Our Company
American Beacon Partners is a diversified asset management platform that partners with institutional-caliber affiliated and independent investment managers. Our unique platform delivers strategic value through a wide range of distribution, operational and administrative services.
Our history traces back to November 1986 when an affiliate, American Beacon Advisors, Inc. (formerly AMR Investment Services, Inc.), began providing investment management services as an independently operated entity owned by the parent company of American Airlines.
Approximately 40 Years of Success
Prior to November 1986
Our investment officers successfully managed the operating funds of the AMR Corporation Treasury Department. Their investment success led to the formal creation of American Beacon Advisors, Inc. to provide business management, advisory, administrative and asset management consulting services to individual and institutional investors.
November 1986
We began providing investment management services as an independently operated entity, AMR Investment Services, Inc. (now known as American Beacon Advisors, Inc.), owned by the parent company of American Airlines. We begin tracing our history at this point in time.
Throughout the 1990s
As an organization, we grew our assets under management from $7.2 billion in 1990 to $21.7 billion in 1999.
2005
AMR Investment Services, Inc. changed its name to American Beacon Advisors, Inc. Under the new name, the firm’s mutual fund products, previously marketed as American AAdvantage Funds, became the American Beacon Funds.
September 2008
AMR Corporation sold American Beacon Advisors to Lighthouse Holdings, Inc., which was indirectly owned by investment funds affiliated with Pharos Capital Group, LLC and TPG Capital, L.P. At that time, the ownership structure made American Beacon one of the largest minority-controlled investment management firms in the country.
April 2015
Acquired by investment funds affiliated with Kelso & Company and Estancia Capital Management, two prominent private equity firms. Through this agreement, the next phase of our growth story began.
July 2016
Acquired a minority interest in ARK Investment Management.
April 2017
Acquired a controlling interest in Shapiro Capital Management.
2019
Acquired a minority interest in RSW Investments, a majority interest in SSI Investment Management and a majority interest in National Investment Services (NIS). Named to the “2019 Best Places to Work in Money Management” list by Pensions & Investments magazine.
2021
We finalized the sale of our ownership stake in ARK Investment Management to ARK and ARK employees. We continue serving as distributor of ARK’s products and solutions to U.S. investors.
2022
Acquired a majority interest in RSW Investments.