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DBEF holdings
DBEF reports 723 holdings and behaves like 206.1 equally weighted ones, computed from its SEC Form N-PORT filing for 2026-05-29. The fact sheet publishes the first number; this page computes the second, and traces it across 27 quarters of filings.
Measured concentration
as of 2026-05-29Read this figure with the following in mind
1.2% of net assets is securities-lending cash collateral, excluded from the figure; counted as filed the fund would read 206.7
The figure below is what the filing says, published unchanged. What it may not do is sit beside a plain long-only fund and be read as the same quantity. How comparability is decided.
Computed by this site from the fund's SEC Form N-PORT filing; what the measure does not tell you · every fund in one table · hold it with other funds? X-ray the mix. Pricing: 99.16% at a quoted market price (level 1), 26 issuer countries.
What stands out
as of 2026-05-29DBEF's largest investment is ASML Holding NV Eur0.09 at 2.82% of net assets. HSBC Holdings PLC ORD Usd0.50 and Roche Holding AG Chf0.001 follow; the three together are 5.6%. Ten companies are 13.55% of the fund; the other 713 share the rest. Among the 721 equity funds measured here, DBEF behaves like 206.1 holdings against a median of 42.4 — 4.9 times the median. Across 27 quarterly filings DBEF has held roughly steady since 2019-11-29 (252.8 then, 206.1 now). Between the 2026-02-27 and 2026-05-29 filings 26 positions were added and 41 dropped; 9.2% of the weight moved. Japan is the largest country at 23.03% of the portfolio, across 26 countries in the filing.
Each sentence is read from the fund's own SEC filing; the class median is computed across the comparable equity funds on this site. Nothing here is a view on the fund.
Every filing since 2019
27Between 2019-11-29 and 2026-05-29, DBEF went from behaving like 252.8 equally weighted positions to 206.1 — 19% fewer, while its top ten went from 12.52% to 13.55% of net assets. Read across the funds on the concentration-over-time table.
| Period | Holdings | Effective | Top 10 | Largest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-29 | 723 | 206.1 | 13.55% | 2.87% |
| 2026-02-27 | 739 | 213.6 | 13.49% | 2.46% |
| 2025-11-28 | 742 | 198.9 | 14.39% | 2.81% |
| 2025-08-29 | 752 | 225.5 | 12.77% | 1.58% |
| 2025-05-30 | 726 | 226 | 12.82% | 1.68% |
| 2025-02-28 | 765 | 213 | 13.89% | 1.66% |
| 2024-11-29 | 766 | 215.8 | 13.75% | 2.03% |
| 2024-08-30 | 771 | 199.1 | 15.22% | 2.54% |
Earlier filings (19 more, back to 2019-11-29)
| Period | Holdings | Effective | Top 10 | Largest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-05-31 | 795 | 188.7 | 16.16% | 2.55% |
| 2024-02-29 | 845 | 207.5 | 15.08% | 2.31% |
| 2023-11-30 | 826 | 204.9 | 15.38% | 2.11% |
| 2023-08-31 | 868 | 223.5 | 14.4% | 2.03% |
| 2023-05-31 | 883 | 219.7 | 14.55% | 2.1% |
| 2023-02-28 | 898 | 193 | 15.78% | 3.48% |
| 2022-11-30 | 832 | 217.8 | 14.74% | 2.26% |
| 2022-08-31 | 890 | 208.1 | 15.49% | 2.7% |
| 2022-05-31 | 841 | 225.3 | 14.23% | 2.27% |
| 2022-02-28 | 881 | 231.3 | 13.94% | 2.24% |
| 2021-11-30 | 902 | 210.9 | 14.97% | 3.19% |
| 2021-08-31 | 895 | 238.4 | 13.8% | 2.09% |
| 2021-05-28 | 880 | 262.2 | 12.12% | 2.03% |
| 2021-02-26 | 962 | 276.9 | 11.51% | 1.83% |
| 2020-11-30 | 973 | 274.7 | 11.65% | 2.09% |
| 2020-08-31 | 974 | 249.1 | 12.95% | 2.48% |
| 2020-05-29 | 989 | 254.1 | 12.64% | 2.47% |
| 2020-02-28 | 966 | 210.9 | 14.05% | 3.54% |
| 2019-11-29 | 998 | 252.8 | 12.52% | 2.23% |
One row per filed reporting period, newest first, read from EDGAR. Quarterly because that is the public filing cadence. Rows marked * are published but held out of the comparison above; the methodology page says when and why.
