Eduardo Repetto

Avantis Investors^®, a global investment offering from American Century Investments®, has surpassed US$150 billion* in assets under management (AUM). The milestone comes six months after crossing US$100 billion in December 2025 and just more than six and a half years after the launch of Avantis’ first strategy in September 2019.

“Each dollar we manage represents the trust that advisers, institutions and consultants have placed with us. We remain focused on listening to our clients and responding with solutions that help them achieve their goals,” said Eduardo Repetto, chief investment officer of Avantis Investors. “From day one, our objective has been to provide great investment strategies and service at an attractive fee. That commitment continues to guide everything we do at Avantis.”

The Avantis investment process is based on an academically supported, market-tested framework that aims to identify securities with higher expected returns based on their current market prices and other company financial information. Its strategies share a common investment approach that combines a philosophy grounded in financial science with expert implementation aimed at increasing expected returns and managing risks.

“It’s both exciting and humbling,” said Phil McInnis, chief investment strategist at Avantis. “It’s a privilege to have so many wonderful clients and be able to serve so many investors. These are fun milestones to celebrate, but we are also big believers in staying focused on our process and trying to get a little bit better every day. So we will keep doing that.”

Avantis’ growth continues to be supported by expansion into new markets and strategic relationships. In November 2025, CIBC Asset Management Inc. and Avantis announced a strategic alliance to launch eight Avantis CIBC ETFs, bringing Avantis strategies to the Canadian market.

Last year, Avantis launched its first three ETFs in Australia.^[1] 

The additions build on Avantis more than 40 investment strategies across the United States, Australia, Switzerland, Germany, Denmark, Finland, Netherlands, Austria, Ireland and the United Kingdom.

Bringing academics and financial advisors together

The Behavioral Divide, an Avantis Investors’ podcast^[2] , is designed to help financial advisors help their clients. Hosted by Professor Hal Hershfield, each episode brings together behavioural decision-making research and practicing advisors to share evidence-based approaches for better conversations and more effective investing behaviour. 

“We developed this podcast to bring academics and advisers together,” said McInnis. “Each month, advisers can tune in for insightful conversations about common financial topics from the perspective of behavioural research and real-world advice. We believe it is important to facilitate these conversations and continue to receive positive feedback from listeners about ways they are implementing what they have learned.”

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Notes:
[1] https://www.avantisinvestors.com/avantis-about-us/news/2025-avantis-investors-enters-australia/
[2] https://www.avantisinvestors.com/avantis-insights/?type=Webcasts&categories=Behavioral+Divide

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Eduardo Repetto

Avantis Investors, an AU$133 billion^[1] investment offering from the AU$454 billion^[2] global asset manager American Century Investments®, is entering the Australian market with the launch of its first three dual access exchange-traded funds (ETFs): Avantis Small Cap Value Active ETF (AVTS), Avantis Global Equity Active ETF (AVTG) and Avantis Emerging Markets Equity Active ETF (AVTE).

All three new active ETFs seek long-term capital appreciation through investment in actively managed portfolios managed by one of the fastest growing active ETF providers in the U.S.

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.”

Avantis solutions seek to combine many of the potential benefits of index investing with the potential for added value by considering expected returns^[3] each day. It’s the parts of passive that make sense with the parts of active that can make a difference.

The estimated management fees and costs for the new Avantis funds are the following:

• Avantis Global Equity Active ETF — estimated management fees and costs of 0.30% p.a.^[4]
• Avantis Emerging Markets Equity Active ETF — estimated management fee and cost of 0.45% p.a.^[4]
• Avantis Global Small Cap Value Active ETF — estimated management fee and cost of 0.49% p.a.^[4]

These new Avantis funds build on the seven-year presence of American Century Investments in Australia.

“Bringing Avantis Investors to Australia is an important milestone for our business in the region. Our team in Sydney is excited to broaden the scope of our offering to professional investors across Australia,” said Tom Clapham, Head of APAC for American Century Investments. 

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 through the launch of these three new Avantis ETFs,” 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.”

Avantis Investors is owned by American Century Investments, an asset manager with a reputation for client care, stewardship and stability—bringing scale and allowing long-term focus. 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 totalled more than $2 billion.

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Notes:
[1] Assets under supervision as of 9/19/25. Source: American Century Investments
[2] Ibid.
[3] Expected Returns: Valuation theory shows that the expected return of a stock is a function of its current price, its book equity (assets minus liabilities) and expected future profits, and that the expected return of a bond is a function of its current yield and its expected capital appreciation (depreciation). We use information in current market prices and company financials to identify differences in expected returns among securities, seeking to overweight securities with higher expected returns based on this current market information. Actual returns may be different than expected returns, and there is no guarantee that the strategy will be successful.
[4] Estimated Management fees and costs comprise management fees and indirect costs. Certain additional costs may apply, including a buy-sell spread in relation to cash applications and redemptions made via the off-market access point. Please refer to the Product Disclosure Statement which contains further information on fees and costs, including a breakdown of management fees and costs amount applicable and additional information about the buy-sell spread.

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