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SUMMARY PROSPECTUS June 1, 2026 |
Before you invest, you may want to review the Fund’s prospectus and statement of additional information, which contain more information about the Fund and its risks. The current prospectus and statement of additional information, dated June 1, 2026, are incorporated by reference into this summary prospectus. You can find the Fund’s prospectus, statement of additional information, reports to shareholders, and other information about the Fund online at https://americanbeaconfunds.com/fund-resources/. You can also get this information at no cost by calling 1-800-658-5811 or by sending an email request to americanbeaconfunds@ambeacon.com.
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Share Class | CPII |
Investment Objective
The Fund’s investment objective is capital appreciation in elevated and rising inflationary environments.
Fees and Expenses of the Fund
This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy, hold, and sell shares of the Fund. You may pay other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, which are not reflected in the tables and examples below.
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Annual Fund Operating Expenses (Expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment) | |
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Management Fees |
0.70% |
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Distribution and/or Service (12b-1) Fees1 |
0.00% |
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Other Expenses |
0.00% |
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Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses |
0.70% |
| 1 | Pursuant to a Distribution Plan, the Fund may bear a Rule 12b-1 fee not to exceed 0.25% per year of the Fund’s average daily net assets. However, no such fee is currently paid by the Fund, and the Board of Trustees has not currently approved the commencement of any payments under the Distribution Plan. |
Example
This Example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other funds. The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods. The Example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Fund’s operating expenses remain the same. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions, whether you redeem or hold your shares, your costs would be:
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$72 |
$224 |
$390 |
$871 |
Portfolio Turnover
The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or “turns over” its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual Fund operating expenses or in the Example, affect the Fund’s performance. For the period May 1, 2025 through the fiscal year ended January 31, 2026, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate was 17% of the average value of its portfolio.
Principal Investment Strategies
Under normal circumstances, the Fund invests at least 80% of its net assets, plus the amount of any borrowings for investment purposes, in investments that provide protection against U.S. inflation.
Inflation refers to a general rise in prices throughout the U.S. economy, which the Fund will measure using the non-seasonally adjusted U.S. City Average All Items Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (the “CPI-U”) published monthly by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor. The Fund seeks to provide investors with protection against the negative impact of inflation by generating positive returns when inflation is elevated and/or rising. For purposes of the 80% policy stated above, the Fund considers the following investments to provide protection against U.S. inflation:
| ■ | inflation swaps; |
| ■ | options on U.S. interest rate swaps (“swaptions”); |
| ■ | U.S. Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities (“TIPS”); and |
| ■ | exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”) that themselves have policies to invest at least 80% of their assets in inflation-protected investments. |
Investment
Process
Ionic
Capital Management LLC, the Fund’s investment sub-advisor (the “Sub-Advisor”), utilizes a proprietary process to construct
the Fund’s investment portfolio. In
seeking to achieve its investment objective, the Fund invests in: (i) inflation swaps designed to increase in value when realized inflation
or inflation expectations exceed
the fixed-rate referenced in such inflation swaps; (ii) TIPS directly with varied maturities on a rolling basis and indirectly through
ETFs; and (iii) swaptions designed
to increase in value when inflationary environments lead to increases in nominal interest rates or interest rate expectations. In addition,
under certain market
conditions, the Sub-Advisor may choose to use interest rate swaps to hedge the Fund’s swaption exposure. The Fund may also invest
in U.S. Treasury bills, notes,
and bonds of varying maturities. Additionally, the Fund may invest in other ETFs that primarily invest in such U.S. Treasury securities.
The Fund may sell an investment
if the Sub-Advisor determines the investment is no longer in alignment with the Fund’s principal investment strategies, in response
to changing market
conditions or in response to Fund cash flows.
Inflation
Swaps
Swaps
are contracts where one party “swaps” one type of cash flow for a different type of cash flow. Inflation swaps are derivative
instruments that trade over-the-counter,
which means they trade in a broker-dealer network, as opposed to on a centralized exchange. The Fund will primarily enter into inflation
swaps that reference
the CPI-U. For these inflation swaps, one party agrees to pay to the other party the percentage increase in CPI-U during the term of the
swap,
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while the other party agrees to pay back a fixed rate. This means the inflation swaps held by the Fund will typically increase in value if inflation increases. Likewise, inflation swaps held by the Fund will typically decrease in value if inflation decreases. The Sub-Advisor will primarily focus on 5-year, zero-coupon inflation swaps tied to the level of CPI-U that are designed to increase in value when realized inflation or inflation expectations exceed the fixed-rate referenced in those swaps.
