Common Contracts

Advisory Agreement Board Considerations and Fee Evaluation

Advisory Agreement • February 22nd, 2024

• Contract Type
  Advisory Agreement
• Filed
  February 22nd, 2024

DWS S&P 500 Index Fund (the “Fund”), a series of Deutsche DWS Institutional Funds, invests substantially all of its assets in Deutsche DWS Equity 500 Index Portfolio (the “Portfolio”) in order to achieve its investment objective. The Portfolio’s Board of Trustees approved the renewal of the Portfolio’s investment management agreement (the “Portfolio Agreement”) with DWS Investment Management Americas, Inc. (“DIMA”) and the sub-advisory agreement (the “Sub-Advisory Agreement”) between DIMA and Northern Trust Investments, Inc. (“NTI”), and the Fund’s Board of Trustees (which consists of the same members as the Board of Trustees of the Portfolio) approved the renewal of the Fund’s investment management agreement with DIMA (the “Fund Agreement” and together with the Portfolio Agreement and the