AEMB Fees and Costs — American Century Emerging Markets Bond ETF

Data updated: 2024-11-12

The net expense ratio is 0.43%: a 0.39% management fee plus 0.04% other expenses. There are no sales loads or redemption fees. In fiscal 2024 the fund paid $1K in broker commissions, 0.0038% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 72%.

AEMB Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of AEMB. Prospectus, as of December 31, 2023.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.39%
12b-1 fee—
Other expenses0.04%
Gross expense ratio0.43%
Fee waiver—
Net expense ratio0.43%
Sales charges
Max front load—
Max deferred load—
Redemption fee—
Expense limitation in place (N-CEN)No
Fees waived or reduced during the yearNo
Waived fees subject to recoupmentNo

AEMB Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in AEMB, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $274 over 5 years, cutting the return by 0.46% a year. Illustration, not a forecast: it assumes today's net expense ratio throughout (a fee waiver may end).

$10,000 investedSell after 1 yearSell after 3 yearsSell after 5 years
Value before costs$10,500$11,576$12,763
Fund expenses (net expense ratio 0.43%)$45$142$247
Trading costs (broker commissions)$0$1$2
Lost growth on money paid in costs$0$7$25
Total costs$46$150$274
Value after costs$10,454$11,426$12,488
Impact on return, per year0.46%0.46%0.46%

AEMB Trading Costs

Brokerage costs reported on SEC Form N-CEN for the fiscal year ending August 31, 2024.

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): 0.0038%
  • Total broker commissions: $1K
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $65.4M
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 72%
  • Securities on loan, average value: $195K
  • Net income from securities lending: $2K (0.007% of average net assets)

AEMB Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
Bank of America Merrill Lynch$1K100.00%

AEMB Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
HSBC Securities Incorporated$8.8M17.47%
Jefferies LLC$8.1M16.11%
Barclays Capital$5.8M11.48%
Goldman Sachs$5.4M10.67%
J.P. Morgan Securities$5.4M10.65%
Bank of America Merrill Lynch$4.9M9.85%
Morgan Stanley$4.9M9.79%
Citigroup Capital Markets Inc$2.7M5.37%
Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong) Limited$2.5M4.99%
BNP Paribas Securities$1.8M3.61%

For information only. Not investment advice: figures are as reported in SEC filings and may contain errors or be out of date. Past performance does not guarantee future results.