0001752724-19-024741.txt : 20190412
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ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001752724-19-024741
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: N-CEN
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20190131
FILED AS OF DATE: 20190412
DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20190411
EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20190412
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: 19744597
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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C Class
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Institutional Class
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Investor Class
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Y Class
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American Beacon Acadian Emerging Markets Managed Volatility Fund
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Institutional Class
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Investor Class
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American Beacon Frontier Markets Income Fund
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Institutional Class
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Investor Class
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Y Class
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American Beacon Crescent Short Duration High Income Fund
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A Class
GLGAX
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C Class
GLRCX
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Institutional Class
GLGIX
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Investor Class
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Ultra Class
GLGUX
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Y Class
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American Beacon Continuous Capital Emerging Markets Fund
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Investor Class
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Institutional Class
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Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong) Limited
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Citibank, National Association (Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, BR, Branch)
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Citibank, National Association (Singapore, SG, Branch)
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Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5)
UBS Switzerland AG
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State Street Bank International GmbH
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ICE Data Services, Inc.
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Thomson Reuters Corporation
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Bank Handlowy w Warszawie Spolka Akcyjna
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Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5)
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TH
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Citibank del Peru S.A.
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Clearstream Banking S.A.
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Deutsche Bank (Malaysia) Berhad
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Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5)
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KR
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Bank - section 17(f)(1) (15 U.S.C. 80a-17(f)(1))
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TW
N
Y
Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5)
Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong) Limited
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HK
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Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5)
Ceskoslovenska obchodni banka, a. s.
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CZ
N
Y
Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5)
BNP Paribas Securities Services (Athens, Attica, GR, Branch)
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GR
N
Y
Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5)
State Street Bank and Trust Company (Edinburgh, GB, Branch)
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GB
N
Y
Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5)
Banco Nacional de Mexico, S.A., Integrante del Grupo Financiero Banamex
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MX
N
Y
Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5)
Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft (Makati City, Metro Manila, PH, Branch)
7LTWFZYICNSX8D621K86
PH
N
Y
Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5)
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PL
N
Y
Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5)
Itau CorpBanca
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CL
N
Y
Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5)
N
DST Asset Manager Solutions, Inc.
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SEC File Number
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N
N
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Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC
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N/A
N/A
Rule 12d1-1 (17 CFR 270.12d1-1)
Rule 32a-4 (17 CFR 270.32a-4)
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Y
Y
N
American Beacon Advisors, Inc.
801-29198
000105552
549300AJADEWUE8OXQ32
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Continuous Capital, LLC
801-112617
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DST Asset Manager Solutions, Inc.
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N
Y
PricingDirect Inc.
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N
Bloomberg L.P.
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N
ICE Data Services, Inc.
5493000NQ9LYLDBCTL34
N
IHS Markit Ltd.
549300HLPTRASHS0E726
GB
N
Thomson Reuters Corporation
549300561UZND4C7B569
CA
N
Y
Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft (Jakarta, Jakarta, ID, Branch)
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ID
N
Y
Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5)
Banco Nacional de Mexico, S.A., Integrante del Grupo Financiero Banamex
2SFFM4FUIE05S37WFU55
MX
N
Y
Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5)
Citibank, National Association (Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, BR, Branch)
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BR
N
Y
Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5)
FirstRand Bank Limited
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N
Y
Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5)
Itau CorpBanca
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CL
N
Y
Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5)
Standard Chartered Bank (Thai) Public Company Limited
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TH
N
Y
Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5)
State Street Bank and Trust Company (Edinburgh, GB, Branch)
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GB
N
Y
Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5)
Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong) Limited
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HK
N
Y
Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5)
Deutsche Bank (Malaysia) Berhad
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MY
N
Y
Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5)
Euroclear Limited
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CH
N
Y
Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5)
Citibank, National Association (Singapore, SG, Branch)
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SG
N
Y
Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5)
State Street Bank and Trust Company
571474TGEMMWANRLN572
N
N
Bank - section 17(f)(1) (15 U.S.C. 80a-17(f)(1))
Bank Polska Kasa Opieki - Spolka Akcyjna
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PL
N
Y
Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5)
Bank Handlowy w Warszawie Spolka Akcyjna
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PL
N
Y
Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5)
Ceskoslovenska obchodni banka, a. s.
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CZ
N
Y
Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5)
Clearstream Banking S.A.