Interest
Rate Swaps and Swaptions
Interest
rate swaps are essentially the same as inflation swaps, except that the parties pay each other based on interest rate changes. The Fund
will generally enter into
interest rate swaps that exchange fixed-rate payments for floating-rate payments, with interest paid at fixed intervals (e.g., quarterly)
or only on the expiration
date. Further, the Fund will generally enter into interest rate swaps only when the Sub-Advisor seeks to hedge the Fund’s swaption
exposure.
A swaption is an option on a swap agreement that gives the buyer the right, but not the obligation, to enter into a swap on a future date in exchange for paying a market-based “premium.” The Fund expects to focus on so-called “payer swaptions,” which give the owner (the Fund) the right to pay fixed-rate payments and, in exchange, receive floating rate payments.
Like inflation swaps, interest rate swaps and swaptions are derivative instruments that trade over-the-counter. The Fund’s interest rate swaps and swaptions will be tied to the level of U.S. interest rates. This means that swaptions held by the Fund will typically increase in value if interest rates rise, and decrease in value if interest rates fall. The Fund will generally purchase swaptions with an expiration of one to three years, although the Fund may purchase swaptions with shorter or longer expirations.
U.S.
Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities (“TIPS”)
TIPS
are marketable securities issued by the U.S. Treasury whose principal is adjusted based on changes in the CPI-U. With inflation (an increase
in the CPI-U), the principal
increases, and with deflation (a decrease in the CPI-U), the principal decreases. The relationship between TIPS and inflation affects
both the principal amount
paid when a TIPS instrument matures and the amount of interest that a TIPS instrument pays semi-annually. When a TIPS instrument matures,
the principal paid
is the greater of the CPI-U adjusted principal or the original principal. TIPS pay interest at a fixed rate. However, because the fixed
rate is applied to the
CPI-U adjusted principal, interest payments can vary in amount from one period to the next. If the rate of inflation increases, the interest
payment increases. If the
rate of inflation decreases, the interest payment decreases. The Fund may purchase TIPS of any maturity.
The Fund may invest cash balances in a government money market fund advised by the Manager, with respect to which the Manager receives a management fee. The Fund’s holdings may be frequently adjusted, which could result in high portfolio turnover.
The Fund is non-diversified, which means that it is not limited to a percentage of assets that it may invest in any one issuer.
Principal Risks
There is no assurance that the Fund will achieve its investment objective, and you could lose part or all of your investment in the Fund. The Fund is not designed for investors who need an assured level of current income and is intended to be a long-term investment. The Fund is not a complete investment program and may not be appropriate for all investors. Investors should carefully consider their own investment goals and risk tolerance before investing in the Fund. The principal risks of investing in the Fund listed below are presented in alphabetical order and not in order of importance or potential exposure. Among other matters, this presentation is intended to facilitate your ability to find particular risks and compare them with the risks of other funds. Each risk summarized below is considered a “principal risk” of investing in the Fund, regardless of the order in which it appears.
Asset
Selection Risk
Assets
selected for the Fund may not perform to expectations. This could result in the Fund’s underperformance compared to other funds
with a similar investment
objective.
Counterparty
Risk
The Fund
is subject to the risk that a party or participant to a transaction, such as a broker or a derivative counterparty, will be unwilling
or unable to satisfy its obligation
to make timely principal, interest or settlement payments or to otherwise honor its obligations to the Fund.
Cybersecurity
and Operational Risk
Operational
risks arising from, among other problems, human errors, systems and technology disruptions or failures, or cybersecurity incidents may
negatively impact
the Fund, its service providers and third-party fund distribution platforms, including the ability of shareholders to transact in the
Fund’s shares, and result in
financial losses. Cybersecurity incidents may allow an unauthorized party to gain access to Fund assets, shareholder data, or proprietary
information, or cause the
Fund or its service providers, as well as securities trading venues and their service providers, to suffer data corruption or lose operational
functionality. Cybersecurity
incidents can result from deliberate attacks or unintentional events. It is not possible for the Fund or its service providers to identify
all of the operational
risks that may affect the Fund or to develop processes and controls to completely eliminate or mitigate their occurrence or effects. The
Fund cannot control
the cybersecurity and operational plans and systems of its service providers, its counterparties or the issuers of securities in which
the Fund invests. The issuers
of the Fund’s investments are likely to be dependent on computers for their operations and require ready access to their data and
the internet to conduct their
business. Thus, cybersecurity incidents could also affect issuers of the Fund’s investments, leading to significant loss of value.
