United States

Securities and Exchange Commission

Washington, DC 20549

 

 

FORM N-Q

 

 

QUARTERLY SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS

OF REGISTERED MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY

Investment Company Act file number: 811-04984

 

 

AMERICAN BEACON FUNDS

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in charter)

 

 

220 East Las Colinas Blvd., Suite 1200

Irving, Texas 75039

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)

 

 

Jeffrey K. Ringdahl, PRESIDENT

220 East Las Colinas Blvd., Suite 1200

Irving, Texas 75039

(Name and address of agent for service)

 

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (817) 391-6100

Date of fiscal year end: October 31, 2022

Date of reporting period: July 31, 2022

 

 

Form N-Q is to be used by management investment companies, other than small business investment companies registered on Form N-5 (§§ 239.24 and 274.5 of this chapter), to file reports with the Commission, not later than 60 days after the close of the first and third fiscal quarters, pursuant to rule 30b1-5 under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (17 CFR 270.30b1-5). The Commission may use the information provided on Form N-Q in its regulatory, disclosure review, inspection, and policymaking roles.

A Registrant is required to disclose the information specified by Form N-Q, and the Commission will make this information public. A Registrant is not required to respond to the collection of information contained in Form N-Q unless the Form displays a currently valid Office of Management and Budget (“OMB”) control number. Please direct comments concerning the accuracy of the information collection burden estimate and any suggestions for reducing the burden to the Secretary, Securities and Exchange Commission, 450 Fifth Street, NW, Washington, DC 20549-0609. The OMB has reviewed this collection of information under the clearance requirements of 44 U.S.C. § 3507.

 

 

 


ITEM 1.

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS.


American Beacon Diversified FundSM

Schedule of Investments

July 31, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

 

     Shares      Fair Value  

COMMON STOCKS - 65.13%

     

Communication Services - 2.82%

     

Diversified Telecommunication Services - 0.16%

     

Telkom Indonesia Persero Tbk PT, ADRA

     28,927      $ 824,420  
     

 

 

 

Entertainment - 0.54%

     

Electronic Arts, Inc.

     11,539        1,514,263  

Warner Bros Discovery, Inc.B

     85,700        1,285,500  
     

 

 

 
        2,799,763  
     

 

 

 

Interactive Media & Services - 0.64%

     

Alphabet, Inc., Class AB

     16,000        1,861,120  

Autohome, Inc., ADR

     17,213        614,332  

Tencent Holdings Ltd.C

     20,400        802,491  
     

 

 

 
        3,277,943  
     

 

 

 

Media - 1.09%

     

Altice USA, Inc., Class AB

     52,739        554,287  

Cogeco Communications, Inc.

     18,141        1,174,267  

Comcast Corp., Class A

     65,647        2,463,075  

News Corp., Class A

     45,200        774,728  

Omnicom Group, Inc.

     4,600        321,264  

Paramount Global, Class B

     14,200        335,830  
     

 

 

 
        5,623,451  
     

 

 

 

Wireless Telecommunication Services - 0.39%

     

T-Mobile U.S., Inc.B

     7,675        1,097,985  

Vodafone Group PLC, ADR

     61,000        900,360  
     

 

 

 
        1,998,345  
     

 

 

 

Total Communication Services

        14,523,922  
     

 

 

 

Consumer Discretionary - 6.60%

     

Auto Components - 0.94%

     

Adient PLCB

     6,800        229,704  

Aptiv PLCB

     5,300        555,917  

Cie Generale des Etablissements Michelin SCA, ADR

     94,080        1,310,534  

Continental AGC

     15,146        1,071,273  

Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.B

     16,200        198,936  

Magna International, Inc.

     22,900        1,462,394  
     

 

 

 
        4,828,758  
     

 

 

 

Automobiles - 0.81%

     

Ferrari NVC

     10,314        2,187,033  

General Motors Co.B

     54,700        1,983,422  
     

 

 

 
        4,170,455  
     

 

 

 

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure - 1.15%

     

Aramark

     33,292        1,111,953  

Booking Holdings, Inc.B

     260        503,279  

Compass Group PLCC

     33,218        779,657  

Evolution ABC D

     18,059        1,757,919  

Las Vegas Sands Corp.B

     47,191        1,778,629  
     

 

 

 
        5,931,437  
     

 

 

 

Household Durables - 0.73%

     

Lennar Corp., Class A

     22,500        1,912,500  

Lennar Corp., Class B

     666        45,208  

 

See accompanying notes

 


American Beacon Diversified FundSM

Schedule of Investments

July 31, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

 

     Shares      Fair Value  

COMMON STOCKS - 65.13% (continued)

 

Consumer Discretionary - 6.60% (continued)

 

Household Durables - 0.73% (continued)

 

Sony Group Corp., ADR

     21,100      $ 1,801,729  
     

 

 

 
        3,759,437  
     

 

 

 

Internet & Direct Marketing Retail - 0.25%

     

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.B C

     112,000        1,265,389  
     

 

 

 

Leisure Products - 0.45%

     

Bandai Namco Holdings, Inc.C

     15,100        1,179,964  

BRP, Inc.

     6,682        508,240  

Yamaha Corp.C

     14,500        618,590  
     

 

 

 
        2,306,794  
     

 

 

 

Multiline Retail - 0.47%

     

Dollar General Corp.

     9,699        2,409,523  
     

 

 

 

Specialty Retail - 0.30%

     

Advance Auto Parts, Inc.

     7,953        1,539,860  
     

 

 

 

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods - 1.50%

     

Asics Corp.C

     46,000        873,565  

Gildan Activewear, Inc.

     16,122        472,499  

Li Ning Co. Ltd.C

     147,000        1,200,319  

Lululemon Athletica, Inc.B

     6,205        1,926,715  

LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SEC

     3,477        2,418,625  

Shenzhou International Group Holdings Ltd.C

     75,500        798,512  
     

 

 

 
        7,690,235  
     

 

 

 

Total Consumer Discretionary

        33,901,888  
     

 

 

 

Consumer Staples - 3.82%

     

Beverages - 2.01%

     

Arca Continental SAB de CV

     152,900        1,057,035  

Carlsberg AS, Class BC

     7,994        1,035,270  

Coca-Cola Co.

     30,000        1,925,100  

Coca-Cola Europacific Partners PLC

     60,705        3,285,355  

Constellation Brands, Inc., Class A

     6,200        1,527,122  

Pernod Ricard SAC

     7,472        1,470,567  
     

 

 

 
        10,300,449  
     

 

 

 

Food & Staples Retailing - 0.18%

     

Kobe Bussan Co. Ltd.A C

     33,200        947,336  
     

 

 

 

Food Products - 0.63%

     

Nestle SAC

     15,389        1,890,096  

Tyson Foods, Inc., Class A

     15,500        1,364,155  
     

 

 

 
        3,254,251  
     

 

 

 

Household Products - 0.32%

     

Procter & Gamble Co.

     11,700        1,625,247  
     

 

 

 

Personal Products - 0.49%

     

Haleon PLC, ADR

     12,000        84,360  

Unilever PLCC

     23,154        1,127,814  

Unilever PLC, ADR

     26,800        1,304,088  
     

 

 

 
        2,516,262  
     

 

 

 

Tobacco - 0.19%

     

Philip Morris International, Inc.

     10,233        994,136  
     

 

 

 

Total Consumer Staples

        19,637,681  
     

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes

 


American Beacon Diversified FundSM

Schedule of Investments

July 31, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

 

     Shares      Fair Value  

COMMON STOCKS - 65.13% (continued)

 

Energy - 4.74%

     

Energy Equipment & Services - 0.59%

     

Baker Hughes Co.

     10,800      $ 277,452  

Halliburton Co.

     47,960        1,405,228  

NOV, Inc.

     58,100        1,081,241  

Schlumberger NV

     8,000        296,240  
     

 

 

 
        3,060,161  
     

 

 

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels - 4.15%

     

APA Corp.

     36,700        1,364,139  

BP PLCC

     296,641        1,453,010  

Cenovus Energy, Inc.

     22,700        433,116  

Coterra Energy, Inc.

     68,500        2,095,415  

Equinor ASAC

     17,523        673,932  

Galp Energia SGPS SAC

     92,224        974,217  

Hess Corp.

     30,664        3,448,780  

Marathon Oil Corp.

     61,100        1,515,280  

Murphy Oil Corp.

     15,400        541,156  

Phillips 66

     40,080        3,567,120  

Pioneer Natural Resources Co.

     7,530        1,784,234  

Reliance Industries Ltd., GDRC D

     17,164        1,086,843  

Shell PLC, ADR

     22,400        1,195,712  

Suncor Energy, Inc.

     34,504        1,171,016  
     

 

 

 
        21,303,970  
     

 

 

 

Total Energy

        24,364,131  
     

 

 

 

Financials - 10.53%

     

Banks - 4.76%

     

Banco Bradesco SA, ADR

     120,399        399,725  

Bank Mandiri Persero Tbk PTC

     1,982,300        1,110,458  

Barclays PLCC

     375,741        722,787  

Citigroup, Inc.

     68,900        3,575,910  

Citizens Financial Group, Inc.

     18,300        694,851  

Commerce Bancshares, Inc.

     15,750        1,094,468  

Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc.

     11,200        1,460,480  

DBS Group Holdings Ltd.C

     32,440        740,951  

First Citizens BancShares, Inc., Class A

     1,182        894,396  

Grupo Financiero Banorte SAB de CV, Class O

     88,000        501,525  

ICICI Bank Ltd., ADR

     51,990        1,080,352  

KB Financial Group, Inc.C

     13,507        502,966  

M&T Bank Corp.

     11,907        2,112,897  

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc., ADRA

     150,600        853,902  

Nordea Bank AbpC

     78,039        769,077  

PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.

     10,300        1,709,182  

U.S. Bancorp

     26,999        1,274,353  

Wells Fargo & Co.

     112,543        4,937,261  
     

 

 

 
        24,435,541  
     

 

 

 

Capital Markets - 2.20%

     

3i Group PLCC

     51,739        802,277  

Ameriprise Financial, Inc.

