Current Report Filing (8-k)
September 25 2020 - 6:02AM
Edgar (US Regulatory)
As filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on September 25, 2020
UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON,
D.C. 20549
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FORM 8-K
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CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event
reported): September 25, 2020
DWS STRATEGIC MUNICIPAL INCOME TRUST
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Massachusetts
(State or other Jurisdiction of incorporation)
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811-05767
(Commission
File Number)
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36-3629052
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)
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875 Third Avenue
New York, NY 10022
(Address of principal executive offices)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (212) 454-4500
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed
since last report.)
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appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under
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ITEM
8.01 OTHER EVENTS
The recent Consent Order involving Deutsche
Bank AG (“DB”), described below, does not involve the Registrant or DWS Investment Management Americas, Inc. (“DIMA”).
The SEC has granted a temporary exemptive order permitting DIMA to continue to provide investment advisory services to the Registrant.
On June 17, 2020, DB resolved with the Commodity
Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) charges stemming from alleged violations of various swap data reporting requirements
and corresponding supervision and other failures. The matter, which was resolved by the issuance of a federal court order (“Consent
Order”), involved unintentional conduct that resulted from a system outage that prevented DB from reporting data in accordance
with applicable CFTC requirements for a period of five days in April 2016.
The matter giving rise to the Consent Order
did not arise out of any investment advisory or fund management activities of DIMA. DWS Group GmbH & Co. KGaA (“DWS Group”),
of which DIMA is a wholly-owned subsidiary, is a separate publicly traded company but continues to be an affiliate of DB due to,
among other things, DB’s 79.49% ownership interest in DWS Group. Under the provisions of the Investment Company Act of 1940,
as a result of the Consent Order, DIMA would not be eligible to continue to provide investment advisory services to the Registrant
absent an order from the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”). On September 24, 2020, the SEC granted a temporary
order, effective as of the date of the Consent Order, permitting DIMA to continue to provide investment advisory services to the
Registrant and other registered investment companies. DB and DIMA also are seeking a permanent order from the SEC. While there
can be no assurance that the requested permanent order will be granted, the SEC has granted this type of relief in the past.
SIGNATURE
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed
on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
Date: September 25, 2020
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DWS Strategic Municipal Income Trust
/s/John Millette
Name: John Millette
Title: Secretary
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