp.

28,900

191,607

Danske Bank AS*

5,602

47,232

DBS Group Holdings Ltd.

5,000

28,036

Deutsche Postbank AG

401

6,383

Dexia SA

4,326

14,965

DnB NOR ASA

78,300

354,425

Erste Group Bank AG

7,561

129,318

Governor and Co. of the Bank of Ireland

12,500

8,552

Hang Seng Bank Ltd.

1,900

19,377

HSBC Holdings PLC

56,352

319,009

Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Ltd. "H"

687,000

355,587

Intesa Sanpaolo

14,436

39,700

Intesa Sanpaolo (RSP)

4,104

7,747

Jyske Bank AS (Registered)*

500

11,426

KBC Groep NV

1,226

19,802

Lloyds Banking Group PLC

4,617

4,733

Marshall & Ilsley Corp.

247,900

1,395,677

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc.

7,400

36,354

Mizuho Financial Group, Inc.

7,992

15,558

Mizuho Trust & Banking Co., Ltd.

6,000

5,609

National Australia Bank Ltd.

1,170

16,402

National Bank of Canada

200

6,386

Natixis

5,482

9,330

NBT Bancorp., Inc.

11,100

240,204

Nordea Bank AB

6,810

34,004

Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp., Ltd.

10,000

31,852

Park National Corp.

4,000

223,000

Prosperity Bancshares, Inc.

8,900

243,415

Raiffeisen International Bank-Holding AG

2,184

61,650

Resona Holdings, Inc.

400

5,374

Royal Bank of Canada

1,000

29,172

Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC

12,082

4,298

S&T Bancorp., Inc.

3,700

78,477

Santander BanCorp.

15,400

121,352

Shinsei Bank Ltd.*

2,000

2,045

Signature Bank*

9,000

254,070

Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB*

2,175

6,721

Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB "A"

2,289

7,181

Societe Generale

780

30,629

Southside Bancshares, Inc.

5,100

96,390

Standard Chartered PLC

289

3,585

Suffolk Bancorp.

500

12,995

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc.

600

21,165

Sumitomo Trust & Banking Co., Ltd.

1,000

3,877

SunTrust Banks, Inc.

51,100

599,914

Svenska Handelsbanken AB "A"

1,300

18,381

Swedbank AB "A"

2,281

7,602

Sydbank AS*

550

7,022

The Bank of Yokohama Ltd.

1,000

4,296

The Shizuoka Bank Ltd.

1,000

9,082

Tompkins Financial Corp.

1,600

68,800

Toronto-Dominion Bank

500

17,235

UMB Financial Corp.

700

29,743

UniCredit SpA

32,048

53,065

Unione di Banche Italiane ScpA

562

6,189

United Overseas Bank Ltd.

4,000

25,588

WesBanco, Inc.

3,200

73,056

Westpac Banking Corp.

1,773

23,601

Zions Bancorp.

30,200

296,866

 

6,955,816

Consumer Finance 0.2%

AmeriCredit Corp.*

60,000

351,600

EZCORP, Inc. "A"*

3,600

41,652

Nelnet, Inc. "A"*

34,100

301,444

ORIX Corp.

70

2,307

 

697,003

Diversified Financial Services 1.9%

ASX Ltd.

175

3,579

Bank of America Corp.

245,300

1,672,946

Citigroup, Inc.

265,000

670,450

CME Group, Inc.

5,800

1,429,062

Compagnie Nationale a Portefeuille

455

21,130

Criteria Caixacorp SA

1,188

3,837

Deutsche Boerse AG

263

15,889

Eurazeo

265

7,093

Fortis

21,901

40,287

Groupe Bruxelles Lambert SA

616

41,813

Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing Ltd.

1,400

13,201

ING Groep NV (CVA)

9,917

55,391

Investor AB "B"

1,942

24,585

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

132,100

3,511,218

Singapore Exchange Ltd.

3,000

10,071

 

7,520,552

Insurance 1.4%

Aegon NV

7,064

27,788

Alleanza Assicurazioni SpA

1,192

6,719

Allianz SE (Registered)

4,260

358,876

Allstate Corp.

35,800

685,570

American Equity Investment Life Holding Co.

50,900

211,744

American Physicians Capital, Inc.

4,000

163,680

AMP Ltd.

1,450

4,752

AmTrust Financial Services, Inc.

13,000

124,150

Aon Corp.

6,000

244,920

Arch Capital Group Ltd.*

4,800

258,528

Argo Group International Holdings Ltd.*

800

24,104

Assicurazioni Generali SpA

2,056

35,302

Aviva PLC

909

2,810

AXA SA

22,759

276,345

Baloise Holding AG (Registered)

110

7,023

China Life Insurance Co., Ltd. "H"

155,100

510,281

CNA Financial Corp.

20,400

186,864

CNA Surety Corp.*

1,900

35,036

CNP Assurances

61

3,861

First American Corp.

25,700

681,307

Great-West Lifeco, Inc.

200

2,809

Hannover Rueckversicherung AG (Registered)

106

3,381

Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc.

23,900

187,615

Infinity Property & Casualty Corp.

5,600

190,008

Insurance Australia Group Ltd.

1,711

4,168

Irish Life & Permanent PLC

2,340

3,438

Legal & General Group PLC

3,476

2,162

Maiden Holdings Ltd.

19,100

85,377

Manulife Financial Corp.

1,200

13,515

Mapfre SA

874

1,917

Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Group Holdings, Inc.

300

7,041

Muenchener Rueckversicherungs-Gesellschaft AG (Registered)

3,292

402,093

NIPPONKOA Insurance Co., Ltd.

1,000

5,766

Old Mutual PLC

2,119

1,581

Power Corp. of Canada

300

4,676

Power Financial Corp.

200

3,265

Prudential PLC

874

4,211

QBE Insurance Group Ltd.

612

8,229

Sampo Oyj "A"

7,195

106,414

SCOR SE

312

6,427

Sompo Japan Insurance, Inc.

1,000

5,236

Sun Life Financial, Inc.

400

7,246

Suncorp-Metway Ltd.

731

3,061

Swiss Life Holding AG (Registered)*

29

2,015

Swiss Re (Registered)

287

4,683

T&D Holdings, Inc.

150

3,593

Tokio Marine Holdings, Inc.

500

12,344

Topdanmark AS*

150

14,812

Tower Group, Inc.

1,500

36,945

Trygvesta AS

356

18,070

Validus Holdings Ltd.

2,700

63,936

Vienna Insurance Group

1,473

42,365

White Mountains Insurance Group Ltd.

1,900

326,629

Zurich Financial Services AG (Registered)

147

23,198

 

5,457,886

Real Estate Investment Trusts 0.7%

AMB Property Corp. (REIT)

3,100

44,640

American Campus Communities, Inc. (REIT)

500

8,680

AvalonBay Communities, Inc. (REIT)

2,461

115,815

BioMed Realty Trust, Inc. (REIT)

6,400

43,328

CapitaMall Trust (REIT)

4,000

3,478

Colonial Properties Trust (REIT)

7,900

30,099

Corio NV (REIT)

101

4,171

Corporate Office Properties Trust (REIT)

3,700

91,871

Cousins Properties, Inc. (REIT)

3,000

19,320

EastGroup Properties, Inc. (REIT)

2,700

75,789

Entertainment Properties Trust (REIT)

3,900

61,464

Equity Lifestyle Properties, Inc. (REIT)

2,500

95,250

Equity One, Inc. (REIT)

5,600

68,264

Equity Residential (REIT)

11,800

216,530

First Industrial Realty Trust, Inc. (REIT)

10,100

24,745

Glimcher Realty Trust (REIT)

5,900

8,260

HCP, Inc. (REIT)

8,500

151,725

Healthcare Realty Trust, Inc. (REIT)

4,800

71,952

Home Properties, Inc. (REIT)

2,800

85,820

Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc. (REIT)

24,800

97,216

Land Securities Group PLC (REIT)

252

1,578

LaSalle Hotel Properties (REIT)

7,000

40,880

Lexington Realty Trust (REIT)

5,900

14,042

Link (REIT)

3,500

6,920

Maguire Properties, Inc. (REIT)*

10,000

7,200

National Retail Properties, Inc. (REIT)

6,300

99,792

Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT)

7,800

27,690

Potlatch Corp. (REIT)

1,300

30,147

ProLogis (REIT)

7,500

48,750

Public Storage (REIT)

6,480

358,020

Realty Income Corp. (REIT)

6,500

122,330

Redwood Trust, Inc. (REIT)

5,800

89,030

Simon Property Group, Inc. (REIT)

10,129

350,868

Sovran Self Storage, Inc. (REIT)

2,400

48,192

Stockland (REIT)

1,308

2,830

Strategic Hotels & Resorts, Inc. (REIT)

4,500

3,105

Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc. (REIT)

6,109

16,067

Tanger Factory Outlet Centers, Inc. (REIT)

1,700

52,462

The Macerich Co. (REIT)

1,900

11,894

Unibail-Rodamco (REIT)

85

12,094

Vornado Realty Trust (REIT)

2,440

81,105

Washington Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT)

3,600

62,280

Wereldhave NV (REIT)

67

4,697

Westfield Group (REIT)

1,301

9,078

 

2,819,468

Real Estate Management & Development 0.0%

Atrium European Real Estate Ltd.*

2,411

7,311

Brookfield Asset Management, Inc. "A"

400

5,574

CapitaLand Ltd.

5,000

7,686

Cheung Kong (Holdings) Ltd.

2,000

17,231

City Developments Ltd.

1,000

3,357

Daiwa House Industry Co., Ltd.

1,000

8,146

Hang Lung Properties Ltd.

3,000

7,086

Henderson Land Development Co., Ltd.

2,000

7,641

Hopewell Holdings Ltd.

2,000

5,214

Immoeast AG*

3,604

5,106

Kerry Properties Ltd.

1,000

2,414

Lend Lease Corp., Ltd.

408

1,855

Mitsubishi Estate Co., Ltd.

1,000

11,415

New World Development Co., Ltd.

3,000

2,993

Sino Land Co., Ltd.

2,000

2,003

Sun Hung Kai Properties Ltd.

3,000

26,931

Swire Pacific Ltd. "A"

1,000

6,679

Wharf Holdings Ltd.

2,000

5,080

 

133,722

Thrifts & Mortgage Finance 0.0%

Doral Financial Corp.*

27,400

49,320

OceanFirst Financial Corp.

1,600

16,352

Ocwen Financial Corp.*

10,600

121,158

 

186,830

Health Care 8.6%

Biotechnology 1.5%

Actelion Ltd. (Registered)*

117

5,342

Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*

8,200

308,812

Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*

2,600

49,504

Amgen, Inc.*

31,000

1,535,120

CSL Ltd.

3,695

83,606

Cubist Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*

13,200

215,952

CV Therapeutics, Inc.*

12,600

250,488

Enzon Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*

28,500

172,995

Gilead Sciences, Inc.*

42,700

1,977,864

Grifols SA

482

6,953

Intercell AG*

14,879

460,053

Isis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*

17,600

264,176

Myriad Genetics, Inc.*

7,800

354,666

PDL BioPharma, Inc.

30,700

217,356

 

5,902,887

Health Care Equipment & Supplies 0.5%

Baxter International, Inc.

4,972

254,666

Becton, Dickinson & Co.

15,200

1,022,048

C.R. Bard, Inc.

6,000

478,320

Cochlear Ltd.

455

15,880

Essilor International SA

752

29,078

Getinge AB "B"

400

3,874

Olympus Corp.

1,000

16,354

Smith & Nephew PLC

1,160

7,171

Sonova Holding AG (Registered)

88

5,322

STERIS Corp.

10,200

237,456

Synthes, Inc.

57

6,342

Terumo Corp.

600

22,298

 

2,098,809

Health Care Providers & Services 2.0%

Aetna, Inc.

56,827

1,382,601

Alliance Imaging, Inc.*

4,700

31,960

Celesio AG

378

6,967

Centene Corp.*

12,600

227,052

CorVel Corp.*

4,200

84,924

Coventry Health Care, Inc.*

24,000

310,560

Emergency Medical Services Corp. "A"*

6,100

191,479

Express Scripts, Inc.*

34,455

1,590,787

Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co. KGaA

11,205

435,685

Genoptix, Inc.*

4,700

128,216

Gentiva Health Services, Inc.*

12,000

182,400

Healthspring, Inc.*

30,100

251,937

LHC Group, Inc.*

7,900

176,012

Magellan Health Services, Inc.*

6,600

240,504

McKesson Corp.

54,600

1,913,184

Mediceo Paltac Holdings Co., Ltd.

600

6,403

RehabCare Group, Inc.*

6,900

120,336

Sonic Healthcare Ltd.

2,742

21,173

Suzuken Co., Ltd.

300

7,826

Universal Health Services, Inc. "B"

18,600

713,124

 

8,023,130

Health Care Technology 0.0%

Computer Programs & Systems, Inc.

5,100

169,677

Life Sciences Tools & Services 0.3%

Lonza Group AG (Registered)

2,170

214,532

Pharmaceutical Product Development, Inc.

38,300

908,476

QIAGEN NV*

129

2,067

Waters Corp.*

5,000

184,750

 

1,309,825

Pharmaceuticals 4.3%

Abbott Laboratories

74,800

3,567,960

Astellas Pharma, Inc.

7,900

243,308

AstraZeneca PLC

2,194

77,823

Auxilium Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*

3,700

102,564

Bayer AG

9,344

447,637

Caraco Pharmaceutical Laboratories Ltd.*

8,100

28,512

Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.

900

15,293

Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd.

2,200

37,182

Eisai Co., Ltd.

900

26,524

Elan Corp. PLC*

33,424

230,457

Eli Lilly & Co.

98,701

3,297,600

GlaxoSmithKline PLC

7,668

119,395

Hisamitsu Pharmaceutical Co., Inc.

200

6,177

Johnson & Johnson

49,034

2,579,188

Merck & Co., Inc.

52,746

1,410,956

Merck KGaA*

303

26,743

Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corp.

1,000

9,855

Novartis AG (Registered)

9,135

344,790

Novo Nordisk AS "B"

7,374

353,691

Ono Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.

400

17,527

Pfizer, Inc.

218,144

2,971,121

Roche Holding AG (Genusschein)

2,245

308,226

Sanofi-Aventis

3,218

180,587

Shionogi & Co., Ltd.

1,000

17,193

Shire PLC

873

10,649

Takeda Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.

2,500

86,697

UCB SA

4,573

134,883

Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*

17,400

541,314

 

17,193,852

Industrials 7.1%

Aerospace & Defense 2.7%

Axsys Technologies, Inc.*

1,000

42,040

BAE Systems PLC

39,347

188,793

Bombardier, Inc. "B"

4,900

11,426

CAE, Inc.

1,000

6,052

Cobham PLC

1,695

4,177

Cubic Corp.

7,700

195,041

DynCorp International, Inc. "A"*

14,000

186,620

European Aeronautic Defence & Space Co.

334

3,886

Finmeccanica SpA

314

3,907

General Dynamics Corp.

49,400

2,054,546

Goodrich Corp.

21,000

795,690

Honeywell International, Inc.

26,000

724,360

L-3 Communications Holdings, Inc.

8,100

549,180

Lockheed Martin Corp.

34,700

2,395,341

Meggitt PLC

1,213

2,232

Northrop Grumman Corp.

61,200

2,670,768

Rolls-Royce Group PLC*

2,741

11,558

Singapore Technologies Engineering Ltd.

13,000

21,043

TransDigm Group, Inc.*

5,500

180,620

Triumph Group, Inc.

5,400

206,280

United Technologies Corp.

21,100

906,878

Zodiac SA

128

3,245

 

11,163,683

Air Freight & Logistics 0.4%

Deutsche Post AG (Registered)

1,201

12,931

FedEx Corp.

5,700

253,593

TNT NV

1,385

23,693

Toll Holdings Ltd.

4,018

17,460

United Parcel Service, Inc. "B"

26,700

1,314,174

 

1,621,851

Airlines 0.1%

Air France-KLM

155

1,381

Alaska Air Group, Inc.*

12,100

212,597

Allegiant Travel Co.*

1,900

86,374

Deutsche Lufthansa AG (Registered)

303

3,295

Iberia Lineas Aereas de Espana SA

1,322

2,766

Qantas Airways Ltd.

4,271

5,196

Singapore Airlines Ltd.

4,000

26,320

 

337,929

Building Products 0.2%

AAON, Inc.

11,200

202,944

Apogee Enterprises, Inc.

19,600

215,208

Armstrong World Industries, Inc.*

20,600

226,806

Asahi Glass Co., Ltd.

1,000

5,348

Assa Abloy AB "B"

600

5,614

Compagnie de Saint-Gobain

9,297

260,179

Daikin Industries Ltd.

200

5,544

Geberit AG (Registered)

86

7,717

Wienerberger AG

121

955

 

930,315

Commercial Services & Supplies 0.7%

Babcock International Group PLC

15,029

92,599

Brambles Ltd.

7,607

25,461

Comfort Systems USA, Inc.

19,200

199,104

Courier Corp.

2,100

31,857

G4S PLC

3,999

11,068

Knoll, Inc.

5,400

33,102

Loomis AB "B"*

120

925

PRG-Schultz International, Inc.*

13,600

38,624

R.R. Donnelley & Sons Co.

57,600

422,208

Rentokil Initial PLC

3,402

2,171

Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers, Inc.

400

7,541

Secom Co., Ltd.

100

3,702

Securitas AB "B"

1,265

9,220

Serco Group PLC

749

3,930

Standard Register Co.

7,700

35,266

Tetra Tech, Inc.*

4,000

81,520

The Brink's Co.

74,347

1,967,222

Toppan Printing Co., Ltd.