As filed, collateral included
1.18% collateralDBEF's filing lists 724 positions including 1.18% of net assets in securities-lending cash collateral. Counted as filed the fund reads 206.7 effective holdings with a top ten of 13.61%; on its own investments — the figure above — it reads 206.1 with a top ten of 13.55%. The collateral is matched by a liability and is not a holding the fund chose; since 2026-09-18 every figure on this site sets it aside (methodology). Both numbers are in the data.
Largest positions, as filed
as of 2026-05-29The 15 largest of 723 positions in DBEF's Form N-PORT, weight as a share of net assets, securities-lending collateral excluded. Every position, every quarter: DBEF.csv.gz.
| # | Position | Weight | Cumulative |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ASML HOLDING NV | 2.87% | 2.9% |
| 2 | HSBC HOLDINGS PLC | 1.48% | 4.3% |
| 3 | ROCHE HOLDING AG | 1.35% | 5.7% |
| 4 | ASTRAZENECA PLC | 1.28% | 7.0% |
| 5 | NOVARTIS AG | 1.26% | 8.2% |
| 6 | NESTLE' SA/AG | 1.20% | 9.4% |
| 7 | SHELL PLC | 1.08% | 10.5% |
| 8 | SIEMENS AG | 1.07% | 11.6% |
| 9 | BHP GROUP LTD | 1.04% | 12.6% |
| 10 | MITSUBISHI UFJ FINANCIAL GROUP INC | 0.92% | 13.6% |
| 11 | COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA | 0.91% | 14.5% |
| 12 | SAP SE | 0.86% | 15.3% |
| 13 | TOYOTA MOTOR CORP | 0.83% | 16.2% |
| 14 | BANCO SANTANDER SA | 0.82% | 17.0% |
| 15 | SOFTBANK GROUP CORP | 0.80% | 17.8% |
By country of issuer
as of 2026-05-29Share of DBEF's own investments by the issuer country the filer reported (incorporation, not revenue). Each country links to every fund that holds it.
| Country | Share |
|---|---|
| Japan | 23.30% |
| United Kingdom | 13.56% |
| Switzerland | 9.40% |
| Germany | 8.90% |
| France | 8.73% |
| Netherlands° | 6.94% |
| Australia | 6.55% |
| Spain | 3.62% |
Returns the fund reported
2019-09 – 2026-05Monthly total returns from Item B.5 of DBEF's own filings, 81 months on record. Not computed here and not from a price feed.
Cross-checked against a series computed separately from prices: median difference 0.33 percentage points over 81 months, which is roughly the distributions. Every month with the filing it came from: DBEF.json · all funds.
Who borrows DBEF's shares
2026-05-29The fund lends its holdings, and Item B.4.a of the filing names every firm holding them. At 2026-05-29, $118m was out to 14 borrowers, 1.34% of net assets. The largest, NOMURA SECURITIES INTERNATIONAL INC., held 35.1% of it.
| Borrower | On loan | Share of the loan |
|---|---|---|
| NOMURA SECURITIES INTERNATIONAL INC. | $42m | 35.1% |
| STATE STREET BANK & TRUST COMPANY | $14m | 12.0% |
| BARCLAYS BANK PLC | $14m | 11.7% |
| BofA Securities, Inc. | $13m | 10.6% |
| MORGAN STANLEY & CO LLC | $10m | 8.5% |
Cash collateral reported against the loan: 1.18% of net assets, 87.9% of the amount lent. That is a floor on the collateral, not the whole of it — collateral the fund does not hold as a position is not in this filing, so a figure under 100% is not evidence of under-collateralisation. How that figure behaves across all funds. Every quarter DBEF has filed, with each borrower: DBEF.json · all funds.