     6,900        1,862,448  

Bank of New York Mellon Corp.

     34,200        1,486,332  

Blackstone, Inc.

     16,650        1,699,465  

Credit Suisse Group AG, ADRA B

     83,900        486,620  

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.

     6,060        2,020,343  

Northern Trust Corp.

     16,138        1,610,250  

 

See accompanying notes

 


American Beacon Diversified FundSM

Schedule of Investments

July 31, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

 

     Shares      Fair Value  

COMMON STOCKS - 65.13% (continued)

 

Financials - 10.53% (continued)

 

Capital Markets - 2.20% (continued)

 

State Street Corp.

     18,900      $ 1,342,656  
     

 

 

 
        11,310,391  
     

 

 

 

Consumer Finance - 0.58%

     

American Express Co.

     7,346        1,131,431  

Capital One Financial Corp.

     16,800        1,845,144  
     

 

 

 
        2,976,575  
     

 

 

 

Diversified Financial Services - 0.06%

     

Equitable Holdings, Inc.

     11,700        332,631  
     

 

 

 

Insurance - 2.93%

     

AIA Group Ltd.C

     223,805        2,258,820  

Allstate Corp.

     11,146        1,303,747  

American International Group, Inc.

     73,705        3,815,708  

Aon PLC, Class A

     10,474        3,048,353  

Cincinnati Financial Corp.

     14,600        1,421,164  

Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc.

     15,400        992,838  

Prudential PLCC

     50,125        617,975  

Travelers Cos., Inc.

     2,000        317,400  

Willis Towers Watson PLC

     6,106        1,263,576  
     

 

 

 
        15,039,581  
     

 

 

 

Total Financials

        54,094,719  
     

 

 

 

Health Care - 9.93%

     

Biotechnology - 0.73%

     

Amgen, Inc.

     7,500        1,856,025  

CSL Ltd.C

     9,381        1,905,148  
     

 

 

 
        3,761,173  
     

 

 

 

Health Care Equipment & Supplies - 2.59%

     

Alcon, Inc.

     21,100        1,647,699  

Alcon, Inc.C

     26,643        2,095,085  

Hoya Corp.C

     5,200        522,320  

Medtronic PLC

     34,341        3,177,229  

Olympus Corp.C

     57,800        1,224,960  

Osstem Implant Co. Ltd.C

     9,366        801,187  

ResMed, Inc.

     8,275        1,990,303  

STERIS PLC

     6,322        1,426,559  

Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc.

     3,800        419,482  
     

 

 

 
        13,304,824  
     

 

 

 

Health Care Providers & Services - 2.32%

     

Centene Corp.B

     12,200        1,134,234  

CVS Health Corp.

     22,499        2,152,704  

Elevance Health, Inc.

     9,399        4,484,263  

HCA Healthcare, Inc.

     3,500        743,470  

Humana, Inc.

     1,600        771,200  

UnitedHealth Group, Inc.

     4,832        2,620,587  
     

 

 

 
        11,906,458  
     

 

 

 

Life Sciences Tools & Services - 1.44%

     

Danaher Corp.

     8,456        2,464,670  

ICON PLCB

     10,542        2,543,257  

Lonza Group AGC

     1,755        1,069,570  

Mettler-Toledo International, Inc.B

     961        1,297,091  
     

 

 

 
        7,374,588  
     

 

 

 

Pharmaceuticals - 2.85%

     

AstraZeneca PLCC

     14,210        1,867,904  

 

See accompanying notes

 


American Beacon Diversified FundSM

Schedule of Investments

July 31, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

 

     Shares      Fair Value  

COMMON STOCKS - 65.13% (continued)

 

Health Care - 9.93% (continued)

 

Pharmaceuticals - 2.85% (continued)

 

Bayer AGC

     13,160      $ 766,923  

Elanco Animal Health, Inc.B

     37,935        768,563  

GSK PLC, ADR

     9,600        404,832  

Merck & Co., Inc.

     27,273        2,436,570  

Merck KGaAC

     8,024        1,524,031  

Novo Nordisk AS, Class BC

     21,309        2,506,107  

Perrigo Co. PLC

     46,460        1,945,280  

SanofiC

     18,941        1,884,682  

Sanofi, ADR

     11,400        566,580  
     

 

 

 
        14,671,472  
     

 

 

 

Total Health Care

        51,018,515  
     

 

 

 

Industrials - 8.97%

     

Aerospace & Defense - 1.07%

     

Boeing Co.B

     5,500        876,205  

CAE, Inc.B

     30,751        813,591  

General Dynamics Corp.

     6,900        1,564,023  

MTU Aero Engines AGC

     2,977        572,699  

Raytheon Technologies Corp.

     7,900        736,359  

Thales SAC

     7,733        961,393  
     

 

 

 
        5,524,270  
     

 

 

 

Air Freight & Logistics - 0.53%

     

DSV ASC

     5,803        975,399  

FedEx Corp.

     7,400        1,724,866  
     

 

 

 
        2,700,265  
     

 

 

 

Airlines - 0.11%

     

Ryanair Holdings PLC, ADRB

     7,585        553,705  
     

 

 

 

Construction & Engineering - 0.40%

     

AECOM

     25,851        1,861,272  

Fluor Corp.B

     8,100        205,821  
     

 

 

 
        2,067,093  
     

 

 

 

Electrical Equipment - 0.79%

     

ABB Ltd.C

     40,404        1,229,406  

Schneider Electric SEC

     9,430        1,307,972  

Vertiv Holdings Co.

     131,741        1,504,482  
     

 

 

 
        4,041,860  
     

 

 

 

Industrial Conglomerates - 1.25%

     

General Electric Co.

     52,350        3,869,188  

Hitachi Ltd.C

     15,600        791,603  

Honeywell International, Inc.

     9,200        1,770,632  
     

 

 

 
        6,431,423  
     

 

 

 

Machinery - 2.50%

     

Atlas Copco AB, Class AC

     84,802        991,350  

CNH Industrial NV

     71,900        928,948  

Cummins, Inc.

     4,500        995,895  

Deere & Co.

     5,581        1,915,288  

Iveco Group NVB C

     16,560        101,789  

Makita Corp.A C

     20,300        495,443  

Oshkosh Corp.

     11,700        1,007,370  

PACCAR, Inc.

     8,200        750,464  

Parker-Hannifin Corp.

     7,100        2,052,539  

Sandvik ABC

     37,542        691,245  

Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.

     13,598        1,323,493  

 

See accompanying notes

 


American Beacon Diversified FundSM

Schedule of Investments

July 31, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

 

     Shares      Fair Value  

COMMON STOCKS - 65.13% (continued)

 

Industrials - 8.97% (continued)

 

Machinery - 2.50% (continued)

 

Xylem, Inc.

     17,100      $ 1,573,713  
     

 

 

 
        12,827,537  
     

 

 

 

Professional Services - 0.85%

     

Experian PLCC

     62,933        2,205,026  

RELX PLCC

     56,537        1,673,017  

TeleperformanceC

     1,457        487,658  
     

 

 

 
        4,365,701  
     

 

 

 

Road & Rail - 0.96%

     

Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd.

     41,428        3,267,427  

JB Hunt Transport Services, Inc.

     9,138        1,674,721  
     

 

 

 
        4,942,148  
     

 

 

 

Trading Companies & Distributors - 0.51%

     

Ferguson PLCC

     20,943        2,637,300  
     

 

 

 

Total Industrials

        46,091,302  
     

 

 

 

Information Technology - 10.41%

     

Communications Equipment - 0.49%

     

F5, Inc.B

     10,400        1,740,544  

Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson, ADRA

     101,900        768,326  
     

 

 

 
        2,508,870  
     

 

 

 

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components - 0.67%

     

Corning, Inc.

     26,000        955,760  

Keyence Corp.C

     4,300        1,706,435  

TE Connectivity Ltd.

     5,900        789,007  
     

 

 

 
        3,451,202  
     

 

 

 

IT Services - 2.33%

     

Accenture PLC, Class A

     5,604        1,716,281  

Adyen NVB C D

     1,122        2,023,881  

Amadeus IT Group SAB C

     26,003        1,517,259  

Capgemini SEC

     2,898        553,028  

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp., Class A

     22,251        1,512,178  

EPAM Systems, Inc.B

     2,916        1,018,413  

Fidelity National Information Services, Inc.

     18,780        1,918,565  

Fiserv, Inc.B

     3,800        401,584  

PayPal Holdings, Inc.B

     7,000        605,710  

Shopify, Inc., Class AB

     19,780        688,937  
     

 

 

 
        11,955,836  
     

 

 

 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment - 3.60%

     

ASM International NVC

     4,641        1,429,395  

ASML Holding NV

     4,252        2,442,519  

Broadcom, Inc.

     3,329        1,782,613  

Disco Corp.C

     4,500        1,093,977  

Infineon Technologies AGC

     27,272        740,701  

Lasertec Corp.A C

     10,800        1,578,287  

Microchip Technology, Inc.

     27,500        1,893,650  

Micron Technology, Inc.

     11,700        723,762  

QUALCOMM, Inc.

     20,396        2,958,644  

SK Hynix, Inc.C

     12,752        963,055  

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd.C

     103,000        1,763,924  

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd., ADR

     12,746        1,127,766  
     

 

 

 
        18,498,293  
     

 

 

 

Software - 3.32%

     

Adobe, Inc.B

     5,500        2,255,660  

 

See accompanying notes

 


American Beacon Diversified FundSM

Schedule of Investments

July 31, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

 

     Shares      Fair Value  

COMMON STOCKS - 65.13% (continued)

 

Information Technology - 10.41% (continued)

 

Software - 3.32% (continued)

 

ANSYS, Inc.B

     7,000      $ 1,952,930  

Atlassian Corp. PLC, Class AB

     4,862        1,017,714  

Autodesk, Inc.B

     8,424        1,822,280  

Microsoft Corp.

     19,100        5,362,134  

Oracle Corp.

