- Sector
- Financial Services
- Industry
- Asset Management
- Address
- FORT WORTH TX 76155 Fort Worth TX United States of America 76155
- IPO Date
- Aug 20, 2014
- Business
- American Beacon AHL Managed Futures Strategy Fund R5 (AHLIX) is a mutual fund that seeks capital growth through a 100% systematic, quantitative trading strategy designed to capitalize on price trends across approximately 120 global markets in commodities, currencies, equities, and fixed income. The Fund invests primarily in derivatives, including futures contracts, forward contracts such as foreign currency forwards and non-deliverable forwards (NDFs), and utilizes U.S. Treasury bills for collateral; it offers share classes including R5 (AHLIX, with a minimum initial investment of $250,000 and net expense ratio of 1.53%), alongside A (AHLAX), Y (AHLYX), Institutional, and Investor classes. Sub-advised entirely by AHL Partners LLP, a division of Man Group plc (founded 1783), the Fund reflects AHL's robust statistical research and trend-following approach, which demonstrates low correlation to traditional asset classes and acts as a portfolio diversifier. American Beacon Advisors, headquartered in Dallas, Texas and founded in 1986, serves as the investment adviser, overseeing total assets under management of approximately $60.4 billion across more than 30 mutual funds and ETFs with over 25 sub-advisors, targeting institutional and retirement investors primarily in the United States.
The Fund, launched on August 19, 2014, operates within the Systematic Trend category and maintains a diversified portfolio with significant allocations to cash (around 68%) and U.S. bonds (around 31%), exemplified by top holdings in U.S. Treasury Bills; as of late 2025, total fund assets stand at about $3.5 billion, with the R5 share class at roughly $562 million. Recent portfolio positioning as of September 30, 2025, shows notable exposures such as short natural gas (4.6% of VaR), long gold (3.4%), and mixed positions in currency pairs like JPY/USD and MXN/USD, across 44 long and 21 short holdings in 37 currency pairs. No major acquisitions, funding rounds, partnerships, or strategic shifts specific to the Fund or AHL Partners have been reported in the last 1-2 years; performance highlights include a 1-year total return of 0.65% for R5 shares as of November 2025, amid ongoing oversight by portfolio managers Russell Korgaonkar (since inception) and Otto van Hemert (since February 2021).