Since the previous filing
2026-02-27 → 2026-05-29709 positions became 694: 26 added (2.2% of the fund at the later date), 41 dropped (2.8% at the earlier date). Half the sum of all weight changes, a turnover proxy: 9.2%. Positions are matched on identifiers, so a security whose identifier changed shows as one drop and one add. Every filing of DBEF compared this way, as a feed: changes.xml · all funds: filings received.
| Largest increases | 2026-02-27 | 2026-05-29 | Largest decreases | 2026-02-27 | 2026-05-29 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MORGAN STANLEY & CO. LLC | 0.01% | 0.69% | DWS GOVERNMENT MONEY MARKET SERIES INSTITUTIONAL SHARES | 1.12% | 0.38% |
| KIOXIA HOLDINGS CORP | 0.11% | 0.59% | The Bank of New York Mellon | 0.28% | 0.02% |
| ASML HOLDING NV | 2.46% | 2.87% | TOYOTA MOTOR CORP | 1.01% | 0.83% |
| SOFTBANK GROUP CORP | 0.42% | 0.80% | NOVARTIS AG | 1.41% | 1.26% |
| INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG | 0.31% | 0.57% | UNILEVER PLC | 0.70% | 0.57% |
| MURATA MANUFACTURING COMPANY LTD | 0.19% | 0.45% | ASTRAZENECA PLC | 1.41% | 1.28% |
New: ROCHE HOLDING AG (1.35%), SUNBELT RENTALS HOLDINGS INC (0.15%), FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO LTD (THE) (0.10%), RESONAC HOLDINGS CORP (0.09%), MITSUI KINZOKU CO LTD (0.08%), ENLIGHT RENEWABLE ENERGY LTD (0.07%). Gone: Roche Holding AG (1.46%), MORGAN STANLEY CAPITAL SERVICES LLC (0.39%), Ashtead Group PLC (0.13%), Toyota Industries Corp. (0.09%), Wise PLC (0.03%), Sekisui Chemical Co Ltd. (0.03%).
Asset categories and pricing
as of 2026-05-29| Asset category (as filed) | Share of investments |
|---|---|
| equity EC | 95.82% |
| preferred equity EP | 1.71% |
| short-term investment STIV | 1.57% |
| DFE DFE | 0.84% |
| derivative DE | 0.06% |
99.2% of DBEF is carried at a quoted market price (fair-value level 1). Categories and levels are the filer's, from Form N-PORT; what a low level-1 share does and does not mean is in the measure's page.
Derivative exposure and counterparties
as of 2026-05-29A position count cannot describe a fund that uses derivatives, because a swap is filed at its unrealised gain, not its exposure. These are the notionals the fund itself reported, against net assets of $8.81B. Notional of an interest-rate or currency swap is not equity exposure.
Full detail for every fund that files derivatives: leverage.json (CC BY 4.0).
Neighbours by effective holdings, equity funds
10Every measured equity fund lined up by how many holdings it behaves like; these sit either side of DBEF (206.1). Same filings, same arithmetic. Position in this list says nothing about which fund is better.
| Fund | Reports | Behaves like | Top ten | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EFA iShares MSCI EAFE ETF | 689 | 198.5 | 13.94% | 2026-07-31 |
| DON WisdomTree U.S. Midcap Dividend Fund | 294 | 201.2 | 10.69% | 2026-06-30 |
| SEIS SEI Select Small Cap ETF | 352 | 201.8 | 11.85% | 2026-06-30 |
| SLYG State Street(R) SPDR(R) S & P 600(TM) Small Cap Growth ETF | 348 | 202.9 | 10.91% | 2026-06-30 |
| SCHF Schwab International Equity ETF | 1,478 | 203.6 | 14.87% | 2026-05-31 |
| INTF iShares International Equity Factor ETF | 498 | 208.5 | 12.83% | 2026-07-31 |
| IJJ iShares S&P Mid-Cap 400 Value ETF | 303 | 208.8 | 10.09% | 2026-06-30 |
| MDYV State Street(R) SPDR(R) S & P 400(TM) Mid Cap Value ETF | 302 | 209.2 | 10.07% | 2026-06-30 |
| IVOV Vanguard S&P Mid-Cap 400 Value Index Fund | 304 | 210.1 | 10.2% | 2026-05-31 |
| GSID Goldman Sachs MarketBeta International Equity ETF | 894 | 213.3 | 13.31% | 2026-05-31 |
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