1,000

6,863

 

2,972,383

Construction & Engineering 0.5%

ACS, Actividades de Construccion y Servicios SA

1,606

66,542

Balfour Beatty PLC

659

3,096

Bouygues SA

261

9,312

FLSmidth & Co. AS

440

11,243

Fluor Corp.

21,100

729,005

Fomento de Construcciones y Contratas SA

299

9,141

Granite Construction, Inc.

5,900

221,132

Grupo Ferrovial SA

444

9,483

Hochtief AG

49

1,860

Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc.*

4,900

189,434

Koninklijke Boskalis Westminster NV

256

5,137

Leighton Holdings Ltd.

851

11,456

MasTec, Inc.*

12,500

151,125

Michael Baker Corp.*

5,400

140,400

Perini Corp.*

16,000

196,800

Shaw Group, Inc.*

6,100

167,201

Skanska AB "B"

1,404

12,101

SNC-Lavalin Group, Inc.

500

12,710

Vinci SA

385

14,260

YIT Oyj

1,109

7,426

 

1,968,864

Electrical Equipment 0.3%

ABB Ltd. (Registered)*

30,333

423,220

Alstom SA

4,046

209,468

Energy Conversion Devices, Inc.*

2,500

33,175

Gamesa Corp. Tecnologica SA

1,774

22,759

GrafTech International Ltd.*

33,900

208,824

GT Solar International, Inc.*

41,800

277,552

Q-Cells SE*

292

5,717

Schneider Electric SA

127

8,432

Solarworld AG

89

1,827

Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd.

600

5,081

Vestas Wind Systems AS*

1,142

50,433

 

1,246,488

Industrial Conglomerates 0.2%

CSR Ltd.

13,539

11,338

Fraser & Neave Ltd.

7,000

11,656

Hutchison Whampoa Ltd.

16,000

78,782

Keppel Corp., Ltd.

11,000

36,641

Koninklijke (Royal) Philips Electronics NV

24,782

365,791

Orkla ASA

900

6,223

SembCorp Industries Ltd.

10,000

15,631

Siemens AG (Registered)

1,179

67,518

Smiths Group PLC

609

5,833

Tredegar Corp.

4,500

73,485

Wendel

136

3,586

 

676,484

Machinery 1.0%

AGCO Corp.*

33,400

654,640

Alfa Laval AB

700

5,307

Atlas Copco AB "A"

1,336

10,033

Atlas Copco AB "B"

800

5,434

Blount International, Inc.*

32,900

151,998

Chart Industries, Inc.*

18,200

143,416

CIRCOR International, Inc.

3,600

81,072

Columbus McKinnon Corp.*

6,100

53,192

FANUC Ltd.

100

6,854

Flowserve Corp.

13,000

729,560

Force Protection, Inc.*

36,300

174,240

GEA Group AG

327

3,486

Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.

400

5,274

Invensys PLC*

1,137

2,716

Joy Global, Inc.

44,100

939,330

KCI Konecranes Oyj

115

1,920

Komatsu Ltd.

600

6,655

Kone Oyj "B"

2,173

45,025

Kubota Corp.

1,000

5,494

MAN AG

200

8,725

Metso Oyj

1,962

23,145

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd.

2,000

6,054

Sandvik AB

1,600

9,165

Scania AB "B"

1,072

8,746

Schindler Holding AG

121

5,712

SembCorp Marine Ltd.

10,000

11,916

SKF AB "B"

800

6,920

SMC Corp.

100

9,595

Sulzer AG (Registered)

60

3,088

Timken Co.

54,300

758,028

Vallourec SA

49

4,543

Volvo AB "A"

300

1,594

Volvo AB "B"

2,999

15,896

Wartsila Corp.

1,349

28,469

Zardoya Otis SA

769

14,075

 

3,941,317

Marine 0.0%

A P Moller-Maersk AS "A"

3

13,018

A P Moller-Maersk AS "B"

7

30,748

American Commercial Lines, Inc.*

13,300

42,161

Kuehne & Nagel International AG (Registered)

117

6,835

Mitsui OSK Lines Ltd.

1,000

4,962

Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha

1,000

3,887

Pacific Basin Shipping Ltd.

9,000

4,143

 

105,754

Professional Services 0.4%

Adecco SA (Registered)

270

8,447

Capita Group PLC

504

4,899

COMSYS IT Partners, Inc.*

7,600

16,796

Experian PLC

1,147

7,185

Manpower, Inc.

46,300

1,459,839

Randstad Holding NV

471

7,995

SGS SA (Registered)

10

10,496

 

1,515,657

Road & Rail 0.4%

Canadian National Railway Co.

1,800

64,531

Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd.

500

14,879

Central Japan Railway Co.

1

5,623

ComfortDelGro Corp., Ltd.

11,000

9,843

DSV AS

1,584

11,668

East Japan Railway Co.

4,019

209,101

FirstGroup PLC

629

2,410

Kintetsu Corp.

1,000

4,154

Marten Transport Ltd.*

10,800

201,744

MTR Corp., Ltd.

12,000

28,958

Ryder System, Inc.

33,761

955,774

Tokyu Corp.

1,000

4,193

West Japan Railway Co.

2

6,319

 

1,519,197

Trading Companies & Distributors 0.1%

Bunzl PLC

1,151

9,023

Finning International, Inc.

200

1,999

Itochu Corp.

1,000

4,932

Marubeni Corp.

1,000

3,104

Mitsubishi Corp.

21,400

284,735

Mitsui & Co., Ltd.

28,000

285,056

Noble Group Ltd.

12,000

9,402

Sumitomo Corp.

800

6,955

Wolseley PLC*

828

2,740

 

607,946

Transportation Infrastructure 0.1%

Abertis Infraestructuras SA

2,270

35,488

Atlantia SpA

277

4,189

Brisa

18,756

129,339

Cintra Concesiones de Infraestructuras de Transporte SA

2,241

10,031

Hopewell Highway Infrastructure Ltd.

200

112

Macquarie Infrastructure Group (Units)

17,000

17,435

Transurban Group (Units)

6,506

21,185

 

217,779

Information Technology 9.0%

Communications Equipment 1.8%

ADC Telecommunications, Inc.*

187,900

824,881

Alcatel-Lucent*

11,644

21,893

BigBand Networks, Inc.*

18,100

118,555

Black Box Corp.

2,400

56,664

Cisco Systems, Inc.*

127,100

2,131,467

DG Fastchannel, Inc.*

500

9,385

Nokia Oyj

41,984

491,516

QUALCOMM, Inc.

81,000

3,151,710

Research In Motion Ltd.*

2,100

90,759

Riverbed Technology, Inc.*

2,500

32,700

Starent Networks Corp.*

10,600

167,586

Symmetricom, Inc.*

13,700

47,950

Tekelec*

16,100

213,003

Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson "B"

12,445

101,131

 

7,459,200

Computers & Peripherals 2.6%

Apple, Inc.*

32,652

3,432,378

Data Domain, Inc.*

5,500

69,135

Dell, Inc.*

48,700

461,676

EMC Corp.*

48,900

557,460

Fujitsu Ltd.

2,000

7,524

International Business Machines Corp.

46,727

4,527,379

Logitech International SA (Registered)*

22,883

236,504

NCR Corp.*

58,300

463,485

Synaptics, Inc.*

8,550

228,798

Toshiba Corp.

3,000

7,834

Western Digital Corp.*

27,528

532,391

Wincor Nixdorf AG

127

5,764

 

10,530,328

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components 0.6%

Arrow Electronics, Inc.*

36,300

691,878

Avnet, Inc.*

29,300

513,043

Benchmark Electronics, Inc.*

2,900

32,480

Cogent, Inc.*

4,500

53,550

Daktronics, Inc.

3,900

25,545

Electrocomponents PLC

2,551

4,577

Fujifilm Holdings Corp.

300

6,566

Hitachi Ltd.

3,000

8,239

Hoya Corp.

300

5,938

IBIDEN Co., Ltd.

100

2,448

Jabil Circuit, Inc.

122,038

678,531

Kyocera Corp.

100

6,689

Multi-Fineline Electronix, Inc.*

10,900

183,556

Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.

200

7,732

Nidec Corp.

100

4,536

Omron Corp.

200

2,374

RadiSys Corp.*

13,100

79,386

TDK Corp.

100

3,776

 

2,310,844

Internet Software & Services 0.8%

Earthlink, Inc.*

2,100

13,797

Google, Inc. "A"*

4,365

1,519,282

S1 Corp.*

32,100

165,315

SAVVIS, Inc.*

21,300

131,847

Sohu.com, Inc.*

11,400

470,934

United Internet AG (Registered)

308

2,572

VeriSign, Inc.*

42,200

796,314

Yahoo! Japan Corp.

13

3,436

 

3,103,497

IT Services 0.9%

Accenture Ltd. "A"

15,000

412,350

Acxiom Corp.

24,700

182,780

Atos Origin SA

266

6,820

Automatic Data Processing, Inc.

25,300

889,548

Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc.

29,000

539,690

Cap Gemini SA

744

23,966

CGI Group, Inc. "A"*

900

7,267

CIBER, Inc.*

48,600

132,678

Computershare Ltd.

1,487

9,091

CSG Systems International, Inc.*

13,300

189,924

iGATE Corp.

24,800

80,352

Indra Sistemas SA

11,041

212,848

Logica PLC

34,093

31,156

ManTech International Corp. "A"*

4,500

188,550

NTT Data Corp.

1

2,742

SAIC, Inc.*

30,400

567,568

Syntel, Inc.

3,600

74,088

TNS, Inc.*

16,700

136,606

 

3,688,024

Office Electronics 0.1%

Canon, Inc.

12,100

352,953

Konica Minolta Holdings, Inc.

500

4,336

Neopost SA

135

10,461

Ricoh Co., Ltd.

1,000

12,035

 

379,785

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment 0.3%

ARM Holdings PLC

2,245

3,298

ASML Holding NV

6,327

111,997

IXYS Corp.

3,200

25,792

ROHM Co., Ltd.

100

5,010

Semtech Corp.*

11,000

146,850

Skyworks Solutions, Inc.*

29,500

237,770

STMicroelectronics NV

3,784

19,002

Texas Instruments, Inc.

18,400

303,784

Tokyo Electron Ltd.

200

7,534

Ultratech, Inc.*

16,800

209,832

Volterra Semiconductor Corp.*

20,900

176,396

 

1,247,265

Software 1.9%

ACI Worldwide, Inc.*

7,100

133,125

Advent Software, Inc.*

3,700

123,247

Commvault Systems, Inc.*

2,800

30,716

Dassault Systemes SA

407

15,826

i2 Technologies, Inc.*

4,600

36,340

Microsoft Corp.

318,640

5,853,417

Misys PLC

1,521

2,751

Nintendo Co., Ltd.

700

205,334

Renaissance Learning, Inc.

2,600

23,322

SAP AG

2,926

103,910

Symantec Corp.*

24,260

362,444

The Sage Group PLC

29,867

72,377

Tyler Technologies, Inc.*

13,900

203,357

VMware, Inc. "A"*

16,100

380,282

Wind River Systems, Inc.*

8,900

56,960

 

7,603,408

Materials 2.9%

Chemicals 1.5%

Agrium, Inc.

100

3,624

Air Liquide SA

373

30,303

Akzo Nobel NV

1,717

65,061

Asahi Kasei Corp.

2,000

7,225

Ashland, Inc.

94,200

973,086

BASF SE

9,416

285,838

Calgon Carbon Corp.*

2,400

34,008

CF Industries Holdings, Inc.

10,400

739,752

Cytec Industries, Inc.

20,400

306,408

Dow Chemical Co.

82,900

698,847

Givaudan SA (Registered)

20

10,360

Incitec Pivot Ltd.

740

1,095

Innophos Holdings, Inc.

20,600

232,368

JSR Corp.

300

3,537

K+S AG

195

9,068

Koninklijke DSM NV

1,135

29,827

Kuraray Co., Ltd.

500

4,295

Linde AG

3,624

246,257

Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corp.

1,500

5,170

Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Co., Inc.

1,000

4,318

Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.

1,000

2,455

Nitto Denko Corp.

200

4,107

Novozymes AS "B"

1,832

132,437

Orica Ltd.

303

3,122

Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan, Inc.

2,501

202,255

Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.

700

34,357

Showa Denko KK

2,000

2,492

Solvay SA

1,735

121,475

Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd.

2,000

6,871

Syngenta AG (Registered)

264

53,074

Teijin Ltd.

2,000

4,362

Terra Industries, Inc.

37,351

1,049,190

The Mosaic Co.

17,800

747,244

Toray Industries, Inc.

2,000

8,107

Ube Industries Ltd.

2,000

3,624

Umicore

4,208

77,564

Yara International ASA

6,460

142,278

 

6,285,461

Construction Materials 0.2%

CRH PLC

27,831

598,616

Fletcher Building Ltd.

2,851

9,783

Holcim Ltd. (Registered)

596

21,192

Imerys SA

70

2,558

Lafarge SA

186

8,350

 

640,499

Containers & Packaging 0.1%

Bway Holding Co.*

4,700

37,083

Rock-Tenn Co. "A"

8,100

219,105

Silgan Holdings, Inc.

4,300

225,922

Toyo Seikan Kaisha Ltd.

500

7,382

 

489,492

Metals & Mining 0.7%

Acerinox SA

7,867

91,289

Agnico-Eagle Mines Ltd.

100

5,748

Allegheny Technologies, Inc.

21,300

467,109

Anglo American PLC

1,291

21,888

ArcelorMittal

16,821

340,445

Barrick Gold Corp.

700

22,658

BHP Billiton Ltd.

24,324

542,153

BHP Billiton PLC

2,435

48,211

BlueScope Steel Ltd.

707

1,268

Cliffs Natural Resources, Inc.

31,700

575,672

Eramet

7

1,535

First Quantum Minerals Ltd.

100

2,816

Fortescue Metals Group Ltd.*

1,040

1,855

Goldcorp, Inc.

500

16,831

JFE Holdings, Inc.

800

17,677

Kinross Gold Corp.

500

9,085

Kobe Steel Ltd.

4,000

5,181

Lonmin PLC

148

3,014

Mitsubishi Materials Corp.

2,000

5,393

Newcrest Mining Ltd.

392

8,890

Nippon Steel Corp.

7,000

18,939

Nisshin Steel Co., Ltd.

2,000

3,397

Norsk Hydro ASA

23,900

90,902

Outokumpu Oyj

2,744

29,678

OZ Minerals Ltd.

1,529

590

Rautaruukki Oyj

1,998

31,937

Rio Tinto Ltd.

278

10,908

Rio Tinto PLC

1,068

35,761

Salzgitter AG

47

2,635

Sherritt International Corp.

2,600

6,119

SSAB Svenskt Stal AB "A"*

2,890

24,542

Sumitomo Metal Industries Ltd.

8,000

16,265

Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd.

1,000

9,680

Teck Cominco Ltd. "B"

324

1,812

ThyssenKrupp AG

563

9,862

Vedanta Resources PLC

306

2,958

voestalpine AG

162

2,123

Xstrata PLC

31,718

211,627

Yamana Gold, Inc.

400

3,734

 

2,702,187

Paper & Forest Products 0.4%

Clearwater Paper Corp.*

771

6,191

International Paper Co.

197,900

1,393,216

Oji Paper Co., Ltd.

2,000

8,169

Stora Enso Oyj "R"*

12,918

45,739

Svenska Cellulosa AB "B"

10,245

77,779

UPM-Kymmene Oyj

11,597

66,896

 

1,597,990

Telecommunication Services 3.0%

Diversified Telecommunication Services 2.4%

AT&T, Inc.

91,941

2,316,913

Atlantic Tele-Network, Inc.

5,900

113,162

BCE, Inc.

2,200

43,833

Belgacom SA

732

22,927

BT Group PLC

13,010

14,557

Cable & Wireless PLC

4,236

8,466

Deutsche Telekom AG (Registered)

42,147

524,323

Elisa Oyj

666

9,695

France Telecom SA

7,056

160,460

Koninklijke (Royal) KPN NV

9,557

127,809

Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp.

6,919

262,793

NTELOS Holdings Corp.

1,900

34,466

Portugal Telecom SGPS SA (Registered)

16,163

125,270

Singapore Telecommunications Ltd.

145,000

241,365

Swisscom AG (Registered)

412

115,593

Tele2 AB "B"

2,100

17,721

Telecom Corp. of New Zealand Ltd.

208,369

271,680

Telecom Italia SpA

60,758

77,988

Telecom Italia SpA (RSP)

37,874

38,619

Telefonica SA

32,240

643,898

Telekom Austria AG

8,824

133,349

Telenor ASA

37,900

217,370

TeliaSonera AB

16,839

81,171

Telstra Corp., Ltd.

47,039

105,019

Telus Corp.

300

8,252

Telus Corp. (Non-Voting Shares)

600

15,709

Verizon Communications, Inc.

139,366

4,208,853

 

9,941,261

Wireless Telecommunication Services 0.6%

China Mobile Ltd.

48,000

418,783

iPCS, Inc.*

3,700

35,927

KDDI Corp.

13

61,344

Millicom International Cellular SA (SDR)

550

20,641

Mobistar SA

78

4,931

NTT DoCoMo, Inc.

69

94,144

Rogers Communications, Inc. "B"

1,900

43,778

Softbank Corp.

3,300

42,147

United States Cellular Corp.*

28,100

936,854

USA Mobility, Inc.

16,900

155,649

Vodafone Group PLC

315,532

551,235

 

2,365,433

Utilities 2.6%

Electric Utilities 1.4%

Acciona SA

140

14,377

American Electric Power Co., Inc.

26,600

671,916

Cheung Kong Infrastructure Holdings Ltd.

