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American Century Investment Management Inc

Kansas City, MOSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 105778

Filed as AMERICAN CENTURY INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC

American Century Investment Management Inc is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Kansas City, MO, registered since 1971, reporting over $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 31, 2026.

54 years
registered since 1971
$305,984,711,783
assets under management
3 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Fixed fees and more
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is American Century Investment Management Inc compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), American Century Investment Management Inc reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; fixed fees (other than subscription fees); performance-based fees.

Where is American Century Investment Management Inc located?

American Century Investment Management Inc's principal office is in Kansas City, MO, according to its Form ADV; the April 2026 filing also lists 7 other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F).

Is American Century Investment Management Inc registered with the SEC or a state?

American Century Investment Management Inc is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 1971. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 105778.

How much does American Century Investment Management Inc manage?

American Century Investment Management Inc reports $305,984,711,783 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 31, 2026 (100% discretionary).

How have American Century Investment Management Inc's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for American Century Investment Management Inc: Regulatory assets under management: $209,377,920,863 in the October 2021 data and $305,984,711,783 in the October 2026 data, up 46%. Total employees: 190 in October 2021 and 220 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does American Century Investment Management Inc serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: other (362); investment companies (181); pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies) (93).

Which custodians does American Century Investment Management Inc use?

American Century Investment Management Inc's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists BNY Mellon, HSBC Bank PLC, Norrhern Trust and State Street Bank and Trust Company as custodians holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does American Century Investment Management Inc report any disciplinary disclosures?

Reports no disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11. The detail of any item is on the firm's SEC record: https://adviserinfo.sec.gov/firm/summary/105778

What changed in American Century Investment Management Inc's recent Form ADV filings?

In the April 2026 filing data: Employees performing advisory functions went from 216 to 211. Regulatory assets under management went from $268,468,896,450 to $305,984,711,783 (+14%).

From the Form ADV filing

Every figure below is as the firm filed it with regulators, as of October 2026.

How the firm is compensated

Item 5.E
  • A percentage of assets under your management
  • Fixed fees (other than subscription fees)
  • Performance-based fees

Item 5.E lists how the firm is compensated for its advice; Items 5.B, 6.A, and 7.A show whether its people or related companies can also earn commissions. Percentage of assets, fixed, hourly, subscription, and performance-based fees come from clients (a performance-based fee depends on investment results); commissions come with a sale or a trade, often from the company behind the product. How fees, commissions, and other arrangements differ

Fees and minimums

Form ADV Part 2A

See the firm's brochure (dated March 31, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$305,984,711,783

$305,984,711,783 as of October 2026, filing dated March 31, 2026.

Discretionary: $305,984,711,783.Non-discretionary: $0.

A measure of scale, not skill or returns. Discretionary means the firm decides trades; non-discretionary means clients approve each one. What assets under management means

Who the firm serves

Item 5.D
Individuals (other than high net worth individuals)
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Banking or thrift institutions
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Investment companies
Clients 181 Assets $257,088,718,587 (84%)
Business development companies
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies)
Clients 93 Assets $18,809,879,555 (6%)
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients 48 Assets $20,687,709,706 (7%)
Charitable organizations
Clients 6 Assets $1,094,722,132 (0%)
State or municipal government entities (including government pension plans)
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $584,738,040 (0%)
Other investment advisers
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Insurance companies
Clients 13 Assets $530,345,218 (0%)
Sovereign wealth funds and foreign official institutions
Clients 8 Assets $6,607,332,945 (2%)
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients 5 Assets $106,446 (0%)
Other
Clients 362 Assets $581,159,154 (0%)

A firm with no individual clients is an institutional manager even if it manages billions; the mix tells you whom the practice is built around.

Advisory services

Item 5.G
  • Portfolio management for investment companies (and business development companies)
  • Portfolio management for pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies)
  • Portfolio management for businesses (other than small businesses) or institutional clients

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Also doing business as
AMERICAN CENTURY INVESTMENTS
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
1971 (54 years)
Employees
Total: 220. Performing investment advisory functions: 211.
Wrap fee program participation
Yes.
Custodians (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3))

Custodians holding 10% or more of the firm's separately managed account assets, as filed on Form ADV (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)). A custodian holds client assets; it does not endorse or supervise the firm. AdvisorCensus has no relationship with any custodian.

Other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F)
7 other offices, as of the April 2026 filing
CentralLondonLos Angeles, CANew Canaan, CTNew York, NYPortland, ORSanta Clara, CA
States registered or notice-filed
5 states or jurisdictions
CACTMONYOR

SEC-registered investment advisers are examined by the SEC. SEC, state, and exempt registration

Disclosures

Item 11

None Reports no disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11. View on IAPD.

Item 11 asks about criminal, regulatory, and civil events involving the firm and its advisory personnel. The detail of each yes answer is on the IAPD record. Reading a firm's disclosures

Assets and staff over time

Items 5.A, 5.F
$209B 2021 $234B 2022 $215B 2023 $230B 2024 $268B 2025 $306B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$305,984,711,783220March 31, 2026
October 2025$268,468,896,450225April 25, 2025
October 2024$229,554,718,263225August 22, 2024
October 2023$215,298,863,331213September 8, 2023
October 2022$234,316,557,685216September 27, 2022
October 2021$209,377,920,863190March 23, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $209,377,920,863 in the October 2021 data and $305,984,711,783 in the October 2026 data, up 46%.

Total employees: 190 in October 2021 and 220 in October 2026.

As filed in each year's data for the same month. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going; they measure scale, not skill or returns. Most firms update these figures once a year.

Changes in the filing

Last 12 months
  1. April 2026
    • Employees performing advisory functions went from 216 to 211.
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $268,468,896,450 to $305,984,711,783 (+14%).

Compared month to month from the SEC's monthly adviser data and the state compilation feed. Owners and control persons are summarized, never named.

Websites listed on Form ADV

Item 1.I
americancentury.com

Source: Form ADV, as of October 2026. Values appear as filed; a value the firm did not report is shown as "Not reported."

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