American Century Investments®
Quarterly Portfolio Holdings
Emerging Markets Small Cap Fund
August 31, 2020
Emerging Markets Small Cap - Schedule of Investments | |||||
AUGUST 31, 2020 (UNAUDITED) |
Shares/ Principal Amount ($) | Value ($) | |||||||
COMMON STOCKS — 98.6% | ||||||||
Argentina — 2.3% | ||||||||
Globant SA(1) | 1,310 | 232,630 | ||||||
Brazil — 10.3% | ||||||||
Arco Platform Ltd., Class A(1) | 2,355 | 106,540 | ||||||
Banco Inter SA | 14,094 | 167,219 | ||||||
Cia Brasileira de Distribuicao | 4,700 | 54,906 | ||||||
Cia de Saneamento do Parana | 15,900 | 77,577 | ||||||
Construtora Tenda SA | 17,100 | 97,041 | ||||||
Equatorial Energia SA | 28,700 | 121,956 | ||||||
Fleury SA | 14,600 | 69,422 | ||||||
Locaweb Servicos de Internet SA(1) | 12,600 | 141,329 | ||||||
Magazine Luiza SA | 5,427 | 92,968 | ||||||
TOTVS SA | 25,800 | 135,440 | ||||||
1,064,398 | ||||||||
Chile — 0.5% | ||||||||
Geopark Ltd. | 6,059 | 54,046 | ||||||
China — 19.4% | ||||||||
21Vianet Group, Inc., ADR(1)(2) | 3,984 | 92,469 | ||||||
A-Living Services Co. Ltd., H Shares | 19,250 | 99,066 | ||||||
China East Education Holdings Ltd. | 63,000 | 138,577 | ||||||
China Education Group Holdings Ltd. | 80,000 | 157,077 | ||||||
China Lesso Group Holdings Ltd. | 78,000 | 145,134 | ||||||
China Resources Cement Holdings Ltd. | 40,000 | 58,080 | ||||||
China Yongda Automobiles Services Holdings Ltd. | 83,000 | 99,424 | ||||||
CIFI Holdings Group Co. Ltd. | 180,570 | 153,270 | ||||||
Country Garden Services Holdings Co. Ltd. | 37,000 | 257,400 | ||||||
GDS Holdings Ltd., ADR(1) | 2,857 | 231,246 | ||||||
GSX Techedu, Inc., ADR(1)(2) | 670 | 57,218 | ||||||
Li Ning Co. Ltd. | 18,000 | 75,773 | ||||||
Lonking Holdings Ltd. | 227,000 | 64,629 | ||||||
TAL Education Group, ADR(1) | 1,011 | 74,622 | ||||||
Times China Holdings Ltd. | 94,000 | 144,120 | ||||||
West China Cement Ltd. | 828,000 | 144,796 | ||||||
1,992,901 | ||||||||
Greece — 1.2% | ||||||||
JUMBO SA | 4,464 | 77,500 | ||||||
OPAP SA | 5,230 | 47,863 | ||||||
125,363 | ||||||||
Hong Kong — 2.3% | ||||||||
Comba Telecom Systems Holdings Ltd.(2) | 396,000 | 172,556 | ||||||
Minth Group Ltd. | 18,000 | 60,111 | ||||||
232,667 | ||||||||
India — 9.8% | ||||||||
Bata India Ltd. | 2,685 | 47,285 | ||||||
Berger Paints India Ltd. | 8,686 | 63,278 | ||||||
Crompton Greaves Consumer Electricals Ltd.(1) | 14,816 | 54,588 | ||||||
ICICI Securities Ltd. | 8,236 | 53,284 | ||||||
Indraprastha Gas Ltd. | 17,388 | 92,928 | ||||||
Jubilant Foodworks Ltd. | 4,246 | 120,782 |
L&T Technology Services Ltd. | 3,305 | 70,197 | ||||||
Larsen & Toubro Infotech Ltd. | 5,412 | 180,332 | ||||||
Prestige Estates Projects Ltd. | 15,899 | 53,376 | ||||||
Torrent Pharmaceuticals Ltd. | 4,428 | 160,022 | ||||||
Zydus Wellness Ltd. | 5,102 | 111,768 | ||||||
1,007,840 | ||||||||
Indonesia — 4.7% | ||||||||
Ace Hardware Indonesia Tbk PT | 894,300 | 94,860 | ||||||
Bank BTPN Syariah Tbk PT | 266,400 | 71,104 | ||||||
