NEW YORK, Sept. 28, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- AB Global High Income Fund, Inc. (NYSE: AWF) (the "Fund") today released its monthly portfolio update as of August 31, 2015.
AB Global High Income Fund, Inc. | |
Top 10 Fixed Income Holdings | Portfolio % |
1) U.S. Treasury Notes 1.25%, 1/31/20 | 11.80% |
2) U.S. Treasury Bonds 8.125%, 5/15/21 | 3.07% |
3) Brazil Notas do Tesouro Nacional Series F 10.00%, 1/01/17 - 1/01/25 | 2.33% |
4) Wachovia Mortgage Loan Trust Series 2006-ALT1 Series 2006-ALT1, Class A2 0.379%, 1/25/37 | 0.97% |
5) U.S. Treasury Bonds 5.25%, 2/15/29 | 0.66% |
6) Ivory Coast Government International Bond 5.75%, 12/31/32 | 0.59% |
7) Dominican Republic International Bond 8.625%, 4/20/27 | 0.59% |
8) El Salvador Government International Bond 7.65%, 6/15/35 | 0.59% |
9) Dominican Republic International Bond 16.00%, 7/10/20 | 0.55% |
10) U.S. Treasury Bonds 5.00%, 5/15/37 | 0.42% |
Investment Type | Portfolio % |
Corporates - Non-Investment Grade | |
Industrial | |
Consumer Non-Cyclical | 7.06% |
Communications - Media | 6.05% |
Energy | 5.56% |
Capital Goods | 3.78% |
Technology | 3.45% |
Basic | 3.36% |
Consumer Cyclical - Other | 3.34% |
Communications - Telecommunications | 3.29% |
Consumer Cyclical - Retailers | 2.85% |
Consumer Cyclical - Automotive | 1.95% |
Other Industrial | 1.26% |
Transportation - Services | 0.89% |
Services | 0.72% |
Consumer Cyclical - Entertainment | 0.59% |
Transportation - Airlines | 0.45% |
Consumer Cyclical - Restaurants | 0.40% |
SUBTOTAL | 45.00% |
Financial Institutions | |
Banking | 4.28% |
Finance | 1.38% |
Other Finance | 0.69% |
Insurance | 0.65% |
REITS | 0.29% |
Brokerage | 0.25% |
SUBTOTAL | 7.54% |
Credit Default Swaps | 4.06% |
SUBTOTAL | 4.06% |
Utility | |
Electric | 1.92% |
SUBTOTAL | 1.92% |
SUBTOTAL | 58.52% |
Global Governments | 22.12% |
Collateralized Mortgage Obligations | |
Non-Agency Fixed Rate | 3.46% |
GSE Risk Share Floating Rate | 3.24% |
Non-Agency Floating Rate | 3.01% |
SUBTOTAL | 9.71% |
Corporates - Investment Grade | |
Financial Institutions | |
Insurance | 1.57% |
Banking | 1.03% |
Finance | 0.68% |
REITS | 0.47% |
Brokerage | 0.09% |
SUBTOTAL | 3.84% |
Industrial | |
Basic | 1.71% |
Energy | 0.71% |
Communications - Media | 0.41% |
Communications - Telecommunications | 0.28% |
Other Industrial | 0.20% |
Capital Goods | 0.16% |
Transportation - Airlines | 0.16% |
Consumer Non-Cyclical | 0.11% |
Consumer Cyclical - Other | 0.02% |
SUBTOTAL | 3.76% |
Credit Default Swaps | 0.71% |
SUBTOTAL | 0.71% |
Utility | |
Electric | 0.38% |
Natural Gas | 0.11% |
SUBTOTAL | 0.49% |
SUBTOTAL | 8.80% |
Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities | |
Non-Agency Fixed Rate CMBS | 3.04% |
Credit Default Swaps | 0.85% |
Non-Agency Floating Rate CMBS | 0.18% |
SUBTOTAL | 4.07% |
Bank Loans | |
Industrial | |
Consumer Cyclical - Retailers | 0.50% |
Basic | 0.43% |
Other Industrial | 0.40% |
Consumer Cyclical - Other | 0.36% |
Consumer Non-Cyclical | 0.27% |
Technology | 0.24% |
Consumer Cyclical - Entertainment | 0.23% |
Energy | 0.19% |
Communications - Media | 0.18% |
Capital Goods | 0.11% |
Consumer Cyclical - Automotive | 0.08% |
SUBTOTAL | 2.99% |
Financial Institutions | |
Other Finance | 0.13% |
Insurance | 0.04% |
SUBTOTAL | 0.17% |
Utility | |
Electric | 0.17% |
SUBTOTAL | 0.17% |
SUBTOTAL | 3.33% |
Emerging Markets - Sovereigns | 3.33% |
Emerging Markets - Corporate Bonds | |
Industrial | |
Consumer Non-Cyclical | 0.76% |
Basic | 0.61% |
Capital Goods | 0.50% |
Consumer Cyclical - Retailers | 0.33% |
Transportation - Airlines | 0.27% |
Communications - Telecommunications | 0.19% |
Communications - Media | 0.14% |
Consumer Cyclical - Other | 0.03% |
SUBTOTAL | 2.83% |
Utility | |
Electric | 0.15% |
SUBTOTAL | 0.15% |
Financial Institutions | |
Finance | 0.10% |
SUBTOTAL | 0.10% |
SUBTOTAL | 3.08% |
Preferred Stocks | |
Financial Institutions | 1.97% |
