0001752724-18-001874.txt : 20181114
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ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001752724-18-001874
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: N-CEN
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20180831
FILED AS OF DATE: 20181114
DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20181114
EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20181114
FILER:
COMPANY DATA:
COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: AMERICAN BEACON FUNDS
CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000809593
IRS NUMBER: 000000000
STATE OF INCORPORATION: MA
FISCAL YEAR END: 1031
FILING VALUES:
FORM TYPE: N-CEN
SEC ACT: 1940 Act
SEC FILE NUMBER: 811-04984
FILM NUMBER: 181181237
BUSINESS ADDRESS:
STREET 1: 220 EAST LAS COLINAS BOULEVARD
STREET 2: SUITE 1200
CITY: IRVING
STATE: TX
ZIP: 75039
BUSINESS PHONE: 8173916100
MAIL ADDRESS:
STREET 1: 220 EAST LAS COLINAS BOULEVARD
STREET 2: SUITE 1200
CITY: IRVING
STATE: TX
ZIP: 75039
FORMER COMPANY:
FORMER CONFORMED NAME: AMERICAN AADVANTAGE FUNDS
DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703
FORMER COMPANY:
FORMER CONFORMED NAME: AMERICAN EAGLE FUNDS
DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19890813
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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting
Firm
To the Shareholders and Board of Trustees of American
Beacon Funds
In planning and performing our audits of the financial
statements of American Beacon Funds (comprised of
American Beacon Flexible Bond Fund, American
Beacon The London Company Income Equity Fund,
American Beacon SiM High Yield Opportunities Fund,
American Beacon Sound Point Floating Rate Income
Fund and American Beacon Zebra Small Cap Equity
Fund) as of and for the year ended August 31, 2018, in
accordance with the standards of the Public Company
Accounting Oversight Board (United States), we
considered American Beacon Funds' internal control
over financial reporting, including controls over
safeguarding securities, as a basis for designing our
auditing procedures for the purpose of expressing our
opinion on the financial statements and to comply with
the requirements of Form N-CEN, but not for the
purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of
American Beacon Funds' internal control over financial
reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion.
The management of American Beacon Funds is
responsible for establishing and maintaining effective
internal control over financial reporting. In fulfilling this
responsibility, estimates and judgments by management
are required to assess the expected benefits and related
costs of controls. A fund's internal control over financial
reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable
assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting
and the preparation of financial statements for external
purposes in accordance with U.S. generally accepted
accounting principles. A fund's internal control over
financial reporting includes those policies and
procedures that (1) pertain to the maintenance of
records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly
reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of
the fund; (2) provide reasonable assurance that
transactions are recorded as necessary to permit
preparation of financial statements in accordance with
U.S. generally accepted accounting principles, and that
receipts and expenditures of the fund are being made
only in accordance with authorizations of management
and trustees of the fund; and (3) provide reasonable
assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of
unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of a fund's
assets that could have a material effect on the financial
statements.
Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over
financial reporting may not prevent or detect
misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of
effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that
controls may become inadequate because of changes in
conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the
policies or procedures may deteriorate.
A deficiency in internal control over financial reporting
exists when the design or operation of a control does not
allow management or employees, in the normal course
of performing their assigned functions, to prevent or
detect misstatements on a timely basis. A material
weakness is a deficiency, or a combination of
deficiencies, in internal control over financial reporting,
such that there is a reasonable possibility that a material
misstatement of American Beacon Funds' annual or
interim financial statements will not be prevented or
detected on a timely basis.
Our consideration of American Beacon Funds' internal
control over financial reporting was for the limited
purpose described in the first paragraph and would not
necessarily disclose all deficiencies in internal control
that might be material weaknesses under standards
established by the Public Company Accounting
Oversight Board (United States). However, we noted no
deficiencies in American Beacon Funds' internal control
over financial reporting and its operation, including
controls over safeguarding securities that we consider to
be a material weakness as defined above as of August
31, 2018.
This report is intended solely for the information and use
of management and the Board of Trustees of American
Beacon Funds and the Securities and Exchange
Commission and is not intended to be and should not be
used by anyone other than these specified parties.
/s/ Ernst & Young LLP
Dallas, Texas
October 25, 2018