Derivatives
Risk
Derivatives
may involve significant risk. The use of derivative instruments may expose the Fund to additional risks that it would not be subject to
if it invested directly
in the securities or other instruments underlying those derivatives, including the high degree of leverage often embedded in such instruments,
and potential material
and prolonged deviations between the theoretical value and realizable value of a derivative. The use of derivatives may also increase
any adverse effects
resulting from the underperformance of strategies, asset classes and market exposures to which the Fund has allocated its assets. Derivatives
may at times be highly
illiquid, and the Fund may not be able to close out or sell a derivative at a particular time or at an anticipated price. Certain derivatives
may be difficult to
value, and valuation may be more difficult in times of market turmoil. Derivatives may also be more volatile than other types of investments.
Derivative investments
can increase portfolio turnover and transaction costs. Derivatives also are subject to counterparty risk
and credit risk.
As a result, the Fund may not recover
its investment or may only obtain a limited recovery, and any recovery may be delayed. Not all derivative transactions require
a counterparty to post collateral,
which may expose the Fund to greater losses in the event of a default by a counterparty. Derivatives transactions requiring the Fund to
post collateral may
expose the Fund to greater losses in the event of a default by a counterparty. There may be imperfect correlation between the behavior
of a derivative and that
of the reference instrument underlying the derivative. An abrupt change in the price of a reference instrument could render a derivative
worthless. Derivatives
may involve risks different from, and possibly greater than, the risks associated with investing directly in the reference instrument.
The Fund may buy or
sell derivatives not traded on an exchange, which may be subject to heightened counterparty, liquidity and valuation risks. Suitable
derivatives may not be available
in all circumstances, and there can be no assurance that the Fund will use derivatives to reduce exposure to other risks when that might
have been beneficial.
Ongoing changes to the regulation of derivatives and changes in the regulation of funds using derivative instruments could limit the Fund’s
ability to pursue
its investment strategies. New regulation of derivatives may make them more costly, or may otherwise adversely affect their liquidity,
value or performance.
In addition,
the Fund’s investments in derivatives are subject to the following risks:
| ■ | Options Risk. An option is a contract that gives the purchaser (holder) of the option, in return for a premium, the right to buy from (call) or sell to (put) the seller (writer) of the option the asset underlying the option at a specified exercise price at any time during the term of the option (normally not exceeding nine |
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| months). There can be no guarantee that the use of options will increase the Fund’s return or income. In addition, there may be an imperfect correlation between the movement in prices of options and the assets underlying them, and there may at times not be a liquid secondary market for options. If an option that the Fund has purchased expires unexercised, the Fund will experience a loss in the amount of the premium it paid. In order for a call option to be profitable, the market price of the underlying asset must rise sufficiently above the call option exercise price to cover the premium and any transaction costs. These costs will reduce any profit that might otherwise have been realized had the Fund bought the underlying asset instead of the call option. In order for a put option to be profitable, the market price of the underlying asset must decline sufficiently below the put option’s exercise price to cover the premium and any transaction costs. By using put options in this manner, the Fund will reduce any profit it might otherwise have realized from having shorted the declining underlying asset by the premium paid for the put option and by transaction costs. |
| | Swaptions Risk. Swaptions enable the Fund to purchase exposure that is significantly greater than the premium paid. Consequently, the value of swaptions can be volatile, and a small investment in swaptions can have a large impact on the performance of the Fund. The Fund risks losing all or part of the cash paid (premium) for purchasing swaptions. Additionally, the value of the option may be lost if the Sub-Advisor fails to exercise such option at or prior to its expiration. As the swaption contracts held by the Fund near expiration, the Fund may replace them with other swaption contracts that have a later expiration date. That process is called “rolling,” and the Fund may incur costs to “roll” swaption contracts. |
| ■ | Swap Agreements Risk. Swap agreements or “swaps” are transactions in which the Fund and a counterparty agree to pay or receive payments at specified dates based upon or calculated by reference to changes in specified prices or rates or the performance of specified securities, indices or other assets based on a specified amount (the “notional” amount). Swaps can involve greater risks than a direct investment in an underlying asset, because swaps typically include a certain amount of embedded leverage and as such are subject to leverage risk. If swaps are used as a hedging strategy, the Fund is subject to the risk that the hedging strategy may not eliminate the risk that it is intended to offset, due to, among other reasons, the occurrence of unexpected price movements or the non-occurrence of expected price movements. Swaps also may be difficult to value. Swaps may be subject to liquidity risk and counterparty risk, and swaps that are traded over-the-counter are not subject to standardized clearing requirements and may involve greater liquidity and counterparty risks. The Fund may invest in the following types of swaps: |
