Summary Prospectus      April 1, 2014

 

American Century Investments ®

International Opportunities Fund

 

       

Investor Class: AIOIX

Institutional Class: ACIOX

A Class: AIVOX

C Class: AIOCX

R Class: AIORX

 

 

     
 

Before you invest, you may want to review the fund’s prospectus, which contains more information about the fund and its risks. You can find the fund’s prospectus and other information about the fund online at the web addresses listed below. You can also get this information at no cost by calling or sending an email request. The fund’s prospectus and other information are also available from financial intermediaries (such as banks and broker-dealers) through which shares of the fund may be purchased or sold.

 
     
 

Retail Investors

americancentury.com/funds/fund_reports.jsp

1-800-345-2021 or 816-531-5575

prospectus@americancentury.com

Financial Professionals

americancentury.com/ipro/funds/fund_reports_mf.jsp

1-800-345-6488

advisor_prospectus@americancentury.com

 
       
 

This summary prospectus incorporates by reference the fund’s prospectus and statement of additional information (SAI), each dated April 1, 2014 (as supplemented at the time you receive this summary prospectus), as well as the Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm and the financial statements included in the fund’s annual report to shareholders, dated November 30, 2013. The fund's SAI and annual report may be obtained, free of charge, in the same manner as the prospectus.

 
     

 

Investment Objective

 

The fund seeks capital growth.

 

Fees and Expenses

 

The following table describes the fees and expenses you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the fund. You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $50,000 in American Century Investments funds. More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial professional and in Calculation of Sales Charges on page 13 of the fund’s prospectus and Sales Charges in Appendix B of the statement of additional information.

 

Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)

 
 

Investor

Institutional

A

C

R

Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed
on Purchases (as a percentage of offering price)

None

None

5.75%

None

None

Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a
percentage of the lower of the original offering price
or redemption proceeds when redeemed within
one year of purchase)

None

None

None 1

1.00%

None

Maximum Annual Account Maintenance Fee
(waived if eligible investments total at least $10,000)

$25

None

None

None

None

Redemption/Exchange Fee (as a percentage of amount
redeemed/exchanged for shares held less than 60 days)

2.00%

2.00%

None

None

2.00%

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

 
 

Investor

Institutional

A

C

R

Management Fee

1.79%

1.59%

1.79%

1.79%

1.79%

Distribution and Service (12b-1) Fees

None

None

0.25%

1.00%

0.50%

Other Expenses

0.01%

0.01%

0.01%

0.01%

0.01%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses

1.80%

1.60%

2.05%

2.80%

2.30%

Fee Waiver 2

0.20%

0.20%

0.20%

0.20%

0.20%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Waiver

1.60%

1.40%

1.85%

2.60%

2.10%

 

1

Investments of $1 million or more may be subject to a contingent deferred sales charge of 1.00% if the shares are redeemed within one year of the date of the purchase.

 

 
 
 

 

2

The advisor has agreed to waive 0.20 percentage points of the fund’s management fee. This advisor expects this waiver to continue until March 31, 2015, and cannot terminate it prior to such date without the approval of the Board of Directors.

 

Example

 

The example below is intended to help you compare the costs of investing in the fund with the costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the fund for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods, that you earn a 5% return each year, and that the fund’s operating expenses remain the same. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

 

 

1 year

3 years

5 years

10 years

Investor Class

$163

   $548

   $957

$2,097

Institutional Class

$143

   $486

   $853

$1,882

A Class

$753

$1,163

$1,598

$2,799

C Class

$264

   $851

$1,462

$3,107

R Class

$214

   $700

$1,213

$2,616

 

Portfolio Turnover

 

The fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or “turns over” its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the fund’s performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the fund’s portfolio turnover rate was 123% of the average value of its portfolio.

