NEW YORK, May 23, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund, Inc. (NYSE: AWF) (the "Fund") today released its monthly portfolio update as of April 30, 2014.
AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund, Inc. | |
Top 10 Fixed Income Holdings | Portfolio % |
1) Brazil Notas do Tesouro Nacional Series F 10.00%, 1/01/17 | 1.91% |
2) Ivory Coast Government International Bond 5.75%, 12/31/32 | 0.88% |
3) Dominican Republic International Bond 8.625%, 4/20/27 | 0.73% |
4) El Salvador Government International Bond 7.65%, 6/15/35 | 0.55% |
5) U.S. Treasury Bonds 5.25%, 2/15/29 | 0.55% |
6) Dominican Republic International Bond 16.00%, 7/10/20 | 0.47% |
7) Argentina Boden Bonds 7.00%, 10/03/15 | 0.47% |
8) South Africa Government Bond Series R207 7.25%, 1/15/20 | 0.43% |
9) Vale Overseas Ltd. 6.875%, 11/21/36 | 0.40% |
10) Care UK Health & Social Care PLC 9.75%, 8/01/17 | 0.40% |
Investment Type | Portfolio % |
Corporates - Non-Investment Grades | |
Industrial | |
Consumer Non-Cyclical | 7.80% |
Energy | 6.42% |
Communications - Media | 5.71% |
Technology | 5.25% |
Capital Goods | 4.80% |
Basic | 4.53% |
Communications - Telecommunications | 3.27% |
Consumer Cyclical - Other | 2.73% |
Other Industrial | 2.38% |
Services | 1.99% |
Consumer Cyclical - Retailers | 1.82% |
Consumer Cyclical - Automotive | 1.79% |
Transportation - Services | 0.92% |
Consumer Cyclical - Entertainment | 0.59% |
Transportation - Airlines | 0.37% |
Consumer Cyclical - Restaurants | 0.11% |
SUBTOTAL | 50.48% |
Financial Institutions | |
Banking | 3.11% |
Finance | 1.60% |
Insurance | 1.02% |
Other Finance | 0.93% |
Brokerage | 0.42% |
REITS | 0.14% |
SUBTOTAL | 7.22% |
Utility | |
Electric | 1.59% |
Natural Gas | 1.16% |
SUBTOTAL | 2.75% |
Credit Default Swaps | 2.62% |
SUBTOTAL | 63.07% |
Global Governments | 17.71% |
Corporates - Investment Grades | |
Financial Institutions | |
Banking | 1.73% |
Insurance | 1.64% |
REITS | 0.42% |
Finance | 0.35% |
SUBTOTAL | 4.14% |
Industrial | |
Basic | 1.93% |
Communications - Telecommunications | 0.29% |
Capital Goods | 0.25% |
Communications - Media | 0.24% |
Other Industrial | 0.17% |
Consumer Non-Cyclical | 0.11% |
Transportation - Airlines | 0.08% |
Consumer Cyclical - Automotive | 0.04% |
Consumer Cyclical - Other | 0.02% |
SUBTOTAL | 3.13% |
Credit Default Swaps | 0.67% |
Utility | |
Natural Gas | 0.25% |
SUBTOTAL | 0.25% |
Non Corporate Sectors | |
Agencies - Not Government Guaranteed | 0.10% |
SUBTOTAL | 0.10% |
SUBTOTAL | 8.29% |
Collateralized Mortgage Obligations | |
Non-Agency Fixed Rate | 3.66% |
Non-Agency Floating Rate | 3.07% |
SUBTOTAL | 6.73% |
Bank Loans | |
Industrial | |
Consumer Non-Cyclical | 0.73% |
Consumer Cyclical - Automotive | 0.62% |
Other Industrial | 0.55% |
Consumer Cyclical - Entertainment | 0.43% |
Consumer Cyclical - Other | 0.41% |
Basic | 0.37% |
Consumer Cyclical - Retailers | 0.35% |
Services | 0.32% |
Technology | 0.29% |
Capital Goods | 0.20% |
Energy | 0.17% |
Communications - Media | 0.09% |
SUBTOTAL | 4.53% |
Non Corporate Sectors | |
Foreign Local Government - Municipal | 0.12% |
SUBTOTAL | 0.12% |
Financial Institutions | |
Insurance | 0.04% |
SUBTOTAL | 0.04% |
SUBTOTAL | 4.69% |
Emerging Markets - Corporate Bonds | |
Industrial | |
Consumer Non-Cyclical | 1.24% |
Capital Goods | 0.44% |
Basic | 0.40% |
Communications - Telecommunications | 0.37% |
Consumer Cyclical - Retailers | 0.26% |
Transportation - Airlines | 0.26% |
Consumer Cyclical - Other | 0.14% |
Energy | 0.14% |
Transportation - Services | 0.08% |
SUBTOTAL | 3.33% |
Financial Institutions | |
Finance | 0.17% |
Banking | 0.11% |
SUBTOTAL | 0.28% |
SUBTOTAL | 3.61% |
Emerging Markets - Sovereigns | |
Emerging Markets - Sovereigns | 3.71% |
Credit Default Swaps | -0.31% |
SUBTOTAL | 3.40% |
Preferred Stocks | |
Financial Institutions | 2.22% |
Industrial | 0.06% |
Utility | 0.02% |
SUBTOTAL | 2.30% |
Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities | |
Non-Agency Fixed Rate CMBS | 1.26% |
Non-Agency Floating Rate CMBS | 0.03% |
SUBTOTAL | 1.29% |