Jasa Marga Persero Tbk PT | 253,800 | 67,957 | ||||||
Mitra Adiperkasa Tbk PT(1) | 1,006,700 | 46,906 | ||||||
Semen Indonesia Persero Tbk PT | 82,200 | 59,430 | ||||||
Tower Bersama Infrastructure Tbk PT | 922,000 | 82,551 | ||||||
XL Axiata Tbk PT | 359,700 | 60,140 | ||||||
482,948 | ||||||||
Malaysia — 3.3% | ||||||||
Carlsberg Brewery Malaysia Bhd | 12,100 | 63,382 | ||||||
Inari Amertron Bhd | 104,100 | 56,397 | ||||||
Top Glove Corp. Bhd | 34,700 | 219,796 | ||||||
339,575 | ||||||||
Mexico — 1.0% | ||||||||
Cemex SAB de CV, ADR | 33,710 | 108,209 | ||||||
Philippines — 1.7% | ||||||||
International Container Terminal Services, Inc. | 21,770 | 47,083 | ||||||
Wilcon Depot, Inc. | 368,900 | 123,179 | ||||||
170,262 | ||||||||
Russia — 2.5% | ||||||||
TCS Group Holding plc, GDR | 4,907 | 120,467 | ||||||
Yandex NV, A Shares(1) | 2,052 | 140,008 | ||||||
260,475 | ||||||||
Saudi Arabia — 1.0% | ||||||||
Leejam Sports Co. JSC | 5,580 | 105,284 | ||||||
South Africa — 1.9% | ||||||||
Capitec Bank Holdings Ltd. | 1,066 | 52,445 | ||||||
Clicks Group Ltd. | 8,132 | 110,121 | ||||||
JSE Ltd. | 5,232 | 36,624 | ||||||
199,190 | ||||||||
South Korea — 13.2% | ||||||||
CJ Logistics Corp.(1) | 1,043 | 132,669 | ||||||
Doosan Bobcat, Inc. | 4,147 | 90,749 | ||||||
Ecopro BM Co. Ltd. | 987 | 127,990 | ||||||
GS Retail Co. Ltd. | 2,853 | 79,001 | ||||||
Han Kuk Carbon Co. Ltd. | 22,061 | 167,929 | ||||||
Hite Jinro Co. Ltd. | 2,081 | 64,459 | ||||||
Hotel Shilla Co. Ltd. | 876 | 51,718 | ||||||
Iljin Materials Co. Ltd. | 3,353 | 139,994 | ||||||
Koh Young Technology, Inc. | 997 | 75,293 | ||||||
LG Innotek Co. Ltd. | 1,118 | 135,715 | ||||||
LG Uplus Corp. | 3,856 | 38,740 | ||||||
Orion Corp./Republic of Korea | 1,288 | 151,930 | ||||||
Studio Dragon Corp.(1) | 1,534 | 102,930 | ||||||
1,359,117 | ||||||||
Taiwan — 18.2% | ||||||||
Accton Technology Corp. | 14,000 | 111,476 |
Airtac International Group | 7,000 | 154,015 | ||||||
Alchip Technologies Ltd. | 11,000 | 196,807 | ||||||
Asia Cement Corp. | 62,000 | 89,577 | ||||||
ASPEED Technology, Inc. | 2,000 | 81,427 | ||||||
Chailease Holding Co. Ltd. | 51,717 | 227,759 | ||||||
Chaun-Choung Technology Corp. | 7,000 | 64,033 | ||||||
Giant Manufacturing Co. Ltd. | 10,000 | 103,562 | ||||||
ITEQ Corp. | 19,000 | 77,160 | ||||||
Merida Industry Co. Ltd. | 24,000 | 200,176 | ||||||
Powertech Technology, Inc. | 18,000 | 52,839 | ||||||
Realtek Semiconductor Corp. | 14,000 | 180,961 | ||||||
Taiwan Union Technology Corp. | 21,000 | 84,870 | ||||||
Vanguard International Semiconductor Corp. | 52,000 | 165,495 | ||||||
Win Semiconductors Corp. | 8,000 | 77,661 | ||||||
1,867,818 | ||||||||
Thailand — 3.2% | ||||||||
Digital Telecommunications Infrastructure Fund | 387,900 | 183,216 | ||||||
Muangthai Capital PCL | 45,300 | 72,193 | ||||||
Srisawad Corp. PCL | 50,560 | 73,952 | ||||||
329,361 | ||||||||
Turkey — 1.2% | ||||||||
Sok Marketler Ticaret AS(1) | 67,869 | 118,634 | ||||||
