AllianceBernstein's Global Funds Win Top Industry Honors for Best-In-Class Performance
NEW YORK, May 16, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- AllianceBernstein announced today that nine of its funds spanning the fixed income, equities, emerging markets and technology sectors won a total of 35 top honors in Europe, Asia and the U.S. at this year's Lipper awards. The awards highlight AllianceBernstein's continued recognition for strong performance and diverse product offerings -- which have helped drive ongoing business momentum across the globe, including annual gross sales of $82 billion in 2012, the firm's highest since 2007.
16 Awards in Asia:
In Asia, where the firm commands a leading fixed income market share in multiple markets, AllianceBernstein's Global High Income was recognized as the Best Global Bond Fund in Japan for the second straight year. In Hong Kong, Singapore and Taiwan, AllianceBernstein's International Technology Portfolio and Emerging Markets Debt Portfolio won top honors for the equity sector information technology and bond emerging markets global categories. AllianceBernstein's American Income Portfolio was recognized for its longstanding consistent risk-adjusted performance and was awarded best-in-class honors for performance over the 3-, 5- and 10-year periods in Singapore and for the 10-year period in Hong Kong.
AllianceBernstein was also named the Best Bond Group in Japan -- an award given to the fund family in the region with the highest average risk-adjusted returns among all of its fixed income funds.
16 Awards in Europe:
In Europe, AllianceBernstein equity and fixed income funds were recognized for top 3- and 10-year performance. Its Global High Yield fund was recognized by Lipper for best-in-class 10-year performance, its European Income fund won best-in-class 3-year performance and its International Technology fund won for best-in-class 3-year performance in the equity sector information technology category. In total, AllianceBernstein's European funds won awards in more than seven countries.
Additionally, Lipper's 2012 Market Review determined AllianceBernstein's American Income Portfolio was the top-selling bond fund in Europe in 2012 and its Global High Yield Portfolio was the continent's largest High Yield Fund in 2012 measured by assets under management, a testament to the firm's growing Fixed Income business in Europe.
3 Awards in North America:
In the U.S., AllianceBernstein's Discovery Growth and Small Cap Growth equity offerings were recognized for best-in-class 3-year performance out of a field of more than 200 competing funds. Among its fixed income offerings, High Income Fund won best-in-class performance for the High Yield funds category for the 10- year period out of a field of more than 100 competing funds.
"We're committed to serving the long-term needs of our clients, as well as providing innovative solutions that address the more immediate challenges of recent market cycles," said Bob Keith, Head of AllianceBernstein's Client Group. "To win best-in-class awards for a range of fixed income and equity solutions we've developed for investors in multiple regions is confirmation that our client-focused strategy is working."
This year's Lipper awards include:
16 in Asia:
- International Technology Portfolio: Equity Sector Information Technology in Hong Kong, Singapore and Taiwan (3 years)
- AllianceBernstein, Best Bond Group in Japan
- American Income Portfolio: Bond US Dollar in Hong Kong (10 years) and Singapore (3,5 & 10 years)
- Emerging Markets Debt Portfolio: Bond Emerging Markets Global -- Hard Currency in Singapore (3 & 5 years), Hong Kong (5 years) and Taiwan (5 years)
- European Income Portfolio: Bond Europe in Singapore (3 & 5 years)
- Global High Yield Portfolio: Bond Global - High Yield in Singapore and Japan (5 years)
- Global High Income Open B (Hedge): Bond Global Hedged to Yen (3 Years) in Japan
16 in Europe:
- International Technology Portfolio: Equity Sector Information Technology - Austria, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, and Europe-wide (3 years)
- Global High Yield Portfolio: Bond Global - High Yield in Austria, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom and Europe-wide (10 years)
- European Income Portfolio: Bond Europe -- France (3 Years)
3 in the U.S:
- Discovery Growth Fund: Mid-Cap Growth Funds category. I shares (3 years)
- Small Cap Growth Portfolio: Small-Cap Growth Funds category, I shares, (3 years)
- High Income Fund: High Yield Funds category, A shares (10 years)
About The Lipper Fund Awards Methodology
The Lipper Fund Awards recognize funds that have excelled in delivering consistently strong risk-adjusted performance, relative to peers. Lipper, a Thomson Reuters company, uses the Lipper Leader for Consistent Return methodology to designate award-winning funds in most individual classifications for the 3-, 5-, and 10-year periods.
