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(American Beacon AHL Managed Futures Strategy Fund℠)

Investment Objective

The Fund's investment objective is capital growth.

Fees and Expenses of the Fund

This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund. You may qualify for sales discounts if you and your eligible family members invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $50,000 in the A Class shares of the American Beacon Funds. More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial professional and in "Choosing Your Share Class" on page 17 of the Prospectus and "Additional Purchase and Sale Information for A Class Shares" on page 28 of the statement of additional information ("SAI").

Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)

Shareholder Fees (American Beacon AHL Managed Futures Strategy Fund℠)
Class A
Class C
Class Y
Institutional Class
Investor Class
Maximum sales charge imposed on purchases (as a percentage of offering price) 5.75%rr_MaximumSalesChargeImposedOnPurchasesOverOfferingPrice none none none none
Maximum deferred sales charge (as a percentage of the lower of original offering price or redemption proceeds) 0.50%rr_MaximumDeferredSalesChargeOverOther [1] 1.00%rr_MaximumDeferredSalesChargeOverOther none none none
[1] A contingent deferred sales charge (''CDSC'') of 0.50% will be charged on certain purchases of $1,000,000 or more of A Class shares that are redeemed in whole or part within 18 months of purchase.

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (American Beacon AHL Managed Futures Strategy Fund℠)
Class A
Class C
Class Y
Institutional Class
Investor Class
Management Fees 1.05%rr_ManagementFeesOverAssets 1.05%rr_ManagementFeesOverAssets 1.05%rr_ManagementFeesOverAssets 1.05%rr_ManagementFeesOverAssets 1.05%rr_ManagementFeesOverAssets
Distribution (12b-1) Fees 0.25%rr_DistributionAndService12b1FeesOverAssets 1.00%rr_DistributionAndService12b1FeesOverAssets none none none
Other Expenses [1] 1.38%rr_OtherExpensesOverAssets 1.38%rr_OtherExpensesOverAssets 1.33%rr_OtherExpensesOverAssets 1.23%rr_OtherExpensesOverAssets 1.61%rr_OtherExpensesOverAssets
Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses 0.01%rr_AcquiredFundFeesAndExpensesOverAssets 0.01%rr_AcquiredFundFeesAndExpensesOverAssets 0.01%rr_AcquiredFundFeesAndExpensesOverAssets 0.01%rr_AcquiredFundFeesAndExpensesOverAssets 0.01%rr_AcquiredFundFeesAndExpensesOverAssets
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses 2.69%rr_ExpensesOverAssets 3.44%rr_ExpensesOverAssets 2.39%rr_ExpensesOverAssets 2.29%rr_ExpensesOverAssets 2.67%rr_ExpensesOverAssets
Fee Waiver and/or expense reimbursement [2] (0.74%)rr_FeeWaiverOrReimbursementOverAssets (0.74%)rr_FeeWaiverOrReimbursementOverAssets (0.74%)rr_FeeWaiverOrReimbursementOverAssets (0.74%)rr_FeeWaiverOrReimbursementOverAssets (0.74%)rr_FeeWaiverOrReimbursementOverAssets
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses after fee waiver and/or expense reimbursement [3] 1.95%rr_NetExpensesOverAssets 2.70%rr_NetExpensesOverAssets 1.65%rr_NetExpensesOverAssets 1.55%rr_NetExpensesOverAssets 1.93%rr_NetExpensesOverAssets
[1] Other expenses and Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses are based on estimated expenses for the current fiscal year.
[2] The Manager has contractually agreed to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses of the Fund's A Class, C Class, Y Class, Institutional Class and Investor Class shares, as applicable, through April 29, 2016 to the extent that Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses exceed 1.94% for the A Class, 2.69% for the C Class, 1.64% for the Y Class, 1.54% for the Institutional Class and 1.92% for the Investor Class (excluding taxes, interest, brokerage commissions, acquired fund fees and expenses, securities lending fees, litigation, and other extraordinary expenses). The contractual expense reimbursement can be changed only with the approval of a majority of the Fund's Board of Trustees. The Manager can be reimbursed by the Fund for any contractual fee waivers or expense reimbursements if reimbursement to the Manager (a) occurs within three years after the Manager's own waiver or reimbursement and (b) does not cause the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses of a class to exceed the contractual percentage limit in effect at the time of the waiver/reimbursement.
[3] The Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses do not correlate to the ratio of expenses to average net assets provided in the Fund's Financial Highlights table, which reflects the operating expenses of the Fund and does not include Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses.