| | Inflation Swaps Risk. There can be no assurance that the CPI-U, the reference rate for the Fund’s inflation swaps, will accurately measure the rate of inflation experienced in the U.S. or the rate of expected future inflation. Inflation swaps are subject to interest rate risk. The value of an inflation swap is expected to change in response to changes in real interest rates. If nominal interest rates increase at a faster rate than inflation, real interest rates may rise, leading to a decrease in value of an inflation swap. Additionally, because the zero-coupon inflation swaps in which the Fund will invest do not pay interest periodically, the prices of these swaps can be very volatile when interest rates change, their values may fluctuate more and they may be less liquid than swaps that pay interest periodically. The payments received by the Fund from swaps, such as inflation swaps and other types of swaps, discussed below, will result in taxable income, either as ordinary income or capital gains, rather than tax-exempt income, which will increase the amount of taxable distributions received by shareholders. |
| | Interest Rate Swaps Risk. Interest rate swaps may also be subject to interest rate and market risks. An interest rate swap could result in losses if the underlying asset or reference rate does not perform as anticipated. An interest rate swap may fail to perform as intended and may not offset adverse changes in interest rates fully or at all. An interest rate swap may also reduce the Fund’s gains due to favorable changes in interest rates and result in losses to the Fund. Counterparties to interest rate swaps are subject to manipulation in the marketplace of the reference benchmark rate, which may affect the utility of the swap as a hedge. |
Exchange-Traded
Funds (“ETFs”) Risk
As an ETF,
the Fund is subject to the following risks:
| ■ | Authorized Participants Concentration Risk. The Fund has a limited number of financial institutions that may act as authorized participants (i.e., large institutions that have entered into agreements with the distributor of the Fund’s shares and are authorized to transact in Creation Units (described below) with the Fund) (“Authorized Participants”). Only an Authorized Participant may transact in Creation Units directly with the Fund, and none of those Authorized Participants is obligated to engage in creation and/or redemption transactions. To the extent they exit the business or are otherwise unable to proceed in creation and redemption transactions with the Fund and no other Authorized Participant is able to step forward to create or redeem shares, then shares of the Fund may be more likely to trade at a premium or discount to net asset value (“NAV”) and possibly face trading halts or delisting. Authorized Participant concentration risk may be heightened for ETFs that invest in securities or instruments that have lower trading volumes. |
| ■ | Cash Transactions Risk. Like other ETFs, the Fund sells and redeems its shares primarily in large blocks called “Creation Units” and only to Authorized Participants. Unlike many other ETFs, however, the Fund expects to effect its creations and redemptions at least partially or fully for cash, rather than in-kind securities. Thus, an investment in the Fund may be less tax-efficient than an investment in other ETFs as the Fund may recognize a capital gain that it could have avoided by making redemptions in-kind. As a result, the Fund may pay out higher capital gains distributions than ETFs that redeem in-kind. Further, paying redemption proceeds in cash rather than through in-kind delivery of portfolio securities may require the Fund to dispose of or sell portfolio investments to obtain the cash needed to distribute redemption proceeds at an inopportune time. |
| ■ | Premium/Discount Risk. There may be times when the market price of the Fund’s shares is more than its NAV (at a premium) or less than its NAV (at a discount). As a result, shareholders of the Fund may pay more than NAV when purchasing shares and receive less than NAV when selling Fund shares. This risk is heightened in times of market volatility or periods of steep market declines. In such market conditions, market or stop loss orders to sell Fund shares may be executed at prices well below NAV. |
| ■ | Secondary Market Trading Risk. Investors buying or selling shares in the secondary market will normally pay brokerage commissions, which are often a fixed amount and may be a significant proportional cost for investors buying or selling relatively small amounts of shares. In addition, such investors may incur the cost of the “spread” also known as the bid-ask spread, which is the difference between what investors are willing to pay for Fund shares (the “bid” price) and the price at which they are willing to sell Fund shares (the “ask” price). The bid-ask spread varies over time based on, among other things, trading volume, market liquidity and market volatility. Trading in Fund shares may be halted by the Exchange (as defined below) because of market conditions or other reasons. If a trading halt occurs, a shareholder may temporarily be unable to purchase or sell shares of the Fund. In addition, although the Fund’s shares are listed on the Exchange, there can be no assurance that an active trading market for shares will develop or be maintained or that the Fund’s shares will continue to be listed. |
Hedging
Risk
If the
Fund uses a hedging instrument at the wrong time or judges the market conditions incorrectly, or the hedged instrument does not correlate
to the risk sought
to be hedged, the hedge might be unsuccessful, reduce the Fund’s return, or create a loss. In addition, hedges, even when successful
in mitigating risk, may
not prevent the Fund from experiencing losses on its investments. Hedging instruments may also reduce or eliminate gains that may otherwise
have been available
had the Fund not used the hedging instruments.
