Deutsche Bank has launched a strategic cooperation with DWS, a German asset management firm, to enhance private credit origination and investment opportunities for DWS clients. This partnership will provide DWS with privileged access to select asset-backed financing, direct loans, and other private credit assets from Deutsche Bank, leveraging its expertise in fixed-income markets alongside DWS's Alternatives platform, which manages 110 billion euros in assets as of December 31, 2024.