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Investment Portfolio as of January 31, 2021 (Unaudited)
DWS Emerging Markets Equity Fund
    Shares Value ($)
Equity Securities 84.2%  
Argentina 1.2%  
MercadoLibre, Inc.* (Cost $4,363,547)        3,402            6,053,893
Brazil 5.6%  
B3 SA - Brasil Bolsa Balcao      230,281   2,516,870
Banco Bradesco SA (ADR)    1,082,992   4,916,785
CCR SA      261,962     580,286
Cia Siderurgica Nacional SA      736,904   4,094,360
Gerdau SA (ADR)    1,109,704   4,705,145
Itau Unibanco Holding SA (ADR) (Preferred)      967,984   5,052,877
Lojas Americanas SA (Preferred)      626,580   2,758,766
Multiplan Empreendimentos Imobiliarios SA        1,848       7,160
Vale SA (ADR)   296,918 4,795,226
(Cost $23,820,984)     29,427,475
Chile 1.2%  
Antofagasta PLC (Cost $4,380,065)   328,230 6,408,260
China 33.0%  
21Vianet Group, Inc. (ADR)*   94,166 3,552,883
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. (ADR)*   98,204 24,927,121
Anhui Conch Cement Co., Ltd. "H"   552,500 3,262,750
Baidu, Inc. (ADR)*   17,904 4,207,798
BYD Co., Ltd. "H"   319,500 9,714,815
China Construction Bank Corp. "H"   10,831,577 8,181,694
Huatai Securities Co., Ltd. 144A   924,200 1,473,151
Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Ltd. "H"   12,432,095 7,911,589
JD Health International, Inc. 144A*   104,900 2,067,604
JD.com, Inc. (ADR)*   159,175 14,117,231
Kuaishou Technology*   12,912 193,639
KWG Group Holdings Ltd.   2,069,000 2,746,902
Meituan "B"*   442,900 20,261,154
NetEase, Inc. (ADR)   26,786 3,080,122
New Oriental Education & Technology Group, Inc. (ADR)*   33,801 5,661,668
Pinduoduo, Inc. (ADR)*   44,535 7,379,895
Ping An Insurance Group Co. of China Ltd. "H"   405,532 4,763,960
TAL Education Group (ADR)*   58,188 4,473,493
Tencent Holdings Ltd.   495,200 43,602,657
Topsports International Holdings Ltd. 144A   1,320,000 2,143,640
(Cost $99,914,838)     173,723,766
Colombia 0.3%  
Bancolombia SA (ADR) (Cost $2,198,435)   43,000 1,513,170
Hong Kong 2.1%  
AIA Group Ltd.   258,400 3,119,188
Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing Ltd.   87,300 5,584,654
Shimao Group Holdings Ltd.      579,000   1,675,629
SJM Holdings Ltd.      670,000     718,093
(Cost $9,213,889)     11,097,564
India 8.8%  
HDFC Bank Ltd. (ADR)*      147,192  10,612,543
ICICI Bank Ltd. (ADR)*      422,378   6,377,908
ICICI Bank Ltd.*      240,257   1,778,578
Infosys Ltd. (ADR)      557,759   9,414,972
ITC Ltd.      770,000   2,146,825
Larsen & Toubro Ltd.       32,190     590,906
Maruti Suzuki India Ltd.       10,439   1,032,116
Reliance Industries Ltd. 144A, (GDR)      100,983   5,119,838
Tata Consultancy Services Ltd.      206,744   8,850,451
UltraTech Cement Ltd.        8,316     606,611
(Cost $32,764,824)     46,530,748
Indonesia 1.7%  
Bank Rakyat Indonesia Persero Tbk PT   8,276,600 2,466,121
PT Bank Central Asia Tbk   1,002,000 2,417,821
PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia Persero Tbk   17,422,200 3,828,702
(Cost $8,890,220)     8,712,644
Korea 15.1%  
Hyundai Motor Co.   28,454 5,804,045
KB Financial Group, Inc.*   27,810 1,000,545
LG Chem Ltd.   11,892 9,723,443
LG Household & Health Care Ltd.   2,852 3,965,897
Naver Corp.   11,733 3,577,394
POSCO   23,358 5,102,919
Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.   18,803 3,425,689
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.   535,113 39,087,812
Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance Co., Ltd.   12,812 1,923,338
SK Hynix, Inc.   55,665 6,079,587
(Cost $46,765,091)     79,690,669
Mexico 0.9%  
Fomento Economico Mexicano SAB de CV (ADR)   54,712 3,723,152
Gruma SAB de CV "B"   61,238 672,157
Grupo Financiero Inbursa SAB de CV "O"*   505,109 452,895
(Cost $6,389,693)     4,848,204
Russia 0.9%  
LUKOIL PJSC (ADR)   29,111 2,079,399
Sberbank of Russia PJSC (ADR)   184,799 2,533,594
(Cost $4,653,519)     4,612,993
Singapore 1.0%  
Sea Ltd. (ADR)* (Cost $4,599,682)   24,950 5,406,914
South Africa 2.3%  
FirstRand Ltd.   915,114 2,877,289
Naspers Ltd. "N"   40,102 9,244,304
(Cost $12,093,613)     12,121,593
Taiwan 9.1%  
ASE Technology Holdings Co., Ltd.    1,127,761   3,692,869
Catcher Technology Co., Ltd.      201,000   1,420,336
Formosa Plastics Corp.    1,047,000   3,244,320
Fubon Financial Holding Co., Ltd.    1,984,000   3,224,650
Largan Precision Co., Ltd.       13,000   1,365,368
MediaTek, Inc.      195,000   6,091,957
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (ADR)       74,834   9,093,828
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.      774,803  16,143,826
Vanguard International Semiconductor Corp.      947,000   3,778,666
(Cost $26,028,495)     48,055,820
Thailand 0.8%  
Kasikornbank PCL (NVDR)      257,700   1,088,571
PTT PCL (NVDR)    1,292,300   1,621,405
Thai Oil PCL (NVDR)   926,800 1,684,919