     39,168        3,048,837  

Workday, Inc., Class AB

     10,500        1,628,550  
     

 

 

 
        17,088,105  
     

 

 

 

Total Information Technology

        53,502,306  
     

 

 

 

Materials - 3.94%

     

Chemicals - 3.37%

     

Air Liquide SAC

     12,596        1,735,998  

Air Products & Chemicals, Inc.

     8,964        2,225,134  

Akzo Nobel NVC

     12,878        868,513  

Axalta Coating Systems Ltd.B

     40,084        1,010,918  

Corteva, Inc.

     45,700        2,630,035  

DuPont de Nemours, Inc.

     19,187        1,174,820  

Ecolab, Inc.

     8,600        1,420,462  

International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc.

     15,696        1,947,089  

Olin Corp.

     17,700        925,179  

RPM International, Inc.

     17,700        1,600,080  

Sika AGC

     7,168        1,773,953  
     

 

 

 
        17,312,181  
     

 

 

 

Construction Materials - 0.37%

     

Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.

     5,400        1,901,232  
     

 

 

 

Containers & Packaging - 0.05%

     

International Paper Co.

     6,100        260,897  
     

 

 

 

Metals & Mining - 0.15%

     

Anglo American PLCC

     21,860        789,601  
     

 

 

 

Total Materials

        20,263,911  
     

 

 

 

Real Estate - 1.50%

     

Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) - 1.24%

     

Crown Castle International Corp.

     10,800        1,951,128  

Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc.

     11,819        868,933  

Sun Communities, Inc.

     4,023        659,611  

VICI Properties, Inc.

     85,071        2,908,577  
     

 

 

 
        6,388,249  
     

 

 

 

Real Estate Management & Development - 0.26%

     

ESR Group Ltd.B C D

     502,000        1,304,145  
     

 

 

 

Total Real Estate

        7,692,394  
     

 

 

 

Utilities - 1.87%

     

Electric Utilities - 1.06%

     

Pinnacle West Capital Corp.

     22,526        1,654,985  

PPL Corp.

     63,400        1,843,672  

Xcel Energy, Inc.

     26,750        1,957,565  
     

 

 

 
        5,456,222  
     

 

 

 

Gas Utilities - 0.51%

     

Atmos Energy Corp.

     16,150        1,960,449  

 

See accompanying notes

 


American Beacon Diversified FundSM

Schedule of Investments

July 31, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

 

     Shares      Fair Value  

COMMON STOCKS - 65.13% (continued)

 

Utilities - 1.87% (continued)

 

Gas Utilities - 0.51% (continued)

 

ENN Energy Holdings Ltd.C

     39,200      $ 641,676  
     

 

 

 
        2,602,125  
     

 

 

 

Independent Power & Renewable Electricity Producers - 0.15%

     

China Longyuan Power Group Corp. Ltd., Class HC

     484,000        777,750  
     

 

 

 

Multi-Utilities - 0.15%

     

Engie SAC

     61,779        765,127  
     

 

 

 

Total Utilities

        9,601,224  
     

 

 

 

Total Common Stocks (Cost $287,743,948)

        334,691,993  
     

 

 

 
     Principal Amount         

CORPORATE OBLIGATIONS - 5.68%

     

Basic Materials - 0.05%

     

Chemicals - 0.03%

     

EI du Pont de Nemours & Co., 1.700%, Due 7/15/2025

   $ 180,000        171,925  
     

 

 

 

Forest Products & Paper - 0.02%

     

International Paper Co., 6.000%, Due 11/15/2041

     100,000        108,691  
     

 

 

 

Total Basic Materials

        280,616  
     

 

 

 

Communications - 0.52%

     

Internet - 0.07%

     

Amazon.com, Inc., 3.875%, Due 8/22/2037

     335,000        338,116  
     

 

 

 

Media - 0.18%

     

Charter Communications Operating LLC/Charter Communications Operating Capital,

     

2.800%, Due 4/1/2031

     160,000        135,143  

3.500%, Due 3/1/2042

     190,000        138,921  

3.700%, Due 4/1/2051

     180,000        127,723  

Comcast Corp.,

     

3.400%, Due 4/1/2030

     195,000        190,094  

1.950%, Due 1/15/2031

     185,000        160,572  

2.887%, Due 11/1/2051

     231,000        175,344  
     

 

 

 
        927,797  
     

 

 

 

Telecommunications - 0.27%

     

AT&T, Inc., 2.250%, Due 2/1/2032

     180,000        153,363  

T-Mobile USA, Inc., 3.875%, Due 4/15/2030

     890,000        856,699  

Verizon Communications, Inc.,

     

4.500%, Due 8/10/2033

     105,000        107,034  

3.400%, Due 3/22/2041

     345,000        296,199  
     

 

 

 
        1,413,295  
     

 

 

 

Total Communications

        2,679,208  
     

 

 

 

Consumer, Cyclical - 0.23%

     

Airlines - 0.02%

     

American Airlines Pass-Through Trust, 3.150%, Due 8/15/2033, Series AA

     111,447        98,416  
     

 

 

 

Auto Manufacturers - 0.10%

     

American Honda Finance Corp., 2.000%, Due 3/24/2028

     190,000        173,213  

 

See accompanying notes

 


American Beacon Diversified FundSM

Schedule of Investments

July 31, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

 

     Principal Amount      Fair Value  

CORPORATE OBLIGATIONS - 5.68% (continued)

 

Consumer, Cyclical - 0.23% (continued)

 

Auto Manufacturers - 0.10% (continued)

 

Toyota Motor Credit Corp., 2.500%, Due 3/22/2024

   $ 355,000      $ 351,282  
     

 

 

 
        524,495  
     

 

 

 

Home Furnishings - 0.03%

     

Whirlpool Corp., 4.600%, Due 5/15/2050

     145,000        130,657  
     

 

 

 

Retail - 0.08%

     

AutoNation, Inc., 3.850%, Due 3/1/2032

     280,000        249,940  

Tractor Supply Co., 1.750%, Due 11/1/2030

     185,000        151,147  
     

 

 

 
        401,087  
     

 

 

 

Total Consumer, Cyclical

        1,154,655  
     

 

 

 

Consumer, Non-Cyclical - 0.53%

     

Agriculture - 0.02%

     

Cargill, Inc., 1.375%, Due 7/23/2023D

     120,000        117,867  
     

 

 

 

Biotechnology - 0.04%

     

Amgen, Inc., 4.400%, Due 5/1/2045

     185,000        180,571  
     

 

 

 

Commercial Services - 0.10%

     

Moody’s Corp., 2.550%, Due 8/18/2060

     180,000        119,846  

Quanta Services, Inc.,

     275,000        237,631  

2.900%, Due 10/1/2030

     

3.050%, Due 10/1/2041

     190,000        137,535  
     

 

 

 
        495,012  
     

 

 

 

Food - 0.02%

     

Mondelez International, Inc., 1.500%, Due 2/4/2031

     145,000        118,784  
     

 

 

 

Health Care - Services - 0.17%

     

Children’s Health System of Texas, 2.511%, Due 8/15/2050

     150,000        105,903  

Community Health Network, Inc., 3.099%, Due 5/1/2050, Series 20-A

     240,000        177,238  

Health Care Service Corp. A Mutual Legal Reserve Co., 3.200%, Due 6/1/2050D

     105,000        82,775  

Kaiser Foundation Hospitals, 3.002%, Due 6/1/2051, Series 2021

     130,000        100,822  

UnitedHealth Group, Inc., 3.875%, Due 12/15/2028

     400,000        410,036  
     

 

 

 
        876,774  
     

 

 

 

Pharmaceuticals - 0.18%

     

AbbVie, Inc.,

     130,000        125,290  

4.450%, Due 5/14/2046

     

4.875%, Due 11/14/2048

     255,000        261,204  

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co., 3.400%, Due 7/26/2029

     76,000        75,613  

CVS Health Corp.,

     107,000        108,765  

4.300%, Due 3/25/2028

     

5.050%, Due 3/25/2048

     115,000        117,038  

Viatris, Inc., 3.850%, Due 6/22/2040

     120,000        88,188  

Zoetis, Inc., 3.000%, Due 9/12/2027

     150,000        144,612  
     

 

 

 
        920,710  
     

 

 

 

Total Consumer, Non-Cyclical

        2,709,718  
     

 

 

 

Energy - 0.67%

     

Oil & Gas - 0.29%

     

Chevron USA, Inc., 2.343%, Due 8/12/2050

     180,000        132,906  

ConocoPhillips Co., 2.125%, Due 3/8/2024

     360,000        353,862  

 

See accompanying notes

 


American Beacon Diversified FundSM

Schedule of Investments

July 31, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

 

     Principal Amount      Fair Value  

CORPORATE OBLIGATIONS - 5.68% (continued)

 

Energy - 0.67% (continued)

 

Oil & Gas - 0.29% (continued)

 

Diamondback Energy, Inc.,

     

3.125%, Due 3/24/2031

   $ 385,000      $ 348,874  

4.250%, Due 3/15/2052

     220,000        190,600  

Marathon Petroleum Corp., 5.125%, Due 12/15/2026

     105,000        108,753  

Phillips 66 Co., 3.750%, Due 3/1/2028D

     190,000        183,483  

Pioneer Natural Resources Co.,

     

1.900%, Due 8/15/2030

     125,000        105,760  

2.150%, Due 1/15/2031

     90,000        77,158  
     

 

 

 
        1,501,396  
     

 

 

 

Pipelines - 0.38%

     

Cheniere Corpus Christi Holdings LLC, 2.742%, Due 12/31/2039

     158,000        127,569  

Gray Oak Pipeline LLC, 2.000%, Due 9/15/2023D

     190,000        185,574  

MPLX LP,

     

1.750%, Due 3/1/2026

     230,000        211,470  

4.125%, Due 3/1/2027

     145,000        143,441  

ONEOK, Inc., 4.550%, Due 7/15/2028

     175,000        172,848  

Sabine Pass Liquefaction LLC,

     

