American Century Investments Wins Lipper’s 2009 Best Large Mutual Fund Company Award

KANSAS CITY, Mo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--American Century Investments today announced it was named Best Large Mutual Fund Company at the 2009 Lipper Fund Awards, an annual event highlighting asset managers and funds that have excelled in “delivering consistent, risk-adjusted performance, relative to peers,” according to Lipper’s program description. In addition to taking the top award among large-sized asset management firms, nine American Century Investments funds received separate honors for achievements within their respective Lipper peer classifications.

“It speaks volumes about the cross-discipline expertise of our portfolio management teams and underscores our ability to meet the unique investment needs of a range of clients and investors.”

“We’re honored to be recognized by a well-respected analysis firm like Lipper as the best large mutual fund firm in the country,” said Jonathan Thomas, American Century Investments president and chief executive officer. “Since our founding more than 50 years ago, investment performance has been our primary focus. Winning the Large Mutual Fund Company Award is a testament to the hard work of our investment professionals, who firmly embrace the concept that American Century Investments’ success is driven by the success of our clients and investors.”

According to Lipper’s screening methodology, the Lipper Large Mutual Fund Company Award annually recognizes the top fund family having at least five equity, five bond, and three mixed-asset funds. Thirty-four fund groups were considered. The award is based on risk-adjusted, consistent returns compared to peers for the three-year period ended December 31, 2008. No other time periods were rated.

In addition to being the Large Mutual Fund Company Award winner, American Century Investments funds received awards from Lipper for the following classifications and time periods:

^†*American Century Diversified Bond Fund (Institutional Class); Classification: Best Corporate Debt A Rated Fund over three years (161 total funds in the category)
^2†*American Century Global Growth Fund (Investor Class); Classification: Best Global Large-Cap Growth Fund over 10 years (31 funds in category)
*American Century Inflation-Adjusted Bond Fund (Institutional Class); Classification: Best Treasury Inflation Protected Securities Fund over five years (52 funds in category)
³*American Century International Discovery Fund (Institutional Class); Classification: Best International Small/Mid-Cap Growth Fund over three years (81 funds in category)
¹*American Century LIVESTRONG^TM 2025 Portfolio (Institutional Class); Classification: Best Mixed-Asset Target 2025 Fund over three years (32 funds in category)
¹*American Century LIVESTRONG^TM 2035 Portfolio (Institutional Class); Classification: Best Mixed-Asset Target 2035 Fund over three years (28 funds in category)
^†*American Century Small Cap Value Fund (Institutional Class); Classification: Best Small-Cap Value Fund over 10 years (105 funds in category)
American Century Target 2015 (Investor Class); Classification: Best General Bond Fund over three years (34 funds in category)
American Century Target 2025 (Investor Class); Classification: Best General Bond Fund over five years (27 funds in category)

“Our focus on risk management and quality security selection helped us achieve competitive investment returns across various investment disciplines, as exemplified by the recognition we’ve received from Lipper in multiple fund categories,” said Enrique Chang, chief investment officer of American Century Investments. “It speaks volumes about the cross-discipline expertise of our portfolio management teams and underscores our ability to meet the unique investment needs of a range of clients and investors.”

American Century Investments is a leading privately-held investment management firm, committed to delivering superior investment performance and building long-term client relationships since 1958. Serving investment professionals, institutions, corporations and individual investors, American Century Investments offers a variety of actively managed investment disciplines through an array of products including mutual funds, institutional separate accounts, commingled trusts and sub-advisory accounts.

The company's 1,300 employees serve clients from offices in New York; London; Mountain View, Calif. and Kansas City, Mo. James E. Stowers Jr. founded the company and serves as co-chairman of the board. Jonathan S. Thomas is president and chief executive officer and Enrique Chang is chief investment officer. More than 40 percent of American Century Investments’ profits support research to help cure genetically-based diseases including cancer, diabetes and dementia.

Lipper Fund Awards annually recognize the top fund in each category for the 3-, 5- and 10-year periods based on risk-adjusted, consistent returns compared to its peers. The awards are based on the specified share class. Other share classes may have different performance characteristics and fees.

Although Lipper makes reasonable efforts to ensure the accuracy and reliability of the data, the accuracy is not guaranteed by Lipper.

*Due to market conditions, current returns are negative where indicated.

¹American Century Investment Services, Inc., has entered into an agreement with the Lance Armstrong Foundation for rights to use the LIVESTRONG™ name. For more information visit livestrong.org. ²Redemption of shares within 60 days of purchase are subject to a 2% redemption fee. ³Redemption of shares within 180 days of purchase are subject to a 2% redemption fee. ^†This fund is available to new investors through financial intermediary products and accounts; it’s closed to new investors who don’t use financial advisors.

Visit americancentury.com for current performance information. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Mutual fund investing involves market risk. Investment return and fund share value will fluctuate and it is possible to lose money by investing. Before investing, carefully consider a fund’s investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses. Go to americancentury.com for a prospectus containing this and other information. Read it carefully.

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