After exceeding the one-trillion-euro threshold in Assets under Management in the fourth quarter of 2024, DWS’ shares have now also made a leap into the MDAX. Yesterday late, Deutsche Börse announced that DWS will be promoted to the Index for medium-sized companies as part of the regular review of the indices. The first trading day of DWS shares in the MDAX will be 24 March 2025.
“The promotion to the MDAX is the result of hard work and disciplined performance by the entire DWS team worldwide. In recent years, DWS has become one of the fastest growing international asset managers in terms of organic growth. We are on track to achieve our financial targets and have set ourselves further ambitious goals for the coming years. This is reflected in the positive development of our share price – and also in our promotion to the next stock exchange league. This is how we take investment expertise to where it belongs,” said Stefan Hoops, CEO of DWS.
In recent years, DWS has delivered more total shareholder return than most traditional asset managers. DWS’ special dividend in 2024 also contributed to this. Since its Capital Markets Day in December 2022, DWS delivered a total shareholder return (share price development plus dividend) of 92 percent. During the same period, the DAX rose by 56 percent, the MDAX by 9 percent, the SDAX by nearly 20 percent and the MSCI World by 46 percent.
“We create added value – as fiduciaries for our clients’ assets and for our shareholders‘ investments. Our aspiration is to connect perspectives. We call this #ConnectingTheDots. As one of the most global and diversified asset managers, we are better at this than many others,” explains Hoops on DWS’ recipe for success.
The move into the MDAX is likely to lead to further funds and indices including DWS in their portfolio, which empirically should attract even more attention to the share.
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