2,000

7,988

Chubu Electric Power Co., Inc.

1,800

39,605

Chugoku Electric Power Co., Inc.

1,000

21,708

Cleco Corp.

10,300

223,407

CLP Holdings Ltd.

16,000

108,287

Duke Energy Corp.

64,900

929,368

E.ON AG

14,282

397,544

Edison International

55,564

1,600,799

EDP — Energias de Portugal SA

34,129

118,548

Electricite de France

563

22,110

Empire District Electric Co.

14,300

206,492

Enel SpA

26,639

127,768

FirstEnergy Corp.

4,300

165,980

Fortis, Inc.

2,400

42,145

Fortum Oyj

20,708

394,170

Hokkaido Electric Power Co., Inc.

900

18,062

Hokuriku Electric Power Co.

700

16,809

HongKong Electric Holdings Ltd.

11,000

65,715

Iberdrola SA

11,710

82,227

Kansai Electric Power Co., Inc.

2,100

45,637

Kyushu Electric Power Co., Inc.

1,100

24,623

Oesterreichische Elektrizitaetswirtschafts AG (Verbund) "A"

104

3,953

Red Electrica Corporacion SA

340

13,272

Scottish & Southern Energy PLC

2,778

44,120

Shikoku Electric Power Co., Inc.

700

18,699

Terna — Rete Elettrica Nationale SpA

9,810

30,560

Tohoku Electric Power Co., Inc.

1,400

30,749

Tokyo Electric Power Co., Inc.

3,300

82,377

Union Fenosa SA

872

20,855

 

5,589,870

Gas Utilities 0.2%

Chesapeake Utilities Corp.

1,800

54,864

Enagas

468

6,638

Gas Natural SDG SA

529

7,234

Hong Kong & China Gas Co., Ltd.

31,900

50,468

Osaka Gas Co., Ltd.

7,000

21,835

Snam Rete Gas SpA

5,100

27,376

South Jersey Industries, Inc.

2,000

70,000

Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd.

7,000

24,447

UGI Corp.

25,200

594,972

WGL Holdings, Inc.

6,000

196,800

 

1,054,634

Independent Power Producers & Energy Traders 0.2%

AES Corp.*

32,000

185,920

Electric Power Development Co., Ltd.

500

14,852

Iberdrola Renovables*

2,330

9,666

International Power PLC

5,837

17,494

Mirant Corp.*

53,900

614,460

TransAlta Corp.

3,100

45,364

 

887,756

Multi-Utilities 0.7%

A2A SpA

6,205

9,417

AGL Energy Ltd.

28,611

298,128

Avista Corp.

6,500

89,570

Canadian Utilities Ltd. "A"

700

20,404

Centrica PLC

13,500

44,145

Consolidated Edison, Inc.

21,500

851,615

Dominion Resources, Inc.

12,700

393,573

DTE Energy Co.

10,100

279,770

GDF Suez

3,080

105,897

National Grid PLC

7,320

56,278

PG&E Corp.

4,200

160,524

RWE AG

903

63,486

Sempra Energy

6,800

314,432

Suez Environnement SA*

371

5,458

United Utilities Group PLC

1,989

13,780

Veolia Environnement

1,072

22,339

 

2,728,816

Water Utilities 0.1%

American Water Works Co., Inc.

8,100

155,844

California Water Service Group

3,300

138,138

Severn Trent PLC

708

10,040

 

304,022

Total Common Stocks (Cost $274,392,686)

228,946,163

 

Preferred Stocks 0.0%

Consumer Discretionary 0.0%

Porsche Automobil Holding SE

80

3,767

Volkswagen AG

92

5,305

 

9,072

Consumer Staples 0.0%

Henkel AG & Co. KGaA

1,331

36,185

Health Care 0.0%

Fresenius SE

309

14,200

Total Preferred Stocks (Cost $131,259)

59,457

 

Rights 0.0%

Consumer Discretionary 0.0%

Seat Pagine Gialle SpA, Expiration Date 4/17/2009*

137

855

Financials 0.0%

Banco Espirito Santo SA, Expiration Date 4/7/2009*

10,996

17,531

Fortis, Expiration Date 7/4/2014*

9,978

0

HSBC Holdings PLC, Expiration Date 4/3/2009*

23,479

47,501

Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC, Expiration Date 4/6/2009*

5,178

0

 

65,032

Materials 0.0%

CRH PLC, Expiration Date 4/6/2009*

3,657

79,683

Total Rights (Cost $196,726)

145,570

 

Exchange Traded Funds 3.6%

iShares MSCI Japan Index Fund

87,131

689,206

Vanguard Emerging Markets ETF

583,048

13,759,933

Total Exchange Traded Funds (Cost $12,830,228)

14,449,139

 

 

Principal Amount ($)(a)

Value ($)

 

 

Corporate Bonds 9.4%

Consumer Discretionary 1.7%

AMC Entertainment, Inc., 8.0%, 3/1/2014

70,000

57,400

American Achievement Corp., 144A, 8.25%, 4/1/2012

20,000

14,500

American Achievement Group Holding Corp., 16.75%, 10/1/2012 (PIK)

30,425

4,564

Asbury Automotive Group, Inc.:

 

 

7.625%, 3/15/2017

45,000

21,150

8.0%, 3/15/2014

20,000

9,700

Ashtead Holdings PLC, 144A, 8.625%, 8/1/2015

135,000

76,950

CanWest MediaWorks LP, 144A, 9.25%, 8/1/2015**

35,000

2,450

Carrols Corp., 9.0%, 1/15/2013

25,000

21,500

Comcast Cable Communications Holdings, Inc., 9.455%, 11/15/2022

95,000

104,359

Cox Communications, Inc., 144A, 8.375%, 3/1/2039

560,000

525,420

CSC Holdings, Inc.:

 

 

6.75%, 4/15/2012

30,000

28,875

Series B, 7.625%, 4/1/2011

40,000

39,700

DIRECTV Holdings LLC, 7.625%, 5/15/2016

100,000

98,000

DISH DBS Corp.:

 

 

6.375%, 10/1/2011

70,000

67,550

6.625%, 10/1/2014

65,000

58,175

7.125%, 2/1/2016

50,000

44,750

Fontainebleau Las Vegas Holdings LLC, 144A, 11.0%, 6/15/2015

40,000

1,200

Great Canadian Gaming Corp., 144A, 7.25%, 2/15/2015

40,000

28,800

Group 1 Automotive, Inc., 8.25%, 8/15/2013

20,000

15,400

Hertz Corp., 8.875%, 1/1/2014

80,000

48,500

Idearc, Inc., 8.0%, 11/15/2016**

85,000

2,231

Indianapolis Downs LLC, 144A, 11.0%, 11/1/2012

25,000

13,375

Isle of Capri Casinos, Inc., 7.0%, 3/1/2014

25,000

14,750

Kabel Deutschland GmbH, 10.625%, 7/1/2014

75,000

75,750

Lamar Media Corp., Series C, 6.625%, 8/15/2015

25,000

18,000

MTR Gaming Group, Inc., Series B, 9.75%, 4/1/2010

60,000

45,000

News America, Inc., 144A, 7.85%, 3/1/2039

615,000

526,845

Norcraft Holdings LP, 9.75%, 9/1/2012

125,000

98,750

Penske Automotive Group, Inc., 7.75%, 12/15/2016

75,000

37,500

Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc., 8.75%, 10/1/2013

25,000

22,000

Quebecor Media, Inc., 7.75%, 3/15/2016

25,000

19,000

Reader's Digest Association, Inc., 9.0%, 2/15/2017

25,000

1,438

Sabre Holdings Corp., 8.35%, 3/15/2016

40,000

15,200

Seminole Hard Rock Entertainment, Inc., 144A, 3.82%***, 3/15/2014

50,000

26,000

Shingle Springs Tribal Gaming Authority, 144A, 9.375%, 6/15/2015

35,000

14,525

Simmons Co., Step-up Coupon, 0% to 12/15/2009, 10.0% to 12/15/2014

125,000

1,250

Sonic Automotive, Inc., Series B, 8.625%, 8/15/2013

45,000

13,275

TCI Communications, Inc., 8.75%, 8/1/2015

1,085,000

1,170,560

Time Warner Cable, Inc.:

 

 

5.4%, 7/2/2012

631,000

609,512

6.75%, 7/1/2018 (b)

490,000

459,965

Time Warner, Inc.:

 

 

5.5%, 11/15/2011

425,000

419,309

7.7%, 5/1/2032

235,000

211,320

9.125%, 1/15/2013

535,000

562,034

Travelport LLC, 5.886%***, 9/1/2014

35,000

11,200

Trump Entertainment Resorts, Inc., 8.5%, 6/1/2015**

10,000

800

United Components, Inc., 9.375%, 6/15/2013

5,000

1,950

Unity Media GmbH, 144A, 8.75%, 2/15/2015 EUR

110,000

128,609

UPC Holding BV:

 

 

144A, 7.75%, 1/15/2014 EUR

50,000

55,469

144A, 8.0%, 11/1/2016 EUR

50,000

50,819

Viacom, Inc.:

 

 

5.75%, 4/30/2011

678,000

660,480

6.75%, 10/5/2037

360,000

254,771

Videotron Ltd., 144A, 9.125%, 4/15/2018

15,000

15,244

 

6,825,874

Consumer Staples 0.5%

Alliance One International, Inc., 8.5%, 5/15/2012

20,000

17,000

Altria Group, Inc.:

 

 

8.5%, 11/10/2013

30,000

32,537

9.7%, 11/10/2018

15,000

16,328

CVS Caremark Corp., 6.302%, 6/1/2037

1,336,000

801,600

Delhaize America, Inc., 9.0%, 4/15/2031

85,000

90,342

Miller Brewing Co., 144A, 5.5%, 8/15/2013

835,000

804,234

PepsiAmericas, Inc., 4.375%, 2/15/2014

350,000

349,961

 

2,112,002

Energy 1.5%

Atlas Energy Resources LLC, 144A, 10.75%, 2/1/2018

80,000

58,400

Belden & Blake Corp., 8.75%, 7/15/2012

205,000

142,475

Bristow Group, Inc., 7.5%, 9/15/2017

35,000

26,250

Chaparral Energy, Inc., 8.5%, 12/1/2015

45,000

15,525

Chesapeake Energy Corp.:

 

 

6.25%, 1/15/2018

50,000

39,000

6.875%, 1/15/2016

145,000

121,800

7.25%, 12/15/2018

70,000

57,487

7.5%, 6/15/2014

15,000

13,538

Colorado Interstate Gas Co., 6.8%, 11/15/2015

20,000

18,748

Delta Petroleum Corp., 7.0%, 4/1/2015

65,000

20,800

Devon Energy Corp., 6.3%, 1/15/2019

15,000

14,635

Dynegy Holdings, Inc., 6.875%, 4/1/2011

15,000

13,350

El Paso Corp.:

 

 

7.25%, 6/1/2018

90,000

76,500

7.75%, 6/15/2010

15,000

14,778

9.625%, 5/15/2012

34,000

32,634

EXCO Resources, Inc., 7.25%, 1/15/2011

60,000

46,500

Forest Oil Corp., 144A, 7.25%, 6/15/2019

20,000

15,800

Frontier Oil Corp.:

 

 

6.625%, 10/1/2011

25,000

24,375

8.5%, 9/15/2016

50,000

49,250

KCS Energy, Inc., 7.125%, 4/1/2012

155,000

140,275

Marathon Oil Corp., 7.5%, 2/15/2019

470,000

473,520

Mariner Energy, Inc.:

 

 

7.5%, 4/15/2013

35,000

25,900

8.0%, 5/15/2017

25,000

16,500

Newfield Exploration Co., 7.125%, 5/15/2018

60,000

53,100

OPTI Canada, Inc.:

 

 

7.875%, 12/15/2014

60,000

26,250

8.25%, 12/15/2014

110,000

49,225

Petrohawk Energy Corp.:

 

 

144A, 7.875%, 6/1/2015

20,000

17,600

9.125%, 7/15/2013

20,000

19,200

Plains Exploration & Production Co.:

 

 

7.0%, 3/15/2017

40,000

31,800

7.625%, 6/1/2018

70,000

56,700

Quicksilver Resources, Inc., 7.125%, 4/1/2016

110,000

52,250

Rockies Express Pipeline LLC, 144A, 7.5%, 7/15/2038

375,000

353,049

Southwestern Energy Co., 144A, 7.5%, 2/1/2018

10,000

9,650

SPI Electricity Property Ltd., 144A, 7.25%, 12/1/2016

2,875,000

2,885,295

Stone Energy Corp.:

 

 

6.75%, 12/15/2014

60,000

23,700

8.25%, 12/15/2011

110,000

57,750

Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co., 7.625%, 4/1/2037

15,000

12,944

TEPPCO Partners LP, 7.625%, 2/15/2012

35,000

34,635

Tesoro Corp., 6.5%, 6/1/2017

40,000

30,200

TransCanada PipeLines Ltd.:

 

 

7.125%, 1/15/2019

20,000

20,868

7.625%, 1/15/2039

15,000

14,832

Transocean, Inc., Series B, 1.5%, 12/15/2037

410,000

351,575

Weatherford International Ltd., 9.875%, 3/1/2039

420,000

413,002

Whiting Petroleum Corp.:

 

 

7.25%, 5/1/2012

45,000

37,013

7.25%, 5/1/2013

5,000

3,925

Williams Companies, Inc., 8.125%, 3/15/2012

135,000

137,025

 

6,149,628

Financials 2.7%

Algoma Acquisition Corp., 144A, 9.875%, 6/15/2015

85,000

32,725

ANZ National International Ltd., 144A, 6.2%, 7/19/2013

400,000

385,707

Ashton Woods USA LLC, 144A, Step-up Coupon, 0% to 2/24/2012, 11.0% to 6/30/2015

52,000

18,970

Buffalo Thunder Development Authority, 144A, 9.375%, 12/15/2014

20,000

1,200

Citigroup, Inc.:

 

 

4.125%, 2/22/2010

385,000

371,605

6.5%, 8/19/2013

520,000

477,836

Erac USA Finance Co.:

 

 

144A, 5.8%, 10/15/2012

420,000

327,510

144A, 8.0%, 1/15/2011

1,180,000

1,068,794

Farmers Exchange Capital, 144A, 7.2%, 7/15/2048

760,000

380,337

Ford Motor Credit Co., LLC:

 

 

7.25%, 10/25/2011

300,000

213,587

7.875%, 6/15/2010

10,000

8,264

FPL Group Capital, Inc., 6.65%, 6/15/2067

1,037,000

746,640

GMAC LLC, 144A, 6.875%, 9/15/2011

186,000

132,175

Hawker Beechcraft Acquisition Co., LLC, 8.875%, 4/1/2015 (PIK)

70,000

7,875

HBOS PLC, 144A, 6.75%, 5/21/2018

185,000

142,709

Hexion US Finance Corp., 9.75%, 11/15/2014

10,000

2,200

Inmarsat Finance PLC, 10.375%, 11/15/2012

135,000

138,375

iPayment, Inc., 9.75%, 5/15/2014

40,000

20,800

Local TV Finance LLC, 144A, 9.25%, 6/15/2015 (PIK)

40,000

4,000

Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.:

 

 

Series C, 5.45%, 7/15/2014

169,000

128,044

6.22%, 9/15/2026

100,000

49,363

MetLife, Inc., 7.717%, 2/15/2019 (b)

760,000

681,462

Metropolitan Life Global Funding I, 144A, 5.125%, 4/10/2013

695,000

634,737

Morgan Stanley:

 

 

5.05%, 1/21/2011

700,000

688,238

Series F, 6.0%, 4/28/2015

975,000

920,515

National City Corp., 4.0%, 2/1/2011

785,000

715,331

NiSource Finance Corp., 7.875%, 11/15/2010

65,000

63,872

Orascom Telecom Finance SCA, 144A, 7.875%, 2/8/2014

100,000

64,000

PPL Capital Funding, Inc., Series A, 6.7%, 3/30/2067

1,135,000

646,950

Qwest Capital Funding, Inc., 7.0%, 8/3/2009

30,000

29,925

Rainbow National Services LLC, 144A, 10.375%, 9/1/2014

5,000

5,100

Shell International Finance BV, 6.375%, 12/15/2038

510,000

537,042

Sprint Capital Corp.:

 

 

7.625%, 1/30/2011

30,000

27,750

8.375%, 3/15/2012

15,000

13,500

StanCorp Financial Group, Inc., 6.9%, 6/1/2067

720,000

352,776

Symetra Financial Corp., 144A, 8.3%, 10/15/2037

340,000

110,500

Tropicana Entertainment LLC, 9.625%, 12/15/2014**

105,000

263

UCI Holdco, Inc., 9.32%***, 12/15/2013 (PIK)

55,309

4,425

UDR, Inc., Series E, (REIT), 3.9%, 3/15/2010

305,000

286,795

Universal City Development Partners Ltd.,
11.75%, 4/1/2010

185,000

158,638

Williams Companies, Inc., Credit Linked Certificate Trust, 144A, 6.75%, 4/15/2009

10,000

9,975

Wind Acquisition Finance SA:

 

 

144A, 9.75%, 12/1/2015 EUR

50,000

58,126

144A, 10.75%, 12/1/2015

75,000

74,250

Xstrata Finance Canada Ltd., 144A, 5.8%, 11/15/2016

711,000

456,877

 

11,199,763

Health Care 0.2%

Boston Scientific Corp., 6.0%, 6/15/2011

50,000

48,500

Community Health Systems, Inc., 8.875%, 7/15/2015

180,000

170,100

HCA, Inc.:

 

 

9.125%, 11/15/2014

60,000

56,400

9.25%, 11/15/2016

190,000

172,900

9.625%, 11/15/2016 (PIK)

