AB FUNDS
114 known aliases resolved via the canonical alias map
Market position · 2024
Plans served157+13 YoYRank #139 of mapped providers
Assets under administration$149.2B0.2%Market share · rank #92
Fees received$21MMedian $31,215/planSum across Schedule C direct + indirect
Net wins YoY+1741 won · 24 lostPlan-level switch detection
Plans served · 5-year trajectory
Market-share plans percent annotated. Bar height is raw plan count.
Customer-base shape
What does a typical AB FUNDS plan look like?
Service mix · median fees per plan
Count of plans where AB FUNDS ships each service code, and the median compensation they report under it.
| Service | Plans | Median fees | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
Soft dollars commissions; Investment management; Investment management fees paid indirectly by plan; Investment management fees paid directly by planCode 28 | 81 | $3,076 | |
Investment advisory (plan); Investment management fees paid directly by planCode 27 | 48 | $43,096 | |
Soft dollars commissions; Investment management fees paid directly by planCode 51 | 8 | $271,518 | |
Redemption fees; Investment management fees paid indirectly by plan; Trustee (directed); Other services; Distribution (12b-1) fees; Participant loan processing; Float revenue; Investment advisory (plan); Recordkeeping and information management (computing, tabulating, data processing, etc.); Account maintenance fees; Participant communication; Trustee (bank, trust company, or similar financial institution); Recordkeeping fees; Shareholder servicing fees; Direct payment from the planCode 15 | 4 | $0 | |
Other investment fees and expenses; Investment management fees paid indirectly by plan; Distribution (12b-1) feesCode 52 | 4 | $6,241 | |
Recordkeeping and information management (computing, tabulating, data processing, etc.); Contract Administrator; Consulting (pension); Recordkeeping fees; Participant loan processingCode 13 | 3 | $2,032 | |
Trustee (bank, trust company, or similar financial institution); Investment managementCode 21 | 3 | $63,552 | |
Plan Administrator; Investment management; Direct payment from the plan; Soft dollars commissionsCode 14 | 1 | $3,759,793 |
Competitor overlap
Percent of AB FUNDS's plans that also list each competitor on Schedule C. High numbers = co-living partners; low numbers = direct displacement targets.
Plans won in 2024
Appeared this year; did not appear last year under AB FUNDS.
| Sponsor | From | Assets |
|---|---|---|
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON COMPANYCA · 951240335-002 | LMCG INVESTMENTS LLC | $6.4B |
BOARD OF TRUSTEES, AFTRA RETIREMENT PLANNY · 136414972-001 | FRONTIER CAPITAL MANAGEMENT | $2.9B |
BUCHANAN INGERSOLL & ROONEY PCPA · 251381032-003 | MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY | $484M |
DINSMORE & SHOHL LLPOH · 310263070-003 | MARINER LLC | $472M |
IBEW LOCAL UNION NO. 99RI · 056049537-002 | MASSACHUSETTS MUTUAL LIFE INS. CO. | $179M |
BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF LABORERS 785 PENSION PLANNY · 166062418-001 | THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON | $118M |
ORTHOPAEDIC & SPINE CENTER OF THE ROCKIES, PCCO · 840593455-001 | HUNTER BENEFITS CONSULTING GROUP | $88M |
FEDERAL SIGNAL CORPORATIONIL · 361063330-003 | MFS INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT | $83M |
ROTH CAPITAL PARTNERS, LLCCA · 330947643-001 | WELLSPRING FINANCIAL PARTNERS | $55M |
BERNSTEIN LITOWITZ BERGER & GROSSMANN LLPNY · 133165559-003 | ASSOCIATED PENSION CONSULTANTS | $35M |
Plans lost in 2024
Appeared last year under AB FUNDS; not this year.
| Sponsor | To | Assets |
|---|---|---|
AETNA INC.CT · 232229683-003 | NISA INVESTMENT ADVISORS, LLC | $5.4B |
NORTHWELL HEALTH, INC.NY · 113418133-006 | NISA INVESTMENT ADVISORS, LLC | $2.7B |
BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF CARPENTERS PENSION FUND OF ILLINOISIL · 366147396-001 | CENTRAL IL BUILDERS OF AGC | $2.1B |
YUM BRANDS, INC.KY · 133951308-003 | WILLIS TOWERS WATSON US LLC | $911M |
I.U.O.E. LOCAL 132 PENSION FUNDWV · 556015364-001 | BLACKSTONE | $492M |
IBEW LOCAL 43 & ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS PENSION FUNDNY · 166153389-001 | MANNING & NAPIER | $225M |
OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER OF BASEBALLNY · 131665347-008 | SEI INVESTMENTS | $149M |
MONUMENT HEALTH, INC.SD · 201487506-001 | VON BRIESEN & ROPER | $106M |
COLORCON, INC.PA · 232249139-001 | THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON | $80M |
CUMBERLAND, MD & VICINITY BUILDING & CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYEES TRUST FUNMD · 526061646-001 | BATOFF ASSOCIATES, P.A. | $54M |
Top plans by assets
Searchable full list lands with the commercial layer.
