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- American Beacon International Equity Fund (AAIEX) is a multi-manager mutual fund that seeks long-term capital appreciation primarily through investments in equity securities of non-U.S. issuers domiciled in developed markets; it employs a value-driven approach, utilizing bottom-up fundamental analysis by sub-advisors to identify undervalued securities with improving growth prospects. The fund offers multiple share classes, including R5 (AAIEX, net expense ratio of 0.78%), Institutional, Investor (AAIPX), and Advisor (AAISX), with total net assets of approximately $597 million and share class assets for R5 at $299 million as of late 2025; it maintains a diversified portfolio of around 153 equity holdings, with top sectors including industrials (20.2%), financials (18.0%), and consumer discretionary (14.0%), and key geographic exposures to the United Kingdom (28.2%), France (16.6%), and Japan (11.2%). Sub-advisors as of September 30, 2025, comprise Lazard Asset Management LLC (33.6%), Causeway Capital Management LLC (33.5%), and American Century Investment Management, Inc. (32.9%), focusing on large-cap value stocks benchmarked against the MSCI EAFE Index (Net) and MSCI EAFE Value Index (Net). Notable holdings include Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (3.4%), Alstom SA (2.6%), and Reckitt Benckiser Group plc (2.4%), with portfolio characteristics featuring a forward P/E of 12.25, price-to-book of 1.56, and weighted average market cap of $76.65 billion. Launched on August 7, 1991, the fund is managed within the American Beacon Funds complex by American Beacon Advisors, Inc., headquartered at 220 East Las Colinas Boulevard, Suite 1200, Irving, Texas 75039, and domiciled in the United States for institutional and retail investors targeting foreign large value strategies. In recent developments, the parent organization rebranded from Resolute Investment Managers, Inc., to American Beacon Partners in September 2025, emphasizing its partnership model with over 30 sub-advisors and $82.9 billion in assets under management as of that period; additionally, American Beacon strengthened ties with sub-advisor Ninety One through fund adoptions, including Global Franchise, International Franchise in November 2024, and Emerging Markets Equity in February 2025.