4.200%, Due 3/15/2028

     540,000        527,543  

4.500%, Due 5/15/2030

     130,000        128,762  

Williams Cos., Inc.,

     

2.600%, Due 3/15/2031

     325,000        282,732  

5.400%, Due 3/4/2044

     170,000        169,159  
     

 

 

 
        1,949,098  
     

 

 

 

Total Energy

        3,450,494  
     

 

 

 

Financial - 2.09%

     

Banks - 1.22%

     

Bank of America Corp.,

     

2.592%, Due 4/29/2031, (Secured Overnight Financing Rate + 2.150%)E

     180,000        157,827  

2.299%, Due 7/21/2032, (Secured Overnight Financing Rate + 1.220%)E

     465,000        391,100  

3.846%, Due 3/8/2037, (5 yr. CMT + 2.000%)E

     195,000        176,592  

2.676%, Due 6/19/2041, (Secured Overnight Financing Rate + 1.930%)E

     205,000        156,218  

5.000%, Due 1/21/2044

     185,000        189,843  

Citigroup, Inc.,

     

1.281%, Due 11/3/2025, (Secured Overnight Financing Rate + 0.528%)E

     105,000        98,172  

4.412%, Due 3/31/2031, (Secured Overnight Financing Rate + 3.914%)E

     695,000        688,001  

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.,

     

1.431%, Due 3/9/2027, (Secured Overnight Financing Rate + 0.798%)E

     430,000        388,495  

1.542%, Due 9/10/2027, (Secured Overnight Financing Rate + 0.818%)E

     290,000        259,504  

2.615%, Due 4/22/2032, (Secured Overnight Financing Rate + 1.281%)E

     180,000        155,560  

JPMorgan Chase & Co.,

     

2.301%, Due 10/15/2025, (Secured Overnight Financing Rate + 1.160%)E

     485,000        465,286  

3.782%, Due 2/1/2028, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.337%)E

     265,000        260,326  

2.963%, Due 1/25/2033, (Secured Overnight Financing Rate + 1.260%)E

     270,000        240,602  

3.882%, Due 7/24/2038, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.360%)E

     230,000        213,365  

Morgan Stanley,

     

3.591%, Due 7/22/2028, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.340%)E

     295,000        285,452  

1.794%, Due 2/13/2032, (Secured Overnight Financing Rate + 1.034%)E

     340,000        278,303  

2.239%, Due 7/21/2032, (Secured Overnight Financing Rate + 1.178%)E

     180,000        152,212  

0.864%, Due 10/21/2025, Series I, (Secured Overnight Financing Rate + 0.745%)E

     295,000        273,945  

PNC Financial Services Group, Inc., 3.400%, Due 9/15/2026, Series T, (5 yr. CMT + 2.595%)E F

     215,000        176,300  

State Street Corp.,

     

2.354%, Due 11/1/2025, (Secured Overnight Financing Rate + 0.940%)E

     260,000        253,099  

2.200%, Due 3/3/2031

     165,000        140,469  

 

See accompanying notes

 


American Beacon Diversified FundSM

Schedule of Investments

July 31, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

 

     Principal Amount      Fair Value  

CORPORATE OBLIGATIONS - 5.68% (continued)

 

Financial - 2.09% (continued)

 

Banks - 1.22% (continued)

 

Truist Financial Corp., 1.267%, Due 3/2/2027, (Secured Overnight Financing Rate + 0.609%)E

   $ 160,000      $ 145,798  

U.S. Bancorp, 4.967%, Due 7/22/2033, (Secured Overnight Financing Rate + 2.110%)E

     180,000        187,112  

Wells Fargo & Co.,

     

2.572%, Due 2/11/2031, (Secured Overnight Financing Rate + 1.262%)E

     420,000        370,464  

5.375%, Due 11/2/2043

     180,000        185,660  
     

 

 

 
        6,289,705  
     

 

 

 

Diversified Financial Services - 0.35%

     

American Express Co., 4.200%, Due 11/6/2025

     275,000        280,657  

Blue Owl Finance LLC, 3.125%, Due 6/10/2031D

     630,000        496,266  

Charles Schwab Corp.,

     

0.750%, Due 3/18/2024

     150,000        144,434  

3.250%, Due 5/22/2029

     180,000        173,375  

CME Group, Inc., 2.650%, Due 3/15/2032

     365,000        337,265  

Intercontinental Exchange, Inc., 4.950%, Due 6/15/2052

     175,000        181,897  

Visa, Inc., 3.150%, Due 12/14/2025

     160,000        159,916  
     

 

 

 
        1,773,810  
     

 

 

 

Insurance - 0.13%

     

Berkshire Hathaway Finance Corp., 3.850%, Due 3/15/2052

     165,000        151,260  

CNA Financial Corp., 4.500%, Due 3/1/2026

     225,000        228,319  

Fidelity National Financial, Inc., 3.200%, Due 9/17/2051

     180,000        118,007  

Progressive Corp., 2.500%, Due 3/15/2027

     180,000        173,148  
     

 

 

 
        670,734  
     

 

 

 

Investment Companies - 0.13%

     

Golub Capital BDC, Inc., 2.500%, Due 8/24/2026

     745,000        647,493  
     

 

 

 

REITS - 0.26%

     

Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc., 1.875%, Due 2/1/2033

     180,000        141,283  

American Tower Corp., 2.300%, Due 9/15/2031

     250,000        207,814  

Camden Property Trust, 3.150%, Due 7/1/2029

     140,000        132,052  

Crown Castle International Corp.,

     

3.800%, Due 2/15/2028

     155,000        150,787  

2.900%, Due 4/1/2041

     160,000        122,132  

Digital Realty Trust LP, 3.700%, Due 8/15/2027

     190,000        185,560  

Prologis LP, 1.250%, Due 10/15/2030

     135,000        111,301  

Public Storage, 2.250%, Due 11/9/2031

     335,000        291,631  
     

 

 

 
        1,342,560  
     

 

 

 

Total Financial

        10,724,302  
     

 

 

 

Industrial - 0.37%

     

Aerospace/Defense - 0.08%

     

Boeing Co., 2.750%, Due 2/1/2026

     210,000        200,496  

Northrop Grumman Corp., 3.850%, Due 4/15/2045

     250,000        224,749  
     

 

 

 
        425,245  
     

 

 

 

Building Materials - 0.07%

     

Martin Marietta Materials, Inc., 0.650%, Due 7/15/2023

     120,000        116,626  

Vulcan Materials Co., 3.500%, Due 6/1/2030

     230,000        213,481  
     

 

 

 
        330,107  
     

 

 

 

Environmental Control - 0.03%

     

Waste Connections, Inc., 2.200%, Due 1/15/2032

     180,000        154,345  
     

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes

 


American Beacon Diversified FundSM

Schedule of Investments

July 31, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

 

     Principal Amount      Fair Value  

CORPORATE OBLIGATIONS - 5.68% (continued)

 

Industrial - 0.37% (continued)

 

Miscellaneous Manufacturing - 0.03%

     

Carlisle Cos., Inc., 2.200%, Due 3/1/2032

   $ 180,000      $ 145,471  
     

 

 

 

Packaging & Containers - 0.06%

     

Amcor Flexibles North America, Inc., 2.690%, Due 5/25/2031

     150,000        127,803  

Berry Global, Inc., 1.650%, Due 1/15/2027

     210,000        186,165  
     

 

 

 
        313,968  
     

 

 

 

Transportation - 0.10%

     

Burlington Northern Santa Fe LLC, 4.450%, Due 1/15/2053

     185,000        190,825  

FedEx Corp., 3.250%, Due 5/15/2041

     185,000        152,259  

Union Pacific Corp., 4.100%, Due 9/15/2067

     200,000        184,728  
     

 

 

 
        527,812  
     

 

 

 

Total Industrial

        1,896,948  
     

 

 

 

Technology - 0.28%

     

Computers - 0.11%

     

Dell International LLC/EMC Corp.,

     

5.300%, Due 10/1/2029

     445,000        451,874  

3.450%, Due 12/15/2051D

     195,000        137,820  
     

 

 

 
        589,694  
     

 

 

 

Semiconductors - 0.09%

     

Entegris Escrow Corp., 4.750%, Due 4/15/2029D

     190,000        182,936  

Lam Research Corp.,

     

3.750%, Due 3/15/2026

     95,000        96,490  

1.900%, Due 6/15/2030

     180,000        157,660  
     

 

 

 
        437,086  
     

 

 

 

Software - 0.08%

     

Oracle Corp., 4.300%, Due 7/8/2034

     243,000        222,681  

VMware, Inc., 2.200%, Due 8/15/2031

     235,000        191,197  
     

 

 

 
        413,878  
     

 

 

 

Total Technology

        1,440,658  
     

 

 

 

Utilities - 0.94%

     

Electric - 0.84%

     

American Electric Power Co., Inc., 2.031%, Due 3/15/2024

     320,000        311,320  

Appalachian Power Co., 4.500%, Due 3/1/2049, Series Y

     70,000        64,959  

Consumers Energy Co., 2.500%, Due 5/1/2060

     155,000        106,820  

Dominion Energy, Inc., 3.375%, Due 4/1/2030, Series C

     180,000        171,307  

DTE Energy Co., 1.050%, Due 6/1/2025, Series F

     275,000        255,058  

Duke Energy Corp., 2.650%, Due 9/1/2026

     220,000        210,632  

Duke Energy Progress LLC, 4.150%, Due 12/1/2044

     255,000        241,699  

Duke Energy Progress NC Storm Funding LLC, 2.387%, Due 7/1/2039, Series A 2

     715,000        663,337  

Entergy Arkansas LLC, 3.350%, Due 6/15/2052

     185,000        153,351  

Entergy Corp., 2.800%, Due 6/15/2030

     115,000        101,760  

Entergy Louisiana LLC, 4.000%, Due 3/15/2033

     137,000        136,476  

Exelon Corp., 4.050%, Due 4/15/2030

     180,000        179,152  

Florida Power & Light Co., 3.950%, Due 3/1/2048

     120,000        115,189  

Kentucky Utilities Co., 3.300%, Due 6/1/2050

     185,000        152,346  

National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corp., 1.000%, Due 10/18/2024, Series D