65,000

51,838

HEALTHSOUTH Corp., 10.75%, 6/15/2016

25,000

24,500

IASIS Healthcare LLC, 8.75%, 6/15/2014

70,000

65,800

Psychiatric Solutions, Inc., 7.75%, 7/15/2015

15,000

13,538

Surgical Care Affiliates, Inc., 144A,
8.875%, 7/15/2015 (PIK)

45,000

26,100

The Cooper Companies, Inc., 7.125%, 2/15/2015

75,000

67,687

Vanguard Health Holding Co. I, LLC, Step-up Coupon, 0% to 10/1/2009, 11.25% to 10/1/2015

15,000

12,450

Vanguard Health Holding Co. II, LLC, 9.0%, 10/1/2014

125,000

110,312

 

820,125

Industrials 0.2%

Actuant Corp., 6.875%, 6/15/2017

25,000

21,188

Allied Waste North America, Inc., 6.5%, 11/15/2010

25,000

24,875

ARAMARK Corp., 8.5%, 2/1/2015

15,000

13,800

BE Aerospace, Inc., 8.5%, 7/1/2018

70,000

58,362

Belden, Inc., 7.0%, 3/15/2017

30,000

24,600

Browning-Ferris Industries, Inc., 7.4%, 9/15/2035

90,000

78,958

Cenveo Corp., 144A, 10.5%, 8/15/2016

35,000

19,644

Esco Corp.:

 

 

144A, 5.195%***, 12/15/2013

35,000

22,050

144A, 8.625%, 12/15/2013

40,000

30,400

Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co., 7.75%, 12/15/2013

30,000

24,000

K. Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc., 8.875%, 4/1/2012

30,000

10,500

Kansas City Southern de Mexico SA de CV:

 

 

7.375%, 6/1/2014

60,000

47,400

7.625%, 12/1/2013

110,000

89,100

9.375%, 5/1/2012

95,000

86,450

Kansas City Southern Railway Co., 8.0%, 6/1/2015

65,000

53,787

Mobile Mini, Inc., 9.75%, 8/1/2014

40,000

29,700

Moog, Inc., 144A, 7.25%, 6/15/2018

15,000

13,838

Navios Maritime Holdings, Inc., 9.5%, 12/15/2014

60,000

34,200

R.H. Donnelley Corp., Series A-4, 8.875%, 10/15/2017

110,000

6,050

RBS Global & Rexnord Corp., 9.5%, 8/1/2014

35,000

28,350

Titan International, Inc., 8.0%, 1/15/2012

130,000

101,400

TransDigm, Inc., 7.75%, 7/15/2014

20,000

18,650

United Rentals North America, Inc.:

 

 

6.5%, 2/15/2012

80,000

64,000

7.0%, 2/15/2014

105,000

53,025

Vought Aircraft Industries, Inc., 8.0%, 7/15/2011

25,000

9,750

 

964,077

Information Technology 0.3%

Alcatel-Lucent USA, Inc., 6.45%, 3/15/2029

110,000

41,800

Alion Science & Technology Corp., 10.25%, 2/1/2015

25,000

3,750

Cisco Systems, Inc., 5.9%, 2/15/2039

670,000

615,607

L-3 Communications Corp.:

 

 

5.875%, 1/15/2015

125,000

115,937

Series B, 6.375%, 10/15/2015

60,000

56,550

7.625%, 6/15/2012

120,000

120,450

MasTec, Inc., 7.625%, 2/1/2017

50,000

40,688

SunGard Data Systems, Inc., 10.25%, 8/15/2015

95,000

66,500

 

1,061,282

Materials 0.4%

Appleton Papers, Inc., Series B, 8.125%, 6/15/2011

20,000

12,050

ARCO Chemical Co., 9.8%, 2/1/2020**

285,000

28,500

Cascades, Inc., 7.25%, 2/15/2013

35,000

19,513

Chemtura Corp., 6.875%, 6/1/2016**

30,000

13,500

Clondalkin Acquisition BV, 144A, 3.32%***, 12/15/2013

75,000

47,062

CPG International I, Inc., 10.5%, 7/1/2013

60,000

28,200

Exopack Holding Corp., 11.25%, 2/1/2014

130,000

59,150

Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold, Inc.:

 

 

6.875%, 2/1/2014

10,000

9,800

8.25%, 4/1/2015

90,000

86,175

8.375%, 4/1/2017

175,000

163,625

Georgia-Pacific LLC:

 

 

144A, 7.125%, 1/15/2017

35,000

32,375

9.5%, 12/1/2011

30,000

29,962

Hexcel Corp., 6.75%, 2/1/2015

155,000

130,975

Innophos, Inc., 8.875%, 8/15/2014

15,000

12,300

Koppers Holdings, Inc., Step-up Coupon, 0% to 11/15/2009, 9.875% to 11/15/2014

100,000

81,500

Metals USA Holdings Corp., 7.435%***, 7/1/2012 (PIK)

20,544

4,828

Millar Western Forest Products Ltd.,
7.75%, 11/15/2013

15,000

5,025

NewMarket Corp., 7.125%, 12/15/2016

80,000

63,400

NewPage Corp., 10.0%, 5/1/2012

85,000

29,537

OI European Group BV, 144A, 6.875%, 3/31/2017 EUR

50,000

57,130

Rhodia SA, 144A, 5.362%***, 10/15/2013 EUR

50,000

34,544

Sappi Papier Holding AG, 144A, 6.75%, 6/15/2012

499,000

280,271

Terra Capital, Inc., Series B, 7.0%, 2/1/2017

80,000

73,600

The Mosaic Co., 144A, 7.375%, 12/1/2014

110,000

107,800

Witco Corp., 6.875%, 2/1/2026**

15,000

3,900

Wolverine Tube, Inc., 10.5%, 4/1/2009

65,000

55,900

Xstrata Canada Corp., 6.0%, 10/15/2015

160,000

112,581

 

1,583,203

Telecommunication Services 0.4%

BCM Ireland Preferred Equity Ltd., 144A, 8.959%***, 2/15/2017 (PIK) EUR

56,161

2,894

Centennial Communications Corp.:

 

 

10.0%, 1/1/2013

25,000

26,563

10.125%, 6/15/2013

65,000

67,275

Cincinnati Bell, Inc.:

 

 

7.25%, 7/15/2013

95,000

90,725

8.375%, 1/15/2014

40,000

37,600

Cricket Communications, Inc.:

 

 

9.375%, 11/1/2014

85,000

80,963

144A, 10.0%, 7/15/2015

70,000

67,375

Frontier Communications Corp.:

 

 

6.25%, 1/15/2013

40,000

36,250

9.25%, 5/15/2011

20,000

20,300

Hellas Telecommunications Luxembourg V, 144A, 6.112%***, 10/15/2012 EUR

200,000

128,874

Intelsat Corp., 144A, 9.25%, 6/15/2016

165,000

152,625

iPCS, Inc., 3.295%***, 5/1/2013

15,000

11,250

MetroPCS Wireless, Inc., 9.25%, 11/1/2014

105,000

101,850

Millicom International Cellular SA, 10.0%, 12/1/2013

155,000

151,512

Qwest Corp.:

 

 

7.25%, 9/15/2025

15,000

9,900

7.875%, 9/1/2011

90,000

88,650

8.875%, 3/15/2012

20,000

19,750

Sprint Nextel Corp., 6.0%, 12/1/2016

45,000

32,175

Stratos Global Corp., 9.875%, 2/15/2013

30,000

27,900

Telesat Canada, 144A, 11.0%, 11/1/2015

110,000

91,300

Virgin Media Finance PLC:

 

 

8.75%, 4/15/2014

90,000

85,050

8.75%, 4/15/2014 EUR

20,000

23,516

Windstream Corp.:

 

 

7.0%, 3/15/2019

40,000

35,200

8.625%, 8/1/2016

10,000

9,825

 

1,399,322

Utilities 1.5%

AES Corp.:

 

 

144A, 8.0%, 6/1/2020

70,000

56,700

144A, 8.75%, 5/15/2013

230,000

226,550

9.5%, 6/1/2009

50,000

49,937

Allegheny Energy Supply Co., LLC, 144A, 8.25%, 4/15/2012

300,000

303,426

CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric LLC, Series U, 7.0%, 3/1/2014

15,000

15,643

CMS Energy Corp., 8.5%, 4/15/2011

175,000

175,930

Dominion Resources, Inc., 7.5%, 6/30/2066

900,000

558,000

Edison Mission Energy, 7.0%, 5/15/2017

40,000

29,200

Electricite de France, 144A, 6.95%, 1/26/2039

305,000

302,305

Energy East Corp., 6.75%, 6/15/2012

970,000

952,773

Energy Future Holdings Corp., 10.875%, 11/1/2017

45,000

29,025

FirstEnergy Corp., Series B, 6.45%, 11/15/2011

490,000

490,444

Integrys Energy Group, Inc., 6.11%, 12/1/2066

795,000

421,350

IPALCO Enterprises, Inc., 144A, 7.25%, 4/1/2016

35,000

30,975

Jersey Central Power & Light Co., 6.15%, 6/1/2037

580,000

473,129

Knight, Inc., 6.5%, 9/1/2012

60,000

55,950

Mirant Americas Generation LLC, 8.3%, 5/1/2011

90,000

87,300

Mirant North America LLC, 7.375%, 12/31/2013

25,000

22,625

NRG Energy, Inc.:

 

 

7.25%, 2/1/2014

80,000

75,200

7.375%, 1/15/2017

60,000

55,800

7.375%, 2/1/2016

70,000

65,100

NV Energy, Inc.:

 

 

6.75%, 8/15/2017

85,000

67,459

8.625%, 3/15/2014

15,000

14,138

Oncor Electric Delivery Co., 7.0%, 9/1/2022

30,000

27,976

PacifiCorp, 5.5%, 1/15/2019

20,000

20,475

Pepco Holdings, Inc., 6.45%, 8/15/2012

640,000

640,356

Regency Energy Partners LP, 8.375%, 12/15/2013

50,000

42,500

Reliant Energy, Inc., 7.875%, 6/15/2017

55,000

43,450

Texas Competitive Electric Holdings Co., LLC, Series A, 10.25%, 11/1/2015

185,000

92,500

Union Electric Co., 6.4%, 6/15/2017

555,000

533,214

 

5,959,430

Total Corporate Bonds (Cost $45,393,528)

38,074,706

 

Asset-Backed 0.5%

Home Equity Loans

Bayview Financial Acquisition Trust, "1A1", Series 2006-A, 5.614%, 2/28/2041

138,042

132,323

Countrywide Asset-Backed Certificates:

 

 

"AF3", Series 2005-1, 4.575%, 7/25/2035

184,574

172,898

"A6", Series 2006-S6, 5.657%, 3/25/2034

1,319,411

500,064

"A6", Series 2006-15, 5.826%, 10/25/2046

450,000

202,742

"A1B", Series 2007-S1, 5.888%, 11/25/2036

405,175

257,373

"1AF6", Series 2006-11, 6.15%, 9/25/2046

1,295,000

603,260

Total Asset-Backed (Cost $3,784,885)

1,868,660

 

Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities 1.8%

Banc of America Commercial Mortgage, Inc.:

 

 

"AM", Series 2007-2, 5.699%***, 4/10/2049

640,000

284,322

"AM", Series 2007-4, 5.812%***, 2/10/2051

375,000

151,149

"ASB", Series 2008-1, 6.173%, 2/10/2051

550,000

439,270

Bear Stearns Commercial Mortgage Securities, Inc., "A4", Series 2007-PW17, 5.694%, 6/11/2050

1,180,000

872,295

Citigroup/Deutsche Bank Commercial Mortgage Trust, "A2B", Series 2007-CD4, 5.205%, 12/11/2049

425,000

340,763

CW Capital Cobalt Ltd., "AAB", Series 2007-C2, 5.416%, 4/15/2047

125,000

97,344

GS Mortgage Securities Corp. II:

 

 

"A2", Series 2007-GG10, 5.778%, 8/10/2045

2,130,000

1,796,411

"AM", Series 2007-GG10, 5.799%***, 8/10/2045

360,000

133,200

JPMorgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp.:

 

 

"ASB", Series 2007-CB20, 5.688%, 2/12/2051

350,000

275,039

"ASB", Series 2007-CB19, 5.73%***, 2/12/2049

1,280,000

1,018,151

"A2", Series 2007-LD11, 5.804%***, 6/15/2049

150,000

119,725

"A4", Series 2007-LD12, 5.882%, 2/15/2051

273,000

193,013

"AM", Series 2007-LD12, 6.062%***, 2/15/2051

825,000

333,546

JPMorgan Mortgage Trust, "1A1", Series 2008-R2, 144A, 5.74%***, 7/27/2037

641,415

320,708

Merrill Lynch/Countrywide Commercial Mortgage Trust:

 

 

"ASB", Series 2007-9, 5.644%, 9/12/2049

450,000

349,663

"ASB", Series 2007-7, 5.745%, 6/12/2050

700,000

549,224

Total Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities (Cost $8,772,057)

7,273,823

 

Collateralized Mortgage Obligations 6.1%

Banc of America Mortgage Securities, "3A1", Series 2003-H, 4.526%***, 9/25/2033

852,240

729,751

Bear Stearns Adjustable Rate Mortgage Trust:

 

 

"3A1", Series 2007-5, 5.977%***, 8/25/2047

1,125,248

601,737

"22A1", Series 2007-4, 5.993%***, 6/25/2047

882,747

455,815

Chase Mortgage Finance Corp., "3A1", Series 2005-A1, 5.285%***, 12/25/2035

975,285

628,623

Citigroup Mortgage Loan Trust, Inc., "1CB2", Series 2004-NCM2, 6.75%, 8/25/2034

1,016,972

878,409

Countrywide Alternative Loan Trust:

 

 

"A2", Series 2003-21T1, 5.25%, 12/25/2033

635,567

523,884

"A6", Series 2004-14T2, 5.5%, 8/25/2034

561,556

495,644

"1A1", Series 2004-J1, 6.0%, 2/25/2034

115,598

106,856

Credit Suisse Mortgage Capital Certificates, Inc., "3A1", Series 2006-9, 6.0%, 11/25/2036

453,672

224,284

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.:

 

 

"LN", Series 3145, 4.5%, 10/15/2034

1,121,608

1,155,701

"BG", Series 2869, 5.0%, 7/15/2033

315,000

331,781

"NE", Series 2802, 5.0%, 2/15/2033

880,000

924,197

"PD", Series 2904, 5.5%, 3/15/2033

325,000

339,683

"XD", Series 2966, 5.5%, 9/15/2033

1,305,000

1,368,436

Federal National Mortgage Association:

 

 

"YD", Series 2005-94, 4.5%, 8/25/2033

1,445,000

1,463,147

"EA", Series 2008-54, 5.0%, 7/25/2019

1,572,820

1,657,747

GMAC Mortgage Corp. Loan Trust, "4A1", Series 2005-AR6, 5.467%***, 11/19/2035

999,181

601,798

JPMorgan Mortgage Trust:

 

 

"3A3", Series 2004-A3, 4.957%***, 7/25/2034

1,380,000

655,212

"2A4", Series 2006-A2, 5.754%***, 4/25/2036

2,000,000

976,454

"2A1" Series 2006-A5, 5.82%***, 8/25/2036

917,010

505,023

Lehman Mortgage Trust, "3A3", Series 2006-1, 5.5%, 2/25/2036

1,086,036

758,378

MASTR Adjustable Rate Mortgages Trust:

 

 

"3A6",Series 2004-13, 3.788%***, 11/21/2034

1,185,000

798,516

"B1", Series 2004-13, 4.345%***, 12/21/2034

1,352,976

487,476

Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors Trust, "A2", Series 2005-A5, 4.566%, 6/25/2035

175,000

97,143

New York Mortgage Trust, "2A3", Series 2006-1, 5.653%***, 5/25/2036

1,400,000

689,907

Residential Accredit Loans, Inc., "A3", Series 2004-QS11, 5.5%, 8/25/2034

395,121

323,135

Structured Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan Trust, "6A3", Series 2005-21, 5.4%***, 11/25/2035

1,190,000

454,181

Structured Asset Securities Corp., "4A1", Series 2005-6, 5.0%, 5/25/2035

296,954

202,393

Washington Mutual Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates Trust:

 

 

"1A3", Series 2005-AR16, 5.099%***, 12/25/2035

1,305,000

631,276

"1A3A", Series 2005-AR18, 5.244%***, 1/25/2036

1,625,000

851,891

"1A1", Series 2006-AR18, 5.307%***, 1/25/2037

1,113,606

538,461

"1A3", Series 2006-AR8, 5.844%***, 8/25/2046

1,395,000

629,347

Wells Fargo Mortgage Backed Securities Trust:

 

 

"2A5", Series 2006-AR2, 5.077%***, 3/25/2036

3,237,548

1,853,087

"3A2", Series 2006-AR8, 5.237%***, 4/25/2036

2,070,000

938,789

"A6", Series 2006-AR11, 5.51%***, 8/25/2036

1,995,000

947,873

Total Collateralized Mortgage Obligations (Cost $37,806,362)

24,826,035

 

Mortgage-Backed Securities Pass-Throughs 6.0%

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.:

 

 

4.5%, 11/1/2018

972,470

1,008,786

5.5%, 10/1/2023

737,290

768,221

5.518%***, 2/1/2038

24,504

25,197

6.0%, 3/1/2038

399,737

418,553

6.5%,with various maturities from 1/1/2035 until 8/1/2038

1,367,243

1,456,939

Federal National Mortgage Association:

 

 