United Kingdom — 0.9% | ||||||||
Network International Holdings plc(1) | 17,994 | 90,056 | ||||||
TOTAL COMMON STOCKS (Cost $7,991,350) | 10,140,774 | |||||||
WARRANT† | ||||||||
Thailand† | ||||||||
Srisawad Corp. PCL(1) (Cost $—) | 2,022 | 1 | ||||||
TEMPORARY CASH INVESTMENTS — 1.4% | ||||||||
Repurchase Agreement, BMO Capital Markets Corp., (collateralized by various U.S. Treasury obligations, 0.125% - 2.375%, 6/30/22 - 4/30/26, valued at $148,425), in a joint trading account at 0.05%, dated 8/31/20, due 9/1/20 (Delivery value $145,470) | 145,470 | |||||||
State Street Institutional U.S. Government Money Market Fund, Premier Class | 193 | 193 | ||||||
TOTAL TEMPORARY CASH INVESTMENTS (Cost $145,663) | 145,663 | |||||||
TEMPORARY CASH INVESTMENTS - SECURITIES LENDING COLLATERAL(3) — 0.6% | ||||||||
State Street Navigator Securities Lending Government Money Market Portfolio (Cost $61,048) | 61,048 | 61,048 | ||||||
TOTAL INVESTMENT SECURITIES — 100.6% (Cost $8,198,061) | 10,347,486 | |||||||
OTHER ASSETS AND LIABILITIES — (0.6)% | (60,806) | |||||||
TOTAL NET ASSETS — 100.0% | $ | 10,286,680 |
MARKET SECTOR DIVERSIFICATION | |||||
(as a % of net assets) | |||||
Information Technology | 29.0% | ||||
Consumer Discretionary | 19.5% | ||||
Industrials | 12.3% | ||||
Financials | 8.4% | ||||
Consumer Staples | 7.4% | ||||
Materials | 6.7% | ||||
Health Care | 4.4% | ||||
Communication Services | 4.1% | ||||
Real Estate | 3.4% | ||||
Utilities | 2.9% | ||||
Energy | 0.5% | ||||
Cash and Equivalents* | 1.4% |
*Includes temporary cash investments, temporary cash investments - securities lending collateral and other assets and liabilities.
NOTES TO SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS | ||||||||||||||
ADR | - | American Depositary Receipt | ||||||||||||
GDR | - | Global Depositary Receipt |
†Category is less than 0.05% of total net assets.
(1)Non-income producing.
(2)Security, or a portion thereof, is on loan. At the period end, the aggregate value of securities on loan was $238,586. The amount of securities on loan indicated may not correspond with the securities on loan identified because securities with pending sales are in the process of recall from the brokers.
(3)Investment of cash collateral from securities on loan. At the period end, the aggregate value of the collateral held by the fund was $250,742, which includes securities collateral of $189,694.
SUPPLEMENTARY NOTES TO SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS
1. Investment Valuations
The fund determines the fair value of its investments and computes its net asset value per share at the close of regular trading (usually 4 p.m. Eastern time) on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on each day the NYSE is open. The Board of Directors has adopted valuation policies and procedures to guide the investment advisor in the fund’s investment valuation process and to provide methodologies for the oversight of the fund’s pricing function.