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LU
N
Y
Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5)
HSBC Bank (China) Company Limited
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CN
N
Y
Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5)
Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft (Jongno-gu, Seoul, KR, Branch)
7LTWFZYICNSX8D621K86
KR
N
Y
Bank - section 17(f)(1) (15 U.S.C. 80a-17(f)(1))
Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft (Makati City, Metro Manila, PH, Branch)
7LTWFZYICNSX8D621K86
PH
N
Y
Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5)
Citibank Europe Public Limited Company (Budapest, HU, Branch)
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HU
N
Y
Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5)
Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft (Taipei City, TW, Branch)
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TW
N
Y
Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5)
Deutsche Bank Anonim Sirketi
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TR
N
Y
Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5)
Joint Stock Company Commercial Bank Citibank
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N
Y
Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5)
N
DST Asset Manager Solutions, Inc.
84-00896
SEC File Number
N
N
N
American Beacon Advisors, Inc.
549300AJADEWUE8OXQ32
Y
N
N
Resolute Investment Distributors, Inc.
8-69912
000287788
00000000000000000000
0.00000000
Williams Trading LLC
8-50372
000043678
254900XH331390J1WT63
1013.76000000
Instinet, LLC
8-23669
000007897
549300MGMN3RKMU8FT57
127.94000000
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated
8-7221
000007691
8NAV47T0Y26Q87Y0QP81
2976.28000000
Cowen Execution Services LLC
8-46838
000035693
5493005RJDJD18OPUP27
336.23000000
Samsung Securities Co.,Ltd
8-50272
000043432
988400RBTJTHNUOHE716
KR
1050.43000000
5504.64000000
0.00000000
N
466266.57000000
Uncommitted
50000000.00000000
N
Committed
250000000.00000000
N
N
N
N
American Beacon GLG Total Return Fund
S000053744
549300TFVGG1R46TWS94
Y
6
0
0
N/A
Y
N
N
N
N/A
N/A
N/A
Rule 32a-4 (17 CFR 270.32a-4)
Rule 22d-1 (17 CFR 270.22d-1)
Y
Y
Y
Y
American Beacon Advisors, Inc.
801-29198
000105552
549300AJADEWUE8OXQ32
N
GLG LLC
801-65571
000138802
549300TZ01NHTY0P8H42
N
N
DST Asset Manager Solutions, Inc.
84-00896
00000000000000000000
N
N
N
Thomson Reuters Corporation
549300561UZND4C7B569
CA
N
IHS Markit Ltd.
549300HLPTRASHS0E726
GB
N
PricingDirect Inc.
549300WIC0TOJ7N7GD54
N
ICE Data Services, Inc.
5493000NQ9LYLDBCTL34
N
Bloomberg L.P.
549300B56MD0ZC402L06
N
N
Bank Handlowy w Warszawie Spolka Akcyjna
XLEZHWWOI4HFQDGL4793
PL
N
Y
Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5)
FirstRand Bank Limited
ZAYQDKTCATIXF9OQY690
ZA
N
Y
Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5)
Clearstream Banking S.A.
549300OL514RA0SXJJ44
LU
N
Y
Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5)
Banco Nacional de Mexico, S.A., Integrante del Grupo Financiero Banamex
2SFFM4FUIE05S37WFU55
MX
N
Y
Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5)
Citibank, National Association (Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, BR, Branch)
E57ODZWZ7FF32TWEFA76
BR
N
Y
Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5)
State Street Bank and Trust Company (Edinburgh, GB, Branch)
571474TGEMMWANRLN572
GB
N
Y
Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5)
Joint Stock Company Commercial Bank Citibank
CHSQDSVI1UI96Y2SW097
RU
N
Y
Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5)
Bank Hapoalim B.M.
B6ARUI4946ST4S7WOU88
IL
N
Y
Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5)
Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft (Jakarta, Jakarta, ID, Branch)
7LTWFZYICNSX8D621K86
ID
N
Y
Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5)
State Street Bank and Trust Company
571474TGEMMWANRLN572
N
N
Bank - section 17(f)(1) (15 U.S.C. 80a-17(f)(1))
Citibank del Peru S.A.