4.5%,with various maturities from 7/1/2020 until 10/1/2033

2,953,883

3,042,493

5.0%, 9/1/2033

1,222,346

1,265,797

5.5%,with various maturities from 1/1/2020 until 9/1/2036

8,925,145

9,313,914

6.0%,with various maturities from 1/1/2024 until 2/1/2037

1,843,706

1,935,838

6.5%,with various maturities from 5/1/2023 until 11/1/2037

3,164,302

3,357,527

7.0%, 4/1/2038

1,089,354

1,162,162

9.0%, 11/1/2030

53,056

58,459

Government National Mortgage Association, 5.5%, 1/15/2039

532,150

555,162

Total Mortgage-Backed Securities Pass-Throughs (Cost $23,286,756)

24,369,048

 

Preferred Security 0.1%

Financials

Stoneheath Re, 6.868%, 10/15/2011 (c) (Cost $1,464,849)

1,460,000

350,400

 

Municipal Bonds and Notes 1.1%

Arizona, Salt River Project, Agricultural Improvement & Power District, Electric Systems Revenue, Series A, 5.0%, 1/1/2038

480,000

476,342

Central Puget Sound, WA, Regional Transportation Authority, Sales & Use Tax Revenue, Series A, 5.0%, 11/1/2036

295,000

291,938

Florida, State Board of Education, Capital Outlay 2006, Series E, 5.0%, 6/1/2035

500,000

492,785

Hammond, IN, Redevelopment Authority Lease Rent Revenue, Hammond Marina Project, 5.57%, 2/1/2014 (d)

610,000

585,631

Palm Beach County, FL, Public Improvement Revenue, 5.0%, 5/1/2038

390,000

377,220

Suffolk, VA, Multi-Family Housing Revenue, Redevelopment & Housing Authority, Windsor at Potomac, Series T, 6.6%, 7/1/2015

1,475,000

1,484,292

Whittier, CA, Redevelopment Agency, Tax Allocation, Housing Projects, Series B, 6.09%, 11/1/2038 (d)

1,400,000

767,396

Total Municipal Bonds and Notes (Cost $5,138,368)

4,475,604

 

Government & Agency Obligations 9.2%

US Treasury Obligations

US Treasury Bills:

 

 

0.04%****, 5/21/2009 (e)

98,000

97,979

0.13%****, 6/11/2009 (e)

3,358,000

3,356,795

0.23%****, 6/18/2009 (e)

39,000

38,987

0.29%****, 6/18/2009 (e)

1,804,000

1,803,374

US Treasury Bond, 4.5%, 5/15/2038 (b)

3,048,000

3,558,540

US Treasury Notes:

 

 

0.875%, 2/28/2011 (b)

12,573,000

12,597,014

1.375%, 3/15/2012 (b)

7,146,000

7,195,686

1.875%, 2/28/2014 (b)

455,000

459,978

2.375%, 3/31/2016

3,545,000

3,567,986

2.75%, 2/15/2019 (b)

4,169,000

4,191,804

4.875%, 5/31/2011 (b) (e)

500,000

543,594

Total Government & Agency Obligations (Cost $37,193,693)

37,411,737

 


Shares

Value ($)

 

 

Securities Lending Collateral 7.0%

Daily Assets Fund Institutional, 0.78% (f) (g) (Cost $28,246,581)

28,246,581

28,246,581

 

Cash Equivalents 4.8%

Cash Management QP Trust, 0.53% (f) (Cost $19,384,491)

19,384,491

19,384,491

 

% of Net Assets

Value ($)

 

 

Total Investment Portfolio (Cost $498,022,469)+

106.2

429,881,414

Other Assets and Liabilities, Net

(6.2)

(25,204,235)

Net Assets

100.0

404,677,179

* Non-income producing security.
** Non-income producing security. Issuer has defaulted on the payment of principal or interest or has filed for bankruptcy. The following table represents bonds that are in default:

Securities

Coupon

Maturity Date

Principal Amount

Acquisition Cost ($)

Value ($)

ARCO Chemical Co.

9.8%

2/1/2020

285,000

USD

253,650

28,500

CanWest MediaWorks LP

9.25%

8/1/2015

35,000

USD

32,944

2,450

Chemtura Corp.

6.875%

6/1/2016

30,000

USD

27,169

13,500

Idearc, Inc.

8.0%

11/15/2016

85,000

USD

64,213

2,231

Tropicana Entertainment LLC

9.625%

12/15/2014

105,000

USD

54,144

263

Trump Entertainment Resorts, Inc.

8.5%

6/1/2015

10,000

USD

7,225

800

Witco Corp.

6.875%

2/1/2026

15,000

USD

11,850

3,900

 

 

 

 

 

451,195

51,644

*** 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, 2009.
**** Annualized yield at time of purchase; not a coupon rate
+ The cost for federal income tax purposes was $503,742,192. At March 31, 2009, net unrealized depreciation for all securities based on tax cost was $73,860,778. This consisted of aggregate gross unrealized appreciation for all securities in which there was an excess of value over tax cost of $12,767,908 and aggregate gross unrealized depreciation for all securities in which there was an excess of tax cost over value of $86,628,686.
(a) Principal amount stated in US dollars unless otherwise noted.
(b) All or a portion of these securities were on loan (see Notes to Financial Statements). The value of all securities loaned at March 31, 2009 amounted to $27,643,971, which is 6.8% of net assets.
(c) Date shown is call date; not a maturity date for the perpetual preferred securities.
(d) Bond is insured by one of these companies:

Insurance Coverage

As a % of Total Investment Portfolio

Financial Guaranty Insurance Company

0.2

National Public Finance Guarantee Corp.

0.1

(e) At March 31, 2009, this security has been pledged, in whole or in part, to cover initial margin requirements for open futures contracts.
(f) Affiliated fund managed by Deutsche Investment Management Americas Inc. The rate shown is the annualized seven-day yield at period end.
(g) Represents collateral held in connection with securities lending. Income earned by the Fund is net of borrower rebates.

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.

ADR: American Depositary Receipt

CVA: Certificaten Van Aandelen

FDR: Fiduciary Depositary Receipt

MSCI: Morgan Stanley Capital International

PIK: Denotes that all or a portion of income is paid in kind.

PPS: Price Protected Shares

REIT: Real Estate Investment Trust

RSP: Risparmio (Convertible Savings Shares)

SDR: Swedish Depositary Receipt

Included in the portfolio are investments in mortgage or asset-backed securities which are interests in separate pools of mortgages or assets. Effective maturities of these investments may be shorter than stated maturities due to prepayments. Some separate investments in the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. and Federal National Mortgage Association issues which have similar coupon rates have been aggregated for presenation purposes in this investment portfolio.

At March 31, 2009, open futures contracts purchased were as follows:

Futures

Expiration Date

Contracts

Aggregate Face Value ($)

Value ($)

Unrealized Appreciation ($)

5 Year US Treasury Note

6/30/2009

167

19,518,584

19,833,859

315,275

ASX SPI 200 Index

6/18/2009

3

175,078

185,971

10,893

DJ Euro Stoxx 50 Index

6/19/2009

25

645,451

661,975

16,524

Federal Republic of Germany Euro-Bund

6/8/2009

4

655,326

661,271

5,945

FTSE 100 Index

6/19/2009

112

6,065,353

6,243,319

177,966

Nikkei 225 Index

6/11/2009

4

140,917

167,300

26,383

Russell E Mini 2000 Index

6/19/2009

42

1,644,609

1,769,460

124,851

S&P TSE 60 Index

6/18/2009

1

79,634

83,439

3,805

United Kingdom Long Gilt Bond

6/26/2009

76

13,217,446

13,435,877

218,431

Total unrealized appreciation

900,073

At March 31, 2009, open futures contracts sold were as follows:

Futures

Expiration Date

Contracts

Aggregated Face Value ($)

Value ($)

Unrealized Depreciation ($)

10 Year US Treasury Note

6/16/2009

78

9,441,926

9,678,094

(236,168)

S&P E-Mini 500 Index

6/19/2009

126

4,753,054

5,007,240

(254,186)

Total unrealized depreciation

(490,354)

As of March 31, 2009, the Fund had the following open forward foreign currency exchange contracts:

Contracts to Deliver

 

In Exchange For

 

Settlement Date

Unrealized Appreciation ($)

USD

2,617,410

 
AUD

4,058,000

 

4/15/2009

200,947

USD

77,360

 
CHF

92,000

 

4/15/2009

3,488

USD

1,568,135

 
NZD

3,059,000

 

4/15/2009

175,095

USD

1,732,172

 
SEK

15,196,000

 

4/15/2009

116,419

EUR

2,800

 
USD

3,809

 

4/20/2009

96

JPY

180,600,000

 
USD

1,835,086

 

5/29/2009

12,176

JPY

75,116,600

 
USD

768,236

 

6/26/2009

9,595

Total unrealized appreciation

517,816

Contracts to Deliver

 

In Exchange For

 

Settlement Date

Unrealized Depreciation ($)

USD

12,972,840

 
JPY

1,260,759,000

 

4/15/2009

(233,255)

EUR

409,000

 
USD

536,723

 

4/20/2009

(5,614)

Total unrealized depreciation

(238,869)

Currency Abbreviations

AUD Australian Dollar
CHF Swiss Franc
EUR Euro
JPY Japanese Yen
NZD New Zealand Dollar
SEK Swedish Krona
USD United States Dollar

Fair Value Measurements

Financial Accounting Standards Board Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 157, "Fair Value Measurements," establishes a three-tier hierarchy for measuring fair value and requires additional disclosure about the classification of fair value measurements.

Various inputs are used in determining the value of the Fund's investments. These inputs are summarized in three broad levels. Level 1 includes quoted prices in active markets for identical securities. Level 2 includes other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds and credit risk). Level 3 includes significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund's own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments). The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.

The following is a summary of the inputs used as of March 31, 2009 in valuing the Fund's investments. For information on the Fund's policy regarding the valuation of investments, please refer to the Security Valuation section of Note A in the accompanying Notes to the Financial Statements.

Valuation Inputs

Investments in Securities

Other Financial Instruments++

Level 1

$ 237,727,085

$ 409,719

Level 2

191,460,768

278,947

Level 3

693,561

Total

$ 429,881,414

$ 688,666

++ Other financial instruments are derivative instruments not reflected in the Investment Portfolio, such as futures contracts and forward foreign currency exchange contracts, which are valued at the unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on the instrument.

The following is a reconciliation of the Fund's Level 3 investments for which significant unobservable inputs were used in determining value at March 31, 2009:

 

Investments in Securities

Balance as of March 31, 2008

$ 1,164,496

Total realized gains (loss)

5,761

Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

(1,100,542)

Amortization premium/discount

417

Net purchases (sales)

623,429

Net transfers in (out) of Level 3

Balance as of March 31, 2009

$ 693,561

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) from investments still held as of March 31, 2009

$ (1,100,542)

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

Financial Statements

Statement of Assets and Liabilities as of March 31, 2009

Assets

Investments:

Investments in securities, at value (cost $450,391,397) — including $27,643,971 of securities loaned

$ 382,250,342

Investment in Daily Assets Fund Institutional (cost $28,246,581)*

28,246,581

Investment in Cash Management QP Trust (cost $19,384,491)

19,384,491

Total investments, at value (cost $498,022,469)

429,881,414

Cash

105,472

Foreign currency, at value (cost $709,058)

713,735

Receivable for investments sold

756,268

Dividends receivable

421,471

Interest receivable

1,490,816

Receivable for Fund shares sold

1,400

Receivable for daily variation margin on open futures contracts

153,098

Foreign taxes recoverable

64,672

Unrealized appreciation on forward foreign currency exchange contracts

517,816

Due from Advisor

22,702

Other assets

40,824

Total assets

434,169,688

Liabilities

Payable for investments purchased

60,434

Payable for Fund shares redeemed

194,818

Payable upon return of securities loaned

28,246,581

Unrealized depreciation on forward foreign currency exchange contracts

238,869

Accrued management fee

296,771

Other accrued expenses and payables

455,036

Total liabilities

29,492,509

Net assets, at value

$ 404,677,179

* Represents collateral on securities loaned.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

Statement of Assets and Liabilities as of March 31, 2009 (continued)

Net Assets consist of

Accumulated distributions in excess of net investment income

(529,474)

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:

Investments

(68,141,055)

Futures

409,719

Foreign currency

279,443

Accumulated net realized gain (loss)

(223,197,398)

Paid-in capital

695,855,944

Net assets, at value

$ 404,677,179

Net Asset Value

Class S

Net Asset Value offering and redemption price per share ($2,816,777 ÷ 451,781 outstanding shares of beneficial interest, $.001 par value, unlimited number of shares authorized)

$ 6.23

Institutional Class

Net Asset Value offering and redemption price per share ($401,860,402 ÷ 61,711,745 outstanding shares of beneficial interest, $.001 par value, unlimited number of shares authorized)

$ 6.51

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

Statement of Operations for the year ended March 31, 2009

Investment Income

Income:
Dividends (net of foreign taxes withheld of $191,823)

$ 7,402,709

Interest (net of foreign taxes withheld of $16,022)

12,370,950

Interest — Cash Management QP Trust

626,097

Securities lending income, including income from Daily Assets Fund Institutional, net of borrower rebates

211,567

Total Income

20,611,323

Expenses:
Management fee

3,171,932

Administration fee

540,771

Services to shareholders

832,721

Professional fees

104,928

Trustees' fees and expenses

23,896

Custodian fee

362,330

Reports to shareholders

73,258

Registration fees

37,017

Interest expense

90,890

Other

70,570

Total expenses before expense reductions

5,308,313

Expense reductions

(2,233,422)

Total expenses after expense reductions

3,074,891

Net investment income

17,536,432

Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)

Net realized gain (loss) from:
Investments

(171,343,323)

Futures

(2,863,131)

Foreign currency

(12,803,668)

Payments by affiliates (see Note H)

22,702

 

(186,987,420)

Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:
Investments

(34,274,846)

Futures

(382,104)

Foreign currency

2,172,740

 

(32,484,210)

Net gain (loss)

(219,471,630)

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

$ (201,935,198)

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

Statement of Changes in Net Assets

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets

Years Ended March 31,

2009

2008

Operations:
Net investment income

$ 17,536,432

$ 22,190,391

Net realized gain (loss)

(186,987,420)

25,684,604

Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

(32,484,210)

(50,387,549)

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

(201,935,198)

(2,512,554)

Distributions to shareholders from:
Net investment income

Class S

(96,361)

(186,707)

Institutional Class

(14,118,247)

(31,654,117)

Net realized gains

Class S

(62,382)

(697,044)

Institutional Class

(8,205,004)

(105,625,464)

Return of capital:

Class S

(40,733)

Institutional Class

(5,967,926)

Total distributions

(28,490,653)

(138,163,332)

Fund share transactions:
Proceeds from shares sold

48,621,820

99,016,462

Reinvestment of distributions

28,489,415

138,155,019

Cost of shares redeemed

(185,258,477)

(118,987,404)

Redemption fees*

89,752

Net increase (decrease) in net assets from Fund share transactions

(108,147,242)

118,273,829

Increase (decrease) in net assets

(338,573,093)

(22,402,057)

Net assets at beginning of period

743,250,272

765,652,329

Net assets at end of period (including accumulated distributions in excess of net investment income and undistributed net investment income of $529,474 and $5,530,126, respectively)

$ 404,677,179

$ 743,250,272

* Effective April 1, 2008, the Fund no longer imposes the 2% redemption fee on Fund shares acquired on or after that date.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

Financial Highlights

Class S+

Years Ended March 31,

2009

2008

2007

2006

2005

Selected Per Share Data

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 9.79

$ 11.85

$ 11.30

$ 10.62

$ 10.43

Income (loss) from investment operations:

Net investment incomea

.26

.29

.33

.22

.21

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

(3.40)

(.30)

.80

.70

.30

Total from investment operations

(3.14)

(.01)

1.13

.92

.51

Less distributions from:

Net investment income

(.20)

(.42)

(.25)

(.24)

(.32)

Net realized gains

(.13)

(1.63)

(.33)

Return of capital

(.09)

Total distributions

(.42)

(2.05)

(.58)

(.24)

(.32)

Redemption fees

.00*

.00*

.00*

.00*

Net asset value, end of period

$ 6.23

$ 9.79

$ 11.85

$ 11.30

$ 10.62

Total Return (%)b

(33.05)

(.75)

10.16

8.77

4.92

Ratios to Average Net Assets and Supplemental Data

Net assets, end of period ($ millions)

3

5

5

31

56

Ratio of expenses before expense reductions (%)

1.08

1.05

.93

1.41

1.33c

Ratio of expenses after expense reductions (%)

.82

.87

.71

1.00

1.00c

Ratio of net investment income (%)

2.99

2.50

2.67

1.92

1.90

Portfolio turnover rate (%)

242

264

175

108

122d

+ On October 23, 2006, Investment Class was renamed Class S.
a Based on average shares outstanding during the period.
b Total return would have been lower had certain expenses not been reduced.
c The ratio includes expenses allocated from the Asset Management Portfolio, the Fund's master portfolio through August 20, 2004.
d This ratio includes the purchase and sales of portfolio securities of the DWS Lifecycle Long Range Fund as a stand-alone fund in addition to the Asset Management Portfolio.
* Amount is less than $.005.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

Institutional Class

Years Ended March 31,

2009

2008

2007

2006

2005

Selected Per Share Data

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 10.22

$ 12.29

$ 11.74

$ 11.04

$ 10.84

Income (loss) from investment operations:

Net investment incomea

.28

.32

.34

.27

.25

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

(3.54)

(.29)

.85

.74

.33

Total from investment operations

(3.26)

.03

1.19

1.01

.58

Less distributions from:

Net investment income

(.23)

(.47)

(.31)

(.31)

(.38)

Net realized gains

(.13)

(1.63)

(.33)

Return of capital

(.09)

Total distributions

(.45)

(2.10)

(.64)

(.31)

(.38)

Redemption fees

.00*

.00*

.00*

.00*

Net asset value, end of period

$ 6.51

$ 10.22

$ 12.29

$ 11.74

$ 11.04

Total Return (%)b

(32.84)

(.40)

10.28

9.19

5.42

Ratios to Average Net Assets and Supplemental Data

Net assets, end of period ($ millions)

402

738

761

726

719

Ratio of expenses before expense reductions (%)

.98

.89

.89

.91

.83c

Ratio of expenses after expense reductions (%)

.57

.55

.55

.55

.55c

Ratio of net investment income (%)

3.24

2.82

2.83

2.37

2.35

Portfolio turnover rate (%)

242

264

175

108

122d

a Based on average shares outstanding during the period.
b Total return would have been lower had certain expenses not been reduced.
c The ratio includes expenses allocated from the Asset Management Portfolio, the Fund's master portfolio through August 20, 2004.
d This ratio includes the purchase and sales of portfolio securities of the DWS Lifecycle Long Range Fund as a stand-alone fund in addition to the Asset Management Portfolio.
* Amount is less than $.005.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

Notes to Financial Statements

A. Significant Accounting Policies

DWS Lifecycle Long Range Fund (the "Fund") is a diversified series of DWS Advisor Funds (the "Trust") which is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "1940 Act"), as an open-end management investment company organized as a Massachusetts business trust.

