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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.
ServicePlansMedian feesDistribution
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.
SponsorFromAssets
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.
SponsorToAssets
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
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NOKIA OF AMERICA CORPORATIONNJ · 223408857-003
$9.8B24,880$440,68110y-
BD OF TRUSTEES SHEET METAL WORKERS' NATIONAL PENSION FUNDVA · 526112463-001
$8.9B152,375$189,0968y-
TRUSTEES OF UFCW INT'L UNION - INDUSTRY PENSION FUNDIL · 516055922-001
$8.2B204,155$465,9269y-
JOINT BOARD OF TRUSTEES, BAKERY & CONFECTIONERY UNION & INDUSTRYMD · 526118572-001
$6.6B99,660$82,57210y-
BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF MID-AMERICA CARPENTERS REGIONAL COUNCIL PENSION FIL · 366130207-001
$6.4B37,623$765,35510y-
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON COMPANYCA · 951240335-002
$6.4B16,852$499,2369y-
BD OF TRUSTEES, CHICAGO & VICINITY LABORERS' DISTR. COUNCIL PENS FUNDIL · 362514514-002
$5.2B30,331$511,24010y-
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.
FlagPlans flaggedProvider %Market %Delta
Recently terminated42.55%7.76%-5.21 pp
Fidelity bond gap63.82%26.94%-23.12 pp
Late contributions2918.47%1.71%+16.76 pp
Failed to provide benefit10.64%0.14%+0.50 pp
Corrective distributions2817.83%1.76%+16.08 pp
Loss discovered00.00%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).
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