Institutional Asset Management

DB Advisors is the fiduciary institutional investment management business of Deutsche Bank AG's Asset Management division. DB Advisors offers a full complement of strategies in both traditional and alternative asset classes, which can be tailored to meet the needs of institutional clients with flexible return targets, benchmarks and other parameters.

DB Advisors recognizes that climate change is emerging as a major economic force. Adapting to and mitigating the effects of climate change will require massive capital investment over decades, producing exciting new investment opportunities. Through DB Advisors, institutional investors can access those opportunities, as well as a wide range of investment strategies that incorporate their responsible investment criteria.

DB Advisors considers its responsible investment capabilities to be an integral part of its sustainable business strategy. Its climate change-related and other responsible investment solutions combine environmental, ethical, social and corporate governance (ESG) considerations with investors’ financial objectives.

Our sustainability products and services

Research

DB Advisors and its clients benefit from exceptional global research resources, both from within the business and across the Deutsche Bank Group. These include a dedicated climate change investment research team, which produces thought-leading white papers on topics of critical interest to investors in environmental and other climate change-related fields. more

Investment Solutions

At DB Advisors, we understand that environmental, ethical, social and governance (ESG) considerations must be combined with investors’ financial objectives, which means responsible investing without compromising investment performance. We offer a range of climate change and ESG investment solutions, from mutual funds to private equity-type investment opportunities. more

Investment Process

Increasingly, our clients are looking to incorporate some form of responsible investing into their portfolios. We embed ESG ratings in our proprietary research, ensuring that the ESG criteria are integral to the investment process right from the start. In addition to using our own ESG resources, we also collaborate with outside ESG experts and advocacy groups in portfolio construction and in developing investment policies. more

Further Initiatives

As a member of the Deutsche Asset Management (DeAM) division, DB Advisors is part of one of the first investment organizations to offer change-related investment opportunities to its clients. DeAM launched its first climate change mutual fund in 2006, and in 2007 became the first asset manager to launch a climate change mutual fund in the US.

Deutsche Bank and NASDAQ OMX Introduce the DB NASDAQ OMX Clean Tech Index

In February 2010 DB Climate Change Advisors (DBCCA), the climate change investment and research business of Deutsche Bank’s Asset Management business, and The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:NDAQ) announced the introduction of the DB NASDAQ OMX® Clean Tech Index (DBCC). more

World's first real-time carbon counter

In 2009, DB Climate Change Advisors – part of the DeAM global organization – launched the world's first real-time carbon counter, designed to track the level of greenhouse gas in the atmosphere. With carbon levels at an 800,000-year high – and still rising fast – the need to take action now is pressing. That will have significant economic implications, creating opportunities for investors. more

Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI)

In February 2008, Deutsche Bank Asset Management (DeAM) signed the Principles for Responsible Investment, published by the United Nations (UN PRI). The six Principles for Responsible Investment, which are voluntarily complied with by the signatories, were developed by an international group of institutional investors. They reflect the growing importance of sustainability issues for investment decisions and provide a framework designed to help investors to take ecological and social issues as well as corporate governance aspects (ESG issues) into account in their investment decisions. more

DB Advisors

DB Advisors is the fiduciary institutional investment management business of Deutsche Bank's Asset Management division. We offer a broad range of investment strategies — spanning the risk / return spectrum — to our institutional clients worldwide. more

Carbon Counter

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Last Update: 8/9/2010