American Century’s Avantis Crosses $100B AUM

Avantis Buyers’ first $100 billion didn’t even take a century.

The six-year-old agency, a part of American Century Investments, is a latest success story within the rise of ETFs, notably actively managed ones. Its progress has accelerated over the previous 12 months and a half, doubling its property underneath administration. 12 months thus far, Avantis has seen about $28 billion in web new cash, Chief Funding Strategist Phil McInnis stated.

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“The largest factor inside the ETFs that’s totally different this 12 months is that we’re seeing extra adoption in a house workplace mannequin,” he stated.

Small Caps, Massive Money

Over 90% of Avantis’ property underneath administration are in its ETFs, and about 20% in only one product, the US Small Cap Worth ETF (AVUV). That fund is up 9% this 12 months, however the agency’s next-biggest ETFs have been a lot stronger performers. Its $15 billion Rising Markets Fairness ETF (AVEM) is up practically 30% 12 months thus far, whereas the $15 billion Worldwide Small Cap Worth ETF (AVDV) is up about 46%. Additional, its $11 billion Worldwide Fairness ETF (AVDE) has returned 35%.

Energetic administration alone hasn’t been the draw, as the corporate has additionally courted fee-conscious buyers. AVUV, which is the second-largest fund within the class, behind Vanguard’s passively managed $33 billion Small Cap Worth ETF, has bills of 25 foundation factors, in contrast with a class common of 35 bps, per VettaFi information. A part of the corporate’s progress “is totally the car,” McInnis stated. “The ETF is a extra environment friendly car than the mutual fund … [and] folks recognize what we carry to the desk,” he added, citing the corporate’s prices, methods and the companies it gives to advisors.

American Century has turn into the fourth-biggest lively ETF issuer, thanks largely to Avantis:

• AVUV, AVEM and AVDV are the ninth, thirteenth and Fifteenth-largest actively managed ETFs within the US market, per VettaFi.

• The Avantis Worldwide Fairness and US Fairness ETFs, at $11 billion and $10 billion, are the twenty second and twenty third largest.

• Industrywide, 86% of ETF launches in 2025 have been actively managed, and $378 billion flowed into the class 12 months thus far by way of October, representing 35% of all ETF gross sales, per American Century.

Will the Actual Avantis Please Stand Up? Lest there be any confusion, these numbers are all concerning the American Century-owned asset supervisor. They aren’t about Peoria, Illinois-based Avanti’s Ristorante, nor do they replicate classroom know-how agency Avantis Training. Most significantly, although, the story isn’t about leveraged crypto-traded platform Avantis. Final week, American Century filed a lawsuit towards that specific Avantis, claiming trademark infringement, in accordance with a report by the Kansas Metropolis Enterprise Journal. Who knew it was such a preferred title?

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