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Summary Prospectus     

March 14, 2023
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American Century® Multisector Floating Income ETF
Ticker: FUSI
Exchange: NYSE Arca, Inc.
   
 
Before you invest, you may want to review the fund’s prospectus, which contains more information about the fund and its risks. You can find the fund’s prospectus, reports to shareholders, and other information about the fund online at americancentury.com/etfdocs. You can also get this information at no cost by calling 833-ACI-ETFS or sending an email request to prospectus@americancentury.com. The fund’s prospectus and other information are also available from financial intermediaries through which shares of the fund may be purchased or sold.
 
   
 
This summary prospectus incorporates by reference the fund’s prospectus and statement of additional information (SAI) each dated March 14, 2023 (as supplemented at the time you receive this summary prospectus). The fund’s SAI and annual report may be obtained, free of charge, in the same manner as the prospectus.
 
   
Fund Summary
Investment Objective
The fund seeks income. As a secondary objective, the fund seeks long-term capital appreciation.
Fees and Expenses
The following table describes the fees and expenses 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.
Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
Management Fee0.27%
Other Expenses1
0.00%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses0.27%
1 Other expenses are based on estimated amounts for the current fiscal year.
Example
The example below is intended to help you compare the costs of investing in the fund with the costs 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, that you earn 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 your costs would be:
1 year3 years
$28$87
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. Because the fund is new, the fund’s portfolio turnover rate is not available.
Principal Investment Strategies
Under normal market conditions, the portfolio managers will invest at least 80% of the fund’s net assets, plus any borrowings for investment purposes, in floating rate securities. The portfolio managers select securities using a sector rotation approach that integrates macroeconomic inputs, technical analysis of the relative value among various sectors, and fundamental research on individual securities. A proprietary macroeconomic framework provides interest rate and duration guidelines for the fund by analyzing economic activity, inflation, and monetary policy. The fund’s sector allocation process attempts to identify undervalued sectors of the floating



rate debt market using fundamental analysis of current and historical spreads and expected returns. The sector analysis combined with the macroeconomic framework determines the fund’s sector allocations. Next, portfolio managers select individual securities using in-depth fundamental analysis focusing on a security’s management, credit quality metrics, event risk, and capital structure. As the market environment and investment opportunities change, sector exposures shift to those sectors that the process identifies as offering better relative yield and capital appreciation potential. As sector allocations evolve, portfolio managers buy and sell securities to meet those allocations and the fund’s credit quality standards.
The fund invests principally in securitized credit instruments, including collateralized loan obligations, credit risk transfer securities, floating rate commercial mortgage securities, and mortgage- or asset-backed securities. The fund may also invest in bank loans, including loan participations, and other corporate and U.S. government related floating rate debt. The fund’s average duration will be less than one year. Duration is an indication of the relative sensitivity of a security’s market value to changes in interest rates.
The fund invests primarily in investment-grade securities but may invest up to 35% of its portfolio in below investment grade securities. Investment grade securities are those that have been rated in one of the top four credit quality categories by an independent rating agency or determined by the advisor to be of comparable credit quality. Below investment grade securities, which are also known as “junk bonds,” are those that have been rated by an independent rating agency below the highest four categories or determined by the advisor to be of similar quality. The fund may indirectly gain exposure through its investments in CLOs to covenant-lite loans.
The fund may also utilize derivative instruments including futures contracts and credit default swaps either on a single issuer or a securities index. The portfolio managers may engage in hedging of portfolio positions, which usually involves entering into a derivative transaction that has the opposite characteristic of the position being hedged. The net effect of these two positions is intended to reduce or eliminate the exposure created by the first position.
The fund is an actively managed exchange-traded fund (ETF) that does not seek to replicate the performance of a specified index.
Principal Risks
Floating Rate Securities Risk Floating rate securities pay interest at rates that adjust at predetermined dates on a periodic basis. Securities with floating interest rates are generally less sensitive to interest rate changes than securities with fixed interest rates but may decline in value if their interest rates do not rise as much, or as quickly, as comparable market interest rates.
Credit Risk — The inability or perceived inability of a security’s issuer to make interest and principal payments may cause the value of the security to decrease. As a result, the fund’s share price could also decrease. Changes in the credit rating of a debt security held by the fund could have a similar effect.
Collateralized Obligations Risk — Collateralized obligations, such as collateralized loan obligations (CLOs), are subject to credit, interest rate, valuation, and prepayment and extension risks. These securities also are subject to risk of default on the underlying asset, particularly during periods of economic downturn. The market value of collateralized obligations may be affected by, among other things, changes in the market value of the underlying assets held by the collateralized obligation, changes in the distributions on the underlying assets, defaults and recoveries on the underlying assets, capital gains and losses on the underlying assets, prepayments on underlying assets and the availability, and prices and interest rates of underlying assets. Lower rated tranches of such debt are subject to a higher risk of total loss and deferral or nonpayment of interest than the more senior tranches to which they are subordinated. Some of the collateralized obligations in which the fund invests may be covenant-lite loans. Covenant-lite loans contain fewer or less restrictive constraints on the borrower. The fund may have fewer rights against a borrower and an accompanying greater risk of loss when it invests in covenant-lite loans.
Credit Risk Transfer Securities Risk The risks of investing in CRTs are different than the risks associated with investing in mortgage-backed securities issued by government entities because CRTs are not backed by the underlying mortgage loans. While the performance of the pool of underlying mortgage loans will impact the payment of principal and interest on a CRT, the CRT holders are never paid the actual cash flow from the underlying mortgage loans. And in the event of default, bankruptcy, or insolvency, the holder of the CRT has no direct recourse to the underlying mortgage loans.
Structured Investments Risk — Structured investments, including CLOs, CRTs, Mortgage-Backed Securities (MBS), and Asset-Backed Securities (ABS), attempt to replicate the performance of underlying reference assets, but generally have no claim on such reference assets. Structured investments may have credit ratings, but are typically issued in various classes with various priorities. Structured investments are generally privately offered and sold and thus unregistered under the securities laws. Thus, such investments may be illiquid, or a dealer market may exist for structured investments that qualify for Rule 144A transactions.
Counterparty Risk — If the fund enters into financial contracts, the fund will be subject to the credit risk presented by the counterparties. Such risk may be due to the counterparty’s financial condition—including bankruptcy or insolvency. If a counterparty cannot fulfill its obligation, the fund may suffer losses.
Liquidity Risk — During periods of market turbulence or unusually low trading activity, it may be necessary for the fund to sell securities at prices that could have an adverse effect on the fund. The market for lower-quality debt securities is generally less



