AllianceBernstein, Brookfield, and Carlyle to offer private markets products for retirement plans
The three firms will offer a turnkey private markets product for retirement savers

We are seeing an insurance renaissance – AllianceBernstein deputy CIO of insurance Gary Zhu
PODCAST: Innovation on the liability side is allowing insurance companies to change their funding costs and be more competitive, says Gary Zhu, deputy chief investment officer of insurance at AllianceBernstein (AB), in the latest episode of ‘Credit Exchange with Lisa Lee’

New Mexico pension system allocates USD 200m to specialty finance
The new commitment is the latest in a string of investments in private credit from the New Mexico State Investment Council, totaling hundreds of millions of dollars

Alliance Bernstein grows alternatives business
AllianceBernstein continues to expand its alternatives business with the launch of a new BDC, as well as a further push into strategies such as energy transition, asset-based lending and opportunistic credit

Marathon hires consultant relations co-head from AB
Marathon Asset Management has hired Scott Boyle as managing director and co-head of consultant relations in New York

AB targets software companies after niche securitisation
Deutsche Bank priced an unusual securitisation for AB last month. The deal accommodates the manager’s expertise in the software and technology sector

Talf fundraising picks up ahead of today's launch
Credit managers are racing to raise capital for term asset backed loan funds, as the launch date for the US talf programme begins today

Fairfax pension mulls $90 million commitment to two talf funds
The Educational Employees' Supplementary Retirement System of Fairfax County is mulling a $90 million investments in term asset backed lending facility funds managed by Alliance Bernstein and Nuveen

Axa terminates $14 billion fixed income mandate with AB as it takes assets in-house
Axa has terminated a $14 billion taxable-fixed income investment mandate with AB

AllianceBernstein looks towards BSL CLO management with new hire
AllianceBernstein is looking to expand its CLO management business and enter into the world of broadly syndicated CLOs

AB raises $83 million for its second US direct lending fund
AB Private Credit Investors, the middle market direct lending platform of AllianceBernstein, has launched its second middle market fund 

AB emerging markets debt fund raises $240 million for a single investor
Regulatory filings indicate that New York-based AB, previously known as AllianceBernstein, has raised $240 million for the fund

AB reports "exceptional" 2017 and growing AUM
AB has reported its earnings for 2017, described by chief executive officer Seth Bernstein as an “exceptional” year for the firm

AB names fixed income co-heads and replaces Ashish Shah on two funds
Following the departure of Ashish Shah, who was AB's head of fixed income and chief investment officer, Will Smith has been appointed co-manager on two bond funds. Meanwhile, the firm has named two co-heads of fixed income

GSAM poaches AB’s Ashish Shah as global corporate credit head
Goldman Sachs Asset Management's fixed income team has hired Ashish Shah as partner and head of global corporate credit, according to an internal memo seen by Creditflux

AB reports highest AUM since 2008 as it launches BDC
The firm generated total net inflows of $4.5 billion for the quarter, a big improvement from the $15.3 billion in the outflows in last year’s third quarter

AB steps up fundraising for BDC
AB is raising funds for its AB Private Credit Investors Corp, previously known as AB Private Credit Corp, filings show