Irina Sidorovitch

DWS International provides global capabilities with local expertise to deliver a comprehensive line-up of investment products across a range of asset classes and investing styles. The firm aims to identify and analyze systematically the conditions and basic trends of economies, industries and companies. They utilize their own original research and the research they receive from a variety of sources, including Deutsche Bank and third-party research providers. Decisions are made and applied appropriately to client portfolios regarding fundamental value and current market prices.

The bank's investment banking business targets small and medium-sized companies, as well as public entities undergoing privatization. Their asset management business is organized in interdisciplinary teams and relies on quantitative methods for global asset allocation, market knowledge and structuring expertise across asset classes. They provide specialized wealth management services focused on capital preservation through inter-generational transmission and tax-optimized strategies.

OAM actively manages a diverse range of funds invested across asset classes and strategies, primarily focusing on European securities. They rely on their partnership with US-based Prudential Financial for American securities. Third-party investment managers subadvise special concept portfolios. For investments in European equity markets, the firm has developed innovative fundamental-quantitative investment processes. They follow a top-down, macro-economic and fundamental research approach which seeks to identify both short-term cyclical changes and longer-term structural developments. After selecting industries and sectors, they follow a bottom-up approach which is fundamental, value-based and supported by company-level research.