liquid than the market for higher-quality securities. Changing regulatory and market conditions, including increases in interest rates and credit spreads may adversely affect the liquidity of the fund’s investments.
Interest Rate Risk — Investments in debt securities are sensitive to interest rate changes. Generally, the value of debt securities and the funds that hold them decline as interest rates rise. A period of rising interest rates may negatively affect the fund’s performance.
Prepayment and Extension Risk — The fund may invest in debt securities backed by mortgages or other assets. If these underlying assets are prepaid, the fund may benefit less from declining interest rates than funds of similar duration that invest less heavily in mortgage and asset-backed securities. Conversely, an issuer may exercise its right to pay principal on an obligation held by the fund later than expected (extend the obligation) especially in periods of rising interest rates. These events may lengthen the duration (i.e., interest rate sensitivity) and potentially reduce the value of these securities.
Derivatives Risk — The use of derivative instruments involves risks different from, or possibly greater than, the risks associated with investing directly in securities. Derivatives are subject to a number of risks, including liquidity, interest rate, market, credit and correlation risk. In addition, derivatives can create economic leverage in the fund’s portfolio, which may result in significant volatility and cause the fund to participate in losses (as well as gains) in an amount that exceeds the fund’s initial investment. Derivatives used for hedging or risk management may not operate as intended, may expose the fund to other risks, and may be insufficient to protect the fund from the risks they were intended to hedge.
Futures contracts may experience dramatic price changes and imperfect correlations between the price of the contract and the underlying security, index or currency, and thus have the potential for unlimited loss, regardless of the size of the initial investment.
Swap agreements subject a fund to the risk that the counterparty to the transaction may not meet its obligations. The fund also bears the risk of loss of the amount expected to be received under a swap agreement in the event of the default or bankruptcy of a counterparty. Swap agreements may also be considered illiquid.
Bank Loan Risk — The market for bank loans may not be highly liquid and the fund may have difficulty selling them. Bank loans may not be considered securities, thus the fund may not be afforded anti-fraud protections available under the federal securities laws. In connection with purchasing loan participations, the fund generally will have no right to enforce compliance by borrowers with loan terms nor any set off rights, and the fund may not benefit directly from any posted collateral. As a result, the fund may be subject to the credit risk of both the borrower and the lender selling the participation. Bank loan transactions may take more than seven days to settle, meaning that proceeds would be unavailable to make additional investments or meet redemptions. To the extent the extended loan settlement process gives rise to short-term liquidity needs, such as the need to satisfy redemption requests, the fund may hold cash or sell investments.
Below Investment Grade Securities Risk — Issuers of below investment grade securities are more vulnerable to real or perceived economic changes (such as an economic down turn or a prolonged period of rising interest rates), political changes or adverse developments specific to an issuer. These factors may be more likely to cause an issuer of low quality bonds to default on its obligations. Investment in below investment grade securities is inherently speculative.
Cash Transactions Risk — The fund may effect its creations and redemptions for cash, rather than for in-kind securities. Therefore, it may be required to sell portfolio securities and subsequently recognize gains on such sales that the fund might not have recognized if it were to distribute portfolio securities in-kind. As such, investments in fund shares may be less tax-efficient than an investment in an ETF that distributes portfolio securities entirely in-kind. Cash transactions may have to be carried out over several days if the securities market is relatively illiquid and may involve considerable brokerage fees and taxes. Brokerage fees and taxes will be higher than if the fund sold and redeemed shares in-kind.
Market Trading Risk — The fund faces numerous market trading risks, including the potential lack of an active market for fund shares, losses from trading in secondary markets, periods of high volatility and disruption in the creation and/or redemption process of the fund. Any of these factors, among others, may lead to the fund’s shares trading at a premium or discount to NAV. Thus, you may pay more (or less) than NAV when you buy shares of the fund in the secondary market, and you may receive less (or more) than NAV when you sell those shares in the secondary market. The portfolio managers cannot predict whether shares will trade above (premium), below (discount) or at NAV.
Market Risk — The value of the fund’s shares will go up and down, sometimes rapidly or unpredictably, based on the performance of the issuers whose securities it owns and other factors generally affecting the securities market. Market risks, including political, regulatory, economic and social developments, can affect the value of the fund’s investments. Natural disasters, public health emergencies, war, terrorism and other unforeseeable events may lead to increased market volatility and may have adverse long-term effects on world economies and markets generally.
Authorized Participant Concentration Risk — Only an authorized participant may engage in creation or redemption transactions directly with the fund. The fund may have a limited number of institutions that act as authorized participants. To the extent that these institutions exit the business or are unable to proceed with creation and/or redemption orders with respect to the fund and no other authorized participant is able to step forward to process creation and/or redemption orders, fund shares may