Example

This Example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other mutual 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, your costs would be:

Expense Example (American Beacon AHL Managed Futures Strategy Fund℠) (USD $)
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
Class A
762 1,296 1,856 3,372
Class C
373 988 1,725 3,672
Class Y
168 675 1,209 2,670
Institutional Class
158 644 1,158 2,568
Investor Class
196 759 1,349 2,948

Assuming no redemption of shares:

Expense Example, No Redemption (American Beacon AHL Managed Futures Strategy Fund℠) (USD $)
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
Class C
273 988 1,725 3,672

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. The Fund's portfolio turnover rate for the period from August 19, 2014 through December 31, 2014 was 0% of the average value of its portfolio. However, in accordance with industry practice, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate is calculated without regard to transactions involving derivatives or instruments with a maturity of one year or less at the time of acquisition. If such transactions were included in the calculation, the Fund would have a higher portfolio turnover rate.

Principal Investment Strategies

The Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by implementing a quantitative trading strategy that is designed to capitalize on price trends (up and/or down) in a broad range of global stock index, bond, currency, short-term interest rate and commodity futures markets. Within the strategy's allocations, contracts are positioned either long or short based on various characteristics related to their prices. As the owner of a "long" position in a derivative instrument, the Fund will benefit from an increase in the price of the underlying investment and, as the owner of a "short" position, the Fund will benefit from a decrease in the price of the underlying investment.

The Fund invests primarily in futures, options and forward contracts. The Fund also may invest in warrants, swaps and other types of derivative instruments, which may be linked to stock indices, currencies, bonds, interest rates, energy, metals and agricultural products. In connection with the Fund's use of derivatives, the Fund also holds significant amounts of U.S. Treasuries, or short-term investments, including money market funds, cash and time deposits in order to meet applicable asset coverage requirements under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the "1940 Act"). The Fund's investments will be made without restriction as to issuer capitalization, country, currency, maturity or credit rating. The Fund may invest in below investment grade securities, which are commonly referred to as "junk bonds" and in issuers in U.S. and foreign developed and emerging markets.

The Fund may seek to gain exposure to the commodity futures markets by investing up to 25% of its total assets in a wholly-owned subsidiary (the "Subsidiary"), which is organized under the laws of the Cayman Islands. Generally, the Subsidiary will invest primarily in commodity futures, but it may also invest in financial futures and forwards, options and swap contracts, fixed income securities, pooled investment vehicles, including open-end investment companies and exchange-traded funds ("ETFs"), and other investments intended to serve as margin or collateral for the Subsidiary's derivative positions. The Fund will invest in the Subsidiary in order to gain exposure to the commodities markets within the limitations of the federal tax law, rules and regulations that apply to registered investment companies. Unlike the Fund, the Subsidiary may invest without limitation in commodity-linked derivatives, however, the Subsidiary and the Fund will, in the aggregate, comply with applicable 1940 Act asset coverage requirements with respect to their combined investments in commodity-linked derivatives. In addition, to the extent applicable to the investment activities of the Subsidiary, the Fund and the Subsidiary will comply with the same fundamental investment restrictions on an aggregate basis and will follow the same compliance policies and procedures as the Fund. Unlike the Fund, the Subsidiary will not seek to qualify as a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of Chapter 1 of Subtitle A ("Subchapter M") of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Internal Revenue Code"). The Fund is the sole shareholder of the Subsidiary and does not expect shares of the Subsidiary to be offered or sold to other investors.

The sub-advisor employs computerized processes to identify trends in markets around the world. Trading signals are generated and executed via the sub-advisor's trading and implementation infrastructure. This process is quantitative and primarily directional in nature, meaning that investment decisions are driven by mathematical models based on market trends and other historical relationships. It is underpinned by risk control, ongoing research, diversification and the quest for efficiency. The Fund's holdings may be frequently adjusted to reflect the sub-advisor's assessment of changing risks, which could result in high portfolio turnover.

The cornerstone of the sub-advisor's investment philosophy is that the financial markets exhibit trends and other inefficiencies. Trends are a manifestation of serial correlation in financial markets — the phenomenon whereby past price movements influence price behavior. Although they vary in their intensity, duration and frequency, price trends are recurrent across sectors and markets. Trends are an attractive focus for active trading styles applied across a range of global markets. In implementing its investment program, the Fund may hold significant cash positions from time to time. Accordingly, the sub-advisor will make investment decisions for cash management purposes. Such arrangements may include entering into repurchase agreements or investing in cash equivalents.

