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History
American Beacon Advisors Inc., formerly AMR Investments, began providing short-term fixed income client service as an independent entity in November, 1986. Prior to 1986, our investment officers successfully managed the operating funds of the Treasury department of AMR Corporation. Their investment success led to the formal creation of AMR Investments to provide business management, advisory, administrative, and asset management consulting services to the American Beacon Funds, American Airlines, and other institutional investors.
The American Beacon Funds were created in July, 1987 as a series of no-load, open-end mutual funds designed to support a spectrum of investment objectives. The Funds include several portfolios spanning a variety of longer-range investments – from international and domestic equity through balanced portfolios. For the multi-manager equity Funds, American Beacon Advisors serves as the leader of a team of premier investment advisory firms. We work closely with these sub-advisors and monitor them for performance and strict adherence to invest style and guidelines.
American Beacon Advisors selects equity managers who employ a value style designed to achieve strong, sustainable returns. Our value styles, consistently emphasizes a diverse universe of stocks that our managers believe have above-average growth potential, and are selling at prices below their perceived economic balance. Emphasis is placed on well-capitalized companies with low price-to-earnings ratios, low price-to-book rations, high dividend yields and strong growth potential. Studies have shown that this investment style has historically produced a total return exceeding major equity benchmarks, such as the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index. |