trade at a discount to net asset value (NAV) and possibly face trading halts and/or delisting. This risk may be more pronounced in volatile markets, potentially where there are significant redemptions in ETFs generally.
Large Shareholder Risk — Certain shareholders, including other funds advised by the advisor, may from time to time own a substantial amount of the shares of the fund. In addition, a third party investor, the advisor or an affiliate of the advisor, an authorized participant, a market maker, or another entity may invest in the fund and hold its investment for a limited period of time solely to facilitate commencement of the fund or to facilitate the fund’s achieving a specified size or scale. There can be no assurance that any large shareholder would not redeem its investment, that the size of the fund would be maintained at such levels or that the fund would continue to meet applicable listing requirements. Redemptions by large shareholders could have a significant negative impact on the fund. In addition, transactions by large shareholders may account for a large percentage of the trading volume on the NYSE Arca, Inc. and may, therefore, have a material upward or downward effect on the market price of the shares.
Principal Loss Risk — At any given time your shares may be worth less than the price you paid for them. In other words, it is possible to lose money by investing in the fund.
An investment in the fund is not a bank deposit, and it is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) or any other government agency.
Fund Performance
The fund’s performance history is not available as of the date of this prospectus. When the fund has investment results for a full calendar year, this section will feature charts that show annual total returns, highest and lowest quarterly returns and average annual total returns for the fund. This information indicates the volatility of the fund’s historical returns from year to year. For current performance information, please visit americancenturyetfs.com.
Performance information is designed to help you see how fund returns can vary. Keep in mind that past performance (before and after taxes) does not predict how the fund will perform in the future.
Portfolio Management
Investment Advisor
American Century Investment Management, Inc.
Portfolio Managers
Charles Tan, Senior Vice President and Co-Chief Investment Officer, Global Fixed Income, has served on teams managing fixed-income investments since joining the advisor in 2018.
Jason Greenblath, Vice President and Senior Portfolio Manager, has served on teams managing fixed-income investments since joining the advisor in 2019.
Peter Van Gelderen, Vice President and Senior Portfolio Manager, has served on teams managing fixed-income investments since joining the advisor in 2021.
Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares
The fund is an ETF. Fund shares may only be bought and sold in a secondary market through a broker-dealer at a market price. Because ETF shares trade at market prices rather than NAV, shares may trade at a price greater than NAV (a premium) or less than NAV (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 (bid-ask spread). Investors can find information on the fund’s NAV, market price, premiums and discounts, and bid-ask spread at americancenturyetfs.com.
Tax Information
Fund distributions are generally taxable as ordinary income or capital gains, unless you are investing through a tax-deferred account such as a 401(k) or individual retirement account (in which case you may be taxed upon withdrawal of your investment from such account).
Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries
If you purchase the fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank), the advisor and its related companies 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 salesperson to recommend the fund over another investment. Ask your salesperson or visit your financial intermediary’s website for more information.
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