MYTK5NHHP1G8TVFGT193
PE
N
Y
Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5)
Bank Polska Kasa Opieki - Spolka Akcyjna
5493000LKS7B3UTF7H35
PL
N
Y
Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5)
Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong) Limited
X5AV1MBDXGRPX5UGMX13
HK
N
Y
Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5)
Deutsche Bank Anonim Sirketi
789000N5SE3LWDK7OI11
TR
N
Y
Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5)
Citibank Europe Public Limited Company (Bucharest, Bucharest, RO, Branch)
N1FBEDJ5J41VKZLO2475
RO
N
Y
Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5)
Cititrust Colombia S A Sociedad Fiduciaria
549300242J3IJCOSGI49
CO
N
Y
Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5)
Itau CorpBanca
549300DDPTTIZ06NIV06
CL
N
Y
Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5)
Standard Chartered Bank (Thai) Public Company Limited
549300O1LQYCQ7G1IM57
TH
N
Y
Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5)
Citibank Europe Public Limited Company (Budapest, HU, Branch)
N1FBEDJ5J41VKZLO2475
HU
N
Y
Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5)
State Street Trust Company Canada
549300L71XG2CTQ2V827
CA
N
Y
Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5)
Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft (Makati City, Metro Manila, PH, Branch)
7LTWFZYICNSX8D621K86
PH
N
Y
Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5)
Ceskoslovenska obchodni banka, a. s.
Q5BP2UEQ48R75BOTCB92
CZ
N
Y
Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5)
Citibank, National Association (Singapore, SG, Branch)
E57ODZWZ7FF32TWEFA76
SG
N
Y
Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5)
N
DST Asset Manager Solutions, Inc.
84-00896
SEC File Number
N
N
N
American Beacon Advisors, Inc.
549300AJADEWUE8OXQ32
Y
N
N
Resolute Investment Distributors, Inc.
8-69912
000287788
00000000000000000000
0.00000000
Man Investments Inc.
8-32575
000015770
00000000000000000000
0.00000000
0.00000000
The Bank of New York Mellon
8-35255
000017454
HPFHU0OQ28E4N0NFVK49
1751266475.00000000
State Street Bank and Trust Company
N/A
000000000
571474TGEMMWANRLN572
6153108.64000000
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated
8-7221
000007691
8NAV47T0Y26Q87Y0QP81
2518737.25000000
Nomura Securities International, Inc.
8-15255
000004297
OXTKY6Q8X53C9ILVV871
135242765.70000000
Deutsche Bank Capital Corporation
8-15774
000005323
529900NZEAS6DR7N9T89
92088903.05000000
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC
8-15869
000008209
9R7GPTSO7KV3UQJZQ078
514458688.80000000
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC
8-129
000000361
FOR8UP27PHTHYVLBNG30
672556011.00000000
Barclays Capital Inc.
8-41342
000019714
AC28XWWI3WIBK2824319
74011875.00000000
MUFG Securities Americas Inc.
8-43026
000019685
K5HU16E3LMSVCCJJJ255
2879772.30000000
HSBC Holdings PLC
8-80518
000172486
MLU0ZO3ML4LN2LL2TL39
GB
3500000.00000000
3256699336.74000000
N
678974385.05000000
Uncommitted
50000000.00000000
N
Committed
250000000.00000000
N
N
N
N
American Beacon Crescent Short Duration High Income Fund
S000046747
5493005FHC5ZVA2ZVT48
Y
5
0
0
N/A
N
N
N
N
N/A
N/A
N/A
Rule 12d1-1 (17 CFR 270.12d1-1)
Rule 32a-4 (17 CFR 270.32a-4)
Rule 22d-1 (17 CFR 270.22d-1)
Y
Y
Y
N
American Beacon Advisors, Inc.
801-29198
000105552
549300AJADEWUE8OXQ32
N
Crescent Capital Group LP
801-71747
000153966
549300L8Z46F3ZAWSB82
N
N
DST Asset Manager Solutions, Inc.
84-00896
00000000000000000000
N
N
N
Thomson Reuters Corporation
549300561UZND4C7B569
CA
N
IHS Markit Ltd.
549300HLPTRASHS0E726
GB
N
ICE Data Services, Inc.
5493000NQ9LYLDBCTL34
N
Bloomberg L.P.
549300B56MD0ZC402L06
N
PricingDirect Inc.
549300WIC0TOJ7N7GD54
N
N
State Street Bank and Trust Company
571474TGEMMWANRLN572
N
N
Bank - section 17(f)(1) (15 U.S.C. 80a-17(f)(1))
Euroclear Limited
54930045L3MXWBD27H71
CH
N
Y
Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5)
State Street Trust Company Canada
549300L71XG2CTQ2V827
CA
N
Y
Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5)
Clearstream Banking S.A.