The Fund offers two classes of shares: Institutional Class and Class S. Institutional Class shares are offered to a limited group of investors and are not subject to initial or contingent deferred sales charges. Institutional Class shares have lower ongoing expenses than Class S shares. Class S shares are not subject to initial or contingent deferred sales charges and are generally not available to new investors except under certain circumstances.

Investment income, realized and unrealized gains and losses, and certain fund-level expenses and expense reductions, if any, are borne pro rata on the basis of relative net assets by the holders of both classes of shares except that each class bears certain expenses unique to that class such as services to shareholders and certain other class specific expenses. Differences in class-level expenses may result in payment of different per share dividends by class. All shares of the Fund have equal rights with respect to voting subject to class-specific arrangements.

The Fund's financial statements are prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, which require the use of management estimates. Actual results could differ from those estimates. The policies described below are followed consistently by the Fund in the preparation of its financial statements.

Security Valuation. Investments are stated at value determined as of the close of regular trading on the New York Stock Exchange on each day the exchange is open for trading. Equity securities and exchange traded funds are valued at the most recent sale price or official closing price reported on the exchange (US or foreign) or over-the-counter market on which the security is traded most extensively. Securities for which no sales are reported are valued at the calculated mean between the most recent bid and asked quotations on the relevant market or, if a mean cannot be determined, at the most recent bid quotation.

Debt securities are valued by independent pricing services approved by the Trustees of the Fund. If the pricing services are unable to provide valuations, the securities are valued at the most recent bid quotation or evaluated price, obtained from one or more broker-dealers. Such services may use various pricing techniques which take into account appropriate factors such as yield, quality, coupon rate, maturity, type of issue, trading characteristics and other data, as well as broker quotes.

Money market instruments purchased with an original or remaining maturity of sixty days or less, maturing at par, are valued at amortized cost. Investments in open-end investment companies and Cash Management QP Trust are valued at their net asset value each business day.

Securities and other assets for which market quotations are not readily available or for which the above valuation procedures are deemed not to reflect fair value are valued in a manner that is intended to reflect their fair value as determined in accordance with procedures approved by the Trustees. The Fund may use a fair valuation model to value international equity securities in order to adjust for events which may occur between the close of the foreign exchanges and the close of the New York Stock Exchange. In accordance with the Fund's valuation procedures, factors used in determining value may include, but are not limited to, the type of the security, the size of the holding, the initial cost of the security, the existence of any contractual restrictions on the security's disposition, the price and extent of public trading in similar securities of the issuer or of comparable companies, quotations or evaluated prices from broker-dealers and/or pricing services, information obtained from the issuer, analysts, and/or the appropriate stock exchange (for exchange-traded securities), an analysis of the company's financial statements, an evaluation of the forces that influence the issuer and the market(s) in which the security is purchased and sold and with respect to debt securities, the maturity, coupon, creditworthiness, currency denomination, and the movement of the market in which the security is normally traded. The value determined under these procedures may differ from published values for the same securities.

The Fund adopted Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 157, "Fair Value Measurements" ("FAS 157"), effective at the beginning of the Fund's fiscal year. Disclosure about the classification of fair value measurements is included at the end of the Fund's Investment Portfolio.

New Accounting Pronouncements. In March 2008, the FASB issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 161 ("FAS 161"), "Disclosures about Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities." FAS 161 requires enhanced disclosure about an entity's derivative and hedging activities including qualitative disclosures about the objectives and strategies for using derivatives, quantitative disclosures about fair value amounts of gains and losses on derivative instruments, and disclosures about credit-risk-related contingent features in derivative agreements. FAS 161 is effective for fiscal years and interim periods beginning after November 15, 2008. Management is currently reviewing the enhanced disclosure requirements for the adoption of FAS 161.

In addition, in April 2009, FASB issued FASB Staff Position No. 157-4, "Determining Fair Value When the Volume and Level of Activity for the Asset or Liability Have Significantly Decreased and Identifying Transactions That Are Not Orderly" ("FSP 157-4"). FSP 157-4 provides additional guidance for estimating fair value in accordance with FAS 157, when the volume and level of activity for the asset or liability have significantly decreased as well as guidance on identifying circumstances that indicate a transaction is not orderly. FSP 157-4 is effective for fiscal years and interim periods ending after June 15, 2009. Management is currently reviewing the enhanced disclosure requirements for the adoption of FSP 157-4.

Foreign Currency Translations. The books and records of the Fund are maintained in US dollars. Investment securities and other assets and liabilities denominated in a foreign currency are translated into US dollars at the prevailing exchange rates at period end. Purchases and sales of investment securities, income and expenses are translated into US dollars at the prevailing exchange rates on the respective dates of the transactions.

Net realized and unrealized gains and losses on foreign currency transactions represent net gains and losses between trade and settlement dates on securities transactions, the disposition of forward foreign currency exchange contracts and foreign currencies, and the difference between the amount of net investment income accrued and the US dollar amount actually received. That portion of both realized and unrealized gains and losses on investments that results from fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates is not separately disclosed but is included with net realized and unrealized gain/appreciation and loss/depreciation on investments.

Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts. A forward foreign currency exchange contract ("forward currency contract") is a commitment to purchase or sell a foreign currency at the settlement date at a negotiated rate. The Fund may enter into forward currency contracts in order to hedge its exposure to changes in foreign currency exchange rates on its foreign currency denominated portfolio holdings, to facilitate transactions in foreign currency denominated securities and to enhance the total returns. The Fund may also enter into forward currency contracts as part of its global tactical asset allocation overlay strategy.

Forward currency contracts are valued at the prevailing forward exchange rate of the underlying currencies and unrealized gain (loss) is recorded daily. Sales and purchases of forward currency contracts having the same settlement date and broker are offset and any gain (loss) is realized on the date of offset; otherwise, gain (loss) is realized on settlement date. Realized and unrealized gains and losses which represent the difference between the value of a forward currency contract to buy and a forward currency contract to sell are included in net realized and unrealized gain (loss) from foreign currency.

Certain risks may arise upon entering into forward currency contracts from the potential inability of counterparties to meet the terms of their contracts. Additionally, when utilizing forward currency contracts to hedge, the Fund gives up the opportunity to profit from favorable exchange rate movements during the term of the contract.

Securities Lending. The Fund may lend securities to financial institutions. The Fund retains beneficial ownership of the securities it has loaned and continues to receive interest and dividends paid by the issuer of securities and to participate in any changes in their market value. The Fund requires the borrowers of the securities to maintain collateral with the Fund consisting of liquid, unencumbered assets having a value at least equal to the value of the securities loaned. When the collateral falls below specified amounts, the lending agents will use their best efforts to obtain additional collateral on the next business day to meet required amounts under the security lending agreement. The Fund may invest the cash collateral into a joint trading account in an affiliated money market fund pursuant to Exemptive Orders issued by the SEC. The Fund receives compensation for lending its securities either in the form of fees or by earning interest on invested cash collateral net of borrower rebates and fees paid to a lending agent. Either the Fund or the borrower may terminate the loan. There may be risks of delay and costs in recovery of securities or even loss of rights in the collateral should the borrower of the securities fail financially. The Fund is also subject to all investment risks associated with the reinvestment of any cash collateral received, including, but not limited to, interest rate, credit and liquidity risk associated with such investments.

Futures Contracts. A futures contract is an agreement between a buyer or seller and an established futures exchange or its clearinghouse in which the buyer or seller agrees to take or make a delivery of a specific amount of a financial instrument at a specified price on a specific date (settlement date). The Fund may utilize futures contracts as an efficient means of managing allocations between assets or to keep cash on hand to meet shareholder redemptions or other needs while maintaining exposure to the market. The Fund may also utilize futures as part of its global tactical asset allocation overlay strategy.

Upon entering into a futures contract, the Fund is required to deposit with a financial intermediary an amount ("initial margin") equal to a certain percentage of the face value indicated in the futures contract. Subsequent payments ("variation margin") are made or received by the Fund dependent upon the daily fluctuations in the value of the underlying security and are recorded for financial reporting purposes as unrealized gains or losses by the Fund. When entering into a closing transaction, the Fund will realize a gain or loss equal to the difference between the value of the futures contract to sell and the futures contract to buy. Futures contracts are valued at the most recent settlement price.

Certain risks may arise upon entering into futures contracts, including the risk that an illiquid secondary market will limit the Fund's ability to close out a futures contract prior to the settlement date and that a change in the value of a futures contract may not correlate exactly with the changes in the value of the securities or currencies hedged. When utilizing futures contracts to hedge, the Fund gives up the opportunity to profit from favorable price movements in the hedged positions during the term of the contract. Risk of loss may exceed amounts recognized on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

When-Issued/Delayed Delivery Securities. The Fund may purchase securities with delivery or payment to occur at a later date beyond the normal settlement period. At the time the Fund enters into a commitment to purchase a security, the transaction is recorded and the value of the security is reflected in the net asset value. The price of such security and the date when the security will be delivered and paid for are fixed at the time the transaction is negotiated. The value of the security may vary with market fluctuations. No interest accrues to the Fund until payment takes place. At the time the Fund enters into this type of transaction it is required to segregate cash or other liquid assets at least equal to the amount of the commitment.

Certain risks may arise upon entering into when-issued or delayed delivery securities from the potential inability of counterparties to meet the terms of their contracts or if the issuer does not issue the securities due to political, economic, or other factors. Additionally, losses may arise due to changes in the value of the underlying securities.

Taxes. The Fund's policy is to comply with the requirements of the Internal Revenue Code, as amended, which are applicable to regulated investment companies, and to distribute all of its taxable income to its shareholders.

Additionally, based on the Fund's understanding of the tax rules and rates related to income, gains and transactions for the foreign jurisdictions in which it invests, the Fund will provide for foreign taxes, and where appropriate, deferred foreign taxes.

At March 31, 2009, the Fund had a net tax basis capital loss carryforward of approximately $108,377,000, which may be applied against any realized net taxable capital gains of each succeeding year until fully utilized or until March 31, 2010 ($4,331,000), March 31, 2011 ($6,531,000), March 31, 2012 ($1,658,000), March 31, 2013 ($255,000) and March 31, 2017 ($95,602,000), the respective expiration dates, whichever occurs first, subject to certain limitations under Sections 382-383 of the Internal Revenue Code.

In addition, from November 1, 2008 through March 31, 2009, the Fund incurred approximately $108,949,000 of net realized capital losses and currency losses of approximately $246,000. As permitted by tax regulations, the Fund intends to elect to defer these losses and treat them as arising in the fiscal year ending March 31, 2010.

The Fund has reviewed the tax positions for the open tax years as of March 31, 2009 and has determined that no provision for income tax is required in the Fund's financial statements. The Fund's federal tax returns for the prior three fiscal years remain subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service.

Distribution of Income and Gains. Net investment income of the Fund is declared and distributed to shareholders quarterly. Net realized gains from investment transactions, in excess of available capital loss carryforwards, would be taxable to the Fund if not distributed, and, therefore, will be distributed to shareholders at least annually.

The timing and characterization of certain income and capital gains distributions are determined annually in accordance with federal tax regulations which may differ from accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. These differences primarily relate to investments in foreign denominated investments, investments in passive foreign investment companies, forward foreign currency exchange contracts, recognition of certain foreign currency gains (losses) as ordinary income (loss), futures contracts and certain securities sold at a loss. As a result net investment income (loss) and net realized gain (loss) on investment transactions for a reporting period may differ significantly from distributions during such period. Accordingly, the Fund may periodically make reclassifications among certain of its capital accounts without impacting the net asset value of the Fund.

At March 31, 2009, each Fund's components of distributable earnings (accumulated losses) on a tax-basis were as follows:

Capital loss carryforward

$ (108,377,000)

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments

$ (73,860,778)

In addition, the tax character of distributions paid to shareholders by the Fund is summarized as follows:

 

Years Ended March 31,

 

2009

2008

Distributions from ordinary income*

$ 14,401,959

$ 70,993,246

Distributions from long-term capital gains*

$ 8,080,035

$ 67,170,086

Return of capital

$ 6,008,659

$ —

* For tax purposes, short-term capital gains distributions and gains from forward foreign currency exchange contracts are considered ordinary income distributions.

Real Estate Investment Trusts. The Fund periodically recharacterizes distributions received from a Real Estate Investment Trust ("REIT") investment based on information provided by the REIT into the following categories: ordinary income, long-term and short-term capital gains, and return of capital. If information is not available timely from a REIT, the recharacterization will be estimated and a recharacterization will be made in the following year when such information becomes available. Distributions received from REITs in excess of income are recorded as either a reduction of cost of investments or realized gains. The Fund distinguishes between dividends on a tax basis and a financial reporting basis and only distributions in excess of tax basis earnings and profits are reported in the financial statements as a return of capital for tax reporting purposes.

Expenses. Expenses of the Trust arising in connection with a specific fund are allocated to that fund. Other Trust expenses which cannot be directly attributed to a fund are apportioned among the funds in the Trust.

Contingencies. In the normal course of business, the Fund may enter into contracts with service providers that contain general indemnification clauses. The Fund's maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would involve future claims that may be made against the Fund that have not yet been made. However, based on experience, the Fund expects the risk of loss to be remote.

Other. Investment transactions are accounted for on a trade date plus one basis for daily net asset value calculations. However, for financial reporting purposes, investment security transactions are reported on trade date. Interest income is recorded on the accrual basis. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date net of foreign withholding taxes. Certain dividends from foreign securities may be recorded subsequent to the ex-dividend date as soon as the Fund is informed of such dividends. Realized gains and losses from investment transactions are recorded on an identified cost basis. All premiums and discounts are amortized/accreted for financial reporting purposes, with the exception of securities in default of principal.

B. Purchases and Sales of Securities

During the year ended March 31, 2009, purchases and sales of investment securities (excluding short-term investments and US Treasury obligations) aggregated $910,128,756 and $1,015,149,639, respectively. Purchases and sales of US Treasury obligations aggregated $301,206,157 and $293,685,807, respectively.

C. Related Parties

Management Agreement. Under the Investment Management Agreement with Deutsche Investment Management Americas Inc. ("DIMA" or the "Advisor"), an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of Deutsche Bank AG, the Advisor directs the investments of the Fund in accordance with its investment objectives, policies and restrictions. The Advisor determines the securities, instruments and other contracts relating to investments to be purchased, sold or entered into by the Fund or delegates such responsibility to the Fund's subadvisor.

Pursuant to a written contract, Aberdeen Asset Management Inc. ("AAMI"), a direct, wholly owned subsidiary of Aberdeen Asset Management PLC, serves as subadvisor to the Fund with respect to the fixed income portion of the Fund's portfolio. AAMI is paid for its services by the Advisor from its fee as investment advisor to the Fund.

Under the Investment Management Agreement with the Advisor, the Fund pays a monthly management fee based on the Fund's average daily net assets, computed and accrued daily and payable monthly, at the following annual rates:

First $250 million of the Fund's average daily net assets

.600%

Next $750 million of such net assets

.575%

Over $1 billion of such net assets

.550%

Effective October 1, 2008 through September 30, 2009, the Advisor has contractually agreed to waive all or a portion of its management fee and reimburse or pay certain operating expenses of the Fund (excluding certain expenses such as extraordinary expenses, taxes, brokerage and interest) to the extent necessary to maintain the total operating expenses of Class S at 1.00%.

In addition, the Advisor has voluntarily agreed to waive a portion of its management fee and reimburse or pay certain operating expenses of the Fund (excluding certain expenses such as extraordinary expenses, taxes, brokerage and interest) to the extent necessary to maintain the total operating expenses of Institutional Class at 0.55%. This voluntary waiver or reimbursement may be terminated at any time at the option of the Advisor.

Accordingly, for the year ended March 31, 2009, the Advisor waived a portion of its management fee pursuant to the Investment Management Agreement aggregating $1,404,379 ($10,137 and $1,394,242 for Class S and Institutional Class, respectively) and the amount charged aggregated $1,767,553, which was equivalent to an annual effective rate of 0.33% of the Fund's average daily net assets.

In addition, for the year ended March 31, 2009, the Advisor reimbursed $820,961 of sub-recordkeeping expenses for Institutional Class shares.

