American Beacon Advisors, Inc. ("American Beacon"), located in Irving, Texas, has been an
investment adviser since 1986. American Beacon is registered with the SEC as an investment adviser
under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (“Advisers Act”) and with the National Futures
Association (“NFA”) as a commodity pool operator. American Beacon provides investment advisory
services to institutional clients such as investment companies, corporations, governmental entities,
collective investment trusts, private equity funds-of-funds and corporate employee benefit plans. As
of December 31, 2022, American Beacon managed approximately $58.4 billion in assets on a
discretionary basis.
American Beacon is a wholly-owned asset management subsidiary of Resolute Investment
Managers, Inc. (“RIM”). RIM is an indirect subsidiary of Resolute Investment Holdings, LLC
(“Resolute”) which is owned primarily by Kelso Investment Associates VIII, L.P.
Resolute Investment Services, Inc. (“RIS”), an asset management servicing company under common
ownership with American Beacon, provides operational and sales support to American Beacon under
an employee leasing agreement. American Beacon’s investment professionals who provide advisory
services to clients are employed directly by American Beacon.
American Beacon offers the following advisory services to its clients.
Investment Companies
As investment adviser to the American Beacon Funds, American Beacon Select Funds and American
Beacon Institutional Funds Trust (individually, a “Fund” and collectively, the “Beacon Funds”),
American Beacon has the responsibility for the management and investment of the assets of each
Fund in accordance with its current registration statement and applicable investment objectives,
policies, and restrictions. In connection with these responsibilities, American Beacon performs
certain administrative services pursuant to its agreements with the Beacon Funds. American Beacon
selects investment sub-advisers for the Beacon Funds for approval by the applicable Fund's Board of
Trustees and manages certain Beacon Funds directly. American Beacon and/or the applicable Fund
contracts with each sub-adviser to manage all or a portion of the assets of a Fund. If more than one
sub-adviser manages a Fund, American Beacon allocates assets of the Fund among the sub-advisers.
American Beacon makes recommendations to the Board of Trustees of the Beacon Funds regarding
any necessary changes to the investment adviser structure. In addition to managing certain Beacon
Fund assets directly, American Beacon recommends investment advisers affiliated with it to serve
as sub-advisers. American Beacon monitors the performance of each sub-adviser and seeks to assure
compliance with investment objectives, policies and restrictions of each Fund. This type of
arrangement is commonly known as a “manager-of-managers” structure. American Beacon is
permitted to delegate certain of its duties related to sub-adviser selection and allocation to another
investment adviser that is subject to American Beacon’s oversight.
Employee Benefit Plans
American Beacon provides investment management services to a number of employee benefit plans
sponsored by a large corporation and its affiliates (the “Plans”). The services may include the
selection and monitoring of separately managed accounts, mutual funds, collective investment trusts,
investment managers, and private investments; the allocation of assets among managers/funds in
accordance with Plan policies; the selection and monitoring of securities lending agents, trade
execution analysis providers, and proxy consultants; maintaining commission recapture agreements
with brokerage firms; ministerial rebalancing services; and direct investment management. American
Beacon monitors the performance of each investment manager and seeks to assure compliance with
the investment
objectives, policies and restrictions of each Plan.
Collective Investment Trusts
American Beacon has been retained by the trustee of the American Beacon Advisors Collective
Investment Trust (the “CIT”) to assist in management of the assets of the separate funds that comprise
the CIT. The trustee oversees American Beacon’s investment decisions for the CIT. American
Beacon selects investment sub-advisers for the CIT for approval by the trustee. Any such sub-
advisers manage assets of the CIT pursuant to an agreement between the sub-adviser and American
Beacon. If more than one sub-adviser manages a fund, American Beacon allocates the assets of the
fund among the sub-advisers. American Beacon monitors the performance of each sub-adviser and
seeks to assure compliance with investment objectives, policies and restrictions of the CIT and each
fund.
Separate Accounts
American Beacon’s separate accounts generally fall into two categories: Stable Value portfolios and
Current Income and Total Return portfolios. American Beacon generally manages Stable Value
portfolios to generate current income from investments in high-quality instruments maturing in less
than 13 months while seeking to maintain stable principal. American Beacon actively manages
Current Income and Total Return portfolios to provide higher current income than the Stable Value
portfolios, with total return as a secondary emphasis. These portfolios generally have a weighted
average duration of six months to three years. American Beacon seeks to manage each client’s
separate account within the investment objectives, policies and restrictions provided by the client as
well as the client’s liquidity needs. The performance of each separate account may vary based on the
circumstances of each account and American Beacon’s customization of such accounts.
Private Equity Funds-of-Funds
American Private Equity Partners II, L.P. and American Private Equity Partners III, L.P. are
Delaware limited partnerships formed as “funds-of-funds” by American Beacon (collectively, the
“APEP Partnerships”). American Private Equity Management, L.L.C., a wholly-owned subsidiary
of American Beacon, serves as the general partner of the APEP Partnerships, which are privately
placed limited partnerships that were offered to investors pursuant to exemptions from registration
under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (“Investment Company Act”) and the Securities Act of
1933 (“Securities Act”) and that are closed to new investments. American Beacon serves as
investment manager to the APEP Partnerships, selecting underlying private funds for investment by
the APEP Partnerships in accordance with the investment objectives, policies and restrictions of each
partnership.
Limitations on American Beacon’s Liability
American Beacon’s management or advisory agreements with its clients typically contain provisions
that may act as a waiver, release or limitation of certain rights clients may have against American
Beacon arising from its services. In substance, the agreements usually state that American Beacon,
and its personnel and affiliates, are not liable for any loss arising out of American Beacon’s advice
or for any other act or omission taken with respect to its services, except for any act or omission
which constitutes willful misfeasance, bad faith or negligence in the performance of its duties, or
reckless disregard of its obligations and duties under the agreement.
Notwithstanding the liability limiting nature of these provisions, clients should be aware that federal
and state securities laws may impose liabilities on American Beacon under certain circumstances.
Therefore, nothing in those or any other provisions in the agreements will have the effect of waiving,
releasing or limiting any rights a client may have under those laws or under any other laws that are
not permitted to be waived by contract.