KANSAS CITY, Mo., May 28, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — American Century Investments, a $330 billion global asset manager*, expands its exchange traded fund (ETF) platform with the launch of American Century Securitized Credit ETF (ASEC), an actively-managed solution designed to complement core bond allocations with diversification benefits. The fund is now available on the NASDAQ Exchange.
“Investors seeking income and diversification are looking beyond traditional corporate credit and we’re eager to provide a low-cost offering that applies our active management expertise to high-quality securitized credit through a disciplined process,” said Senior Portfolio Manager Paul Norris. “ASEC pairs fundamental expertise with proprietary analytics and active risk management in an effort to capture market inefficiencies and offer a differentiated return profile, positioned to outyield similarly rated corporates while maintaining lower duration and strong credit quality.”
Strategy built on a strong foundation
ASEC is an active ETF that seeks to deliver high income and diversification benefits to traditional core fixed income sectors primarily through investments in often underrepresented asset-backed securities (ABS) and other securitized subsectors. The fund generally intends to focus on investment-grade, U.S. securitized debt securities in non-traditional ABS sectors, but may also invest in residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS), commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS), collateralized loan obligations (CLOs) and government and nongovernment agency securities. It has a gross expense ratio of 0.29%.
ASEC is co-managed by Norris and Portfolio Manager Michael Waggaman. The American Century fixed income team is built on more than 50 years of fixed-income investing experience and oversees $40** billion in assets under management.
American Century’s expanding suite of fixed income ETFs
ASEC expands the firm’s fixed income ETF lineup, joining the American Century Diversified Corporate Bond ETF (KORP), American Century Diversified Municipal Bond ETF (TAXF), American Century Short Duration Strategic Income ETF (SDSI), American Century Multisector Income ETF (MUSI), American Century Multisector Floating Income ETF (FUSI), American Century Select High Yield ETF (AHYB) and American Century California Municipal Bond ETF (CATF).
American Century introduced its ETF program in 2018 to provide clients with lower-cost, tax-efficient investment strategies. Today, American Century is the fourth-largest issuer of active ETFs in assets under management in the U.S with one of the fastest organic growth rates among ETF providers.1