Administration Fee. Pursuant to an Administrative Services Agreement, DIMA provides most administrative services to the Fund. For all services provided under the Administrative Services Agreement, the Fund pays the Advisor an annual fee ("Administration Fee") of 0.10% of the Fund's average daily net assets, computed and accrued daily and payable monthly. For the year ended March 31, 2009, the Advisor received an Administration Fee of $540,771, of which $32,874 is unpaid.

Service Provider Fees. DWS Investments Service Company ("DISC"), an affiliate of the Advisor, is the transfer agent, dividend-paying agent and shareholder service agent for the Fund. Pursuant to a sub-transfer agency agreement between DISC and DST Systems, Inc. ("DST"), DISC has delegated certain transfer agent, dividend-paying agent and shareholder service agent functions to DST. DISC compensates DST out of the shareholder servicing fee it receives from the Fund. For the year ended March 31, 2009, the amounts charged to the Fund by DISC were as follows:

Services to Shareholders

Total Aggregated

Waived

Unpaid at March 31, 2009

Class S

$ 1,966

$ —

$ 494

Institutional Class

312

312

 

$ 2,278

$ 312

$ 494

Typesetting and Filing Service Fees. Under an agreement with DIMA, DIMA is compensated for providing typesetting and certain regulatory filing services to the Fund. For the year ended March 31, 2009, the amount charged to the Fund by DIMA included in the Statement of Operations under "reports to shareholders" aggregated $46,347, of which $13,442 is unpaid.

Trustees' Fees and Expenses. The Fund paid each Trustee not affiliated with the Advisor retainer fees plus specified amounts for various committee services and for the Board Chairperson.

In connection with the board consolidation on April 1, 2008, of the two DWS Funds Boards of Trustees, certain Independent Board Members retired prior to their normal retirement date, and received a one-time retirement benefit. DIMA has agreed to reimburse the Funds for the cost of this benefit. During the period ended March 31, 2009, the Fund paid its allocated portion of the retirement benefit of $3,899 to the non-continuing Independent Board Members, and the Fund was reimbursed by DIMA for this payment.

Cash Management QP Trust. Pursuant to an Exemptive Order issued by the SEC, the Fund may invest in the Cash Management QP Trust (the "QP Trust") and other affiliated funds managed by the Advisor. The QP Trust seeks to provide as high a level of current income as is consistent with the preservation of capital and the maintenance of liquidity. The QP Trust does not pay the Advisor a management fee for the affiliated funds' investments in the QP Trust.

D. Concentration of Ownership

From time to time the Fund may have a concentration of several shareholders holding a significant percentage of shares outstanding. Investment activities of these shareholders could have a material impact on the Fund.

At March 31, 2009, one or more shareholders individually held greater than 10% of the outstanding shares of the Fund. These shareholders held 70% and 23%, respectively, of the total shares outstanding of the Fund.

E. Fee Reductions

The Fund has entered into an arrangement with its custodian and transfer agent whereby credits realized as a result of uninvested cash balances are used to reduce a portion of the Fund's custodian expenses. During the year ended March 31, 2009, the Fund's custodian fee was reduced by $2,820 and $1,051, respectively, for custody and transfer agent credits earned.

F. Line of Credit

The Fund and other affiliated funds (the "Participants") share in a $490 million revolving credit facility provided by a syndication of banks. The Fund may borrow for temporary or emergency purposes, including the meeting of redemption requests that otherwise might require the untimely disposition of securities. The Participants are charged an annual commitment fee which is allocated based on net assets, among each of the Participants. Interest is calculated at the Federal Funds Rate plus 0.35 percent. The Fund may borrow up to a maximum of 33 percent of its net assets under the agreement.

G. Share Transactions

The following table summarizes share and dollar activity in the Fund:

 

Year Ended March 31, 2009

Year Ended March 31, 2008

 

Shares

Dollars

Shares

Dollars

Shares sold

Class S

46,789

$ 384,077

53,768

$ 583,399

Institutional Class

6,611,924

48,237,743

8,558,886

98,433,063

 

 

$ 48,621,820

 

$ 99,016,462

Shares issued to shareholders in reinvestment of distributions

Class S

24,253

$ 199,476

82,668

$ 883,751

Institutional Class

3,297,625

28,289,939

12,318,040

137,271,268

 

 

$ 28,489,415

 

$ 138,155,019

Shares redeemed

Class S

(104,736)

$ (805,893)

(84,282)

$ (1,031,482)

Institutional Class

(20,460,940)

(184,452,584)

(10,507,314)

(117,955,922)

 

 

$ (185,258,477)

 

$ (118,987,404)

Redemption fees

$ —

 

$ 89,752

Net increase (decrease)

Class S

(33,694)

$ (222,340)

52,154

$ 525,420

Institutional Class

(10,551,391)

(107,924,902)

10,369,612

117,748,409

 

 

$ (108,147,242)

 

$ 118,273,829

H. Payments by Affiliates

The Advisor has agreed to fully reimburse the Fund for a loss incurred on a trade executed incorrectly. The amount of the loss was less than 0.01% of the Fund's average daily net assets, thus having no impact on the Fund's total return.

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Trustees of DWS Advisor Funds and Shareholders of DWS Lifecycle Long Range Fund:

In our opinion, the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities, including the investment portfolio, and the related statements of operations and of changes in net assets and the financial highlights present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of DWS Lifecycle Long Range Fund (the "Fund") at March 31, 2009, and the results of its operations, the changes in its net assets and the financial highlights for each of the periods indicated therein, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. These financial statements and financial highlights (hereafter referred to as "financial statements") are the responsibility of the Fund's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits. We conducted our audits of these financial statements in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits, which included confirmation of securities at March 31, 2009 by correspondence with the custodian and brokers, provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

Boston, Massachusetts
May 27, 2009

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Tax Information (Unaudited)

The Fund paid distributions of $0.13 per share from net long-term capital gains during its year ended March 31, 2009, of which 100% represents 15% rate gains.

For corporate shareholders, 30% of the income dividends paid during the Fund's fiscal year ended March 31, 2009, qualified for the dividends received deduction.

For federal income tax purposes, the Fund designates $8,460,000, or the maximum amount allowable under tax law, as qualified dividend income.

Please consult a tax advisor if you have questions about federal or state income tax laws, or on how to prepare your tax returns. If you have specific questions about your account, please call (800) 621-1048.

Summary of Management Fee Evaluation by Independent Fee Consultant

October 24, 2008

Pursuant to an Order entered into by Deutsche Investment Management Americas and affiliates (collectively, "DeAM") with the Attorney General of New York, I, Thomas H. Mack, have been appointed the Independent Fee Consultant for the DWS Funds (formerly the DWS Scudder Funds). My duties include preparing an annual written evaluation of the management fees DeAM charges the Funds, considering among other factors the management fees charged by other mutual fund companies for like services, management fees DeAM charges other clients for like services, DeAM's costs of supplying services under the management agreements and related profit margins, possible economies of scale if a Fund grows larger, and the nature and quality of DeAM's services, including fund performance. This report summarizes my evaluation for 2008, including my qualifications, the evaluation process for each of the DWS Funds, consideration of certain complex-level factors, and my conclusions. I served in substantially the same capacity in 2007.

Qualifications

For more than 35 years I have served in various professional capacities within the investment management business. I have held investment analysis and advisory positions, including securities analyst, portfolio strategist and director of investment policy with a large investment firm. I have also performed business management functions, including business development, financial management and marketing research and analysis.

Since 1991, I have been an independent consultant within the asset management industry. I have provided services to over 125 client organizations, including investment managers, mutual fund boards, product distributors and related organizations. Over the past ten years I have completed a number of assignments for mutual fund boards, specifically including assisting boards with management contract renewal.

I hold a Master of Business Administration degree, with highest honors, from Harvard University and Master of Science and Bachelor of Science (highest honors) degrees from the University of California at Berkeley. I am an independent director and audit committee financial expert for two closed-end mutual funds, serve on the board of directors of a private market research company, and have served in various leadership and financial oversight capacities with non-profit organizations.

Evaluation of Fees for each DWS Fund

My work focused primarily on evaluating, fund-by-fund, the fees charged to each of the 129 Fund portfolios in the DWS Fund family. For each Fund, I considered each of the key factors mentioned above, as well as any other relevant information. In doing so I worked closely with the Funds' Independent Directors in their annual contract renewal process, as well as in their approval of contracts for several new funds (documented separately).

In evaluating each Fund's fees, I reviewed comprehensive materials provided by or on behalf of DeAM, including expense information prepared by Lipper Analytical, comparative performance information, profitability data, manager histories, and other materials. I also accessed certain additional information from the Lipper, Strategic Insight, and Morningstar databases and drew on my industry knowledge and experience.

To facilitate evaluating this considerable body of information, I prepared for each Fund a document summarizing the key data elements in each area as well as additional analytics discussed below. This made it possible to consider each key data element in the context of the others.

In the course of contract renewal, DeAM agreed to implement a number of fee and expense adjustments requested by the Independent Directors which will favorably impact future fees and expenses, and my evaluation includes the effects of these changes.

Fees and Expenses Compared with Other Funds

The competitive fee and expense evaluation for each fund focused on two primary comparisons:

The Fund's contractual management fee (the advisory fee plus the administration fee where applicable) compared with those of a group of typically 12-15 funds in the same Lipper investment category (e.g. Large Capitalization Growth) having similar distribution arrangements and being of similar size.

The Fund's total expenses compared with a broader universe of funds from the same Lipper investment category and having similar distribution arrangements.

These two comparisons provide a view of not only the level of the fee compared with funds of similar scale but also the total expense the Fund bears for all the services it receives, in comparison with the investment choices available in the Fund's investment category and distribution channel. The principal figure-of-merit used in these comparisons was the subject Fund's percentile ranking against peers.

DeAM's Fees for Similar Services to Others

DeAM provided management fee schedules for all of its US domiciled fund and non-fund investment management accounts in any of the investment categories where there is a DWS Fund. These similar products included the other DWS Funds, non-fund pooled accounts, institutional accounts and sub-advisory accounts. Using this information, I calculated for each Fund the fee that would be charged to each similar product, at the subject Fund's asset level.

Evaluating information regarding non-fund products is difficult because there are varying levels of services required for different types of accounts, with mutual funds generally requiring considerably more regulatory and administrative types of service as well as having more frequent cash flows than other types of accounts. Also, while mutual fund fees for similar fund products can be expected to be similar, there will be some differences due to different pricing conditions in different distribution channels (e.g. retail funds versus those used in variable insurance products), differences in underlying investment processes and other factors.

Costs and Profit Margins

DeAM provided a detailed profitability analysis for each Fund. After making some adjustments so that the presentation would be more comparable to the available industry figures, I reviewed profit margins from investment management alone, from investment management plus other fund services (excluding distribution) provided to the Funds by DeAM (principally shareholder services), and DeAM profits from all sources, including distribution. A later section comments on overall profitability.

Economies of Scale

Economies of scale — an expected decline in management cost per dollar of fund assets as fund assets grow — are very rarely quantified and documented because of inherent difficulties in collecting and analyzing relevant data. However, in virtually every investment category that I reviewed, larger funds tend to have lower fees and lower total expenses than smaller funds. To see how each DWS Fund compares with this industry observation, I reviewed:

The trend in Fund assets over the last five years and the accompanying trend in total expenses. This shows if the Fund has grown and, if so, whether total expense (management fees as well as other expenses) have declined as a percent of assets.

Whether the Fund has break-points in its management fee schedule, the extent of the fee reduction built into the schedule and the asset levels where the breaks take effect, and in the case of a sub-advised Fund how the Fund's break-points compare with those of the sub-advisory fee schedule.

How the Fund's contractual fee schedule compares with trends in the industry data. To accomplish this, I constructed a chart showing how actual latest-fiscal-year contractual fees of the Fund and of other similar funds relate to average fund assets, with the subject Fund's contractual fee schedule superimposed.

Quality of Service — Performance

The quality-of-service evaluation focused on investment performance, which is the principal result of the investment management service. Each Fund's performance was reviewed over the past 1, 3, 5 and 10 years, as applicable, and compared with that of other funds in the same investment category and with a suitable market index.

In addition, I calculated and reviewed risk-adjusted returns relative to an index of similar mutual funds' returns and a suitable market index. The risk-adjusted returns analysis provides a way of determining the extent to which the Fund's return comparisons are mainly the product of investment value-added (or lack thereof) or alternatively taking considerably more or less risk than is typical in its investment category.

I also received and considered the history of portfolio manager changes for each Fund, as this provided an important context for evaluating the performance results.

Complex-Level Considerations

While this evaluation was conducted mainly at the individual fund level, there are some issues relating to the reasonableness of fees that can alternatively be considered across the whole fund complex:

I reviewed DeAM's profitability analysis for all DWS Funds, with a view toward determining if the allocation procedures used were reasonable and how profit levels compared with public data for other investment managers.

I considered whether DeAM and affiliates receive any significant ancillary or "fall-out" benefits that should be considered in interpreting the direct profitability results. These would be situations where serving as the investment manager of the Funds is beneficial to another part of the Deutsche Bank organization.

I considered how aggregated DWS Fund expenses had varied over the years, by asset class and in the context of trends in asset levels.

I reviewed the structure of the DeAM organization, trends in staffing levels, and information on compensation of investment management and other professionals compared with industry data.

Findings

Based on the process and analysis discussed above, which included reviewing a wide range of information from management and external data sources and considering among other factors the fees DeAM charges other clients, the fees charged by other fund managers, DeAM's costs and profits associated with managing the Funds, economies of scale, possible fall-out benefits, and the nature and quality of services provided, in my opinion the management fees charged the DWS Funds are reasonable.

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Thomas H. Mack

Summary of Administrative Fee Evaluation by Independent Fee Consultant

September 29, 2008

Pursuant to an Order entered into by Deutsche Asset Management (DeAM) with the Attorney General of New York, I, Thomas H. Mack, have been appointed the Independent Fee Consultant for the DWS Funds and have as part of my duties evaluated the reasonableness of the proposed management fees to be charged by DeAM to the DWS Funds, taking onto account a proposal to pass through to the funds certain fund accounting-related charges in connection with new regulatory requirements. My evaluation considered the following:

While the proposal would alter the services to be provided under the Administration Agreement, which I consider to be part of fund management under the Order, it is my opinion that the change in services is slight and that the scope of prospective services under the combination of the Advisory and Administration Agreements continues to be comparable with those typically provided to competitive funds under their management agreements.

While the proposal would increase fund expenses, according to a pro forma analysis performed by management, the prospective effect is less than .01% for all but seven of the DeAM Funds' 438 active share classes, and in all cases the effect is less than .03% and overall expenses would remain reasonable in my opinion.

Based on the foregoing considerations, in my opinion the fees and expenses for all of the DWS Funds will remain reasonable if the Directors adopt this proposal.

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Thomas H. Mack

Board Members and Officers

The following table presents certain information regarding the Board Members and Officers of the Trust as of March 31, 2009. Each Board Member's year of birth is set forth in parentheses after his or her name. Unless otherwise noted, (i) each Board Member has engaged in the principal occupation(s) noted in the table for at least the most recent five years, although not necessarily in the same capacity; and (ii) the address of each Independent Board Member is c/o Dawn-Marie Driscoll, PO Box 100176, Cape Coral, FL 33904. Except as otherwise noted below, the term of office for each Board Member is until the election and qualification of a successor, or until such Board Member sooner dies, resigns, is removed or as otherwise provided in the governing documents of the fund. Because the fund does not hold an annual meeting of shareholders, each Board Member will hold office for an indeterminate period. The Board Members may also serve in similar capacities with other funds in the fund complex. The Length of Time Served represents the year in which the Board Member joined the board of one or more DWS funds now overseen by the Board.