549300OL514RA0SXJJ44
LU
N
Y
Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5)
State Street Bank and Trust Company (Edinburgh, GB, Branch)
571474TGEMMWANRLN572
GB
N
Y
Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5)
N
DST Asset Manager Solutions, Inc.
84-00896
SEC File Number
N
N
N
American Beacon Advisors, Inc.
549300AJADEWUE8OXQ32
Y
N
N
Resolute Investment Distributors, Inc.
8-69912
000287788
00000000000000000000
0.00000000
Sepulveda Distributors LLC
8-69221
000166535
00000000000000000000
0.00000000
0.00000000
Wells Fargo Securities, LLC
8-65876
000126292
VYVVCKR63DVZZN70PB21
5012957.47000000
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC
8-129
000000361
FOR8UP27PHTHYVLBNG30
18624914.74000000
Barclays Capital Inc.
8-41342
000019714
AC28XWWI3WIBK2824319
12007959.56000000
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC
8-15869
000008209
9R7GPTSO7KV3UQJZQ078
6983797.03000000
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated
8-7221
000007691
8NAV47T0Y26Q87Y0QP81
17599717.25000000
Deutsche Bank Capital Corporation
8-15774
000005323
529900NZEAS6DR7N9T89
3931989.52000000
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
8-35008
000000079
8I5DZWZKVSZI1NUHU748
21756675.08000000
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC
8-422
000000816
1V8Y6QCX6YMJ2OELII46
12172250.23000000
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
8-8177
000007059
MBNUM2BPBDO7JBLYG310
7675595.14000000
Jefferies LLC
8-15074
000002347
58PU97L1C0WSRCWADL48
8345065.40000000
128479305.87000000
N
89368512.03000000
Uncommitted
50000000.00000000
N
Committed
250000000.00000000
N
N
N
N
American Beacon Frontier Markets Income Fund
S000044050
5493006BLM91S7IS8616
Y
5
0
0
N/A
N
N
N
N
N/A
N/A
N/A
Rule 32a-4 (17 CFR 270.32a-4)
Rule 12d1-1 (17 CFR 270.12d1-1)
Rule 22d-1 (17 CFR 270.22d-1)
Y
Y
Y
Y
American Beacon Advisors, Inc.
801-29198
000105552
549300AJADEWUE8OXQ32
N
Aberdeen Asset Managers Limited
801-75074
000162309
549300EI2QZDOKF0UR93
N
GB
Global Evolution USA, LLC
801-78371
000161677
2549005KXHA93CEVL719
N
N
DST Asset Manager Solutions, Inc.
84-00896
00000000000000000000
N
N
N
Bloomberg L.P.
549300B56MD0ZC402L06
N
PricingDirect Inc.
549300WIC0TOJ7N7GD54
N
ICE Data Services, Inc.
5493000NQ9LYLDBCTL34
N
IHS Markit Ltd.
549300HLPTRASHS0E726
GB
N
Thomson Reuters Corporation
549300561UZND4C7B569
CA
N
N
Standard Chartered Bank Ghana Limited
549300WFGKTC3MGDCX95
GH
N
Y
Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5)
Itau CorpBanca
549300DDPTTIZ06NIV06
CL
N
Y
Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5)
Standard Chartered Bank Zambia PLC
549300247QDZHDI30A83
ZM
N
Y
Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5)
Citibank, National Association (Panama City, Panama, PA, Branch)
579100KKDGKCFFKKF005
PA
N
Y
Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5)
Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft (Jongno-gu, Seoul, KR, Branch)
7LTWFZYICNSX8D621K86
KR
N
Y
Bank - section 17(f)(1) (15 U.S.C. 80a-17(f)(1))
Privredna Banka Zagreb - Dionicko Drustvo
549300ZHFZ4CSK7VS460
HR
N
Y
Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5)
Bank Hapoalim B.M.
