Company Story
1956 - Founding of Deutsche WertpapierService Bank AG as a subsidiary of Deutsche Bank AG
1992 - Merger with Deutsche WertpapierService Bank AG and Deutsche Kapitalanlagegesellschaft mbH to form Deutsche WertpapierService GmbH
1998 - Acquisition of the German private banking business of Merrill Lynch
2001 - Merger with Deutsche Asset Management GmbH to form Deutsche Asset Management AG
2002 - Acquisition of the German private banking business of Credit Suisse
2007 - Acquisition of the German private banking business of ABN AMRO
2010 - Rebranding as Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management
2018 - Spin-off from Deutsche Bank AG and listing on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange as DWS Group GmbH & Co. KGaA