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American Beacon International Equity Index Fund

Portfolio information as of December 31, 2011
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Investment Objective

A Fund seeking to match the performance of the Morgan Stanley Capital International EAFE Index (the "EAFE Index") as closely as possible before the deduction of Fund expenses.

Key Points

  • The Fund uses a “passive” or “indexing” investment approach that attempts to replicate, before expenses, the performance of the Morgan Stanley Capital International Europe Australasia Far East Index (MSCI EAFE).

  • Invests in a statistically selected sample of equity securities included in the EAFE Index and in derivative instruments linked to the EAFE Index.

  • The Fund intends to purchase investments so that the market capitalizations, industry weightings and other fundamental characteristics of the stocks and derivative instruments chosen are similar to the EAFE Index as a whole.

  • The Fund seeks its investment objective by investing all of its investable assets in the Master International Index Series of the Quantitative Master Series LLC.

Sub-Advisors (%)

The Fund seeks its investment objective by investing all of its investable assets in the Master International Index Series, a portfolio of the Quantitative Master Series LLC, which is managed by BlackRock Advisors, LLC. BlackRock Advisors, LLC on behalf of the Series, has a sub-advisory agreement with BlackRock Investment Management, LLC.



Investing in foreign equities entails additional risk not associated with domestic equities, such as currency fluctuations, economic and political instability, and differences in accounting standards.

American Beacon Funds and American Beacon International Equity Index Fund are service marks of American Beacon Advisors, Inc.