Avantis Investors® Enters Australia
With a focus on financial science, Avantis launches its first three active ETFs.
Avantis Investors, a US$88 billion* investment offering from the US$300 billion** global asset manager American Century Investments®, is entering the Australian market with dual access exchange-traded funds (ETFs). These new Avantis funds build on the seven-year presence of American Century in Australia. Avantis solutions seek to combine many of the potential benefits as index investing with the potential for added value by considering expected returns each day. It’s the parts of passive that make sense with the parts of active that can make a difference.
“Many Australian investors have been interested in Avantis since we launched six years ago. We are thrilled to now have our investment solutions available in Australia,” said Eduardo Repetto, Avantis Investors CIO on behalf of American Century. “Our goal is to provide low-cost, broadly diversified active solutions that empower financial professionals to create value for their clients. These dual access vehicles offer eligible investors the flexibility to choose what’s right for them and their clients. Each strategy can be accessed by ETF or managed fund."
Partnership brings new dual access active ETFs to Australia’s market
Working in partnership with one of Australia’s leading specialist trustee companies, Equity Trustees, the Avantis active ETFs are listed on Cboe Australia, a subsidiary of Cboe Global Markets, Inc., one of the world's leading derivatives and securities exchange network.
“The launch of Avantis Investors first three ETFs on Cboe Australia marks an exciting milestone for certain local investors, further broadening access to innovative investment opportunities. This product exemplifies our commitment to reshaping the ETF landscape through cutting-edge technology and exceptional client service,” said Emma Quinn, President of Cboe Australia.
“We are proud to expand our long-standing partnership with American Century,” said Andrew Godfrey, Executive General Manager of Corporate and Superannuation Trustee Services at Equity Trustees. “As Responsible Entity, we are committed to providing strong governance and compliance, enabling American Century to confidently deliver their Avantis investment strategies to investors.”
Leveraging American Century’s backing to serve clients and make an impact
Avantis Investors is owned by American Century, an asset manager with a reputation for client care, stewardship and stability—bringing scale and allowing long-term focus. Anticipating Avantis’ expansion into Australia, American Century recently appointed Tom Fellowes as vice president of Australia sales.
“We are thrilled to expand our offerings in Australia,” said Tom Clapham, Head of APAC for American Century. “This move underscores our commitment to delivering innovative investment solutions and fostering strong relationships with our clients in the Asia-Pacific region.”
Through American Century’s relationship with the Stowers Institute for Medical Research, investments with Avantis help support research that can improve human health and save lives. Since 2000, American Century’s dividends distributed to the Stowers Institute have totaled more than $2 billion.
About Cboe Australia
Cboe Australia is a regulated stock exchange committed to transforming, improving and growing Australia’s securities and derivatives markets. Cboe Australia has experienced strong and sustained growth and has achieved significant milestones including gaining over 20% market share, a daily record of $5.98 billion traded value in equity trading and up to 45% of the Australian ETF market (trading and reporting). The Cboe Australia investment products platform offers a range of unique products exclusively traded on Cboe Australia, including Funds (ETFs & Quoted Managed Funds), and Cboe Warrants. For more information visit: www.cboe.com.au. Connect with Cboe Australia: Website | LinkedIn
About Equity Trustees
Equity Trustees was established in 1888 for the purpose of providing independent and impartial Trustee and Executor services to help families throughout Australia protect their wealth. As Australia’s leading specialist trustee company, we offer a diverse range of services to individuals, families and corporate clients including asset management, estate planning, philanthropic services as well as Responsible Entity (RE) and Custodian services for external Fund Managers.
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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' 1,400 employees serve financial professionals, institutions, corporations and individual investors from offices in Kansas City, Missouri; New York; Los Angeles; Santa Clara, California; Portland, Oregon; London; Frankfurt, Germany; Hong Kong; and Sydney. Jonathan Thomas is chairman, chief executive officer and president, and Victor Zhang serves as chief investment officer. Delivering investment results to clients enables American Century Investments to distribute over 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 owns more than 40% of American Century Investments and has received dividend payments of more than $2 billion since 2000. For more information about American Century Investments, visit americancentury.com.
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Equity Trustees Limited ABN 46 004 031 298, AFSL 240975 (Responsible Entity), is the responsible entity of the Avantis Emerging Markets Equity Active ETF (ARSN 685 854 719) (AVTE), Avantis Global Equity Active ETF (ARSN 685 854 862) (AVTG) and Avantis Global Small Cap Value Active ETF (ARSN 685 855 252) (AVTS). The Responsible Entity is a subsidiary of EQT Holdings Limited ABN 22 607 797 615, a publicly listed company on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX: EQT). The investment manager for each of AVTS, AVTE and AVTG is American Century Investment Management, Inc. (Manager), who is exempt from holding an AFSL under the Corporations Act 2011 (Cth) (Australian Corporations Act) in respect of the financial services it provides to "wholesale clients" for the purposes of the Australian Corporations Act and does not hold such a license. The Manager is regulated by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) (CRD#105778/SEC#:801-8174) under the United States laws which differ from Australian laws. The Manager relies on ASIC relief provided for under Class Order [CO 03/1100] for U.S. SEC-regulated financial services providers in relation to the provision of financial services to Australian clients.
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