- Sector
- Financial Services
- Industry
- Asset Management - Global
- Address
- 875 Third Avenue New York NY United States of America 10022
- IPO Date
- Jan 27, 2014
- Business
- Xtrackers MSCI All World ex U.S. Hedged Equity ETF (DBAW) is an exchange-traded fund that seeks investment results corresponding generally to the performance, before fees and expenses, of the MSCI ACWI ex USA US Dollar Hedged Index. The fund provides exposure to equity securities in developed and emerging stock markets excluding the United States, while mitigating fluctuations between the U.S. dollar and selected non-U.S. currencies through currency hedging; it tracks approximately 1,831-1,965 holdings across 46 countries and 36 currencies, with top country weightings including Japan (13.49%), China (9.43%), the United Kingdom (8.16%), Canada (8.11%), and France (6.45%) as of September 30, 2025, and leading sector allocations in financials (24.20%), information technology (14.49%), and industrials (13.53%). Top holdings as of September 30, 2025, feature Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (3.27%), Tencent Holdings (1.70%), Alibaba Group Holding (1.21%), ASML Holding (1.16%), and Samsung Electronics (0.88%), complemented by currency contracts, futures, and cash equivalents.
DBAW, issued by Xtrackers by DWS (advised by DBX Advisors LLC, a subsidiary of DWS Group GmbH & Co. KGaA), was launched on January 22, 2014, and trades on the NYSE Arca exchange under ticker DBAW with CUSIP 233051820; it maintains net assets of approximately $201 million, a net expense ratio of 0.40%, and a SEC 30-day yield of 1.97% (subsidized and unsubsidized) as of September 30, 2025. The fund targets investors seeking diversified international equity exposure hedged against currency risk, serving retail and institutional clients primarily in the United States through a passive, market-capitalization-weighted strategy.
DWS Group, headquartered in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, with key offices in New York, London, and Hong Kong, operates globally across active, passive, and alternative investments, managing over EUR 1 trillion in assets as of mid-2025. In recent developments, Xtrackers by DWS launched three new factor-based ETFs in October 2025, partnered with Levler in August 2025 to introduce six commission-free ETFs in Sweden until end-2026, collaborated with STOXX in September 2025 on a Europe Defence Technologies UCITS ETF, and expanded offerings with synthetic S&P and Nasdaq ETFs, alongside an index change for its Vietnam ETF in November 2025 to enhance liquidity. These initiatives reflect ongoing product innovation and strategic alliances within the Xtrackers passive ETF platform, though DBAW itself has seen no specific acquisitions, closures, or reorganizations in the past 1-2 years.