AMERICAN CENTURY INVESTMENTS LAUNCHES EMERGING MARKETS INSIGHTS ETF

ACEM offers American Century's fundamental emerging markets research with disciplined, systematic portfolio construction process

KANSAS CITY, Mo., Nov. 5, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- American Century Investments, a global asset manager with more than $350 billion in assets*, expands its suite of Insights Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs) with the launch of American Century Emerging Markets Insights ETF (ACEM), now available on the NASDAQ Exchange. ACEM joins the firm's growing suite of Insights ETFs, which combines company-specific views from fundamental active research and systematic implementation to offer alpha potential with broader diversification, more transparent performance variations versus index benchmarks, and at lower expense ratios compared to many traditional fundamental active approaches. The gross expense ratio is 0.59%.

"We're thrilled to add a new offering to American Century's ETF platform. ACEM leverages the fundamental insights from our well-established emerging markets team," said Victor Zhang, chief investment officer. "ACEM expands our Insights ETF lineup, giving investors another option for their equity allocations within a suite shaped by client feedback. Each is designed to pursue added value over market benchmarks while also offering features clients are looking for like tax efficiency, transparency, and competitive fees"

"Emerging markets is one of the most compelling opportunities in global equities, with growth expected to outpace advanced economies this year and next. These markets can offer investors access to a diverse and expanding set of growth opportunities. Combined with resilient earnings trends and attractive valuations relative to developed markets, we believe emerging markets can play a valuable role in a long-term equity portfolio," said Patricia Ribeiro, co-chief investment officer of global growth equity.

The fund is co-managed by Ribeiro, Stephen Quance, chief investment officer of disciplined equity, and Portfolio Manager Sherwin Soo. The American Century Emerging Markets team oversees $2.6 billion in assets under management^**.

ACEM joins the suite of American Century Insights ETFs launched over the past 13 months including American Century Small Cap Growth Insights ETF (ACSG), American Century Small Cap Value Insights ETF (ACSV) and American Century Mid Cap Growth Insights ETF (ACMG).

About American Century Investments

American Century Investments is a leading global asset manager focused on delivering investment results and building long-term client relationships while supporting breakthrough medical research. Founded in 1958, American Century Investments' approximately 1,400 employees serve financial professionals, institutions, corporations and individual investors from offices in Kansas City, Mo.; New York; Los Angeles; Santa Clara, Calif.; Portland, Ore.; London; Frankfurt, Germany; Hong Kong; and Sydney. Jonathan S. Thomas is chairman, chief executive officer and president, and Victor Zhang serves as senior vice president and chief investment officer. Delivering investment results to clients enables American Century Investments to distribute 40% of its dividends to the Stowers Institute for Medical Research, a 500-person, nonprofit biomedical research organization with a focus on foundational research. The Institute is the largest owner of American Century Investments and has received dividend payments of more than $2 billion since 2000. For more information about American Century Investments, visit www.americancentury.com.

Alpha

Alpha is typically used to represent the value added or subtracted by active investment management strategies. It shows how an actively managed investment portfolio performed compared with the expected portfolio returns produced simply by benchmark volatility (beta) and market changes. A positive alpha shows that an investment manager has been able to capture more of the upside movement in the benchmark while softening the downswings. A negative alpha means that the manager's strategies have caught more benchmark downside than upside.

*Assets under supervision as of 10/28/26.

**Assets under management as of 9/30/26.

Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) are bought and sold through exchange trading at market price (not NAV), and are not individually redeemed from the fund. Shares may trade at a premium or discount to their NAV in the secondary market. Brokerage commissions will reduce returns. 

You should consider the fund's investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses carefully before you invest. The fund's prospectus or summary prospectus, which can be obtained by visiting americancentury.com, contains this and other information about the fund, and should be read carefully before investing. 

This fund is an actively managed ETF that does not seek to replicate the performance of a specified index. To determine whether to buy or sell a security, the portfolio managers consider, among other things, various fund requirements and standards, along with economic conditions, alternative investments, interest rates and various credit metrics. If the portfolio manager considerations are inaccurate or misapplied, the fund's performance may suffer.

This material has been prepared for educational purposes only. It is not intended to provide, and should not be relied upon for, investment, accounting, legal or tax advice. 

Investment return and principal value of security investments will fluctuate. The value at the time of redemption may be more or less than the original cost. Past performance is no guarantee of future results.

International investing involves special risks, such as political instability and currency fluctuations. Investing in emerging markets may accentuate these risks.

The risks of investing in a frontier emerging market are magnified because they generally have smaller economies and less developed capital markets than traditional emerging markets.

Diversification does not assure a profit, nor does it protect against loss of principal.

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