| Plan | Assets | Participants | Fees | Tenure | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
PFIZER INCNY · 135315170-002 | $22.0B | 57,113 | $3M | 2y | - |
UNITED AIRLINES, INC.IL · 742099724-202 | $16.8B | 20,168 | $575,961 | 6y | 1 |
THE DOW CHEMICAL COMPANYMI · 381285128-001 | $10.9B | 31,955 | $33,262 | 4y | - |
NOKIA OF AMERICA CORPORATIONNJ · 223408857-003 | $9.8B | 24,880 | $440,681 | 10y | - |
BD OF TRUSTEES SHEET METAL WORKERS' NATIONAL PENSION FUNDVA · 526112463-001 | $8.9B | 152,375 | $189,096 | 8y | - |
TRUSTEES OF UFCW INT'L UNION - INDUSTRY PENSION FUNDIL · 516055922-001 | $8.2B | 204,155 | $465,926 | 9y | - |
JOINT BOARD OF TRUSTEES, BAKERY & CONFECTIONERY UNION & INDUSTRYMD · 526118572-001 | $6.6B | 99,660 | $82,572 | 10y | - |
BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF MID-AMERICA CARPENTERS REGIONAL COUNCIL PENSION FIL · 366130207-001 | $6.4B | 37,623 | $765,355 | 10y | - |
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON COMPANYCA · 951240335-002 | $6.4B | 16,852 | $499,236 | 9y | - |
BD OF TRUSTEES, CHICAGO & VICINITY LABORERS' DISTR. COUNCIL PENS FUNDIL · 362514514-002 | $5.2B | 30,331 | $511,240 | 10y | - |
Flag exposure
89.2%Market: 89.2%
This provider
Market baseline
Share of this provider's plans tripping any deterministic red flag this year. Lower than market baseline = better risk surface.
Aliases resolved (114)
Raw Schedule C names collapsed into AB FUNDS.
- AB
- AB BERNSTEIN
- AB COLLECTIVE INVESTMENT TRUST SERI
- AB DATA
- AB FUND
- AB FUNDS
- AB GLOBAL
- AB GLOBAL BOND
- AB GLOBAL BOND ADVISOR
- AB GLOBAL BOND FUND
- AB GLOBAL CORE EQUITY SERIES
- AB GLOBAL FUNDS
- AB HIGH INCOME
- AB HIGH INCOME I
- AB INTL VAL A
- AB LARGE
- AB LARGE CAP
- AB LARGE CAP GROWTH Z
- AB PRINTING MAILING
- AB SUSTAINABLE INTL THEMATIC A
- AB&D CO
- AB&D CO.
- ALLIANCE BERNSTEIN
- ALLIANCE BERNSTEIN FUND
- ALLIANCE BERNSTEIN FUNDS
Book composition by plan size
Bars stack to total plans served; segments use the same asset cutoffs as the /retirement size filter. Up-and-to-the-right on the bigger segments = moving up-market.
Under $5M$5-50M$50-250M$250M-1B$1B+
Compliance posture vs market
Per-flag share for AB FUNDS's book against the same flag's overall prevalence across all filings. Negative delta = under-indexed (cleaner book); positive = elevated risk surface.
| Flag | Plans flagged | Provider % | Market % | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Recently terminated | 4 | 2.55% | 7.76% | -5.21 pp |
| Fidelity bond gap | 6 | 3.82% | 26.94% | -23.12 pp |
| Late contributions | 29 | 18.47% | 1.71% | +16.76 pp |
| Failed to provide benefit | 1 | 0.64% | 0.14% | +0.50 pp |
| Corrective distributions | 28 | 17.83% | 1.76% | +16.08 pp |
| Loss discovered | 0 | 0.00% | 0.00% | -0.00 pp |
New-plan formation share
Share of plans filing for the first time each year that landed with AB FUNDS. Compare to the incumbent market share (0.2%) - higher = winning new business, lower = coasting on existing relationships.
0.0%-0.2 pp vs incumbent
Geographic penetration index
(Provider plans in state / state plans) divided by the provider's overall share of the market. Index 1.00 = average; > 1 = over-indexed (winning more than their fair share); < 1 = under-indexed (white space).