Why DWS Scudder?
- With a strong commitment to superior performance, innovative products and intellectual thought leadership, DWS Scudder offers a comprehensive and diverse family of products and services, including mutual funds and retirement plans.
- A leading qualified plan provider for nearly 30 years, DWS Scudder partners with financial advisors to deliver best-in-class products and services to each of our clients.
Facts about DWS Scudder
- DWS Scudder is part of Deutsche Asset Management (DeAM), the global asset management division of Deutsche Bank. DeAM has more than US $653 billion in assets under management globally (as of 01/31/06).
- More than 800 analysts and portfolio managers give DeAM a solid presence in major investment centers around the globe.
- DWS Scudder leverages the strength and reputation of DWS — Deutsche Bank's mutual fund brand in Europe and Asia, which celebrated its 50th anniversary in Germany in 2006 — with that of Scudder, a respected US asset manager founded in 1919.
Plan Highlights
DWS Scudder delivers large-market products and services to mid-market clients, with a total emphasis on individualized client needs.
Our focus:
- Companies with $3 million to $250 million in plan assets
- Plan sponsors seeking a flexible, bundled retirement plan solution
- 401(k), Profit Sharing, Money Purchase, 403(b)(7), 457, Taft-Hartley and Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Plans
DWS Scudder’s depth of resources include:
- A dedicated, consultative DWS Scudder relationship manager to provide solutions based on specific plan needs and supported by specialists in ERISA compliance, investment consulting, and employee communication and education.1
The quality and breadth of a competitive investment menu
- More than 50 DWS funds spanning every major asset class and style2
- Nearly 1,000 mutual funds from over 30 leading investment managers
- Self-managed accounts3 and employer stock4
- Daily-valued commingled trusts
- Separately managed accounts
Comprehensive, flexible administrative service solutions
- Payroll integration:
DWS Scudder and ADP have forged an alliance combining DWS Scudder’s strengths in investment management, employee education and client service with ADP’s capabilities in transaction processing and recordkeeping. Working together, we can fully integrate plan and payroll data, giving clients the DWS Scudder/ADP Payroll Advantage. This feature, for ADP Payroll clients,5 reduces the administrative cost, eliminates unnecessary steps and can increase data accuracy through automation.
- The ability to outsource all your administrative plan needs.
- Enrollment
- Distributions
- Loans
- Hardship withdrawals
- Deferral changes
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ERISA Specialists are employed by ADP Retirement Services, the service agent for DWS Scudder retirement plans. The investment and employee education and communication specialists are employees of DWS Scudder. |
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Mapping requirements may apply at the plan level at the time of conversion. |
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Available through State Street Brokerage, a division of State Street Global Markets, LLC (SSGM). SSGM is a member of FINRA, SIPC and the Boston Stock Exchange. Not available through all broker/dealers. |
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Minimum plan size may apply |
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For clients on ADP’s “AutoPay” payroll platform |
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