(Cost $5,665,966)     4,394,895
Turkey 0.1%  
KOC Holding AS   100,545 277,293
Turkiye Garanti Bankasi AS*   97,879 124,456
(Cost $716,326)     401,749
United Arab Emirates 0.1%  
Emaar Malls PJSC* (Cost $589,330)   687,850 338,954
Total Equity Securities (Cost $293,048,517)     443,339,311
Exchange-Traded Funds 4.1%  
Hong Kong  
iShares FTSE A50 China ETF (a) (Cost $15,707,719)   8,185,800 21,774,875
Rights 0.0%  
Brazil  
Lojas Americanas SA, Expiration Date 4/2/2021* (Cost $0)   5,905 4,965
Securities Lending Collateral 3.5%  
DWS Government & Agency Securities Portfolio “DWS Government Cash Institutional Shares”, 0.01% (b) (c) (Cost $18,336,080)   18,336,080 18,336,080
Cash Equivalents 6.6%  
DWS Central Cash Management Government Fund, 0.05% (b) (Cost $34,923,144)   34,923,144 34,923,144
    % of
Net Assets 		Value ($)
Total Investment Portfolio (Cost $362,015,460)   98.4 518,378,375
Other Assets and Liabilities, Net   1.6 8,517,357
Net Assets   100.0 526,895,732
For information on the Fund's policies regarding the valuation of investments and other significant accounting policies, please refer to the Fund's most recent semi-annual or annual financial statements.
A summary of the Fund’s transactions with affiliated investments during the period ended January 31, 2021 are as follows:
Value ($)
at
10/31/2020 		Pur-
chases
Cost
($) 		Sales
Proceeds
($) 		Net
Real-
ized
Gain/
(Loss)
($) 		Net
Change
in
Unreal-
ized
Appreci-
ation
(Depreci-
ation)
($) 		Income
($) 		Capital
Gain
Distri-
butions
($) 		Number of
Shares at
1/31/2021 		Value ($)
at
1/31/2021
Securities Lending Collateral 3.5%
DWS Government & Agency Securities Portfolio “DWS Government Cash Institutional Shares”, 0.01% (b) (c)
27,705,876 — 9,369,796 (d) — — 106,496 — 18,336,080 18,336,080
Cash Equivalents 6.6%
DWS Central Cash Management Government Fund, 0.05% (b)
11,890,966 50,163,024 27,130,846 — — 3,287 — 34,923,144 34,923,144
39,596,842 50,163,024 36,500,642 — — 109,783 — 53,259,224 53,259,224
* Non-income producing security.
(a) All or a portion of these securities were on loan. In addition, "Other Assets and Liabilities, Net" may include pending sales that are also on loan. The value of securities loaned at January 31, 2021 amounted to $17,419,931, which is 3.3% of net assets.
(b) Affiliated fund managed by DWS Investment Management Americas, Inc. The rate shown is the annualized seven-day yield at period end.
(c) Represents cash collateral held in connection with securities lending. Income earned by the Fund is net of borrower rebates.
(d) Represents the net increase (purchase cost) or decrease (sales proceeds) in the amount invested in cash collateral for the year ended January 31, 2021.
144A: Security exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers.
ADR: American Depositary Receipt
FTSE: Financial Times and the London Stock Exchange
GDR: Global Depositary Receipt
NVDR: Non-Voting Depository Receipt
PJSC: Public Joint Stock Company
At January 31, 2021 the DWS Emerging Markets Equity Fund had the following sector diversification:
Sector Diversification Market Value ($) As a % of Investment Portfolio excluding
Exchange-Traded Funds, Securities Lending
Collateral and Cash Equivalents
Consumer Discretionary 116,362,803 26%
Information Technology 112,191,883 25%
Financials 81,912,247 19%
Communication Services 63,703,587 14%
Materials 41,943,034 10%
Consumer Staples 10,508,031 3%
Energy 10,505,561 2%
Real Estate 4,768,645 1%
Industrials 1,448,485 0%
Total 443,344,276 100%
Sector diversification is subject to change.
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 level assigned to the securities valuations may not be an indication of the risk or liquidity associated with investing in those securities.
The following is a summary of the inputs used as of January 31, 2021 in valuing the Fund's investments.
Assets Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total
Equity Securities        
Argentina $6,053,893 $— $— $6,053,893
Brazil 29,427,475 — — 29,427,475
Chile — 6,408,260 — 6,408,260
China 67,593,850 106,129,916 — 173,723,766
Colombia 1,513,170 — — 1,513,170
Hong Kong — 11,097,564 — 11,097,564
India 31,525,261 15,005,487 — 46,530,748
Indonesia — 8,712,644 — 8,712,644
Korea — 79,690,669 — 79,690,669
Mexico 4,848,204 — — 4,848,204
Russia 4,612,993 — — 4,612,993
Singapore 5,406,914 — — 5,406,914
South Africa — 12,121,593 — 12,121,593
Taiwan 9,093,828 38,961,992 — 48,055,820
Thailand — 4,394,895 — 4,394,895
Turkey — 401,749 — 401,749
United Arab Emirates — 338,954 — 338,954
Exchange-Traded Funds — 21,774,875 — 21,774,875
Rights 4,965 — — 4,965
Short-Term Investments (a) 53,259,224 — — 53,259,224
Total $213,339,777 $305,038,598 $— $518,378,375
(a) See Investment Portfolio for additional detailed categorizations.
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