B6ARUI4946ST4S7WOU88
IL
N
Y
Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5)
Bank Polska Kasa Opieki - Spolka Akcyjna
5493000LKS7B3UTF7H35
PL
N
Y
Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5)
Ngan Hang Trach Nhiem Huu Han Mot Thanh Vien HSBC (Viet Nam)
213800H95OG9OHRT4Y78
VN
N
Y
Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5)
Cititrust Colombia S A Sociedad Fiduciaria
549300242J3IJCOSGI49
CO
N
Y
Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5)
HSBC Bank Middle East Limited
549300F99IL9YJDWH369
AE
N
Y
Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5)
FirstRand Bank Limited
ZAYQDKTCATIXF9OQY690
ZA
N
Y
Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5)
Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft (Makati City, Metro Manila, PH, Branch)
7LTWFZYICNSX8D621K86
PH
N
Y
Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5)
Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft (Jakarta, Jakarta, ID, Branch)
7LTWFZYICNSX8D621K86
ID
N
Y
Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5)
Standard Bank Namibia Limited
254900K6TJFDYKSQWV49
NA
N
Y
Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5)
Banco BCT Sociedad Anonima
25490061PVFNGN0YMO97
CR
N
Y
Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5)
Euroclear Limited
54930045L3MXWBD27H71
CH
N
Y
Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5)
Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong) Limited
X5AV1MBDXGRPX5UGMX13
HK
N
Y
Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5)
Stanbic IBTC Bank PLC
549300NIVXF92ZIOVW61
NG
N
Y
Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5)
Standard Chartered Bank Kenya Limited
549300RBHWW5EJIRG629
KE
N
Y
Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5)
Citibank Europe Public Limited Company (Budapest, HU, Branch)
N1FBEDJ5J41VKZLO2475
HU
N
Y
Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5)
HSBC Bank Middle East Limited (Doha, Ad Dawhah, QA, Branch)
549300F99IL9YJDWH369
QA
N
Y
Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5)
Ceskoslovenska obchodni banka, a. s.
Q5BP2UEQ48R75BOTCB92
CZ
N
Y
Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5)
Joint Stock Company Commercial Bank Citibank
CHSQDSVI1UI96Y2SW097
RU
N
Y
Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5)
The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited (Ebene, Plaines Wilhems, MU, Branch)
2HI3YI5320L3RW6NJ957
MU
N
Y
Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5)
Standard Chartered Bank Cote d'Ivoire SA
54930016MQBB2NO5NB47
CI
N
Y
Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5)
Banco Itau Uruguay S.A.
549300HU8OQS1VTVXN55
UY
N
Y
Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5)
State Street Bank and Trust Company
571474TGEMMWANRLN572
N
N
Bank - section 17(f)(1) (15 U.S.C. 80a-17(f)(1))
The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited (Colombo, Western, LK, Branch)
2HI3YI5320L3RW6NJ957
LK
N
Y
Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5)
Standard Chartered Bank (Dhaka, Dhaka, BD, Branch)
RILFO74KP1CM8P6PCT96
BD
N
Y
Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5)
Standard Chartered Bank Tanzania Limited
549300RLNUU3GJS6MK84
TZ
N
Y
Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5)
Banco Nacional de Mexico, S.A., Integrante del Grupo Financiero Banamex
2SFFM4FUIE05S37WFU55
MX
N
Y
Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5)
Standard Chartered Bank (Thai) Public Company Limited
549300O1LQYCQ7G1IM57
TH
N
Y
Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5)
Deutsche Bank (Malaysia) Berhad
529900DLWFR8HK7DR278
MY
N
Y
Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5)
Citibank, National Association (Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, BR, Branch)
E57ODZWZ7FF32TWEFA76
BR
N
Y
Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5)
Joint Stock Company Citibank
549300E0ROTI7ACBZH02
UA
N
Y
Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5)
Raiffeisen Bank Sh.A
529900XTU9H3KES1B287
AL
N
Y
Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5)
Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft (Karachi, Sindh, PK, Branch)
7LTWFZYICNSX8D621K86
PK
N
Y
Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5)
Deutsche Bank Anonim Sirketi
789000N5SE3LWDK7OI11
TR
N
Y
Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5)
Standard Chartered Bank Uganda Limited
549300W7CNYGJ68XGD27
UG
N
Y
Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5)
Standard Bank PLC
2549004FJV2K9P9UCU04
MW
N
Y
Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5)
Citibank Europe Public Limited Company (Bucharest, Bucharest, RO, Branch)
N1FBEDJ5J41VKZLO2475
RO
N
Y
Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5)
UniCredit Bank Srbija a.d. Beograd
52990001O0THU00TYK59
RS
N
Y
Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5)
HSBC Bank Egypt S.A.E
2138001Q77JDLESS4Y50
EG
N
Y
Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5)
HSBC Bank Middle East Limited (Manama, Capital, BH, Branch)
549300F99IL9YJDWH369
BH
N
Y
Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5)
JSC Bank of Georgia
549300RPLD8RXL49Z691
GE
N
Y
Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5)
Citibank del Peru S.A.