     180,000        170,605  

Northern States Power Co., 2.600%, Due 6/1/2051

     185,000        143,151  

Ohio Power Co., 2.600%, Due 4/1/2030, Series P

     190,000        173,115  

 

See accompanying notes

 


American Beacon Diversified FundSM

Schedule of Investments

July 31, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

 

     Principal Amount      Fair Value  

CORPORATE OBLIGATIONS - 5.68% (continued)

 

Utilities - 0.94% (continued)

 

Electric - 0.84% (continued)

 

Oklahoma Gas & Electric Co., 0.553%, Due 5/26/2023

   $ 215,000      $ 210,121  

Sempra Energy, 3.300%, Due 4/1/2025

     335,000        331,258  

Vistra Operations Co. LLC, 5.125%, Due 5/13/2025D

     440,000        439,846  
     

 

 

 
        4,331,502  
     

 

 

 

Gas - 0.10%

     

National Fuel Gas Co., 3.950%, Due 9/15/2027

     225,000        211,525  

Sempra Global, 3.250%, Due 1/15/2032D

     205,000        179,377  

Southern California Gas Co., 2.550%, Due 2/1/2030, Series XX

     135,000        124,904  
     

 

 

 
        515,806  
     

 

 

 

Total Utilities

        4,847,308  
     

 

 

 

Total Corporate Obligations (Cost $32,621,728)

        29,183,907  
     

 

 

 

FOREIGN CORPORATE OBLIGATIONS - 1.27%

     

Basic Materials - 0.08%

     

Mining - 0.08%

     

Glencore Funding LLC, 2.625%, Due 9/23/2031D

     160,000        131,566  

Teck Resources Ltd., 6.000%, Due 8/15/2040

     255,000        254,727  
     

 

 

 
        386,293  
     

 

 

 

Total Basic Materials

        386,293  
     

 

 

 

Communications - 0.04%

     

Telecommunications - 0.04%

     

Bell Canada, Inc., 4.464%, Due 4/1/2048

     85,000        81,423  

TELUS Corp., 3.400%, Due 5/13/2032

     160,000        148,317  
     

 

 

 
        229,740  
     

 

 

 

Total Communications

        229,740  
     

 

 

 

Consumer, Non-Cyclical - 0.19%

     

Agriculture - 0.08%

     

BAT Capital Corp., 2.259%, Due 3/25/2028

     290,000        248,485  

Reynolds American, Inc., 5.700%, Due 8/15/2035

     175,000        168,105  
     

 

 

 
        416,590  
     

 

 

 

Beverages - 0.11%

     

Anheuser-Busch Cos. LLC/Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide, Inc., 4.900%, Due 2/1/2046

     100,000        101,776  

Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide, Inc., 5.550%, Due 1/23/2049

     125,000        138,566  

Coca-Cola Femsa SAB de CV,

     

2.750%, Due 1/22/2030

     200,000        183,460  

1.850%, Due 9/1/2032

     150,000        123,354  
     

 

 

 
        547,156  
     

 

 

 

Total Consumer, Non-Cyclical

        963,746  
     

 

 

 

Energy - 0.10%

     

Oil & Gas - 0.03%

     

TotalEnergies Capital International SA, 3.127%, Due 5/29/2050

     185,000        151,297  
     

 

 

 

Pipelines - 0.07%

     

Enbridge, Inc., 2.500%, Due 2/14/2025

     190,000        183,756  

 

See accompanying notes

 


American Beacon Diversified FundSM

Schedule of Investments

July 31, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

 

     Principal Amount      Fair Value  

FOREIGN CORPORATE OBLIGATIONS - 1.27% (continued)

 

Energy - 0.10% (continued)

 

Pipelines - 0.07% (continued)

 

TransCanada PipeLines Ltd., 1.000%, Due 10/12/2024

   $ 180,000      $ 169,036  
     

 

 

 
        352,792  
     

 

 

 

Total Energy

        504,089  
     

 

 

 

Financial - 0.82%

     

Banks - 0.75%

     

Bank of Nova Scotia, 2.431%, Due 9/15/2023, (Secured Overnight Financing Rate + 0.550)E

     1,395,000        1,388,129  

Barclays PLC, 2.894%, Due 11/24/2032, (1 yr. CMT + 1.300%)E

     295,000        241,832  

Commonwealth Bank of Australia, 2.499%, Due 7/7/2025, (Secured Overnight Financing Rate + 0.400%)D E

     705,000        692,113  

Deutsche Bank AG,

     

1.686%, Due 3/19/2026

     150,000        136,881  

2.311%, Due 11/16/2027, (Secured Overnight Financing Rate + 1.219%)E

     200,000        173,646  

2.552%, Due 1/7/2028, (Secured Overnight Financing Rate + 1.318%)E

     210,000        184,398  

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc., 2.193%, Due 2/25/2025

     180,000        171,997  

Royal Bank of Canada, 2.250%, Due 11/1/2024

     350,000        341,211  

Toronto-Dominion Bank, 3.250%, Due 3/11/2024

     525,000        523,339  
     

 

 

 
        3,853,546  
     

 

 

 

Financial Services - 0.07%

     

AerCap Ireland Capital DAC/AerCap Global Aviation Trust, 3.000%, Due 10/29/2028

     425,000        372,271  
     

 

 

 

Total Financial

        4,225,817  
     

 

 

 

Industrial - 0.04%

     

Transportation - 0.04%

     

Canadian Pacific Railway Co., 3.100%, Due 12/2/2051

     255,000        203,873  
     

 

 

 

Total Foreign Corporate Obligations (Cost $7,060,984)

        6,513,558  
     

 

 

 

FOREIGN SOVEREIGN OBLIGATIONS - 0.04%

     

Mexico Government International Bonds, 4.600%, Due 1/23/2046

     160,000        134,560  

Panama Government International Bonds, 3.160%, Due 1/23/2030

     95,000        85,766  
     

 

 

 

Total Foreign Sovereign Obligations (Cost $267,217)

        220,326  
     

 

 

 

ASSET-BACKED OBLIGATIONS - 1.37%

     

Ally Auto Receivables Trust, 3.310%, Due 11/15/2026, 2022-1 A3

     320,000        317,994  

AmeriCredit Automobile Receivables Trust,

     

0.370%, Due 8/18/2025, 2021 1 A3

     209,579        206,436  

0.340%, Due 12/18/2026, 2021 2 A3

     200,000        194,354  

4.380%, Due 4/18/2028, 2021 2 A3

     265,000        267,571  

BMW Vehicle Owner Trust, 3.210%, Due 8/25/2026, 2022-A A3

     170,000        169,548  

Capital One Multi-Asset Execution Trust, 0.550%, Due 7/15/2026, 2021 A1 A1

     325,000        308,388  

CNH Equipment Trust,

     

1.160%, Due 6/16/2025, 2020 A A3

     113,889        112,359  

0.400%, Due 12/15/2025, 2021 A A3

     240,000        231,690  

Ford Credit Auto Lease Trust, 3.230%, Due 5/15/2025, 2022 2 A3

     420,000        417,895  

Ford Credit Auto Owner Trust, 1.530%, Due 5/15/2034, 2021 2 AD

     300,000        274,062  

GM Financial Automobile Leasing Trust, 1.900%, Due 3/20/2025, 2022 1 A3

     290,000        283,423  

GM Financial Consumer Automobile Receivables Trust,

     

1.840%, Due 9/16/2024, 2020 1 A3

     79,273        78,949  

1.490%, Due 12/16/2024, 2020 2 A3

     43,605        43,228  

GM Financial Revolving Receivables Trust, 1.170%, Due 6/12/2034, 2021 1 AD

     245,000        222,919  

Honda Auto Receivables Owner Trust, 1.880%, Due 5/15/2026, 2022 1 A3

     325,000        315,168  

John Deere Owner Trust, 2.320%, Due 9/16/2026, 2022 A A3

     250,000        243,994  

 

See accompanying notes

 


American Beacon Diversified FundSM

Schedule of Investments

July 31, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

 

     Principal Amount      Fair Value  

ASSET-BACKED OBLIGATIONS - 1.37% (continued)

 

John Deere Owner Trust, (continued)

 

3.740%, Due 2/16/2027, 2022 B A3

   $ 300,000      $ 301,229  

Mercedes-Benz Auto Lease Trust, 0.400%, Due 11/15/2024, 2021 B A3

     435,000        421,983  

New Economy Assets Phase 1 Sponsor LLC, 1.910%, Due 10/20/2061, 2021 1 A1D

     345,000        304,433  

PSNH Funding LLC, 3.094%, Due 2/1/2026, 2018 1 A1

     75,256        74,942  

Taco Bell Funding LLC, 2.294%, Due 8/25/2051, 2021 1A A2IID

     278,600        237,478  

Toyota Auto Loan Extended Note Trust, 1.350%, Due 5/25/2033, 2020 1A AD

     285,000        268,258  

Toyota Auto Receivables Owner Trust,

     

1.360%, Due 8/15/2024, 2020 B A3

     143,852        142,547  

1.230%, Due 6/15/2026, 2022 A A3

     260,000        249,903  

Verizon Master Trust, 0.500%, Due 5/20/2027, 2021 1 A

     580,000        550,102  

Verizon Owner Trust, 1.850%, Due 7/22/2024, 2020 A A1A

     271,887        270,579  

Volkswagen Auto Loan Enhanced Trust, 1.020%, Due 6/22/2026, 2021 1 A3

     295,000        283,877  

Wendy’s Funding LLC, 2.370%, Due 6/15/2051, 2021 1A A2ID

     277,200        237,921  
     

 

 

 

Total Asset-Backed Obligations (Cost $7,336,657)

        7,031,230  
     

 

 

 

COLLATERALIZED MORTGAGE OBLIGATIONS - 0.11%

     