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 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 are:

Allocation and Correlation Risk
The sub-advisor's judgments about, and allocations between, asset classes and market exposures may adversely affect the Fund's performance. This risk may be increased by the use of futures contracts to increase allocations to various market exposures.

Asset Selection Risk
Assets selected by the sub-advisor or the Manager for the Fund may not perform to expectations. The sub-advisor's investment models may rely in part on data derived from third parties and may not perform as intended. This could result in the Fund's underperformance compared to other funds with similar investment objectives.

Commodities Risk
The Fund's investments in commodity-linked derivative instruments may subject the Fund to greater volatility than investments in traditional securities. The value of commodity-linked derivative instruments may be affected by changes in overall market movements, commodity index volatility, changes in interest rates, or factors affecting a particular industry or commodity, such as changes in supply and demand, drought, floods, weather, livestock disease, embargoes, tariffs, war, acts of terrorism and international economic, political and regulatory developments. The Fund and the Subsidiary each may concentrate its assets in a particular sector of the commodities market (such as oil, metal or agricultural products). As a result, the Fund and the Subsidiary may be more susceptible to risks associated with those sectors. The Fund's investments in commodity-related instruments may lead to losses in excess of the Fund's investment in such products. Such losses can significantly and adversely affect the net asset value per share ("NAV") of the Fund and, consequently, a shareholder's interest in the Fund.

Counterparty Risk
The Fund is subject to the risk that a party or participant to a transaction, such as a broker or 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.

Credit Risk

The Fund is subject to the risk that the issuer or guarantor of a debt security, or the counterparty to a derivatives contract or a loan will fail to make timely payment of interest or principal or otherwise honor its obligations or default completely. Credit risk is typically greater for securities with ratings that are below investment grade (commonly referred to as "junk bonds.").

Crowding/Convergence Risk
There is significant competition among quantitatively-focused managers and the ability of the sub-advisor to deliver returns that have a low correlation with global aggregate equity markets and other funds is dependent on their ability to employ models that are simultaneously profitable and differentiated from those employed by other managers. To the extent that the sub-advisor is not able to develop sufficiently differentiated models the Fund's investment objective may not be met, irrespective of whether the models are profitable in an absolute sense.

Currency Risk
The Fund may have exposure to foreign currencies by making direct investments in non-U.S. currencies or in securities denominated in non-U.S. currencies, purchasing or selling forward currency exchange contracts, including both non-deliverable forwards ("NDFs") and deliverable forwards, in non-U.S. currencies, non-U.S. currency futures contracts, options (including non-deliverable options ("NDOs") on non-U.S. currencies and non-U.S. currency futures) and swaps for cross-currency investments. Foreign currencies may decline in value relative to the U.S. dollar and other currencies and thereby affect the Fund's investments in foreign (non-U.S.) currencies or in securities that trade in, and receive revenues in, or in derivatives that provide exposure to, foreign (non-U.S.) currencies.

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. Some derivatives have the potential for unlimited loss, regardless of the size of the Fund's initial investment. Derivatives may be illiquid and may be more volatile than other types of investments. The Fund may buy or sell derivatives not traded on an exchange and which may be subject to heightened liquidity and valuation risk. Derivative investments can increase portfolio turnover and transaction costs. Derivatives also are subject to counterparty credit risk. As a result, the Fund may obtain no recovery of 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. In addition, the Fund's investments in derivatives are subject to the following risks:

  • Futures and Forward Contracts, including NDFs. Forward contracts, including NDFs, are derivative instruments pursuant to a contract with a counterparty to pay a fixed price for an agreed amount of securities or other underlying assets at an agreed date or to buy or sell a specific currency at a future date at a price set at the time of the contract. Futures contracts may experience potentially dramatic price changes (losses) and imperfect correlations between the price of the contract and the underlying security, index or currency which will increase the volatility of the Fund and may involve a small investment of cash relative to the magnitude of the risk assumed. There can be no assurance that any strategy used will succeed. Not all forward contracts, including NDFs, require a counterparty to post collateral, which may expose the Fund to greater losses in the event of a default by a counterparty. Forward currency transactions, including NDFs, and forward currency contracts include the risks associated with fluctuations in currency. Interest rate and Treasury futures contracts expose the Fund to price fluctuations resulting from changes in interest rates. The Fund could suffer a loss if interest rates rise after the Fund has purchased an interest rate futures contract or fall after the Fund has sold an interest rate futures contract. Similarly, Treasury futures contracts expose the Fund to potential losses if interest rates do not move as expected.