MYTK5NHHP1G8TVFGT193
PE
N
Y
Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5)
Clearstream Banking S.A.
549300OL514RA0SXJJ44
LU
N
Y
Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5)
Bank Handlowy w Warszawie Spolka Akcyjna
XLEZHWWOI4HFQDGL4793
PL
N
Y
Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5)
Citibank, National Association (Ciudad Autonoma de Buenos Aires, Ciudad Autonoma de Buenos Aires, AR, Branch)
E57ODZWZ7FF32TWEFA76
AR
N
Y
Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5)
N
DST Asset Manager Solutions, Inc.
84-00896
SEC File Number
N
N
N
American Beacon Advisors, Inc.
549300AJADEWUE8OXQ32
Y
N
N
Conning Investment Products Inc.
8-66444
000120387
00000000000000000000
0.00000000
Resolute Investment Distributors, Inc.
8-69912
000287788
00000000000000000000
0.00000000
Aberdeen Standard Investments (Switzerland) AG
N/A
000000000
213800JB3T67YCXBB884
CH
0.00000000
Standard Life Investments Securities LLC
8-68839
000157233
00000000000000000000
0.00000000
Aberdeen Fund Distributors, LLC
8-67799
000146230
2138007O8Z7FY13LG555
0.00000000
Aberdeen Asset Middle East Limited
N/A
000000000
213800UNAG7WWC7VS342
AE
0.00000000
0.00000000
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
8-35008
000000079
8I5DZWZKVSZI1NUHU748
14858830.41000000
Standard Chartered Securities (North America) LLC
008-66397
000130847
5493003GCX71N8988W38
20510377.04000000
ABSA Bank Limited
N/A
000000000
SLI1CVYMJ21DST0Q8K25
ZA
10422734.14000000
HSBC Securities (USA) Inc.
8-41562
000019585
CYYGQCGNHMHPSMRL3R97
13276563.13000000
Jefferies International Limited
N/A
000000000
S5THZMDUJCTQZBTRVI98
GB
6467971.52000000
State Street Bank and Trust Company
N/A
000000000
571474TGEMMWANRLN572
26586575.81000000
ICBC Standard Bank Plc
N/A
000000000
F01VVKN4DRF2NWKGQ283
GB
22825584.64000000
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
8-8177
000007059
MBNUM2BPBDO7JBLYG310
44061822.16000000
ING Groep N.V.
N/A
000000000
549300NYKK9MWM7GGW15
NL
12542762.22000000
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC
8-129
000000361
FOR8UP27PHTHYVLBNG30
5785453.32000000
194627044.90000000
N
163429488.08000000
Committed
250000000.00000000
Uncommitted
50000000.00000000
N
N
N
N
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INTERNAL CONTROL RPT
2
NCEN_12308588012562107.txt
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting
Firm
To the Board of Trustees and Shareholders of American
Beacon Funds
In planning and performing our audit of the financial
statements of American Beacon Acadian Emerging
Markets Managed Volatility Fund, American Beacon
SGA Global Growth Fund, American Beacon Crescent
Short Duration High Income Fund, American Beacon
Continuous Capital Emerging Markets Fund, American
Beacon Frontier Markets Income Fund and American
Beacon GLG Total Return Fund, (the "Funds") as of and
for the periods ended January 31, 2019, in accordance
with the standards of the Public Company Accounting
Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB), we
considered the Fund's 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 the Fund's
internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly,
we do not express an opinion on the effectiveness of
the Fund's internal control over financial reporting.
The management of the Fund 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 company'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 generally accepted
accounting principles. A company'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 company; (2) provide reasonable assurance that
transactions are recorded as necessary to permit
preparation of financial statements in accordance with
generally accepted accounting principles, and that
receipts and expenditures of the company are being
made only in accordance with authorizations of
management and directors of the company; and (3)
provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or
timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use or
disposition of a company'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 the company's annual or
interim financial statements will not be prevented or
detected on a timely basis.
Our consideration of the Fund's 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
over financial reporting that might be material
weaknesses under standards established by the PCAOB.
However, we noted no deficiencies in the Funds'
internal control over financial reporting and its
operation, including controls over safeguarding
securities, that we consider to be a material weakness
defined above as of January 31, 2019.
This report is intended solely for the information and
use of 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.
March 27, 2019
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