Local Governments - Municipal Bonds | 1.06% |
Emerging Markets - Treasuries | 0.87% |
Common Stocks | 0.83% |
Asset-Backed Securities | |
Home Equity Loans - Fixed Rate | 0.63% |
Home Equity Loans - Floating Rate | 0.14% |
SUBTOTAL | 0.77% |
Governments - Sovereign Agencies | 0.68% |
Quasi-Sovereigns | |
Quasi-Sovereign Bonds | 0.60% |
SUBTOTAL | 0.60% |
Whole Loan Trusts | |
Performing Asset | 0.53% |
SUBTOTAL | 0.53% |
Local Governments - Regional Bonds | 0.38% |
Options Purchased - Puts | |
Swaptions | 0.03% |
SUBTOTAL | 0.03% |
Call Options Written | |
Swaptions | -0.01% |
SUBTOTAL | -0.01% |
Put Options Written | |
Swaptions | -0.01% |
SUBTOTAL | -0.01% |
Reverse Repurchase Agreements | -6.20% |
Interest Rate Swaps - SIFMA | -11.34% |
Net Cash Equivalents | |
Investment Companies | 2.00% |
Cash | 1.10% |
SUBTOTAL | 3.10% |
Derivative Offsets | |
Swaps Offsets | 8.64% |
Futures Offsets | -11.02% |
SUBTOTAL | -2.38% |
100.00% | |
Country Breakdown | Portfolio % |
United States | 65.49% |
United Kingdom | 4.81% |
Brazil | 4.34% |
France | 1.71% |
Luxembourg | 1.63% |
Canada | 1.56% |
Dominican Republic | 1.48% |
Netherlands | 1.40% |
Ireland | 1.33% |
Germany | 1.30% |
Mexico | 0.95% |
Italy | 0.95% |
Switzerland | 0.90% |
South Africa | 0.88% |
Ivory Coast | 0.84% |
El Salvador | 0.65% |
Bermuda | 0.63% |
Colombia | 0.63% |
United Arab Emirates | 0.60% |
Indonesia | 0.59% |
Australia | 0.55% |
Argentina | 0.52% |
Spain | 0.44% |
Venezuela | 0.44% |
Russia | 0.39% |
Kazakhstan | 0.39% |
Portugal | 0.37% |
Peru | 0.34% |
Croatia | 0.32% |
Sweden | 0.27% |
Philippines | 0.24% |
Singapore | 0.23% |
Norway | 0.23% |
Hong Kong | 0.22% |
Turkey | 0.20% |
Costa Rica | 0.19% |
India | 0.18% |
Denmark | 0.18% |
Barbados | 0.15% |
Bahrain | 0.15% |
Ghana | 0.13% |
Japan | 0.13% |
Chile | 0.13% |
Austria | 0.12% |
Pakistan | 0.11% |
Romania | 0.10% |
Macau | 0.10% |
Belgium | 0.09% |
Zambia | 0.08% |
Guatemala | 0.07% |
Jamaica | 0.06% |
Sri Lanka | 0.06% |
Virgin Islands (BVI) | 0.06% |
Morocco | 0.05% |
Serbia | 0.03% |
Euro Zone | 0.01% |
Total Investments | 100.00% |
Net Currency Exposure Breakdown | Portfolio % |
United States Dollar | 95.73% |
Brazilian Real | 2.01% |
Indonesian Rupiah | 1.04% |
Malaysian Ringgit | 1.00% |
Peruvian Nuevo Sol | 0.99% |
New Turkish Lira | 0.79% |
South African Rand | 0.77% |
Colombian Peso | 0.54% |
Dominican Peso | 0.47% |
Philippine Peso | 0.25% |
Costa Rican Colon | 0.20% |
Hungarian Forint | 0.18% |
Euro | 0.11% |
Swiss Franc | 0.04% |
Canadian Dollar | 0.01% |
Great British Pound | -0.15% |
Polish Zloty | -1.99% |
Japanese Yen | -1.99% |
Total Net Assets | 100.00% |
Credit Rating | Portfolio % |
AAA | -3.79% |
AA | 0.52% |
A | 3.07% |
BBB | 13.69% |
BB | 26.75% |
B | 32.31% |
CCC | 15.69% |
CC | 0.86% |
C | 0.02% |
D | 0.90% |
Not Rated | 3.57% |
Short Term Investments | 2.00% |
N/A | 4.41% |
100.00% | |
Bonds By Maturity | Portfolio % |
Less than 1 year | 10.97% |
1 to 5 years | 46.23% |
5 to 10 years | 27.92% |
10 to 20 years | 7.23% |
20 to 30 years | 5.09% |
More than 30 years | 1.73% |
Other | 0.83% |
Total Net Assets | 100.00% |
Portfolio Statistics: | |
Average Coupon: | 7.43% |
Average Bond Price : | 104.01 |
Percentage of Leverage: | |
Bank Borrowing: | 0.00% |
Investment Operations: | 12.31%* |
Preferred Stock: | 0.00% |
Tender Option Bonds: | 0.00% |
Term Asset-Backed Loans Facility (TALF): | 0.00% |
Total Fund Leverage: | 12.31% |
Average Maturity: | 6.58 Years |
Effective Duration: | 4.55 Years |
Total Net Assets: | $1,312.96 Million |
Net Asset Value: | $15.23 |
Number of Holdings: | 1120 |
Portfolio Turnover: | 38% |
* Investment Operations may include the use of certain portfolio management techniques such as credit default swaps, dollar rolls, negative cash, reverse repurchase agreements and when-issued securities.
The foregoing portfolio characteristics are as of the date indicated and can be expected to change. The Fund is a closed-end U.S.-registered management investment company advised by AllianceBernstein L. P.
SOURCE AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund, Inc.