Equity securities that are listed or traded on a domestic securities exchange are valued at the last reported sales price or at the official closing price as provided by the exchange. Equity securities traded on foreign securities exchanges are generally valued at the closing price of such securities on the exchange where primarily traded or at the close of the NYSE, if that is earlier. If no last sales price is reported, or if local convention or regulation so provides, the mean of the latest bid and asked prices may be used. Securities traded over-the-counter are valued at the mean of the latest bid and asked prices, the last sales price, or the official closing price. Equity securities initially expressed in local currencies are translated into U.S. dollars at the mean of the appropriate currency exchange rate at the close of the NYSE as provided by an independent pricing service.
Open-end management investment companies are valued at the reported net asset value per share. Repurchase agreements are valued at cost, which approximates fair value.
If the fund determines that the market price for an investment is not readily available or the valuation methods mentioned above do not reflect an investment’s fair value, such investment is valued as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors or its delegate, in accordance with policies and procedures adopted by the Board of Directors. In its determination of fair value, the fund may review several factors including, but not limited to, market information regarding the specific investment or comparable investments and correlation with other investment types, futures indices or general market indicators. Circumstances that may cause the fund to use these procedures to value an investment include, but are not limited to: an investment has been declared in default or is distressed; trading in a security has been suspended during the trading day or a security is not actively trading on its principal exchange; prices received from a regular pricing source are deemed unreliable; or there is a foreign market holiday and no trading occurred.
The fund monitors for significant events occurring after the close of an investment’s primary exchange but before the fund’s net asset value per share is determined. Significant events may include, but are not limited to: corporate announcements and transactions; governmental action and political unrest that could impact a specific investment or an investment sector; or armed conflicts, natural disasters and similar events that could affect investments in a specific country or region. The fund also monitors for significant fluctuations between domestic and foreign markets, as evidenced by the U.S. market or such other indicators that the Board of Directors, or its delegate, deems appropriate. The fund may apply a model-derived factor to the closing price of equity securities traded on foreign securities exchanges. The factor is based on observable market data as provided by an independent pricing service.
2. Fair Value Measurements
The fund’s investments valuation process is based on several considerations and may use multiple inputs to determine the fair value of the investments held by the fund. In conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, the inputs used to determine a valuation are classified into three broad levels.
•Level 1 valuation inputs consist of unadjusted quoted prices in an active market for identical investments.
•Level 2 valuation inputs consist of direct or indirect observable market data (including quoted prices for comparable investments, evaluations of subsequent market events, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.). These inputs also consist of quoted prices for identical investments initially expressed in local currencies that are adjusted through translation into U.S. dollars.
•Level 3 valuation inputs consist of unobservable data (including a fund’s own assumptions).
The level classification is based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair valuation measurement. The valuation inputs are not necessarily an indication of the risks associated with investing in these securities or other financial instruments.
The following is a summary of the level classifications as of period end. The Schedule of Investments provides additional information on the fund’s portfolio holdings.
Level 1 ($) | Level 2 ($) | Level 3 ($) | ||||||||||||||||||
Assets | ||||||||||||||||||||
Investment Securities | ||||||||||||||||||||
Common Stocks | ||||||||||||||||||||
Argentina | 232,630 | — | — | |||||||||||||||||
Brazil | 106,540 | 957,858 | — | |||||||||||||||||
Chile | 54,046 | — | — | |||||||||||||||||
China | 455,555 | 1,537,346 | — | |||||||||||||||||
Mexico | 108,209 | — | — | |||||||||||||||||
Russia | 140,008 | 120,467 | — | |||||||||||||||||
Other Countries | — | 6,428,115 | — | |||||||||||||||||
Warrant | — | 1 | — | |||||||||||||||||
Temporary Cash Investments | 193 | 145,470 | — | |||||||||||||||||
Temporary Cash Investments - Securities Lending Collateral | 61,048 | — | — | |||||||||||||||||
1,158,229 | 9,189,257 | — |
This schedule of investments provides information about the fund’s portfolio holdings as of the date on the schedule. It is unaudited, and American Century Investments assumes no obligation to update or supplement the schedule to reflect subsequent changes. More information is available in the fund’s most recent annual or semiannual shareholder report.