Independent Board Members

Name, Year of Birth, Position with the Fund and Length of Time Served1

Business Experience and Directorships During the Past Five Years

Number of Funds in DWS Fund Complex Overseen

Paul K. Freeman (1950)
Chairperson since 20092
Board Member since 1993
Consultant, World Bank/Inter-American Development Bank; Governing Council of the Independent Directors Council (governance, executive committees); formerly, Project Leader, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (1998-2001); Chief Executive Officer, The Eric Group, Inc. (environmental insurance) (1986-1998)

133

John W. Ballantine (1946)
Board Member since 1999
Retired; formerly, Executive Vice President and Chief Risk Management Officer, First Chicago NBD Corporation/The First National Bank of Chicago (1996-1998); Executive Vice President and Head of International Banking (1995-1996). Directorships: Healthways, Inc. (provider of disease and care management services); Portland General Electric (utility company); Stockwell Capital Investments PLC (private equity). Former Directorships: First Oak Brook Bancshares, Inc. and Oak Brook Bank

133

Henry P. Becton, Jr. (1943)
Board Member since 1990
Vice Chair, WGBH Educational Foundation. Directorships: Association of Public Television Stations; Becton Dickinson and Company3 (medical technology company); Belo Corporation3 (media company); Boston Museum of Science; Public Radio International; PRX, The Public Radio Exchange; The PBS Foundation. Former Directorships: American Public Television; Concord Academy; New England Aquarium; Mass. Corporation for Educational Telecommunications; Committee for Economic Development; Public Broadcasting Service

133

Dawn-Marie Driscoll (1946)
Board Member since 1987
President, Driscoll Associates (consulting firm); Executive Fellow, Center for Business Ethics, Bentley University; formerly, Partner, Palmer & Dodge (1988-1990); Vice President of Corporate Affairs and General Counsel, Filene's (1978-1988). Directorships: Trustee of 20 open-end mutual funds managed by Sun Capital Advisers, Inc. (since 2007); Director of ICI Mutual Insurance Company (since 2007); Advisory Board, Center for Business Ethics, Bentley University; Trustee, Southwest Florida Community Foundation (charitable organization). Former Directorships: Investment Company Institute (audit, executive, nominating committees) and Independent Directors Council (governance, executive committees)

133

Keith R. Fox (1954)
Board Member since 1996
Managing General Partner, Exeter Capital Partners (a series of private equity funds). Directorships: Progressive Holding Corporation (kitchen goods importer and distributor); Natural History, Inc. (magazine publisher); Box Top Media Inc. (advertising); The Kennel Shop (retailer)

133

Kenneth C. Froewiss (1945)
Board Member since 2001
Clinical Professor of Finance, NYU Stern School of Business (1997-present); Member, Finance Committee, Association for Asian Studies (2002-present); Director, Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Group (US) (2004-present); prior thereto, Managing Director, J.P. Morgan (investment banking firm) (until 1996)

133

Richard J. Herring (1946)
Board Member since 1990
Jacob Safra Professor of International Banking and Professor, Finance Department, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania (since July 1972); Co-Director, Wharton Financial Institutions Center (since July 2000); Director, Japan Equity Fund, Inc. (since September 2007), Thai Capital Fund, Inc. (since September 2007), Singapore Fund, Inc. (since September 2007). Formerly, Vice Dean and Director, Wharton Undergraduate Division (July 1995-June 2000); Director, Lauder Institute of International Management Studies (July 2000-June 2006)

133

William McClayton (1944)
Board Member since 2004
Managing Director, Diamond Management & Technology Consultants, Inc. (global management consulting firm) (2001-present); Directorship: Board of Managers, YMCA of Metropolitan Chicago; formerly: Senior Partner, Arthur Andersen LLP (accounting) (1966-2001); Trustee, Ravinia Festival

133

Rebecca W. Rimel (1951)
Board Member since 1995
President and Chief Executive Officer, The Pew Charitable Trusts (charitable organization) (1994 to present); Trustee, Thomas Jefferson Foundation (charitable organization) (1994 to present); Trustee, Executive Committee, Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce (2001-2007); Trustee, Pro Publica (2007-present) (charitable organization). Formerly, Executive Vice President, The Glenmede Trust Company (investment trust and wealth management) (1983-2004); Board Member, Investor Education (charitable organization) (2004-2005); Director, Viasys Health Care3 (January 2007-June 2007)

133

William N. Searcy, Jr. (1946)
Board Member since 1993
Private investor since October 2003; Trustee of 20 open-end mutual funds managed by Sun Capital Advisers, Inc. (since October 1998). Formerly, Pension & Savings Trust Officer, Sprint Corporation3 (telecommunications) (November 1989-September 2003)

133

Jean Gleason Stromberg (1943)
Board Member since 1997
Retired. Formerly, Consultant (1997-2001); Director, US Government Accountability Office (1996-1997); Partner, Fulbright & Jaworski, L.L.P. (law firm) (1978-1996). Directorships: The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation; Business Leadership Council, Wellesley College. Former Directorships: Service Source, Inc., Mutual Fund Directors Forum (2002-2004), American Bar Retirement Association (funding vehicle for retirement plans) (1987-1990 and 1994-1996)

133

Robert H. Wadsworth
(1940)
Board Member since 1999
President, Robert H. Wadsworth & Associates, Inc. (consulting firm) (1983 to present); Director, The Phoenix Boys Choir Association

136

Interested Board Member

Name, Year of Birth, Position with the Fund and Length of Time Served1

Business Experience and Directorships During the Past Five Years

Number of Funds in Fund Complex Overseen

Axel Schwarzer4 (1958)
Board Member since 2006
Managing Director5, Deutsche Asset Management; Head of Deutsche Asset Management Americas; CEO of DWS Investments; formerly, board member of DWS Investments, Germany (1999-2005); formerly, Head of Sales and Product Management for the Retail and Private Banking Division of Deutsche Bank in Germany (1997-1999); formerly, various strategic and operational positions for Deutsche Bank Germany Retail and Private Banking Division in the field of investment funds, tax driven instruments and asset management for corporates (1989-1996)

133

Officers6

Name, Year of Birth, Position with the Fund and Length of Time Served7

Principal Occupation(s) During Past 5 Years and Other Directorships Held

Michael G. Clark8 (1965)
President, 2006-present
Managing Director5, Deutsche Asset Management (2006-present); President of DWS family of funds; Director, ICI Mutual Insurance Company (since October 2007); formerly, Director of Fund Board Relations (2004-2006) and Director of Product Development (2000-2004), Merrill Lynch Investment Managers; Senior Vice President Operations, Merrill Lynch Asset Management (1999-2000)
John Millette9 (1962)
Vice President and Secretary, 1999-present
Director5, Deutsche Asset Management
Paul H. Schubert8 (1963)
Chief Financial Officer, 2004-present
Treasurer, 2005-present
Managing Director5, Deutsche Asset Management (since July 2004); formerly, Executive Director, Head of Mutual Fund Services and Treasurer for UBS Family of Funds (1998-2004); Vice President and Director of Mutual Fund Finance at UBS Global Asset Management (1994-1998)
Caroline Pearson9 (1962)
Assistant Secretary, 1997-present
Managing Director5, Deutsche Asset Management
Rita Rubin10 (1970)
Assistant Secretary, 2009-present
Vice President and Counsel, Deutsche Asset Management (since October 2007); formerly, Vice President, Morgan Stanley Investment Management (2004-2007); Attorney, Shearman & Sterling LLP (2004); Vice President and Associate General Counsel, UBS Global Asset Management (2001-2004)
Paul Antosca9 (1957)
Assistant Treasurer, 2007-present
Director5, Deutsche Asset Management (since 2006); Vice President, The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company (U.S.A.) (1990-2006)
Jack Clark9 (1967)
Assistant Treasurer, 2007-present
Director5, Deutsche Asset Management (since 2007); formerly, Vice President, State Street Corporation (2002-2007)
Diane Kenneally9 (1966)
Assistant Treasurer, 2007-present
Director5, Deutsche Asset Management
Jason Vazquez10 (1972)
Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Officer, 2007-present
Vice President, Deutsche Asset Management (since 2006); formerly, AML Operations Manager for Bear Stearns (2004-2006), Supervising Compliance Principal and Operations Manager for AXA Financial (1999-2004)
Robert Kloby10 (1962)
Chief Compliance Officer, 2006-present
Managing Director5, Deutsche Asset Management (2004-present); formerly, Chief Compliance Officer/Chief Risk Officer, Robeco USA (2000-2004); Vice President, The Prudential Insurance Company of America (1988-2000); E.F. Hutton and Company (1984-1988)
J. Christopher Jackson10 (1951)
Chief Legal Officer, 2006-present
Director5, Deutsche Asset Management (2006-present); formerly, Director, Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Assistant Secretary, Hansberger Global Investors, Inc. (1996-2006); Director, National Society of Compliance Professionals (2002-2005) (2006-2009)
1 The length of time served represents the year in which the Board Member joined the board of one or more DWS funds currently overseen by the Board.
2 Mr. Freeman assumed the Chairperson role as of January 1, 2009. Prior to that Ms. Driscoll served as Chairperson of certain DWS funds since 2004.
3 A publicly held company with securities registered pursuant to Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
4 The mailing address of Axel Schwarzer is c/o Deutsche Investment Management Americas Inc., 345 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10154. Mr. Schwarzer is an interested Board Member by virtue of his positions with Deutsche Asset Management. As an interested person, Mr. Schwarzer receives no compensation from the fund.
5 Executive title, not a board directorship.
6 As a result of their respective positions held with the Advisor, these individuals are considered "interested persons" of the Advisor within the meaning of the 1940 Act. Interested persons receive no compensation from the fund.
7 The length of time served represents the year in which the officer was first elected in such capacity for one or more DWS funds.
8 Address: 345 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10154.
9 Address: One Beacon Street, Boston, MA 02108.
10 Address: 280 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10017.

The fund's Statement of Additional Information ("SAI") includes additional information about the Board Members. The SAI is available, without charge, upon request. If you would like to request a copy of the SAI, you may do so by calling the following toll-free number: (800) 621-1048.

Account Management Resources

 

For More Information

The automated telephone system allows you to access personalized account information and obtain information on other DWS funds using either your voice or your telephone keypad. Certain account types within Class S also has the ability to purchase, exchange or redeem shares using this system.
For more information, contact your financial advisor. You may also access our automated telephone system or speak with a DWS Investments representative by calling the appropriate number below:

For shareholders of Institutional Class:

(800) 621-1048

For shareholders of Class S:

(800) 728-3337

Web Site

www.dws-investments.com

View your account transactions and balances, trade shares, monitor your asset allocation, and change your address, 24 hours a day.
Obtain prospectuses and applications, blank forms, interactive worksheets, news about DWS funds, subscription to fund updates by e-mail, retirement planning information, and more.

Written Correspondence

DWS Investments

PO Box 219151
Kansas City, MO 64121-9151

Proxy Voting

The fund's policies and procedures for voting proxies for portfolio securities and information about how the fund voted proxies related to its portfolio securities during the 12-month period ended June 30 are available on our Web site — www.dws-investments.com (click on "proxy voting"at the bottom of the page) — or on the SEC's Web site — www.sec.gov. To obtain a written copy of the fund's policies and procedures without charge, upon request, call us toll free at (800) 621-1048.

Principal Underwriter

If you have questions, comments or complaints, contact:

DWS Investments Distributors, Inc.

222 South Riverside Plaza
Chicago, IL 60606-5808

(800) 621-1148

 

Class S

Institutional Class

Nasdaq Symbol

BTILX
BTAMX

CUSIP Number

23339E 517
23339E 525

Fund Number

812
567

Notes

Notes

Notes

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ITEM 2.

CODE OF ETHICS

 

 

 

As of the end of the period, March 31, 2009, DWS Lifecycle Long Range Fund has a code of ethics, as defined in Item 2 of Form N-CSR, that applies to its Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer.

 

There have been no amendments to, or waivers from, a provision of the code of ethics during the period covered by this report that would require disclosure under Item 2.

 

A copy of the code of ethics is filed as an exhibit to this Form N-CSR.

 

 

 

ITEM 3.

AUDIT COMMITTEE FINANCIAL EXPERT

 

 

 

The Funds’ audit committee is comprised solely of trustees who are “independent” (as such term has been defined by the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) in regulations implementing Section 407 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (the “Regulations”)). The Funds’ Board of Trustees has determined that there are several “audit committee financial experts” (as such term has been defined by the Regulations) serving on the Funds’ audit committee including Mr. William McClayton, the chair of the Funds’ audit committee. The SEC has stated that an audit committee financial expert is not an “expert” for any purpose, including for purposes of Section 11 of the Securities Act of 1933 and the designation or identification of a person as an audit committee financial expert pursuant to this Item 3 of Form N-CSR does not impose on such person any duties, obligations or liability that are greater than the duties, obligations and liability imposed on such person as a member of the audit committee and board of directors in the absence of such designation or identification.

 

 

ITEM 4.

PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES

 

 

DWS LIFECYCLE LONG RANGE FUND

FORM N-CSR DISCLOSURE RE: AUDIT FEES

The following table shows the amount of fees that PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP (“PWC”), the Fund’s independent registered public accounting firm, billed to the Fund during the Fund’s last two fiscal years. The Audit Committee approved in advance all audit services and non-audit services that PWC provided to the Fund.

Services that the Fund’s Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm Billed to the Fund

Fiscal Year
Ended
March 31,

Audit Fees Billed to Fund

Audit-Related
Fees Billed to Fund

Tax Fees Billed to Fund

All
Other Fees Billed to Fund

2009

$77,525

$0

$0

$0

2008

$68,025

$0

$0

$0

 

Services that the Fund’s Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm Billed to the Adviser and Affiliated Fund Service Providers

The following table shows the amount of fees billed by PWC to Deutsche Investment Management Americas, Inc. (“DeIM” or the “Adviser”), and any entity controlling, controlled by or under common control with DeIM (“Control Affiliate”) that provides ongoing services to the Fund (“Affiliated Fund Service Provider”), for engagements directly related to the Fund’s operations and financial reporting, during the Fund’s last two fiscal years.

 

 

Fiscal Year
March 31,

Audit-Related
Fees Billed to Adviser and Affiliated Fund Service Providers

Tax Fees Billed to Adviser and Affiliated Fund Service Providers

All
Other Fees Billed to Adviser and Affiliated Fund Service Providers

2009

$0

$19,000

$0

2008

$21,500

$25,000

$0

 

The “Audit-Related Fees” were billed for services in connection with the agreed-upon procedures related to fund mergers and the above “Tax Fees” were billed in connection with tax consultation and agreed-upon procedures.

Non-Audit Services

The following table shows the amount of fees that PWC billed during the Fund’s last two fiscal years for non-audit services. The Audit Committee pre-approved all non-audit services that PWC provided to the Adviser and any Affiliated Fund Service Provider that related directly to the Fund’s operations and financial reporting. The Audit Committee requested and received information from PWC about any non-audit services that PWC rendered during the Fund’s last fiscal year to the Adviser and any Affiliated Fund Service Provider. The Committee considered this information in evaluating PWC’s independence.

 

Fiscal Year
Ended
March 31,

Total
Non-Audit Fees Billed to Fund

(A)

Total Non-Audit Fees billed to Adviser and Affiliated Fund Service Providers (engagements related directly to the operations and financial reporting of the Fund)

(B)

Total Non-Audit Fees billed to Adviser and Affiliated Fund Service Providers (all other engagements)

(C)

Total of (A), (B)

and (C)

2009

$0

$19,000

$0

$19,000

2008

$0

$25,000

$600,000

$625,000

 

 

All other engagement fees were billed for services provided by PWC for services related to consulting on an IT project.

 

Audit Committee Pre-Approval Policies and Procedures. Generally, each Fund’s Audit Committee must pre approve (i) all services to be performed for a Fund by a Fund’s Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm and (ii) all non-audit services to be performed by a Fund’s Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for the DIMA Entities with respect to operations and financial reporting of the Fund, except that the Chairperson or Vice Chairperson of each Fund’s Audit Committee may grant the pre-approval for non-audit services described in items (i) and (ii) above for non-prohibited services for engagements of less than $100,000. All such delegated pre approvals shall be presented to each Fund’s Audit Committee no later than the next Audit Committee meeting.

 

There were no amounts that were approved by the Audit Committee pursuant to the de minimis exception under Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X.

 

According to the registrant’s principal Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm, all of the principal Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm's hours spent on auditing the registrant's financial statements were attributed to work performed by full-time permanent employees of the principal Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.

 

***

 

PwC advised the Fund's Audit Committee that PwC has identified two matters that it determined to be inconsistent with the SEC's auditor independence rules. In the first instance, an employee of PwC had power of attorney over an account which included DWS funds. The employee did not perform any audit services for the DWS Funds, but did work on a non audit project for Deutsche Bank AG. In the second instance, an employee of PwC served as a nominee shareholder (effectively equivalent to a Trustee) of various companies/trusts since 2001. Some of these companies held shares of Aberdeen, a sub advisor to certain DWS Funds, and of certain funds sponsored by subsidiaries of Deutsche Bank AG. The trustee relationship has ceased. PwC informed the Audit Committee that these matters could have constituted an investment in an affiliate of an audit client in violation of the Rule 2-01(c)(1) of Regulation S-X. PwC advised the Audit Committee that PwC believes its independence had not been impacted as it related to the audits of the Fund. In reaching this conclusion, PwC noted that during the time of its audit, the engagement team was not aware of the investment and that PwC does not believe these situations affected PwC's ability to act objectively and impartially and to issue a report on financial statements as the funds' independent auditor.

 

 

 

ITEM 5.

AUDIT COMMITTEE OF LISTED REGISTRANTS

 

 

 

Not Applicable

 

 

ITEM 6.

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

 

 

 

Not Applicable

 

 

ITEM 7.

DISCLOSURE OF PROXY VOTING POLICIES AND PROCEDURES FOR CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES

 

 

 

Not applicable.

 

 

 

ITEM 8.

PORTFOLIO MANAGERS OF CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES

 

 

 

Not applicable.

 

ITEM 9.

PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES BY CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY AND AFFILIATED PURCHASERS

 

 

 

Not Applicable.

 

ITEM 10.

SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS

 

 

 

 

 

 

The primary function of the Nominating and Governance Committee is to identify and recommend individuals for membership on the Board and oversee the administration of the Board Governance Guidelines. Shareholders may recommend candidates for Board positions by forwarding their correspondence by U.S. mail or courier service to Chairman of the Board, P.O. Box 100176, Cape Coral, FL 33910.

 

 

ITEM 11.

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 second fiscal quarter of the period covered by this report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal controls over financial reporting.

 

 

ITEM 12.

EXHIBITS

 

 

 

(a)(1)     Code of Ethics pursuant to Item 2 of Form N-CSR is filed and attached hereto as EX-99.CODE ETH.

 

 

 

(a)(2)     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.

 

 

 

(b)         Certification pursuant to Rule 30a-2(b) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (17 CFR 270.30a-2(b)) is furnished and attached hereto as Exhibit 99.906CERT.

 

 

 


Form N-CSR Item F

 

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:

DWS Lifecycle Long Range Fund, a series of DWS Advisor Funds

 

By:

/s/Michael G. Clark

 

Michael G. Clark

President

 

Date:

May 29, 2009

 

 

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:

DWS Lifecycle Long Range Fund, a series of DWS Advisor Funds

 

By:

/s/Michael G. Clark

 

Michael G. Clark

President

 

Date:

May 29, 2009

 

 

By:

/s/Paul Schubert

 

Paul Schubert

Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

 

Date:                                        May 29, 2009