Angel Oak Mortgage Trust, 2.620%, Due 11/25/2059, 2019 6 A1D G

     135,773        132,994  

Angel Oak Mortgage Trust I LLC, 3.628%, Due 3/25/2049, 2019 2 A1D G

     14,102        14,040  

Residential Mortgage Loan Trust, 2.633%, Due 9/25/2059, 2019 3 A1D G

     165,134        161,526  

Towd Point Mortgage Trust, 3.875%, Due 5/25/2058, 2018 3 A2D G

     275,000        264,229  
     

 

 

 

Total Collateralized Mortgage Obligations (Cost $576,542)

        572,789  
     

 

 

 

COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE-BACKED OBLIGATIONS - 0.12%

     

BX Commercial Mortgage Trust, 2.699%, Due 9/15/2036, 2021 VOLT A, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.700%)D E

     385,000        370,252  

Cold Storage Trust, 2.899%, Due 11/15/2037, 2020 ICE5 A, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.900%)D E

     265,407        259,476  
     

 

 

 

Total Commercial Mortgage-Backed Obligations (Cost $650,408)

        629,728  
     

 

 

 

U.S. AGENCY MORTGAGE-BACKED OBLIGATIONS - 6.92%

     

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.,

     

3.500%, Due 9/1/2028

     76,060        77,174  

3.000%, Due 11/1/2032

     98,760        99,106  

2.500%, Due 6/1/2035

     191,989        187,338  

2.000%, Due 3/1/2036

     616,836        587,792  

2.000%, Due 10/1/2040

     295,397        274,011  

2.000%, Due 1/1/2041

     537,346        498,441  

2.500%, Due 9/1/2041

     533,944        509,211  

2.500%, Due 11/1/2041

     308,423        294,136  

3.500%, Due 5/1/2042

     434,424        435,054  

4.000%, Due 6/1/2042

     853,342        872,988  

3.000%, Due 4/1/2047

     345,998        338,955  

3.500%, Due 1/1/2048

     194,692        195,981  

4.000%, Due 4/1/2048

     153,658        156,851  

3.000%, Due 8/1/2048

     243,406        238,240  

3.000%, Due 11/1/2049

     396,441        384,760  

2.500%, Due 7/1/2050

     319,904        299,491  

2.500%, Due 11/1/2051

     467,190        438,492  

2.500%, Due 5/1/2052

     658,742        616,594  

4.000%, Due 6/1/2052

     4,074,426        4,100,303  

5.000%, Due 6/1/2052

     162,117        167,435  

Federal National Mortgage Association,

     

3.500%, Due 1/1/2028G

     27,872        28,270  

4.500%, Due 4/1/2034

     68,233        70,235  

3.000%, Due 10/1/2034

     183,132        183,628  

2.000%, Due 11/1/2035G

     455,471        434,878  

2.000%, Due 12/1/2035G

     203,099        193,659  

 

See accompanying notes

 


American Beacon Diversified FundSM

Schedule of Investments

July 31, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

 

     Principal Amount      Fair Value  

U.S. AGENCY MORTGAGE-BACKED OBLIGATIONS - 6.92% (continued)

 

Federal National Mortgage Association, (continued)

     

2.000%, Due 1/1/2036G

   $ 317,167      $ 302,228  

2.500%, Due 4/1/2036

     351,949        343,986  

2.000%, Due 5/1/2036

     107,862        102,782  

2.000%, Due 6/1/2036

     243,452        231,986  

3.500%, Due 6/1/2037

     104,011        106,467  

5.500%, Due 6/1/2038

     13,483        14,435  

5.000%, Due 5/1/2040

     69,593        73,909  

5.000%, Due 6/1/2040

     52,103        55,349  

2.000%, Due 5/1/2041

     587,415        544,201  

2.500%, Due 11/1/2041

     351,536        335,252  

5.000%, Due 3/1/2042G

     32,503        34,306  

3.500%, Due 7/1/2043

     67,585        68,212  

4.000%, Due 11/1/2044G

     49,531        50,881  

4.000%, Due 7/1/2045

     340,326        349,142  

3.500%, Due 8/1/2045

     36,498        36,702  

3.500%, Due 5/1/2046

     84,194        84,705  

3.000%, Due 6/1/2046

     244,383        239,625  

4.000%, Due 7/1/2046

     100,172        102,906  

3.000%, Due 10/1/2046

     187,476        183,548  

3.000%, Due 11/1/2046

     264,656        259,084  

3.500%, Due 11/1/2046

     341,390        343,849  

3.000%, Due 12/1/2046G

     165,734        162,269  

3.500%, Due 3/1/2047

     37,259        37,496  

4.500%, Due 7/1/2047

     22,744        23,444  

4.500%, Due 8/1/2047

     72,684        75,032  

3.500%, Due 9/1/2047

     90,074        90,573  

4.000%, Due 3/1/2048

     135,496        137,997  

4.500%, Due 7/1/2048G

     79,290        81,670  

4.500%, Due 7/1/2048

     51,659        53,099  

4.500%, Due 3/1/2049

     147,428        151,504  

4.500%, Due 10/1/2049

     147,814        151,523  

4.000%, Due 11/1/2049

     308,343        313,324  

2.500%, Due 6/1/2050

     287,593        269,014  

2.500%, Due 8/1/2050

     445,111        416,720  

2.500%, Due 8/1/2050G

     322,749        302,864  

3.000%, Due 8/1/2050

     259,713        251,758  

2.500%, Due 9/1/2050

     295,756        277,124  

2.500%, Due 10/1/2050G

     121,459        113,733  

3.000%, Due 10/1/2050G

     503,085        489,231  

3.000%, Due 11/1/2050G

     772,304        748,408  

2.500%, Due 2/1/2051G

     921,716        862,933  

2.000%, Due 3/1/2051G

     1,512,904        1,368,330  

2.000%, Due 4/1/2051G

     617,078        560,037  

3.000%, Due 5/1/2051G

     382,213        373,611  

3.000%, Due 6/1/2051

     160,697        155,385  

3.500%, Due 6/1/2051G

     456,270        453,440  

3.500%, Due 7/1/2051 G

     854,018        853,502  

3.000%, Due 11/1/2051G

     518,308        500,792  

4.000%, Due 5/1/2052 G

     416,625        422,928  

4.000%, Due 6/1/2052

     4,078,717        4,104,621  

Government National Mortgage Association,

     

5.000%, Due 10/15/2039

     51,861        54,817  

3.500%, Due 9/15/2041

     118,262        120,599  

3.500%, Due 8/20/2047

     40,232        40,575  

3.500%, Due 10/20/2047

     47,691        48,071  

4.000%, Due 12/20/2047

     90,159        92,254  

4.000%, Due 1/20/2048

     84,204        85,945  

5.000%, Due 1/20/2050

     140,312        145,156  

 

See accompanying notes

 


American Beacon Diversified FundSM

Schedule of Investments

July 31, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

 

     Principal Amount      Fair Value  

U.S. AGENCY MORTGAGE-BACKED OBLIGATIONS - 6.92% (continued)

 

Government National Mortgage Association, (continued)

     

4.500%, Due 2/20/2050

   $ 87,809      $ 90,765  

5.000%, Due 2/20/2050

     47,927        49,663  

2.500%, Due 4/20/2050

     580,649        555,107  

2.500%, Due 6/20/2051

     561,443        534,862  

3.000%, Due 6/20/2051

     825,580        807,176  

2.500%, Due 7/20/2051

     719,399        685,171  

3.000%, Due 8/20/2051

     448,430        442,648  

2.500%, Due 11/20/2051

     332,666        316,687  

3.000%, Due 12/20/2051

     887,475        866,214  

3.500%, Due 1/20/2052

     335,445        334,656  

4.000%, Due 3/20/2052

     649,928        658,269  

3.000%, Due 6/20/2052

     303,887        296,568  
     

 

 

 

Total U.S. Agency Mortgage-Backed Obligations (Cost $37,091,433)

        35,574,143  
     

 

 

 

U.S. TREASURY OBLIGATIONS 3.20%

     

U.S. Treasury Bonds,

     

2.250%, Due 5/15/2041

     1,605,000        1,385,566  

1.750%, Due 8/15/2041

     560,000        441,459  

1.375%, Due 8/15/2050

     3,640,000        2,490,130  

U.S. Treasury Notes,

     

1.250%, Due 7/31/2023

     2,030,000        1,996,061  

1.250%, Due 8/31/2024

     3,155,000        3,049,875  

1.125%, Due 2/28/2025

     3,140,000        3,005,446  

1.500%, Due 1/31/2027

     2,790,000        2,645,923  

1.500%, Due 2/15/2030

     1,565,000        1,443,896  
     

 

 

 

Total U.S. Treasury Obligations (Cost $17,884,355)

        16,458,356  
     

 

 

 
     Shares         

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS 15.87%

     

Investment Companies - 2.15%

     

American Beacon U.S. Government Money Market Select Fund, 1.680%H I

     11,039,429        11,039,429  
     

 

 

 
     Principal Amount         

U.S. Treasury Obligations - 13.72%

     

U.S. Treasury Bonds,

     

2.000%, Due 8/15/2051

   $ 5,620,000        4,510,270  

1.875%, Due 11/15/2051

     12,840,000        10,011,187  

2.250%, Due 2/15/2052

     13,375,000        11,423,086  

2.875%, Due 5/15/2052

     11,650,000        11,415,180  

U.S. Treasury Floating Rate Notes,

     

2.565%, Due 7/31/2023, (3 mo. Treasury money market yield + 0.029%)E

     4,175,000        4,189,075  

2.571%, Due 10/31/2023, (3 mo. Treasury money market yield + 0.035%)E

     5,950,000        5,970,081  

2.461%, Due 4/30/2024, (3 mo. Treasury money market yield - 0.075%)E

     22,930,000        22,954,249  
     

 

 

 

Total U.S. Treasury Obligations

        70,473,128  
     

 

 

 

Total Short-Term Investments (Cost $83,322,105)

        81,512,557  
     

 

 

 
     Shares         

SECURITIES LENDING COLLATERAL - 0.41% (Cost $2,077,446)

     

Investment Companies - 0.41%

     

American Beacon U.S. Government Money Market Select Fund, 1.68%H I

     2,077,446        2,077,446  
     

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes

 


American Beacon Diversified FundSM

Schedule of Investments

July 31, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

 

            Fair Value  

TOTAL INVESTMENTS - 100.12% (Cost $476,632,823)

                           $ 514,466,033  

LIABILITIES, NET OF OTHER ASSETS - (0.12%)

        (596,667
     

 

 

 

TOTAL NET ASSETS - 100.00%

      $ 513,869,366  
     

 

 

 

Percentages are stated as a percent of net assets.