  • Options. In order for a call option to be profitable, the market price of the underlying security must rise sufficiently above the exercise price to cover the premium and transaction costs. These costs will reduce any profit that might have realized had it bought the underlying security at the time it purchased the call option. For a put option to be profitable, the market price of the underlying security must decline sufficiently below the exercise price to cover the premium and transaction costs. By using put options in this manner, the Fund will reduce any profit it might otherwise have realized from appreciation of the underlying security by the premium paid for the put option and by transaction costs. If the Fund sells a put option, there is a risk that the Fund may be required to buy the underlying asset at a disadvantageous price. If the Fund sells a call option, there is a risk that the Fund may be required to sell the underlying asset at a disadvantageous price. If the Fund sells a call option on an underlying asset that the Fund owns and the underlying asset has increased in value when the call option is exercised, the Fund will be required to sell the underlying asset at the call price and will not be able to realize any of the underlying asset's value above the call price.

  • Swap Agreements. 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 leveraging 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. Interest rate swaps, total return swaps, currency swaps, credit default swaps and commodities swaps are subject to counterparty risk, credit risk and liquidity risk. In addition, interest rate swaps are subject to interest rate risk, total return swaps are subject to market risk, and interest rate risk if the underlying securities are bonds or other debt obligations, currency swaps are subject to currency risk, and commodities swaps are subject to commodities risk.

  • Warrants. Warrants may be more speculative than certain other types of investments because warrants do not carry with them dividend or voting rights with respect to the underlying securities, or any rights in the assets of the issuer. In addition, the value of a warrant does not necessarily change with the value of the underlying securities, and a warrant ceases to have value if it is not exercised prior to its expiration date.

Emerging Markets Risk
When investing in emerging markets, the risks of investing in foreign securities discussed below are heightened. Emerging markets are generally smaller, less developed, less liquid and more volatile than the securities markets of the U.S. and other developed markets. There are also risks of: greater political uncertainties; an economy's dependence on revenues from particular commodities or on international aid or development assistance; currency transfer restrictions; a limited number of potential buyers for such securities; and delays and disruptions in securities settlement procedures.

Foreign Investing Risk
Non-U.S. investments carry potential risks not associated with U.S. investments. Such risks include, but are not limited to: (1) currency exchange rate fluctuations, (2) political and financial instability, (3) less liquidity and greater volatility, (4) lack of uniform accounting, auditing and financial reporting standards, (5) increased price volatility, (6) less government regulation and supervision of foreign stock exchanges, brokers and listed companies; and (7) delays in transaction settlement in some foreign markets.

Government Securities Risk
U.S. Government securities and securities of government sponsored enterprises are subject to credit risk, interest rate risk and market risk. A security backed by the U.S. Treasury or the full faith and credit of the United States is only guaranteed by the applicable entity only as to the timely payment of interest and principal when held to maturity. The market prices for such securities are not guaranteed and will fluctuate. Notwithstanding that these securities are backed by the full faith and credit of the United States, circumstances could arise that would prevent the payment of interest and principal. Securities held by the Fund that are issued by government-sponsored enterprises, such as the Federal National Mortgage Association (''Fannie Mae''), the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (''Freddie Mac''), Federal Home Loan Banks, Federal Farm Credit Banks, and the Tennessee Valley Authority are not guaranteed by the U.S. Treasury and are not backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government. There is no assurance that the U.S. Government will provide financial support if these organizations do not have the funds to meet future payment obligations.

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.

High Portfolio Turnover Risk
Portfolio turnover is a measure of the Fund's trading activity over a one-year period. A portfolio turnover rate of 100% would indicate that the Fund sold and replaced the entire value of its securities holdings during the period. High portfolio turnover could increase the Fund's transaction costs and possibly have a negative impact on performance.

High Yield Securities Risk
Investing in high yield, below investment-grade securities (commonly referred to as "junk bonds") generally involves significantly greater risks of loss of your money than an investment in investment grade securities. Rising interest rates may compound these difficulties and reduce an issuer's ability to repay principal and interest obligations. Issuers of lower-rated securities also have a greater risk of default or bankruptcy. Below investment grade securities may experience greater price volatility and less liquidity than investment grade securities.

