Avantis Investors® Continues to Build Out Relationship Management Team

KANSAS CITY, Mo., March 4, 2021 – AVANTIS INVESTORS >, a $3.7 billion* investment brand from global asset manager AMERICAN CENTURY INVESTMENTS^® >, announced two new hires for its relationship management team. CAROLINE GAYNOR > and JUSTIN YOST, CFA >, both have been named vice president, relationship director & investment specialist.

"Both Caroline and Justin are tremendously talented," said Eduardo Repetto, Avantis Investors Chief Investment Officer. "We are thrilled to have them join our team, reach more people, and continue to deliver great client service."

"We're continuing to see a lot of demand for our solutions, and we expect to continue growing the team in the coming months," added Pat Keating, Avantis Investors Chief Operating Officer.

Gaynor joined Avantis from Dimensional Fund Advisors (DFA), where she most recently served as a regional director of its Global Client Group. In that capacity, she was responsible for overseeing and expanding East Coast client relationships with independent financial advisors. Gaynor is also a sought-after public speaker who has presented at numerous events and conferences for end-investor and advisor audiences. She previously held positions with BNY Mellon, Moody's Analytics and BlackRock.

Gaynor received a bachelor of arts degree in European history from Columbia University. She holds Series 7 and 63 licenses.

Yost also comes to the firm from DFA, where he served as vice president and was responsible for updating financial advisors in the central U.S. on capital markets research, assisting in the communication of investment concepts and consulting on asset allocation and business development issues. He previously held positions with USAA, First Data, Scottrade and Lipper.

Yost holds a bachelor's degree in science in finance and economics from the University of Denver. He is a CFA charterholder and holds Series 7 and 63 licenses.

Avantis also recently launched its first fixed income mutual funds: Avantis^®  Core Municipal Fixed Income (AVMUX), Avantis^®  Core Fixed Income (AVIGX) and Avantis^®  Short-Term Fixed Income (AVSFX).

American Century Investments is a leading global asset manager focused on delivering investment results and building long-term client relationships while supporting research that can improve human health and save lives. Founded in 1958, American Century Investments' 1,400 employees serve investment professionals, institutions, corporations and individual investors from offices in New York; London; Hong Kong; Frankfurt, Germany; Sydney; Mountain View, Calif.; and Kansas City, Mo. Jonathan Thomas is president and chief executive officer, and Victor Zhang serves as chief investment officer. Delivering investment results to clients enables American Century Investments to distribute over 40 percent of its dividends to the Stowers Institute for Medical Research, a 500-person, non-profit basic biomedical research organization. The Institute owns more than 40 percent of American Century Investments and has received dividend payments of $1.7 billion since 2000. For more information about American Century Investments, visit AMERICANCENTURY.COM >.

You should consider the fund's investment objectives, risks, and charges and expenses carefully before you invest. The fund's prospectus or summary prospectus, which can be obtained by visiting AvantisInvestors.com or calling 1-833-9AVANTIS, contains this and other information about the fund, and should be read carefully before investing. Investments are subject to market risk.

Municipal Securities investing is more sensitive to events that affect municipal markets, including legislative or political changes and the financial condition of the issuers of municipal securities. The fund may have a higher level of risk than funds that invest in a larger universe of securities. Additionally, the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has significantly stressed the financial resources of many municipal issuers, which may impair a municipal issuer's ability to meet its financial obligations when due and could adversely impact the value of its bonds, which could negatively impact the performance of the fund.

International investing involves special risks, such as political instability and currency fluctuations. Investing in emerging markets may accentuate these risks. Generally, as interest rates rise, the value of the securities held in the fund will decline. The opposite is true when interest rates decline.

Investment return and principal value of security investments will fluctuate. The value at the time of redemption may be more or less than the original cost. Past performance is no guarantee of future results.

Derivatives may be more sensitive to changes in market conditions and may amplify risks.

Investment income may be subject to certain state and local taxes and, depending on your tax status, the federal alternative minimum tax (AMT). Capital gains are not exempt from state and federal income tax.

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*Firm assets under supervision as of February 26, 2021.