 

Principal Investment Strategies

 

The fund’s assets will be invested primarily in equity securities of companies that are small-sized at the time of purchase and are located in foreign developed countries or emerging market countries. The portfolio managers look for stocks of companies they believe will increase in value over time, using an investment strategy developed by American Century Investments. In implementing this strategy, the portfolio managers make their investment decisions based primarily on their analysis of individual companies, rather than on economic forecasts. Management of the fund is based on the belief that, over the long term, stock price movements follow growth in earnings, revenues and/or cash flow. The portfolio managers use a variety of analytical research tools and techniques to identify the stocks of companies that meet their investment criteria. Under normal market conditions, the fund’s portfolio will primarily consist of securities of companies whose earnings or revenues are not only growing, but growing at an accelerating pace.

 

Principal Risks

   

•

Foreign Risk  — The fund invests in foreign securities, which are generally riskier than U.S. securities. As a result, the fund is subject to foreign risk, meaning that political events (such as civil unrest, national elections and imposition of exchange controls), social and economic events (such as labor strikes and rising inflation), and natural disasters occurring in a country where the fund invests could cause the fund’s investments in that country to experience gains or losses. Securities of foreign issuers may be less liquid, more volatile and harder to value than U.S. securities.

   

•

Small-Cap Stock Risk  — Investing in securities of smaller foreign companies generally presents unique risks in addition to the typical risks of investing in foreign securities. Smaller companies may have limited financial resources, product lines, markets and have less publicly available information. In addition, securities of smaller companies may trade less frequently and in more limited volumes than securities of larger companies, which could lead to higher transaction costs. Smaller companies also may be more sensitive to changing economic conditions. These factors may cause investments in smaller foreign companies to experience more price volatility.

   

•

Currency Risk  — Because the fund generally invests in securities denominated in foreign currencies, the fund is subject to currency risk, meaning that the fund could experience gains or losses based solely on changes in the exchange rate between foreign currencies and the U.S. dollar.

   

•

Emerging Market Risk  — Investing in securities of companies located in emerging market countries generally is also riskier than investing in securities of companies located in foreign developed countries. Emerging market countries may have unstable governments and/or economies that are subject to sudden change. These changes may be magnified by the countries’ emergent financial markets, resulting in significant volatility to investments in these countries. These countries also may lack the legal, business and social framework to support securities markets.

   

•

Growth Stocks  — Investments in growth stocks may involve special risks and their prices may fluctuate more dramatically than the overall stock market.

 

 
 
 

 

•

Style Risk  — If at any time the market is not favoring the fund’s growth investment style, the fund’s gains may not be as big as, or its losses may be bigger than, those of other equity funds using different investment styles.

   

•

Market Risk — The value of the fund’s shares will go up and down based on the performance of the companies whose securities it owns and other factors generally affecting the securities market.

   

•

Price Volatility  — The value of the fund’s shares may fluctuate significantly in the short term.

   

•

Principal Loss  — At any given time your shares may be worth less than the price you paid for them. In other words, it is possible to lose money by investing in the fund.

 

An investment in the fund is not a bank deposit, and it is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) or any other government agency.

 

Fund Performance

 

The following bar chart and table provide some indication of the risks of investing in the fund. The bar chart shows changes in the fund’s performance from year to year for Investor Class shares. The table shows how the fund’s average annual returns for the periods shown compared with those of a broad measure of market performance. The fund’s past performance (before and after taxes) is not necessarily an indication of how the fund will perform in the future. For current performance information, please visit americancentury.com.

 

Sales charges and account fees, if applicable, are not reflected in the bar chart. If those charges were included, returns would be less than those shown.

