Income and Stability for Changing Markets

Market participants around the world are recognising the far reaching impacts of climate change on financial and economic outcomes. In fact, environmental, social governance considerations are now a priority for most investors.


Please join us for a discussion with Moody’s, 427 and AllianceBernstein to see how the investment value chain is incorporating climate change into decision-making. AllianceBernstein will discuss their collaboration with Columbia University on climate change and discuss their climate theme across its sustainable portfolios. Moody’s will provide an overview of the current market environment, its ESGC efforts and a deep dive into climate risk analytics.

Please join us live for a 30-minute update from AB’s Select US Equities team: CIO Kurt Feuerman, co-CIO Anthony Nappo and Product Specialist Robert Milano.

The webinar will open with a discussion on market outlook and portfolio positioning coming into the year. The team will then talk through the impact on stocks and positioning within the portfolios and provide their view on how the coronavirus outbreak is creating new challenges and opportunities for the active investor.

The call will finish by summarizing how a continued focus on a flexible, risk-managed approach to equity investing can help navigate a period of significant uncertainty and volatility.

The impact of the Coronavirus has shocked capital markets and transformed the lives of billions around the world. But what changes will prove transient and which will be permanent?

Join AB’s Jim Tierney and Mark Phelps for their webinar on 13 May 2020 to discuss.

Please join us live for a 30 minute European Equity Market update with AB’s Nicholas Davidson as he talks with Andrew Birse, Portfolio Manager – Europe Equities, Eurozone Equities, Europe ex-UK Equities.

Europe seems to be finding itself at another T-junction. Its structural flaws have re-emerged, bringing threats and opportunities. Please join us live for a 20-minute discussion of our European fixed income outlook.

Darren Williams, Chief Economist, will review the cyclical and secular challenges Europe is facing, while Steve Hussey, Global Head of Financial Institutions Credit Research, will provide a detailed account of how European banks can navigate the recent crisis. Jorgen Kjaersgaard, Co-Head European Fixed Income, will then share the investment implications from this top-down view across Euro Fixed Income sectors and offer a perspective on current market valuations.

The team will wrap up the webinar by highlighting our highest conviction positions which are reflected across our European fixed income portfolios in the current environment. They will be available to answer your questions at the end of their presentation

Please join us live for a market update on AB’s American Growth Portfolio.

Please join us for a call with Morgan Harting, Lead Portfolio Manager of the Emerging Markets Multi-Asset team. Morgan will provide us with his insights on major macroeconomic themes and risks in emerging markets. In addition, he will discuss the current positioning and performance of the portfolio.

Finally, he looks forward to taking your questions in an interactive session on emerging markets as well as on the fund strategy.

Market and Portfolio update: Impact of corona on market dynamics, and broader implications for the healthcare sector. AB international healthcare portfolio update and outlook.

The time for talking about the potential of genomic medicine is past. Genomics is not tomorrow. It’s here today. Genomics will transform patient outcomes and healthcare systems – and Genomics England is already moving to make a mainstream genomics medicine service a reality in the UK. Please join us to discover what Genomics England are doing and how AllianceBernstein is looking at Genomics and personalized healthcare as part of our investment universe and how these companies are helping the world achieve the UN Sustainable Goals.

Please join us for a call with Morgan Harting, Lead Portfolio Manager of the Emerging Markets Multi-Asset team. Morgan will provide us his insights on major macroeconomic themes and risks in emerging markets. In addition, he will discuss current positioning and performance of the portfolio. Finally, he looks forward to taking your questions in an interactive session on markets as well as the fund strategy.

Dev Chakrabarti, Portfolio Manager Concentrated Global Equities at AllianceBernstein, will share his thoughts on the key challenges and opportunities ahead for global equity investors against a backdrop of slowing global economic growth. A strict focus on quality and an ability to blend out shorter-term market noise, are two key ingredients in a successful investment approach to global equities - join Dev to find out more about the best opportunities in the new year ahead.

Please join us for a call with Morgan Harting, Lead Portfolio Manager of the Emerging Markets Multi-Asset team. Morgan will provide us his insights on major macroeconomic themes and risks in emerging markets. In addition, he will discuss current positioning and performance of the portfolio. Finally, he looks forward to taking your questions in an interactive session on markets as well as the fund strategy.

Jorgen will discuss present the current challenges facing income investors and describe how the AB European Income Portfolio seeks to deliver an income of around 4% a year, with lower volatility and downside protection.

Please join us for a call with Morgan Harting, Lead Portfolio Manager of the Emerging Markets Multi-Asset team. Morgan will provide us his insights on major macroeconomic themes and risks in emerging markets. In addition, he will discuss current positioning and performance of the portfolio. Finally, he looks forward to taking your questions in an interactive session on markets as well as the fund strategy.

Please join us for a call with Morgan Harting, Lead Portfolio Manager of the Emerging Markets Multi-Asset team. Morgan will provide us his insights on major macroeconomic themes and risks in emerging markets. In addition, he will discuss current positioning and performance of the portfolio. Finally, he looks forward to taking your questions in an interactive session on markets as well as the fund strategy.

Please join us for a call with Morgan Harting, Lead Portfolio Manager of the Emerging Markets Multi-Asset team. Morgan will provide us his insights on major macroeconomic themes and risks in emerging markets. In addition, he will discuss current positioning and performance of the portfolio. Finally, he looks forward to taking your questions in an interactive session on markets as well as the fund strategy.

Europe’s investing landscape is complicated, but there are compelling reasons to reassess regional markets today. In this live interview, Andrew Birse, fund manager of AB's European equity portfolio, explains how his team bring a private equity-like approach to public markets, directly engage with short sellers for a broader perspective of risk and why bringing a global perspective to European stocks leads to overlooked investment opportunities.

Also in this interview:

• Europe’s current investment environment
• AB’s heritage as value investors, and why we believe clients demand
return irrespective of style or factor exposures
• AB’s differentiated investment approach
• A disciplined portfolio construction technique through cluster and correlation analysis
• Live audience Q&A