Deutsche Bank fund unit doubles down on ETF target amid outflows

Deutsche Bank AG’s investment arm said it won’t walk away from a goal of becoming Europe’s second-biggest ETF provider, after an analysis showed it was among the few in the industry to lose client cash in 2022.
Logo of Deutsche Bank AG is displayed during the banks annual news conference in Frankfurt/ Ralph Orlowski/Reuters/Ritzau Scanpix
Logo of Deutsche Bank AG is displayed during the banks annual news conference in Frankfurt/ Ralph Orlowski/Reuters/Ritzau Scanpix
By Steven Arons / Bloomberg

DWS Group, which remains the subject of US and German investigations into alleged greenwashing, saw a decline in its European market share to 10% in 2022 from 10.9% the previous year, according to Jose Garcia-Zarate, an analyst at Morningstar Inc. He links the development to questions around DWS’s handling of its environmental, social and governance investing strategy.

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