Utility | 0.03% |
Industrial | 0.01% |
SUBTOTAL | 2.01% |
Governments - Sovereign Agencies | 1.51% |
Local Governments - Municipal Bonds | 0.98% |
Asset-Backed Securities | |
Home Equity Loans - Fixed Rate | 0.77% |
Home Equity Loans - Floating Rate | 0.18% |
SUBTOTAL | 0.95% |
Whole Loan Trusts | |
Performing Asset | 0.82% |
SUBTOTAL | 0.82% |
Common Stocks | 0.74% |
Emerging Markets - Treasuries | 0.72% |
Quasi-Sovereigns | |
Quasi-Sovereign Bonds | 0.44% |
SUBTOTAL | 0.44% |
Investment Companies | |
Funds and Investment Trusts | 0.26% |
SUBTOTAL | 0.26% |
Currency Instruments | |
Forward Currency Exchange Contracts | 0.20% |
SUBTOTAL | 0.20% |
Agencies | |
Agency Subordinated | 0.14% |
SUBTOTAL | 0.14% |
Inflation-Linked Securities | 0.07% |
Warrants | 0.04% |
Options Purchased - Puts | |
Swaptions | 0.01% |
SUBTOTAL | 0.01% |
Interest Rate Swaps - SIFMA | -9.02% |
Reverse Repurchase Agreements | -18.78% |
Net Cash Equivalents | |
Cash | 1.74% |
Investment Companies | 0.58% |
SUBTOTAL | 2.32% |
Derivative Offsets | |
Swaps Offsets | 3.63% |
SUBTOTAL | 3.63% |
100.00% | |
Country Breakdown | Portfolio % |
United States | 71.10% |
Brazil | 4.38% |
United Kingdom | 3.31% |
Canada | 1.72% |
Ireland | 1.47% |
Mexico | 1.46% |
France | 1.35% |
Dominican Republic | 1.22% |
Netherlands | 1.21% |
Luxembourg | 1.08% |
South Africa | 0.92% |
Germany | 0.88% |
Italy | 0.72% |
Switzerland | 0.70% |
Ivory Coast | 0.60% |
United Arab Emirates | 0.57% |
El Salvador | 0.56% |
Indonesia | 0.52% |
Bermuda | 0.44% |
Colombia | 0.42% |
Venezuela | 0.39% |
Spain | 0.37% |
Australia | 0.33% |
Croatia | 0.32% |
India | 0.29% |
Philippines | 0.25% |
New Zealand | 0.23% |
Hong Kong | 0.23% |
Portugal | 0.22% |
Jamaica | 0.22% |
Turkey | 0.21% |
Barbados | 0.18% |
Kazakhstan | 0.18% |
Macau | 0.17% |
Trinidad & Tobago | 0.15% |
Norway | 0.14% |
Bahrain | 0.14% |
Ghana | 0.13% |
Zambia | 0.13% |
Bulgaria | 0.13% |
Pakistan | 0.11% |
Lebanon | 0.11% |
Sweden | 0.09% |
Belgium | 0.09% |
Sri Lanka | 0.09% |
Guatemala | 0.08% |
Denmark | 0.08% |
Peru | 0.07% |
Uruguay | 0.06% |
Chile | 0.05% |
Morocco | 0.05% |
Kenya | 0.05% |
Serbia | 0.03% |
Total Investments | 100.00% |
Net Currency Exposure Breakdown | Portfolio % |
United States Dollar | 100.73% |
Swedish Krona | 1.05% |
Japanese Yen | 1.01% |
Indonesian Rupiah | 0.94% |
Brazilian Real | 0.92% |
Dominican Peso | 0.55% |
New Turkish Lira | 0.48% |
Philippine Peso | 0.29% |
Indian Rupee | 0.26% |
Hungarian Forint | 0.17% |
Uruguayan Peso | 0.07% |
Great British Pound | 0.03% |
Mexican Peso | 0.02% |
South African Rand | 0.01% |
Colombian Peso | -0.01% |
Norwegian Krone | -0.02% |
Canadian Dollar | -0.02% |
Taiwan New Dollar | -0.50% |
Australian Dollar | -2.91% |
Euro | -3.07% |
Total Net Assets | 100.00% |
Credit Rating | Portfolio % |
AAA | -1.08% |
AA | 0.64% |
A | 2.26% |
BBB | 16.52% |
BB | 28.39% |
B | 25.34% |
CCC | 13.48% |
CC | 0.91% |
C | 0.02% |
D | 0.67% |
Not Rated | 6.82% |
Short Term Investments | 0.58% |
N/A | 5.45% |
100.00% | |
Bonds By Maturity | Portfolio % |
Less than 1 year | -9.01% |
1 to 5 years | 45.99% |
5 to 10 years | 46.41% |
10 to 20 years | 8.70% |
20 to 30 years | 5.41% |
More than 30 years | 1.72% |
Other | 0.78% |
Total Net Assets | 100.00% |
Portfolio Statistics: | |
Average Coupon: | 7.15% |
Average Bond Price : | 98.07 |
Percentage of Leverage: | |
Bank Borrowing: | 0.00% |
Investment Operations: | 34.63%* |
Preferred Stock: | 0.00% |
Tender Option Bonds: | 0.00% |
Term Asset-Backed Loans Facility (TALF): | 0.00% |
Total Fund Leverage: | 34.63% |
Average Maturity: | 8.44 Years |
Effective Duration: | 4.99 Years |
Total Net Assets: | $1,150.92 Million |
Net Asset Value: | $13.35 |
Number of Holdings: | 1195 |
Portfolio Turnover: | 48% |
* 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. |
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SOURCE AB Global High Income Fund, Inc.