About The Lipper Fund Awards
The Lipper Fund Awards are part of the Thomson Reuters Awards for Excellence, a global family of awards that celebrate exceptional performance throughout the professional investment community. The Thomson Reuters Awards for Excellence recognize the world's top funds, fund management firms, sell-side firms, research analysts, and investor relations teams. The Thomson Reuters Awards for Excellence also include the Extel Survey Awards, the StarMine Analyst Awards, and the StarMine Broker Rankings. For more information, please contact [email protected] or visit http://excellence.thomsonreuters.com/award/lipper
About AllianceBernstein
AllianceBernstein is a leading global investment-management firm that offers high-quality research and diversified investment services to institutional investors, individuals and private clients in major world markets.
As of March 31, 2013, AllianceBernstein Holding L.P. owned approximately 38.0% of the issued and outstanding AllianceBernstein Units, and AXA, one of the largest global financial-services organizations, owned an approximate 64.2% economic interest in AllianceBernstein.
Additional information about AllianceBernstein may be found on our website, www.alliancebernstein.com.
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International Technology Portfolio
The portfolio invests primarily in global equity securities of companies that derive a substantial portion of their sales from products and services in science and technology. Invest in emerging markets is subject to higher volatility and higher risks (e.g. liquidity risk, currency risk, political risk, regulatory risk and economic risk). Investment in the portfolio may also involve industry/sector risk, currency risk, management risk and technology industries risk. The value of the portfolio can be volatile and can go down substantially within a short period of time. It is possible that the entire value of your investment in the portfolio can be lost. The portfolio is entitled to use derivative instruments for hedging and efficient portfolio management purposes which may involve additional risks. In adverse situations, the portfolio's use of derivative instruments may become ineffective in hedging or efficient portfolio management and the portfolio may suffer significant losses. Investors should not rely on this document alone to make investment decisions.
Emerging Markets Debt Portfolio
The portfolio invests in sovereign-debt obligations and non-U.S. corporate fixed-income securities from issuers in emerging and developing countries. The portfolio is entitled to use derivative instruments for hedging and efficient portfolio management purposes which may involve additional risks. In adverse situations, the portfolio's use of derivative instruments may become ineffective in hedging or efficient portfolio management and the portfolio may suffer significant losses. A significant portion of the portfolio may (at any time exceeding 50% of the portfolio's NAV) invest in non-investment grade structured securities (for example, mortgage-backed securities, adjustable-rate mortgage securities, collateralized mortgage obligations, asset-backed securities, commercial mortgage-backed securities and collateralized debt obligations). Such investments may be subject to high volatility and involve significant risk, including leverage risk, market risk, liquidity risk and the risk of issuer or counterparty default or insolvency, which may potentially result in a total loss of your investment in the portfolio. Invest in emerging markets is subject to higher volatility and higher risks (e.g. liquidity risk, currency risk, political risk, regulatory risk and economic risk). Investment in the portfolio may also involve credit risks, fixed-income securities risk, focused portfolio risk, country risk and management risk. The value of the portfolio can be volatile and can go down substantially within a short period of time. It is possible that the entire value of your investment in the portfolio can be lost. Dividends may be paid from capital of the Portfolio, which may amount to a partial return or withdrawal of an investor's original investment or from any capital gains attributable to that original investment. Such dividends may result in an immediate decrease of the Net Asset Value per Share. Investors should not rely on this document alone to make investment decisions
American Income Portfolio
The portfolio invests solely in U.S. dollar-denominated fixed-income securities, including investment grade and high yield, non-investment grade securities of issuers domiciled within and outside the U.S. Investment in the portfolio may also involve fixed-income securities risks, illiquid assets risk, management risk and credit risks. Exposure to lower rated and unrated instruments can subject the Portfolio to greater risk of loss of principal and interest than higher-rated securities. The value of the portfolio can be volatile and can go down substantially within a short period of time. It is possible that the entire value of your investment in the portfolio can be lost. The portfolio is entitled to use derivative instruments for hedging and efficient portfolio management purposes which may involve additional risks. In adverse situations, the portfolio's use of derivative instruments may become ineffective in hedging or efficient portfolio management and the portfolio may suffer significant losses. Dividends may be paid from capital of the Portfolio, which may amount to a partial return or withdrawal of an investor's original investment or from any capital gains attributable to that original investment. Such dividends may result in an immediate decrease of the Net Asset Value per Share. Investors should not rely on this document alone to make investment decisions.
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