Interest Rate Risk
The Fund is subject to the risk that the market value of fixed income securities it holds will decline due to changes in interest rates. When interest rates rise, the prices of most fixed income securities go down. As of the date of this Prospectus, interest rates are at or near historic lows, but may rise substantially and/or rapidly, potentially resulting in substantial losses to the Fund. The prices of fixed income securities are also affected by their durations. Fixed income securities with longer duration generally have greater sensitivity to changes in interest rates. Significant upward pressure on domestic interest rates and a corresponding widening of credit spreads could negatively impact the market price of emerging debt markets.

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.

Issuer Risk
The value of a security may decline for a number of reasons which directly relate to the issuer, such as management performance, financial leverage and reduced demand for the issuer's goods or services, as well as the historical and prospective earnings of the issuer and the value of its assets.

Leveraging Risk
The Fund's use of futures, forward contracts, swaps, other derivative instruments and selling securities short will have the economic effect of financial leverage. Financial leverage magnifies the exposure to the swings in prices of an asset or class of assets underlying a derivative instrument and results 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. Leveraging 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") to be volatile.

Liquidity Risk
The Fund is susceptible to the risk that certain investments held by the Fund may have limited marketability or be subject to restrictions on sale, and may be difficult to sell at favorable times or prices. The Fund could lose money if it is unable to dispose of an investment at a time that is most beneficial to the Fund.

Market Direction Risk
Since the Fund will typically hold both long and short positions, an investment in the Fund will involve market risks associated with different types of investment decisions than those made for a typical "long only" fund. The Fund's results could suffer both when there is a general market advance and the Fund holds significant "short" positions, and when there is a general market decline and the Fund holds significant "long" positions.

Market Risk
Market risks, including political, regulatory, market and economic developments, and developments that impact specific economic sectors, industries or segments of the market, can affect the value of the Fund's shares. The Fund's investments are subject to market risk, which involves the possibility that the value of the Fund's investments in debt instruments, currency instruments or similar investments will decline due to drops in any of the many individual country or global financial markets. Turbulence in financial markets and reduced liquidity in credit, fixed-income, or equity markets may negatively affect many issuers worldwide which could adversely affect the Fund. Such events may cause the value of securities owned by the Fund to go up or down, sometimes rapidly or unpredictably, and may lead to increased redemptions, which could cause the Fund to experience a loss when selling securities to meet redemption requests by shareholders.

Model and Data Risk
The sub-advisor relies heavily on quantitative models (both proprietary models developed by the sub-advisor, and those supplied by third parties, collectively "Models") and information and data both developed by the sub-advisor and those supplied by third parties (collectively, "Data") rather than granting trade-by-trade discretion to the sub-advisor's investment professionals. Models and Data are used to construct sets of transactions and investments, to value investments or potential investments (including, without limitation, for trading purposes), to provide risk management insights and to assist in hedging the Fund's investments. Models and Data are known to have errors, omissions, imperfections and malfunctions (collectively, "System Events"). System Events in third-party Models are generally entirely outside of the control of the sub-advisor.

System Events may result in, among other things, the execution of unanticipated trades, the failure to execute anticipated trades, delays to the execution of anticipated trades, the failure to properly allocate trades, the failure to properly gather and organize available data, the failure to take certain hedging or risk reducing actions and/or the taking of actions which increase certain risk(s) — all of which may negatively effect the Fund's portfolio and/or its returns. In addition, if incorrect Data is fed into a Model, it may lead to a System Event. Even if Data is input correctly, "model prices" may differ substantially from market prices, especially for securities with complex characteristics, such as derivatives. The Fund will bear the risks associated with the reliance on Models and Data and all losses related to System Events unless otherwise determined by the sub-advisor in accordance with its internal policies or as may be required by applicable law.

Non-Diversification Risk
The Fund is non-diversified, which means the Fund may focus its investments in the securities of a comparatively small number of issuers. Investment in securities of a limited number of issuers exposes the Fund to greater market risk and potential losses than if assets were diversified among the securities of a greater number of investments. Since the Fund is non-diversified, its NAV and total return may fluctuate more or be subject to greater declines in weaker markets than a diversified mutual fund.

Obsolescence Risk
The Fund is unlikely to be successful in its quantitative trading strategies unless the assumptions underlying the Models are realistic and either remain realistic and relevant in the future or are adjusted to account for changes in the overall market environment. If such assumptions are inaccurate or become inaccurate and are not promptly adjusted, it is likely that profitable trading signals will not be generated. If and to the extent that the Models do not reflect certain factors, and the sub-advisor does not successfully address such omission through its testing and evaluation and modify the Models accordingly, major losses may result — all of which will be borne by the Fund.

