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American Beacon Emerging Markets Fund

Portfolio information as of March 31, 2012
  • Summary
  • Performance
  • Overview

Investment Objective

A multi-manager Fund seeking long-term capital appreciation and current income primarily through investments in emerging markets.

Key Points

  • The Fund seeks to achieve its objective through investment in companies that:

    • are primarily listed on the trading market of an emerging market country
    • are headquartered in an emerging market country, or
    • derive 50% or more of their revenues from operations in an emerging market country.
  • Primary emphasis on undervalued securities with above-average earnings growth expectations.

  • Sub-advisors make stock selection decisions based on their own economic, market and company analyses, while staying within American Beacon’s guidelines.

Sub-Advisors (%)

Morgan Stanley Investment Management Inc. 34.1
Brandes Investment Partners, L.P. 33.6
The Boston Company Asset Management, LLC 32.3

 



Investing in foreign equities entails additional risk not associated with domestic equities, such as currency fluctuations, economic and political instability and differences in accounting standards. The risks of investing in foreign equities are heightened when investing in emerging markets.

American Beacon Funds and American Beacon Emerging Markets Fund are service marks of American Beacon Advisors, Inc.