AEDHX — Emerging Markets Debt Fund, C Class
Data updated: 2026-09-29
AEDHX — Emerging Markets Debt Fund, C Class. 1.92% expense ratio · 1.00% deferred sales charge · since 2014. Holdings, fees, performance and SEC filings.
AEDHX Fund Overview
AEDHX — Emerging Markets Debt Fund, C Class is a US mutual fund managed by American Century International Bond Funds, categorised as Intermediate Treasury / Sovereign Bond. ABC INVEST provides holdings, performance, costs, cashflows, risk data, prospectus documents and SEC filings, sourced from SEC filings.
- Type: US mutual fund
- Manager: American Century International Bond Funds
- Category: Intermediate Treasury / Sovereign Bond
- Assets under management: $449.61M
- 1-year return: 11.4%
- Ticker: AEDHX
- SEC CIK: 0000880268
- SEC series ID: S000046096
- Share class ID: C000144192
AEDHX Investment Objective and Strategy
Emerging Markets Debt Fund describes its objective and strategy as follows, from its latest prospectus filed with the SEC by American Century International Bond Funds.
Investment objective
The fund seeks total return.
Principal investment strategy
Under normal market conditions, the fund invests at least 80% of its net assets in fixed income instruments of issuers that are economically tied to emerging markets. The fund will invest in debt instruments issued by foreign governments and corporations. Investments will typically be made in U.S. dollar denominated instruments, but may be denominated in local emerging markets currency as well. The fund considers an emerging market to be any country that is located outside the following developed countries list, which is subject to change: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bermuda, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States. In determining an issuers location, the portfolio managers may consider various factors including, among others, where the issuer is headquartered, where the issuers principal operations are located, where the issuers revenues are derived, where the principal trading market is located and the country in which the issuer was legally organized.
The weight given to each of these factors will vary depending on the circumstances in a given case. The fund may invest without limitation in both investment grade and high-yield (junk bonds) debt securities. An investment grade security is one that has been rated in one of the four highest categories used by a nationally recognized statistical rating organization or determined by the investment advisor to be of comparable credit quality. A high-yield security is one that has been rated below the four highest categories used by a nationally recognized statistical rating organization, or determined by the investment advisor to be of similar quality. The average duration of the fund varies based on the portfolio managers forecast of interest rates and, under normal market conditions is not expected to exceed ten years.
Duration is an indication of the relative sensitivity of a securitys market value to changes in interest rates. The longer a securitys duration, the more sensitive it will be to changes in interest rates. Duration is different from maturity in that it attempts to measure the interest rate sensitivity of a security, as opposed to its expected final maturity. In addition to the debt securities described above, the fund may also invest in bank loans. The fund also invests in derivative instruments. The fund may use foreign currency exchange contracts to shift its investment exposure from one currency into another, for hedging purposes or to enhance returns. The fund may invest in futures contracts, options and swap agreements to manage duration, credit exposure and country exposure. The fund may also invest in collateralized debt obligations, including collateralized loan obligations, mortgage- or asset-backed securities and other similarly structured investments.
The portfolio managers may engage in hedging of portfolio positions, which usually involves entering into a derivative transaction that has the opposite characteristics of the position being hedged. The net effect of these two positions is to reduce or eliminate the exposure created by the first position. 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 whether to alter geographic or currency exposure.
AEDHX Holdings
Top 10 holdings of Emerging Markets Debt Fund by percentage of net assets, from the fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| State Street Bank & Trust Co | 4.69% |
| Nigeria Government International Bond | 2.40% |
| Gaci First Investment Co | 2.24% |
| Argentine Republic Government International Bond | 2.23% |
| Turkiye Government Bond | 2.22% |
| Romanian Government International Bond | 2.19% |
| Colombian TES | 1.96% |
| Indonesia Treasury Bond | 1.89% |
| Hungary Government Bond | 1.88% |
| Egypt Government International Bond | 1.88% |
AEDHX Portfolio Allocation
Asset-class allocation of Emerging Markets Debt Fund by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Asset class | Allocation |
|---|---|
| Fixed Income | 93.6% |
| Cash & Equivalents | 4.9% |
| Equity | 0.6% |
AEDHX Performance
Total returns for AEDHX (as of 2026-10-01), from SEC filings.
| Period | Total return |
|---|---|
| YTD | 0.85% |
| 1 year | 11.36% |
| 3 years (annualised) | 6.69% |
| 5 years (annualised) | 1.18% |
AEDHX Risk Information
Risk metrics for AEDHX, derived from monthly returns in SEC filings.
- 1-year volatility (annualised): 5.98%
AEDHX Costs and Fees
AEDHX costs about $192 per $10,000 invested per year in fund expenses.
- Net expense ratio: 1.92%
- Gross expense ratio: 1.92%
- Portfolio turnover: 105%
- Brokerage commissions: 0.34 bps of average net assets (SEC N-CEN)
AEDHX Cashflows
Over the 12 months to 2026-04, Emerging Markets Debt Fund had net outflows of $157.79M, from monthly SEC N-PORT filings.
| Month | Net flow |
|---|---|
| 2026-04 | −$1.23M |
| 2026-03 | −$6.77M |
| 2026-02 | −$16.76M |
| 2026-01 | −$4.29M |
| 2025-12 | −$26.03M |
| 2025-11 | −$5.68M |
AEDHX Debt Constituents
Largest debt holdings of Emerging Markets Debt Fund by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Debt holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| Nigeria Government International Bond | 2.40% |
| Gaci First Investment Co | 2.24% |
| Argentine Republic Government International Bond | 2.23% |
| Turkiye Government Bond | 2.22% |
| Romanian Government International Bond | 2.19% |
| Colombian TES | 1.96% |
| Indonesia Treasury Bond | 1.89% |
| Hungary Government Bond | 1.88% |
| Egypt Government International Bond | 1.88% |
| Chile Government International Bond | 1.75% |
AEDHX Prospectus and SEC Filings
Official Emerging Markets Debt Fund filings on SEC EDGAR — prospectus, portfolio holdings and annual reports.
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2026-02-27
- Prospectus supplement (497) — filed 2026-07-31
- Prospectus supplement (497) — filed 2025-07-31
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-09-29
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-06-26
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-03-30
- Annual census (N-CEN) — filed 2026-01-14
- Annual census (N-CEN) — filed 2025-01-08
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Data Sources
ABC INVEST compiles this page from public filings made to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) through EDGAR: portfolio holdings and monthly cashflows from Form N-PORT, expenses and returns from fund prospectuses (Form 485BPOS) and the SEC DERA Risk/Return Summary data sets, annual data from Form N-CEN, and shareholder reports from Form N-CSR.