Other Investment Companies Risk
The Fund may invest in shares of other registered investment companies, including exchange-traded funds ("ETFs") and money market funds. To the extent that the Fund invests in shares of other registered investment companies, you will indirectly bear fees and expenses charged by the underlying funds in addition to the Fund's direct fees and expenses and will be subject to the risks associated with investments in those funds.

Repurchase Agreement Risk
The obligations of a counterparty to a repurchase agreement are not guaranteed. The Fund permits various forms of securities as collateral whose values fluctuate and that are not issued or guaranteed by the U.S. Government. There are risks that a counterparty may default at a time when the collateral has declined in value, or a counterparty may become insolvent, which may affect the Fund's right to control the collateral. Repurchase agreements are subject to credit risk.

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.

Risk of Programming and Modelling Error
The success of the sub-advisor's investment strategy depends largely on the effectiveness of its quantitative research model for screening assets for investment. Assets selected using quantitative analysis can react differently to issuer, political, market, and economic developments than the market as a whole or securities selected using only fundamental analysis, which could adversely affect value. Factors that affect an asset's value can change over time and these changes may not be reflected in the quantitative model. The data used to build the Model is extremely complex and involves financial, economic, econometric and statistical theories, research and modelling which is then translated into computer code to create the applicable program. Human judgment plays a role in building, utilizing, testing and modifying the financial algorithms and formulas used in these models. Additionally, the data, which is typically supplied by third parties, can be imprecise or become stale due to new events or changing circumstances.

Sector Risk
To the extent the Fund invests more heavily in particular sectors, its performance will be especially sensitive to developments that significantly affect those sectors. Individual sectors may move up and down more than the broader market. The industries that constitute a sector may all react in the same way to economic, political or regulatory events. Because the Fund may hold a limited number of securities, it may at times be substantially over-weighted in certain economic sectors and under-weighted in others. As such, the Fund's performance is likely to be disproportionately affected by the factors influencing those sectors.

Short Position Risk
The Fund will incur a loss as a result of a short position if the price of the instrument sold short increases in value between the date of the short sale and the date on which an offsetting position is purchased. Short positions may be considered speculative transactions and involve special risks, including greater reliance on the sub-advisor's ability to accurately anticipate the future value of a security or instrument. The Fund's losses are potentially unlimited in a short position transaction.

Subsidiary Risk
By investing in the Subsidiary, the Fund is indirectly exposed to the risks associated with the Subsidiary's investments. The derivatives and other investments held by the Subsidiary are generally similar to those that are permitted to be held by the Fund and are subject to the same risks that apply to similar investments if held directly by the Fund. These risks are described elsewhere in this Prospectus. There can be no assurance that the investment objective of the Fund or the Subsidiary will be achieved.


The Subsidiary is not registered under the Investment Company Act, and, unless otherwise noted in this Prospectus, is not subject to all the investor protections of the Investment Company Act. In addition, changes in the laws of the United States and/or the Cayman Islands could result in the inability of the Fund and/or the Subsidiary to operate as described in this Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information ("SAI") and could adversely affect the Fund's performance.

Tax Risk
In order for the Fund to qualify as a regulated investment company under Subchapter M ("RIC"), the Fund must derive at least 90 percent of its gross income for each taxable year from qualifying income, which is described in more detail in the SAI. Income from certain commodity-linked derivative instruments in which the Fund invests is not considered qualifying income. The Fund will therefore restrict its income from direct investments in commodity-linked derivative instruments that do not generate qualifying income, such as commodity-linked swaps, to a maximum of 10 percent of its gross income for each taxable year.

The Fund's investment in the Subsidiary is expected to provide the Fund with exposure to the commodities markets within the limitations of the federal tax requirements of Subchapter M. The annual net profit, if any, realized by the Subsidiary and imputed for income tax purposes to the Fund should constitute qualifying income for purposes of the Fund remaining qualified as a RIC. The tax treatment of the Fund's commodity-linked investments may be adversely affected by future legislation, Treasury regulations, and/or guidance issued by the Internal Revenue Service ("IRS") that could affect whether income from such investments is "qualifying income" under Subchapter M, or otherwise affect the character, timing and/or amount of the Fund's taxable income or any gains and distributions made by the Fund.

Valuation Risk
The Fund may value certain assets at a price different from the price at which they can be sold. This risk may be especially pronounced for investments, such as certain derivatives, which may be illiquid or which may become illiquid.

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.

Fund Performance

Performance information for the Fund is not provided because the Fund has not been in operation for a full calendar year. Performance for the Fund can be accessed 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.