AllianceBernstein

Infobox_Company
company_name = AllianceBernstein
company_type = Publicly traded partnership (NYSE|AB)
foundation = 1987
location = New York
key_people = Lewis A. Sanders, Chairman & CEO
Gerald Lieberman, President and Chief Operating Officer
num_employees = 5,580
industry = Asset Management
homepage = [http://www.alliancebernstein.com alliancebernstein.com]

AllianceBernstein LP (NYSE|AB) is a U.S.-based investment management firm majority-owned by France's AXA.

Overview

AllianceBernstein provides diversified, global investment management services that include growth equities and value equities, blend strategies and fixed income services to institutional, high net worth individuals, and retail clients worldwide.

The company's retail services individual investors comprise retail mutual funds sponsored by AllianceBernstein, its subsidiaries, and its affiliated joint venture companies, sub-advisory relationships with mutual funds sponsored by third parties, and separately managed account programs sponsored by various financial intermediaries. It provides separately managed accounts, hedge funds, mutual funds, and other investment vehicles for private clients, including high net worth individuals, trusts and estates, charitable foundations, partnerships, private and family corporations, and other entities.

It also offers in-depth and independent fundamental research, portfolio strategy, trading, and brokerage-related services to institutional investors. In addition, AllianceBernstein provides distribution, shareholder servicing, and administrative services to its sponsored mutual funds.

The company was founded in 1987. It was formerly known as Alliance Capital Management Holding L.P. and changed its name to AllianceBernstein Holding L.P. in 2006. AllianceBernstein is based in New York, New York. It has approximately US$772 billion in assets under management as of May 31, 2008.

Company owners

French insurer AXA owns more than half of the company.

References

* [http://biz.yahoo.com/ic/43/43712.html Yahoo! - Alliance Bernstein Holding LP Company Profile]
* [http://online.barrons.com/article/SB119950546752269751.html?mod=yahoobarrons&ru=yahoo]
* [http://www.forbes.com/home/leadership/2007/03/26/companies-accounting-governance-lead-cx_pm_0327trustyintro.html]
* [http://www.alliancebernstein.com/CMSObjectPortal/PDF/InvRel/Researchinnovation_KnowingMore_LAS.pdf]