High
Portfolio Turnover Risk
Portfolio
turnover is a measure of the Fund’s trading activity over a one-year period. The Fund may engage in active and frequent trading,
which could increase the
Fund’s transaction costs, have a negative impact on performance, and generate higher capital gain distributions to shareholders
than if the Fund had lower portfolio
turnover.
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Inflation
Protection Risk
Although
the Fund seeks to generate positive returns during periods of rising inflation and inflation expectations, the sub-advisor’s investment
strategy may fail to achieve
this result. If the Fund’s investments do not keep pace with inflation, the real (or inflation-adjusted) value of its assets could
decline as their purchasing power
decreases. Additionally, due to the Fund’s principal investment strategies, its performance may decline during environments with
deflation, or a general decline
in prices.
Interest
Rate Risk
Generally,
the value of investments with interest rate risk, such as fixed-income securities or derivatives, will move in the opposite direction
as movements in interest
rates. Factors including central bank monetary policy, rising inflation rates, and changes in general economic conditions may cause interest
rates to rise, which
could cause the value of the Fund’s investments to decline. Interest rate increases, including significant or rapid increases, may
result in a decline in the value
of bonds or derivatives
held by the Fund, make issuers less willing or able to make principal and interest payments on fixed-income investments when due, lead
to heightened volatility in the fixed-income markets and adversely affect the liquidity of certain fixed-income investments, any of which
may result in substantial
losses to the Fund. When interest rates decline, issuers may prepay higher-yielding securities held by the Fund, resulting in the Fund
reinvesting in securities
with lower yields, which may cause a decline in its income. The prices of fixed-income securities or
derivatives are also
affected by their durations. Fixed-income
securities or derivatives with longer durations generally have greater sensitivity to changes in interest rates than those with shorter
durations. Rising interest
rates may cause the value of the Fund’s investments with longer durations and terms to maturity to decline, which may adversely
affect the value of the Fund.
For example, if a bond has a duration of two
years, a 1% increase in interest rates could be expected to result in a
2% decrease in the value of the bond. Fluctuations
in interest rates may also affect the liquidity of fixed-income securities and instruments held by the Fund.
Investment
Risk
An investment
in the Fund is not a deposit with a bank and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government
agency. When you sell
your shares of the Fund, they could be worth less than what you paid for them. Therefore, you may lose money by investing in the Fund.
Leverage
Risk
The Fund’s
use of derivative instruments may have the economic effect of financial leverage. Financial leverage magnifies the Fund’s exposure
to the movements in
prices of an asset or class of assets underlying a derivative instrument and may result in increased volatility, which means that the
Fund will have the potential for
greater losses than if the Fund does not use the derivative instruments that have a leveraging effect. Leverage may result in losses that
exceed the amount originally
invested and may accelerate the rate of losses. Leverage tends to magnify, sometimes significantly, the effect of any increase or decrease
in the Fund’s exposure
to an asset or class of assets and may cause the Fund’s net asset value (“NAV”) per share to be volatile. There can
be no assurance that the Fund’s use of leverage
will be successful.
Liquidity
Risk
The Fund
is susceptible to the risk that certain investments held by the Fund may have limited marketability, be subject to restrictions on sale,
be difficult or impossible
to purchase or sell at favorable times or prices or become less liquid in response to market developments or adverse credit events that
may affect issuers
or guarantors of a security. An inability to sell a portfolio position can adversely affect the Fund’s value or prevent the Fund
from being able to take advantage
of other investment opportunities. Market prices for such instruments may be volatile. During periods of substantial market volatility,
an investment or even
an entire market segment may become illiquid, sometimes abruptly, which can adversely affect the Fund’s ability to limit losses.
The Fund could lose money if
it is unable to dispose of an investment at a time that is most beneficial to the Fund. The Fund may be required to dispose of investments
at unfavorable times or
prices to satisfy obligations, which may result in losses or may be costly to the Fund.
For example, liquidity risk may be magnified in rising interest rate environments
in the event of higher than normal redemption rates.
Unexpected
redemptions may force the Fund to sell certain investments at unfavorable prices to
meet redemption requests or other cash needs.
Judgment plays a greater role in pricing illiquid investments than in investments with more active markets.