 

 

A 

All or a portion of this security is on loan, collateralized by either cash and/or U.S. Treasuries, at July 31, 2022.

B 

Non-income producing security.

C 

Fair valued pursuant to procedures approved by the Board of Trustees. At period end, the value of these securities amounted to $86,453,655 or 16.82% of net assets.

D 

Security exempt from registration under the Securities Act of 1933. These securities may be resold to qualified institutional buyers pursuant to Rule 144A. At the period end, the value of these securities amounted to $11,749,999 or 2.29% of net assets. The Fund has no right to demand registration of these securities.

E 

Variable, floating, or adjustable rate securities with an interest rate that changes periodically. Rates are periodically reset with rates that are based on a predetermined benchmark such as a widely followed interest rate such as T-bills, SOFR, LIBOR or PRIME plus a fixed spread. The interest rate disclosed reflects the rate in effect on July 31, 2022.

F 

Perpetual maturity. The date shown, if any, is the next call date.

G 

Coupon rate may change based on changes of the underlying collateral or prepayments of principal. The coupon rate shown represents the rate at period end.

H 

The Fund is affiliated by having the same investment advisor.

I 

7-day yield.

ADR - American Depositary Receipt.

BDC - Business Development Company.

CMT - Constant Maturity Treasury.

DAC - Designated Activity Company.

GDR - Global Depositary Receipt.

LIBOR - London Interbank Offered Rate.

LLC - Limited Liability Company.

LP - Limited Partnership.

PLC - Public Limited Company.

PRIME - A rate, charged by banks, based on the U.S. Federal Funds rate.

REIT - Real Estate Investment Trust.

SOFR - Secured Overnight Financing Rate.

USD - United States Dollar.

Long Futures Contracts Open on July 31, 2022:

Equity Futures Contracts

 

Description

   Number of
Contracts
  

Expiration Date

   Notional Amount      Contract Value      Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 

CME e-Mini Standard & Poor’s 500 Index Futures

   19    September 2022    $ 3,643,254      $ 3,926,825      $ 283,571  

ICE U.S. mini MSCI EAFE Index Futures

   18    September 2022      1,668,027        1,756,890        88,863  

ICE U.S. MSCI Emerging Markets EM Index Futures

   16    September 2022      794,000        798,800        4,800  
        

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
   $ 6,105,281      $ 6,482,515      $ 377,234  
        

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes

 


American Beacon Diversified FundSM

Schedule of Investments

July 31, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

 

Index Abbreviations:

 

MSCI

  

Morgan Stanley Capital International.

MSCI EAFE

  

Morgan Stanley Capital International - Europe, Australasia, and Far East.

Exchange Abbreviations:

 

CME

  

Chicago Mercantile Exchange.

ICE

  

Intercontinental Exchange.

The Fund’s investments are summarized by level based on the inputs used to determine their values. As of July 31, 2022, the investments were classified as described below:

 

Diversified Fund

   Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total  

Assets

 

Common Stocks

   $ 248,238,338      $ 86,453,655      $ —        $ 334,691,993  

Corporate Obligations

     —          29,183,907        —          29,183,907  

Foreign Corporate Obligations

     —          6,513,558        —          6,513,558  

Foreign Sovereign Obligations

     —          220,326        —          220,326  

Asset-Backed Obligations

     —          7,031,230        —          7,031,230  

Collateralized Mortgage Obligations

     —          572,789        —          572,789  

Commercial Mortgage-Backed Obligations

     —          629,728        —          629,728  

U.S. Agency Mortgage-Backed Obligations

     —          35,574,143        —          35,574,143  

U.S. Treasury Obligations

     —          16,458,356        —          16,458,356  

Short-Term Investments

     11,039,429        70,473,128        —          81,512,557  

Securities Lending Collateral

     2,077,446        —          —          2,077,446  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Investments in Securities - Assets

   $ 261,355,213      $ 253,110,820      $ —        $ 514,466,033  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Financial Derivative Instruments - Assets

 

Futures Contracts

   $ 377,234      $ —        $ —        $ 377,234  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Financial Derivative Instruments - Assets

   $ 377,234      $ —        $ —        $ 377,234  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

U.S. GAAP requires transfers between all levels to/from level 3 be disclosed. During the period ended July 31, 2022, there were no transfers into or out of Level 3.

 

See accompanying notes

 


American Beacon Diversified FundSM

Supplementary Notes to Schedules of Investments

July 31, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

 

Organization

American Beacon Institutional Funds Trust (the “Trust”) is organized as a Delaware statutory trust. The Fund, a series within the Trust, is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Act”), as a diversified, open-end management investment company. As of July 31, 2022, the Trust consists of one active series presented in this filing: American Beacon Diversified Fund (the “Fund”). The Fund is not registered under the Securities Act of 1933 and is not available for sale to the public.

American Beacon Advisors, Inc. (the “Manager”) is a Delaware corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Resolute Investment Managers, Inc. (“RIM”) organized in 1986 to provide business management, advisory, administrative, and asset management consulting services to the Trust and other investors. The Manager is registered as an investment advisor under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended (the “Advisers Act”). RIM is, in turn, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Resolute Acquisition, Inc., which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Resolute Topco, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Resolute Investment Holdings, LLC (“RIH”). RIH is owned primarily by Kelso Investment Associates VIII, L.P., KEP VI, LLC and Estancia Capital Partners L.P., investment funds affiliated with Kelso & Company, L.P. (“Kelso”) or Estancia Capital Management, LLC (“Estancia”), which are private equity firms.

Recently Adopted Accounting Pronouncements

In March 2020, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2020-04, which provides optional expedients and exceptions for contracts, hedging relationships and other transactions affected by the transitioning away from the London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”) and other reference rates that are expected to be discontinued. The amendments in this ASU are effective for all entities as of March 12, 2020 through December 31, 2022. At this time, management is evaluating the implications of these changes on the financial statements.

In October 2020, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) adopted new regulations governing the use of derivatives by registered investment companies. Rule 18f-4 will impose limits on the amount of derivatives a fund could enter into, eliminate the asset segregation framework currently used by funds to comply with Section 18 of the Act, and require funds whose use of derivatives is more than a limited specified exposure to establish and maintain a derivatives risk management program and appoint a derivatives risk manager. While the new rule became effective February 19, 2021, funds will not be required to fully comply with the new rule until August 19, 2022. It is not currently clear what impact, if any, the new rule will have on the availability, liquidity or performance of derivatives. When fully implemented, the new rule may require changes in how a fund will use derivatives, may adversely affect a fund’s performance and may increase costs related to a fund’s use of derivatives.

On December 3, 2020, the SEC adopted new rule 2a-5 (Valuation Rule) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, establishing an updated regulatory framework for fund valuation. The Valuation Rule, in part, provides a framework for good faith fair value determination and permits a Board to designate fair value determinations to the fund’s investment adviser. Further, the SEC is rescinding previously issued guidance on related issues. The Valuation Rule became effective on March 8, 2021, with a compliance date of September 8, 2022. Management is currently evaluating the Valuation Rule and its effect on the Fund.


American Beacon Diversified FundSM

Supplementary Notes to Schedules of Investments

July 31, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

 

Security Valuation and Fair Value Measurements

The price of the Fund’s shares is based on its net asset value (“NAV”) per share. The Fund’s NAV is computed by adding total assets, subtracting all the Fund’s liabilities, and dividing the result by the total number of shares outstanding.

The NAV of each class of the Fund’s shares is determined based on a pro rata allocation of the Fund’s investment income, expenses and total capital gains and losses. The Fund’s NAV per share is determined each business day as of the regular close of trading on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE” or “Exchange”), which is typically 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time (“ET”). However, if trading on the NYSE closes at a time other than 4:00 p.m. ET, the Fund’s NAV per share typically would still be determined as of the regular close of trading on the NYSE. The Fund does not price its shares on days that the NYSE is closed. Foreign exchanges may permit trading in foreign securities on days when the Fund is not open for business, which may result in the value of the Fund’s portfolio investments being affected at a time when you are unable to buy or sell shares.

Equity securities, including shares of closed-end funds and exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”), are valued at the last sale price or official closing price taken from the primary exchange in which each security trades. Investments in other mutual funds are valued at the closing NAV per share on the day of valuation. Debt securities are valued at bid quotes from broker/dealers or evaluated bid prices from pricing services, who may consider a number of inputs and factors, such as prices of comparable securities, yield curves, spreads, credit ratings, coupon rates, maturity, default rates, and underlying collateral. Futures are valued based on their daily settlement prices. Exchange-traded and over-the-counter (“OTC”) options are valued at the last sale price. Options with no last sale for the day are priced at mid quote. Swaps are valued at evaluated mid prices from pricing services.

The valuation of securities traded on foreign markets and certain fixed-income securities will generally be based on prices determined as of the earlier closing time of the markets on which they primarily trade unless a significant event has occurred. When the Fund holds securities or other assets that are denominated in a foreign currency, the Fund will normally use the currency exchange rates as of 4:00 p.m. ET.