 

Calendar Year Total Returns

 

 

Highest Performance Quarter
(2Q 2009): 25.36%

 

Lowest Performance Quarter
(3Q 2008): -29.33%

 

Average Annual Total Returns

       

For the calendar year ended December 31, 2013

1 year

5 years

10 years

Inception
Date

Investor Class Return Before Taxes

30.50%

19.92%

12.01%

06/01/2001

   Return After Taxes on Distributions

30.34%

19.88%

10.16%

06/01/2001

   Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares

17.57%

16.39%

9.85%

06/01/2001

Institutional   Class Return Before Taxes

30.75%

20.15%

12.23%

01/09/2003

A Class Return Before Taxes

22.69%

18.20% 1

11.05% 1

03/01/2010

C Class   Return Before Taxes

29.11%

18.71% 1

10.89% 1

03/01/2010

R Class   Return Before Taxes

29.73%

19.32% 1

11.43% 1

03/01/2010

MSCI AC (All Country) World ex-U.S. Small Cap Growth Index
   (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)

18.52%

18.48%

9.22%

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1

Historical performance for A, C and R Classes prior to their inception is based on the performance of Investor Class shares. A, C and R Class performance has been adjusted to reflect differences in sales charges, if applicable, and expenses between classes.

 

 
 
 

 

The after-tax returns are shown only for Investor Class shares. After-tax returns for other share classes will vary. After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor’s tax situation and may differ from those shown. After-tax returns are not relevant to investors who hold their fund shares through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or IRAs.

 

Portfolio Management

 

Investment Advisor

 

American Century Investment Management, Inc.

 

Portfolio Managers

 

Mark S. Kopinski, Chief Investment Officer Global and Non-U.S. Equity, Senior Vice President and Senior Portfolio Manager, has been a member of the team that manages the fund since 2008.

 

Trevor Gurwich, Vice President and Portfolio Manager, has been a member of the team that manages the fund since 2005, after previously being on the team from 2001 to 2002.

 

Indraneel Das, Portfolio Manager, has been a member of the team that manages the fund since joining American Century Investments in May 2007 as an investment analyst.

 

Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares

 

You may purchase or redeem shares of the fund on any business day through our website at americancentury.com, in person (at one of our Investor Centers) by mail (American Century Investments, P.O. Box 419200, Kansas City, MO 64141-6200), by telephone at 1-800-345-2021 (Investor Services Representative) or 1-800-345-3533 (Business, Not-For-Profit and Employer-Sponsored Retirement Plans), or through a financial intermediary. Shares may be purchased and redemption proceeds received by electronic bank transfer, by check or by wire.

 

Unless otherwise specified below, the minimum initial investment amount to open an account is $10,000 ($2,000 for Coverdell Education Savings Accounts). Investors opening accounts through financial intermediaries may open an account with $250 for all classes except Institutional Class, but the financial intermediaries may require their clients to meet different investment minimums. The minimum may be waived for broker-dealer sponsored wrap program accounts, fee based accounts, and accounts through bank/trust and wealth management advisory organizations.

 

The minimum initial investment amount for Institutional Class is generally $5 million ($3 million for endowments and foundations), but the minimum may be waived if you, or your financial intermediary if you invest through an omnibus account, have an aggregate investment in the American Century family of funds of $10 million or more.

 

For all share classes, there is no minimum initial investment amount for certain employer-sponsored retirement plans, however, financial intermediaries or plan recordkeepers may require plans to meet different minimums. For purposes of fund minimums, employer-sponsored retirement plans do not include SEP IRAs, SIMPLE IRAs or SARSEPs.

 

There is a $50 minimum for subsequent purchases, except that there is no subsequent purchase minimum for financial intermediaries or employer-sponsored retirement plans.

 

Tax Information

 

Fund distributions are generally taxable as ordinary income or capital gains, unless you are investing through a tax-deferred account such as a 401(k) or individual retirement account (in which case you may be taxed upon withdrawal of your investment from such account).

 

Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries

 

If you purchase the fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank, insurance company, plan sponsor or financial professional), the fund and its related companies may pay the intermediary for the sale of fund shares and related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker-dealer or other intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the fund over another investment. Ask your salesperson or visit your financial intermediary’s website for more information.

 

 

 

 

 

©2014 American Century Proprietary Holdings, Inc. All rights reserved.

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