Market
Risk
The Fund
is subject to the risk that the securities markets will move down, sometimes rapidly and unpredictably, based on overall economic conditions
and other factors,
which may negatively affect the Fund’s performance. The financial markets generally move in cycles, with periods of rising prices
followed by periods of declining
prices. The value of your investment may reflect these fluctuations. During a general downturn in the securities markets, multiple asset
classes may decline
in value simultaneously. Even when certain securities prices have generally increased over time, there have been periods of price decreases
during those times,
resulting in losses for investors, which are likely to occur again in the future.
Geopolitical and other events, including war, terrorism, trade disputes, pandemics, public health crises, natural disasters, and cybersecurity incidents, have led, and in the future may continue to lead, to general instability in world economies and markets and reduced liquidity in securities, which may negatively affect the value of your investment.
Policies established by the U.S. government and/or Federal Reserve and economic and political circumstances within the U.S. and abroad, such as inflation, changes in interest rates, recessions, changes in government leadership, a government’s inability to agree on a budget, high public debt, the threat or occurrence of a federal government shutdown and threats or the occurrence of a failure to increase the federal government’s debt limit, which could result in a default on the government’s obligations, may negatively affect investor and consumer confidence and may negatively impact financial markets and the broader economy, perhaps suddenly and to a significant degree.
Markets and market participants are increasingly reliant upon public and proprietary data and systems. Data or technology malfunctions and inaccuracies may disrupt markets and lead to negative consequences for market participants like the Fund.
| ■ | Recent Market Events Risk. Both U.S. and international markets have experienced significant volatility in recent months and years. As a result of such volatility, investment returns may fluctuate significantly. Moreover, during periods of significant volatility, the risks discussed herein associated with an investment in the Fund may be increased. National economies are substantially interconnected, as are global financial markets, which creates the possibility that conditions in one country or region might adversely impact issuers in a different country or region. However, the interconnectedness of economies and/or markets may be changing, which may impact such economies and markets in ways that cannot be foreseen at this time.
Some countries, including the U.S., have adopted more protectionist trade policies, including trade tariffs and other trade barriers, which is a trend that appears to be continuing globally. The economies of all nations, including the U.S., are subject to the risks of slowing global economic growth, protectionist trade policies, inflationary pressures, limits imposed by international trade and security agreements, political or economic dysfunction, poor consumer sentiment, and reduced demand for goods due to fluctuating commodity prices and currency values, and these risks may create significant market volatility in ways that cannot be foreseen at the present time. These economic risks could have a negative impact on the Fund’s investments.
The U.S. Federal Reserve and certain foreign central banks have started to lower interest rates, though economic or other factors could stop or reverse such changes. It is difficult to accurately predict the various economic and political factors that influence the pace at which interest rates might change, the timing, frequency or magnitude of any such changes in interest rates, or when such changes might stop or again reverse course. Changes in interest rates could lead to an economic slowdown in the U.S. and abroad, significant market volatility and reduced liquidity in certain sectors of the market.
Tensions, war, or open conflict between nations, such as among the United States, Israel and Iran, between Russia and Ukraine, otherwise in the Middle East or in eastern Asia could affect the economies of many nations, including the United States and may contribute to increased volatility and uncertainty in the financial markets. The extent and duration of ongoing hostilities and related sanctions and the repercussions of such events cannot be predicted. Those events |
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have presented and could continue to present material uncertainty and risk with respect to markets globally, including in the oil and gas markets and potentially other industries and sectors, and the performance of the Fund and its investments or operations could be negatively impacted.
Advancements in technology, including advanced development and increased regulation of artificial intelligence, may adversely impact market movements and liquidity. As artificial intelligence is used more widely, which can occur relatively rapidly, the profitability and growth of certain issuers and industries may be negatively impacted in ways that cannot be foreseen and could adversely impact issuer and market performance. As a consequence, the Fund’s holdings and its overall performance could be negatively impacted.
Global climate change may affect property and security values. Certain issuers, industries and regions may be adversely affected by the impacts of climate change in ways that cannot be foreseen. The impacts of legislation, regulation and international accords related to climate change, as well as any indirect consequences that may not be foreseen, may negatively impact certain issuers, industries and regions. |
Non-Diversification
Risk
The Fund
is non-diversified, which means it may focus its investments in the securities of a comparatively small number of issuers. Investments
in securities of a limited
number of issuers exposes the Fund to greater market risk, price volatility and potential losses than if assets were diversified among
the securities of a greater
number of issuers. Because
the Fund may have a focused portfolio of fewer companies than other funds, including both diversified and non-diversified funds,
the increase or decrease of the value of a single investment may have a greater impact on the Fund’s net asset value (“NAV”)
and total return when compared
to other funds.
