Overview

A non-diversified, closed end investment fund (“interval fund”) that seeks to maximize total return consisting of current income and capital appreciation.

About this Fund

  • Seeks to deliver attractive risk adjusted returns with low correlations to public equity and fixed income market

Investment Approach

  • Access to a unique mix of return streams across the US and Europe as a core part of a credit portfolio. 
  • Seeks to capitalize on evolving private credit opportunities such as specialty finance, renewable energy, and aviation leasing.

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Investment Definitions

Current Yield: an investment’s annual income divided by the current market price of the security. Rate Duration: measures the sensitivity of a portfolio’s price to interest rate movements. Leverage: is the ratio of fund borrowings including, but not limited to, repurchase facilities or fund level facilities to the funds gross assets. Sharpe Ratio: measures investment return relative to the investment risk taken. Annual Volatility: quantifies how much the value of an investment is likely to fluctuate over a given period

Risks To Consider

The performance shown represents past performance and does not guarantee future results. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance information shown. The investment return and principal value of an investment in the Portfolio will fluctuate, so shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. For performance current to the most recent month-end, visit www.alliancebernstein.com. Performance assumes reinvestment of distributions and does not account for taxes.

The Fund is an unlisted, closed-end interval fund. An investment in an interval fund is not suitable for all investors. Unlike many closed-end funds, the Fund’s shares are not listed on a stock exchange. Although interval funds provide limited liquidity to investors by offering to repurchase a limited amount of shares on a periodic basis, investors should consider shares of the Fund to be an illiquid investment. Investments in interval funds are therefore subject to liquidity risk, as an investor may not be able to sell the shares at an advantageous time or price. There is also no secondary market for the Fund’s shares, and none is expected to develop. There is no guarantee that an investor will be able to sell all or any of their requested Fund shares in a quarterly repurchase offer.
 

  • Aviation Industry Risk: Investments in securitizations and other financial instruments backed by aircraft and aircraft equipment may be subject to risks related to demand, maintenance of aircraft equipment and the regulatory environment.  These risks may adversely affect the valuation of these investments. 

  • Below Investment Grade Securities Risk: Investments in fixed-income securities with lower ratings (a/k/a junk bonds) are subject to a higher probability that an issuer will default or fail to meet its payment obligations. These securities may be subject to greater price volatility due to such factors as specific municipal or corporate developments and negative performance of the junk bond market generally and may be more difficult to trade than other types of securities.

  • Closed-end Interval Fund: The Fund is a non-diversified, closed-end investment company structured as an “interval fund” and designed primarily for long-term investors. The Fund is not intended to be a typical traded investment. There is no secondary market for the Fund’s Shares and the Fund expects that no secondary market will develop. You should not invest in the Fund if you need a liquid investment. Closed-end funds differ from open-end investment companies, commonly known as mutual funds, in that investors in a closed-end fund do not have the right to redeem their shares on a daily basis at a price based on NAV. Although the Fund, as a fundamental policy, will make quarterly offers to repurchase at least 5% and up to 25% of its outstanding Shares at NAV, the number of Shares tendered in connection with a repurchase offer may exceed the number of Shares the Fund has offered to repurchase, in which case not all of your Shares tendered in that offer will be repurchased. If Shareholders tender for repurchase more than the repurchase offer amount for a given repurchase offer, the Fund may, but is not required to, repurchase an additional number of Shares not to exceed 2.00% of the outstanding Shares of the Fund on the repurchase request deadline (i.e., the date by which Shareholders can tender their Shares in response to a repurchase offer) (the “Repurchase Request Deadline”). In connection with any given repurchase offer, the Fund may offer to repurchase only the minimum amount of 5% of its outstanding Shares. Hence, you may not be able to sell your Shares when and/or in the amount that you desire.

  • Credit Risk: A bond’s credit rating reflects the issuer’s ability to make timely payments of interest or principal—the lower the rating, the higher the risk of default. If the issuer’s financial strength deteriorates, the issuer’s rating may be lowered, and the bond’s value may decline.

  • Debt Securities Risk: Issuers of debt securities may face significant ongoing uncertainties and exposure to adverse conditions that may undermine the issuer’s ability to make timely payment of interest and principal in accordance with the terms of the obligations. 

  • Foreign (Non-U.S.) Investment Risk: Investments in securities of non-U.S. issuers may involve more risk than those of U.S. issuers. These securities may fluctuate more widely in price and may be more difficult to trade than domestic securities due to adverse market, economic, political, regulatory, or other factors.

  • Illiquid Investment Risk: Illiquid investments risk exists when certain investments are or become difficult to purchase or sell. Difficulty in selling such investments may result in sales at disadvantageous prices affecting the value of your investment in the Fund. 

  • Interest Rate Risk: As interest rates rise, bond prices fall and vice versa, long-term securities tend to rise and fall more than short-term securities.

  • Leverage Risk: To the extent the Fund uses leveraging techniques, its NAV may be more volatile because leverage tends to exaggerate the effect of changes in interest rates, and any increase or decrease in the value of the Fund’s investments.

  • Liquidity Risk: The difficulty of purchasing or selling a security at an advantageous time or price.

  • Market Risk: The market values of the portfolio’s holdings rise and fall from day to day, so investments may lose value. 

  • Repurchase Program Risk: Although the Fund intends to implement a quarterly share repurchase program, there is no guarantee that an investor will be able to sell all of the Shares that the investor desires to sell. The Fund should therefore be considered to offer limited liquidity..

  • Investors should consider the investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses of the Fund/Portfolio carefully before investing. For copies of our prospectus or summary prospectus, which contain this and other information, visit our Literature Center or contact your AB representative. Please read the prospectus and/or summary prospectus carefully before investing.

    AllianceBernstein Investments, Inc. (ABI) is the distributor of the Fund. ABI is a member of FINRA and is an affiliate of AB CarVal Investors, L.P., the manager of the fund.

    Investment Products Offered: Are Not FDIC Insured | May Lose Value | Are Not Bank Guaranteed

    The [A/B] logo is a registered service mark of AllianceBernstein and AllianceBernstein® is a registered service mark used by permission of the owner, AllianceBernstein L.P. © 2023 AllianceBernstein L.P. ABfunds.com


 

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