Securities may be valued at fair value, as determined in good faith and pursuant to procedures approved by the Board, under certain limited circumstances. For example, fair value pricing will be used when market quotations are not readily available or reliable, as determined by the Manager, such as when (i) trading for a security is restricted or stopped; (ii) a security’s trading market is closed (other than customary closings); or (iii) a security has been de-listed from a national exchange. A security with limited market liquidity may require fair value pricing if the Manager determines that the available price does not reflect the security’s true market value. In addition, if a significant event that the Manager determines to affect the value of one or more securities held by the Fund occurs after the close of a related exchange but before the determination of the Fund’s NAV, fair value pricing may be used on the affected security or securities. Securities of small-capitalization companies are also more likely to require a fair value determination using these procedures because they are more thinly traded and less liquid than the securities of larger-capitalization companies. The Fund may fair value securities as a result of significant events occurring after the close of the foreign markets in which the Fund invests as described below. In addition, the Fund may invest in illiquid securities requiring these procedures.

The Fund may use fair value pricing for securities primarily traded in non-U.S. markets because most foreign markets close well before the Fund’s pricing time of 4:00 p.m. ET. The earlier close of these foreign markets gives rise to the possibility that significant events, including broad market moves, may have occurred in the interim and may materially affect the value of those securities. If the Manager determines that the last quoted prices of non-U.S. securities will, in its judgment, materially affect the value of some or all its portfolio securities, the Manager can adjust the previous closing prices to reflect what it believes to be the fair value of the securities as of the close of the Exchange. In deciding whether it is necessary to adjust closing prices to reflect fair value, the Manager reviews a variety of factors, including developments in foreign markets, the performance of U.S. securities markets, and the performance of instruments trading in U.S. markets that represent foreign securities and baskets of foreign securities. These securities are fair valued using a pricing service, using methods approved by the Board, that considers the correlation of the trading patterns of the foreign security to intraday trading in the U.S. markets, based on indices of domestic securities and other appropriate indicators such as prices of relevant American Depositary Receipts (“ADRs”) and futures contracts. The Valuation Committee, established by the Board, may also fair value securities in other situations, such as when a particular foreign market is closed but the Fund is open. The Fund uses outside pricing services to provide closing prices and information to evaluate and/or adjust those prices. As a means of evaluating its security valuation process, the Valuation Committee routinely compares closing prices, the next day’s opening prices in the same markets and adjusted prices.


American Beacon Diversified FundSM

Supplementary Notes to Schedules of Investments

July 31, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

 

Attempts to determine the fair value of securities introduce an element of subjectivity to the pricing of securities. As a result, the price of a security determined through fair valuation techniques may differ from the price quoted or published by other sources and may not accurately reflect the market value of the security when trading resumes. If a reliable market quotation becomes available for a security formerly valued through fair valuation techniques, the Manager compares the new market quotation to the fair value price to evaluate the effectiveness of the Fund’s fair valuation procedures. If any significant discrepancies are found, the Manager may adjust the Fund’s fair valuation procedures.

Valuation Inputs

Various inputs may be used to determine the fair value of the Fund’s investments. These inputs are summarized in three broad levels for financial statement purposes. The inputs or methodologies used to value securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.

 

Level 1 -   Quoted prices in active markets for identical securities.
Level 2 -   Prices determined using other significant observable inputs. These may include quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, and others.
Level 3 -   Prices determined using other significant unobservable inputs. Unobservable inputs reflect the Fund’s own assumptions about the factors market participants would use in pricing an investment.

Level 1 and Level 2 trading assets and trading liabilities, at fair value

Common stocks, ETFs, preferred securities, and financial derivative instruments, such as futures contracts that are traded on a national securities exchange, are stated at the last reported sale or settlement price on the day of valuation. To the extent these securities are actively traded and valuation adjustments are not applied, they are categorized as Level 1 of the fair value hierarchy. Valuation adjustments may be applied to certain securities that are solely traded on a foreign exchange to account for the market movement between the close of the foreign market and the close of the Exchange. These securities are valued using pricing service providers that consider the correlation of the trading patterns of the foreign security to the intraday trading in the U.S. markets for investments. Securities using these valuation adjustments are categorized as Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy. Preferred securities and other equities traded on inactive markets or valued by reference to similar instruments are generally categorized as Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy.


American Beacon Diversified FundSM

Supplementary Notes to Schedules of Investments

July 31, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

 

Fixed-income securities including corporate, convertible and municipal bonds and notes, U.S. government agencies, U.S. Treasury obligations, sovereign issues, bank loans, convertible preferred securities, and non-U.S. bonds are normally valued by pricing service providers that use broker dealer quotations, reported trades or valuation estimates from their internal pricing models. The service providers’ internal models use inputs that are observable such as issuer details, interest rates, yield curves, prepayment speeds, credit risks/spreads, default rates, and quoted prices for similar assets. Securities that use similar valuation techniques and inputs as described above are categorized as Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy. Fixed-income securities purchased on a delayed-delivery basis are marked-to-market daily until settlement at the forward settlement date and are categorized as Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy.

Mortgage-related and asset-backed securities (“ABS”) are usually issued as separate tranches, or classes, of securities within each deal. These securities are also normally valued by pricing service providers that use broker-dealer quotations or valuation estimates from their internal pricing models. The pricing models for these securities usually consider tranche-level attributes, current market data, estimated cash flows, and market-based yield spreads for each tranche, and incorporates deal collateral performance, as available. Mortgage-related and ABS that use similar valuation techniques and inputs as described above are categorized as Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy.

Investments in registered open-end investment management companies will be valued based upon the NAVs of such investments and are categorized as Level 1 of the fair value hierarchy.

OTC financial derivative instruments, such as forward foreign currency contracts derive their value from underlying asset prices, indices, reference rates, and other inputs or a combination of these factors. These contracts are normally valued on the basis of broker dealer quotations or pricing service providers. Depending on the product and the terms of the transaction, the fair value of the financial derivative contracts can be estimated by a pricing service provider using a series of techniques, including simulation pricing models. The pricing models use inputs that are observed from actively quoted markets such as issuer details, indices, spreads, interest rates, curves, dividends, and exchange rates. Financial derivatives that use similar valuation techniques and inputs as described above are categorized as Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy.

Securities Lending

The Fund may lend its securities to qualified financial institutions, such as certain broker-dealers, to earn additional income. The borrowers are required to secure their loans continuously with collateral in an amount at least equal to the fair value of the securities loaned, initially in an amount at least equal to 102% of the fair value of domestic securities loaned and 105% of the fair value of international securities loaned. Collateral is monitored and marked-to-market daily. Daily mark-to-market amounts are required to be paid to the borrower or received from the borrower by the end of the following business day. This one day settlement for mark-to-market amounts may result in the collateral being temporarily less than the value of the securities on loan or temporarily more than the required minimum collateral.

To the extent that a loan is collateralized by cash, such cash collateral shall be invested by the securities lending agent (the “Agent”) in money market mutual funds and other short-term investments, provided the investments meet certain quality and diversification requirements. Securities purchased with cash collateral proceeds are listed in the Fund’s Schedule of Investments.

Securities lending income is generated from the demand premium (if any) paid by the borrower to borrow a specific security and from the return on investment of cash collateral, reduced by negotiated rebate fees paid to the borrower and transaction costs. To the extent that a loan is secured by non-cash collateral, securities lending income is generated as a demand premium reduced by transaction costs. The Fund, the Agent, and the Manager retained 80%, 10%, and 10%, respectively, of the income generated from securities lending.


American Beacon Diversified FundSM

Supplementary Notes to Schedules of Investments

July 31, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

 

While securities are on loan, the Fund continues to receive certain income associated with that security and any gain or loss in the market price that may occur during the term of the loan. In the case of domestic equities, the value of any dividend is received in the form of a substitute payment approximately equal to the dividend. In the case of foreign securities, a negotiated amount is received that is less than the actual dividend, but higher than the dividend amount minus the foreign tax that the Fund would be subject to on the dividend.

Securities lending transactions pose certain risks to the Fund, including that the borrower may not provide additional collateral when required or return the securities when due, that the value of the short-term investments will be less than the amount of cash collateral required to be returned to the borrower, that non-cash collateral may be subject to legal constraints in the event of a borrower bankruptcy, and that the cash collateral investments could become illiquid and unable to be used to return collateral to the borrower. The Fund could also experience delays and costs in gaining access to the collateral. The Fund bears the risk of any deficiency in the amount of the cash collateral available for return to the borrower and any action which impairs its ability to liquidate non-cash collateral to satisfy a borrower default.

As of July 31, 2022, the value of outstanding securities on loan and the value of collateral were as follows:

 

Fund

   Fair Value of
Securities on Loan
     Cash Collateral
Received
     Non-Cash Collateral
Received
     Total Collateral
Received
 

Diversified

   $ 4,729,573      $ 2,077,446      $ 2,813,640      $ 4,891,086  

Cash collateral is listed on the Fund’s Schedule of Investments.

Non-cash collateral received by the Fund may not be sold or re-pledged except to satisfy a borrower default. Therefore, non-cash collateral is not included on the Fund’s Schedule of Investments.

Federal Income and Excise Taxes

It is the policy of the Fund to qualify as a regulated investment company (“RIC”), by complying with all applicable provisions of Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code, as amended, and to make distributions of taxable income sufficient to relieve it from substantially all federal income and excise taxes. For federal income tax purposes, the Fund is treated as a single entity for the purpose of determining such qualification.

The Fund does not have any unrecorded tax liabilities. Each of the tax years in the four year period ended October 31, 2021 remain subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service.

Cost of Investments for Federal Income Tax Purposes

As of July 31, 2022, the Fund’s cost of investments for federal income tax purposes were as follows:


American Beacon Diversified FundSM

Supplementary Notes to Schedules of Investments

July 31, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

 

Fund

   Tax Cost      Unrealized
Appreciation
     Unrealized
(Depreciation)
     Net Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 

Diversified

   $ 476,632,823      $ 66,944,740      $ (29,111,530    $ 37,833,210  

Under the Regulated Investment Company Modernization Act of 2010 (“RIC MOD”), net capital losses recognized by the Fund in taxable years beginning after December 22, 2010 are carried forward indefinitely and retain their character as short-term and/or long-term losses

As of October 31, 2021, the Fund did not have any capital loss carryforwards.