Other
Investment Companies Risk
To
the extent that the Fund invests in shares of other registered investment companies, the Fund will indirectly bear the fees and expenses
charged by those investment
companies in addition to the Fund’s direct fees and expenses. To the extent the Fund invests in other investment companies that
invest in equity securities,
fixed-income securities and/or foreign securities, or that track an index, the Fund is subject to the risks associated with the underlying
investments held by
the investment company or the index fluctuations to which the investment company is subject. The Fund will be subject to the risks associated
with investments in
those companies, including but not limited to the following:
| ■ | Exchange-Traded Funds (“ETFs”) Risk. Because ETFs are listed on an exchange, they may be subject to trading halts, may trade at a premium or discount to their net asset value (“NAV”) and may not be liquid. An ETF that tracks an index may not precisely replicate the returns of that index, and an actively-managed ETF’s performance will reflect its adviser’s ability to make investment decisions that are suited to achieving the ETF’s investment objectives. Future legislative or regulatory changes, including changes in taxation, could impact the operation of ETFs. |
| ■ | Government Money Market Funds Risk. Investments in government money market funds are subject to interest rate risk, credit risk, and market risk. Credit risk is the risk that the issuer, guarantor or insurer of an obligation, or the counterparty to a transaction, may fail or become less able or unwilling, to make timely payment of interest or principal or otherwise honor its obligations, or that it may default completely. |
Risk
Management
Risk
is an essential part of investing. No risk management program can eliminate the Fund’s exposure to adverse events; at best, it can
only reduce the possibility that
the Fund will be affected by such events, and especially those risks that are not intrinsic to the Fund’s investment program. Measures
taken with the intention of
decreasing exposure to identified risks might have the unintended effect of increasing exposure to other risks.
Segregated
Assets Risk
In
connection with certain transactions that may give rise to future payment obligations, the Fund may be required to maintain a segregated
amount of, or otherwise
earmark, cash or liquid securities to cover the obligation. Segregated assets generally cannot be sold while the position they are covering
is outstanding, unless
they are replaced with other assets of equal value. The need to segregate cash or other liquid securities could limit the Fund’s
ability to pursue other
opportunities as they arise.
Small
Fund Risk
Like
other smaller funds, large inflows and outflows may impact the Fund’s market exposure for limited periods of time. Investment positions
may also have a disproportionate
impact, negative or positive, on performance, and Fund performance may be more volatile than that of a larger fund. The Fund’s shareholder
fees and annual fund
operating expenses also may be higher than those of a fund that has attracted sufficient assets to achieve investment and trading efficiencies.
Shareholders of the Fund may incur higher expenses if the Fund fails to attract sufficient assets to realize economies of scale. Investors
in the Fund also bear
the risk that, without sufficient assets, the Fund may not be successful in implementing its investment strategy or may not employ a successful
investment strategy.
Treasury
Inflation-Protected Securities Risk
U.S.
Treasury inflation-protected securities (“TIPS”) are debt instruments issued by the United States Department of the Treasury.
The principal of TIPS increases with
inflation and decreases with deflation, as measured by the CPI-U. When TIPS mature, investors are paid the adjusted principal or original
principal, whichever is
greater. Interest payments on TIPS are unpredictable and will fluctuate as the principal and corresponding interest payments are adjusted
for inflation. TIPS generally
pay a lower nominal interest rate than a comparable non-inflation-indexed bond. There can be no assurance that the CPI-U will accurately
measure the real rate
of inflation in the prices of goods and services. Any increases in the principal amount of TIPS will be considered taxable ordinary income,
even though the Fund
or ETFs in which the Fund invests will not receive the principal until maturity. As a result, the Fund may make income distributions to
shareholders that exceed
the cash it receives. In addition, TIPS are subject to interest rate risk.
U.S.
Treasury Obligations Risk
The
market value of U.S. Treasury obligations may vary due to fluctuations in interest rates. In addition, changes to the financial condition
or credit rating of the U.S.
government may cause the value of the Fund’s investments in obligations issued by the U.S. Treasury to decline. Certain political
events in the U.S., such as a prolonged
government shutdown or potential default on the national debt, may also cause investors to lose confidence in the U.S. government and
may cause the value
of U.S. Treasury obligations to decline.
Valuation
Risk
Certain
of the Fund’s assets may be valued at a price different from the price at which they can be sold. This risk may be especially pronounced
for investments that
are illiquid or may become illiquid, or securities that trade in relatively thin markets and/or markets that experience extreme volatility.
The valuation of the Fund’s
investments in an accurate and timely manner may be impacted by technological issues and/or errors by third party service providers, such
as pricing services
or accounting agents.
Volatility
Risk
The Fund
may have investments that appreciate or decrease significantly in value over short periods of time. This may cause the Fund’s NAV
to experience significant
increases or declines in value over short periods of time.
