Insurance at AB

Delivering Distinctive Solutions

Translating Our Insurance DNA and Culture of Innovation into Better Outcomes… Responsibly

Delivering a Broad Array of Investment Strategies

Every insurance client has unique needs and risk/return objectives, so we’ve developed an expansive range of strategies across the investing spectrum.

 

Fixed Income

Embracing the New Core

Investment-Grade Credit

  • Buy & Maintain
  • Global, US & Regional
  • Multi Sector

Emerging Market Debt

  • Corporates, Sovereigns, Blend
  • Hard & Local Currency
  • Investment - Grade or High Yield

High Yield

  • Global, US & Regional
  • Low-Volatility (BB/B)

Securitized Assets

  • ABS, CMBS, RMBS
  • CLOs
  • CRTs

Municipals

Private Markets

Tapping the Illiquidity Premium

US Commercial Real Estate Debt

  • Core
  • Core-Plus
  • Value-Add

European Commercial Real Estate Debt

  • Senior/Whole Loans
  • Subordinate Loans
  • Preferred Equity

IG Private Placements

Middle Market Lending

AB CarVal

  • Distressed/Opportunistic
  • Renewable Energy Infrastructure
  • Specialty Finance
  • Transportation
  • Residential Mortgage Solutions

Equities

Enhancing Equity Exposure

High Conviction

  • Long/Short
  • Fundamental Long/Short
  • Merger Arbitrage
  • Multi-Manager

Low Volatility

Thematic

Responsible Investing

Commitment Is Not Passive

Fixed Income

  • Climate High Income
  • Municipal Impact
  • Responsible Buy & Maintain
  • Sustainable EMB
  • Sustainable Income
  • Sustainable Thematic Credit
    • US & Global

Equities

  • 1.5 Degrees
  • Global Low Carbon
  • Sustainable Climate Solutions
  • Sustainable Thematic Equity
    • US & Global

Committed to Responsibility…as a Firm and as Investors

Investors Lead the Way

  • $444 billion in assets managed with ESG  integration throughout the investment process*
  • $24 billion in Portfolios with Purpose*

Committed to Net Zero

  • Committed to aligning AB with a 1.5 degree pathway by 2050 while acting in the best interest of our clients
  • Leading with engagement, supported by data-driven research and monitoring, investing in climate finance

Partnering with Columbia Climate School

  • Educating AB investment teams and asset owners
  • Joint research on intersection of climate science and AB’s investment processes
  • Connecting commercial enterprises and Columbia’s pioneering climate and sustainability research

*As of June 30, 2022

Enabled by Innovation

Proprietary tools and systems enhance investment experts’ capabilities
 

  • PRISM, AB’s fixed-income credit rating and scoring system, allows analysts to share views and insights on individual issuers
  • Virtual assistant Abbie lends a digital, high-speed hand that enhances the capabilities of AB’s portfolio teams and traders
  • ESIGHT is a one-stop online shop where AB investment teams can access and share proprietary information about corporate ESG practices