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DWS Global Income Builder Fund (KTRAX) proxy voting record 2026
Three of its ballots from this season. Vote first, then see what it did with the shares your savings paid for.
The question on the ballot
As filed
Deutsche Dws Market Trust files this fund's proxy votes with the SEC once a year. This is what it did with the shares your retirement savings paid for.
SourceProxy-voting record filed by Deutsche Dws Market Trust on 2026-08-17 · open the filing · vote table (ProxyVotingTable.xml, 3.3 MB)
TickersKTRAX (Class A), KTRCX (Class C), KTRSX (Class S), KTRIX (Institutional Class), KTRZX (Class R6) · share classes of one fund, with one proxy-voting record · as listed in its latest SEC filing of proxy votes
How it voted, by issue
Fund companies sometimes file the same proposal under different subjects. So that funds can be compared, each proposal is counted under the subject most of the filings we read gave it, the same for every fund on this site. On management's own executive pay resolutions, this fund voted in favour 82.5% of the time across 63 votes.
| Issue | Proposals faced | Backed | Share backed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Climate & environment | 17 | 0 | 0% |
| Workers & human rights | 5 | 3 | 60% |
| Pay equity & inclusion | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Executive pay | 4 | 1 | 25% |
| Corporate governance | 20 | 13 | 65% |
| Other social issues | 16 | 8 | 50% |
Ballots it voted
QBE Insurance Group Limited · 8 May 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Climate & environment
Should QBE Insurance Group publish a fuller account of its emissions and how it plans to cut them?
Shareholders asked the company to disclose its greenhouse gas emissions more completely, or to have its reduction targets independently assessed, so that the plan can be checked rather than taken on trust.
AGAINST DWS Global Income Builder Fund voted with 187,965 shares
“Approve Disclosure of Climate Risks to the Company”
SourceDeutsche Dws Market Trust, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-17 · accession 0000088053-26-000660 · series S000006138 · open the filing
QBE Insurance Group Limited · 8 May 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Climate & environment
Should QBE Insurance Group publish a fuller account of its emissions and how it plans to cut them?
Shareholders asked the company to disclose its greenhouse gas emissions more completely, or to have its reduction targets independently assessed, so that the plan can be checked rather than taken on trust.
AGAINST DWS Global Income Builder Fund voted with 187,965 shares
“Approve Climate Risk Governance”
SourceDeutsche Dws Market Trust, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-17 · accession 0000088053-26-000660 · series S000006138 · open the filing
Microsoft Corporation · 5 December 2025 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Workforce & human rights
Should Microsoft assess the human rights risks its own operations create?
Shareholders asked for an assessment of the human rights risks arising from the company’s operations and business relationships, and for the findings to be published.
FOR DWS Global Income Builder Fund voted with 9,709 shares
“Report on Data Operations in Human Rights Hotspots”
SourceDeutsche Dws Market Trust, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-17 · accession 0000088053-26-000660 · series S000006138 · open the filing
Microsoft Corporation · 5 December 2025 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Workforce & human rights
Should Microsoft assess the human rights risks its own operations create?
Shareholders asked for an assessment of the human rights risks arising from the company’s operations and business relationships, and for the findings to be published.
FOR DWS Global Income Builder Fund voted with 9,709 shares
“Report on Human Rights Due Diligence”
SourceDeutsche Dws Market Trust, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-17 · accession 0000088053-26-000660 · series S000006138 · open the filing
Adobe Inc. · 15 April 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Pay equity & inclusion
Should Adobe disclose, or change, who sits on its board?
Shareholders asked the company to publish a board skills-and-diversity matrix, or to commit to a minimum representation of women among its directors.
AGAINST DWS Global Income Builder Fund voted with 6,206 shares
“Stockholder Proposal Regarding Board Matrix.”
SourceDeutsche Dws Market Trust, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-17 · accession 0000088053-26-000660 · series S000006138 · open the filing
Adobe Inc. · 15 April 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Executive pay
Should shareholders get a vote before Adobe pays a departing executive?
Shareholders asked the company to seek shareholder approval for any severance package to a senior executive above a set multiple of salary and bonus — so that very large exit payments cannot be agreed by the board alone.
AGAINST DWS Global Income Builder Fund voted with 6,206 shares
“Stockholder Proposal Regarding Vote on Golden Parachutes.”
SourceDeutsche Dws Market Trust, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-17 · accession 0000088053-26-000660 · series S000006138 · open the filing
HSBC Holdings Plc · 8 May 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Executive pay
To Instruct the HSBC Board of Directors to Ensure that the Occupational Pensions of Former Employees of Midland Bank plc, and their Dependants, are Administered in a Manner Consistent with the Company's Stated ESG and Equality Commitments
AGAINST DWS Global Income Builder Fund voted with 166,353 shares
“To Instruct the HSBC Board of Directors to Ensure that the Occupational Pensions of Former Employees of Midland Bank plc, and their Dependants, are Administered in a Manner Consistent with the Company's Stated ESG and Equality Commitments”
SourceDeutsche Dws Market Trust, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-17 · accession 0000088053-26-000660 · series S000006138 · open the filing
Sompo Holdings, Inc. · 22 June 2026 · put on the ballot by shareholder
Should the person who runs Sompo Holdings also chair the board that supervises them?
Shareholders asked the company to require that the chair of the board be an independent director rather than the chief executive, so that the body overseeing management is not led by the person being overseen.
FOR DWS Global Income Builder Fund voted with 87,700 shares
“Amend Articles to Appoint Outside Director as Chairman of the Board”
SourceDeutsche Dws Market Trust, Form N-PX filed 2026-08-17 · accession 0000088053-26-000660 · series S000006138 · open the filing
Other funds Deutsche Dws Market Trust votes
The same filer reports these alongside this one, in the same annual filing.
No 401(k) plan we index offers this fund. Its record is here because the fund files it with the SEC, as every fund must: whoever holds it, in an IRA, a brokerage account or a plan we have not indexed, the fund votes those shares as shown on this page.