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Fund Performance
The bar chart and table below provide an indication of risk by showing changes in the Fund’s performance over time. The bar chart shows how the Fund’s performance has varied from year to year. The table shows how the Fund’s average annual total returns compare to a broad-based securities market index. The Fund acquired the Ionic Inflation Protection ETF (“Predecessor Fund”) in a reorganization that closed on April 11, 2025. In connection with that reorganization, the Fund has adopted the performance history and financial statements of the Predecessor Fund. In the bar chart and table below, the performance of the Fund’s shares for periods prior to April 11, 2025 reflects the returns of the Predecessor Fund.
You may obtain updated performance information on the Fund’s website at www.americanbeaconfunds.com. Past performance (before and after taxes) is not necessarily an indication of how the Fund will perform in the future.
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Calendar year total returns for Shares. Year Ended 12/31 | |
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Highest
Quarterly Return: Lowest
Quarterly Return: |
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The calendar year-to-date total return as of March 31, 2026 was 1.73%. |
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Average annual total returns for periods ended December 31, 2025
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Inception Date |
1 Year |
Since Inception | |
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06/28/2022 |
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Returns Before Taxes |
2.23% |
3.34% | |
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Returns After Taxes on Distributions |
0.53% |
1.32% | |
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Returns After Taxes on Distributions and Sales of Fund Shares |
1.32% |
1.69% |
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1 Year |
Since Inception | |
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Index (Reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes) |
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Bloomberg US Aggregate Bond Index |
7.30% |
3.38% |
After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local income taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor’s tax situation and may differ from those shown. The return after taxes on distributions and sale of Fund shares may exceed the return before taxes due to an assumed tax benefit from any losses on a sale of Fund shares at the end of the measurement period. If you are a tax-exempt entity or hold your Fund shares through a tax-deferred arrangement, such as an individual retirement account (“IRA”) or a 401(k) plan, the after-tax returns do not apply to your situation.
Management
The
Manager
The
Fund has retained American Beacon Advisors, Inc. to serve as its Manager.
Sub-Advisor
The
Fund’s investment sub-advisor is Ionic
Capital Management LLC.
Portfolio Managers
|
Ionic Capital Management LLC |
Bart
E. Baum Doug
Fincher |
Daniel
L. Stone |
| 1 | Predecessor Fund inception date. |
| 2 | Includes Predecessor Fund. |
Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares
The Fund is an exchange-traded fund. Individual Fund shares may only be purchased and sold on a national securities exchange through a broker-dealer and may not be purchased or redeemed directly with the Fund. Shares of the Fund are listed for trading on NYSE Arca, Inc. (the “Exchange”). Shares may be purchased and redeemed from the Fund only in Creation Units of 25,000 shares, or multiples thereof, at NAV. As a practical matter, only institutions and large investors, such as market makers or other large broker-dealers, purchase or redeem Creation Units. Most investors will buy and sell shares of the Fund on the Exchange. Individual shares can be bought and sold throughout the trading day like other publicly traded securities through a broker-dealer on the Exchange. These transactions do not involve the Fund. The price of an individual Fund share is based on market prices, which may be different from its NAV. As a result, the Fund’s shares may trade at a price greater than the NAV (at a premium) or less than the NAV (at a discount). An investor may incur costs attributable to the difference between the highest price a buyer is willing to pay to purchase shares of the Fund (“bid”) and the lowest price a seller is willing to accept for shares of the Fund (“ask”) when buying or selling shares in the secondary market (the “bid-ask spread”). Most investors will incur customary brokerage commissions and charges when buying or selling shares of the Fund through a broker-dealer.
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Recent information regarding the Fund, including its NAV, market price, premiums and discounts, and bid-ask spreads, is available on the Fund’s website at www.americanbeaconfunds.com/products/etfs/american-beacon-ionic-inflation-protection-etf/.
Tax Information
Dividends, capital gains distributions, and other distributions, if any, that you receive as a result of your investment in the Fund are subject to federal income tax and may also be subject to state and local income taxes, unless you are a tax-exempt entity or your account is tax-deferred, such as an individual retirement account (“IRA”) or a 401(k) plan (in which case you may be taxed later, upon the withdrawal of your investment from such account or plan).
Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries
If you purchase shares of the Fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank), the Fund and the Fund’s distributor, Foreside Financial Services, LLC, or the Manager may pay the intermediary for the sale of Fund shares and related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker-dealer or other intermediary and your individual financial professional to recommend the Fund over another investment. Ask your individual financial professional or visit your financial intermediary’s website for more information.
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