NEW YORK, April 25, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- AB Global High Income Fund, Inc.[NYSE: AWF] (the "Fund") today released its monthly portfolio update as of March 31, 2016.
AB Global High Income Fund, Inc. | |
Top 10 Fixed Income Holdings | Portfolio % |
1) U.S. Treasury Bonds 8.125%, 5/15/21 | 3.22% |
2) Brazil Notas do Tesouro Nacional Series F 10.00%, 1/01/17 - 1/01/25 | 2.54% |
3) U.S. Treasury Notes 1.25%, 1/31/20 | 1.15% |
4) Wachovia Mortgage Loan Trust Series Series 2006-ALT1, Class A2 0.613%, 1/25/37 | 0.87% |
5) U.S. Treasury Notes 2.25%, 11/15/25 | 0.81% |
6) U.S. Treasury Bonds 5.25%, 2/15/29 | 0.72% |
7) Ivory Coast Government International Bond 5.75%, 12/31/32 | 0.64% |
8) Dominican Republic International Bond 8.625%, 4/20/27 | 0.59% |
9) Dominican Republic International Bond 16.00%, 7/10/20 | 0.56% |
10) Turkey Government Bond 8.30%, 6/20/18 | 0.51% |
Investment Type | Portfolio % |
Corporates - Non-Investment Grade | |
Industrial | |
Consumer Non-Cyclical | 7.12% |
Communications - Media | 5.70% |
Energy | 4.97% |
Communications - Telecommunications | 3.70% |
Capital Goods | 3.41% |
Consumer Cyclical - Other | 3.30% |
Technology | 2.80% |
Basic | 2.61% |
Consumer Cyclical - Retailers | 2.52% |
Consumer Cyclical - Automotive | 1.90% |
Other Industrial | 1.18% |
Transportation - Services | 0.84% |
Consumer Cyclical - Entertainment | 0.59% |
Transportation - Airlines | 0.44% |
Consumer Cyclical - Restaurants | 0.31% |
Services | 0.31% |
SUBTOTAL | 41.70% |
Credit Default Swaps | 12.31% |
SUBTOTAL | 12.31% |
Financial Institutions | |
Banking | 4.08% |
Finance | 1.31% |
Insurance | 0.59% |
Other Finance | 0.58% |
Brokerage | 0.01% |
SUBTOTAL | 6.57% |
Utility | |
Electric | 1.50% |
SUBTOTAL | 1.50% |
SUBTOTAL | 62.08% |
Collateralized Mortgage Obligations | |
Risk Share Floating Rate | 6.84% |
Non-Agency Fixed Rate | 3.14% |
Non-Agency Floating Rate | 1.43% |
SUBTOTAL | 11.41% |
Global Governments | 10.70% |
Corporates - Investment Grade | |
Industrial | |
Basic | 1.49% |
Energy | 0.78% |
Capital Goods | 0.38% |
Technology | 0.29% |
Communications - Media | 0.28% |
Transportation - Airlines | 0.19% |
Communications - Telecommunications | 0.18% |
Consumer Non-Cyclical | 0.12% |
Consumer Cyclical - Automotive | 0.05% |
Other Industrial | 0.03% |
Consumer Cyclical - Other | 0.02% |
SUBTOTAL | 3.81% |
Financial Institutions | |
Insurance | 1.49% |
Banking | 0.94% |
REITS | 0.49% |
Brokerage | 0.17% |
SUBTOTAL | 3.09% |
Credit Default Swaps | 0.75% |
SUBTOTAL | 0.75% |
Utility | |
Electric | 0.38% |
Natural Gas | 0.12% |
SUBTOTAL | 0.50% |
SUBTOTAL | 8.15% |
Total Return Swaps | 5.38% |
Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities | |
Non-Agency Fixed Rate CMBS | 4.05% |
Credit Default Swaps | 0.86% |
Non-Agency Floating Rate CMBS | 0.28% |
SUBTOTAL | 5.19% |
Bank Loans | |
Industrial | |
Consumer Cyclical - Retailers | 0.78% |
Consumer Non-Cyclical | 0.74% |
Technology | 0.54% |
Consumer Cyclical - Other | 0.48% |
Other Industrial | 0.45% |
Consumer Cyclical - Entertainment | 0.44% |
Basic | 0.32% |
Capital Goods | 0.11% |
Consumer Cyclical - Automotive | 0.07% |
SUBTOTAL | 3.93% |
Utility | |
Electric | 0.18% |
SUBTOTAL | 0.18% |
Financial Institutions | |
Insurance | 0.04% |
SUBTOTAL | 0.04% |
SUBTOTAL | 4.15% |
Emerging Markets - Treasuries | 3.55% |
Emerging Markets - Sovereigns | 3.29% |
Emerging Markets - Corporate Bonds | |
Industrial | |
Consumer Non-Cyclical | 0.51% |
Capital Goods | 0.49% |
Basic | 0.31% |
Consumer Cyclical - Retailers | 0.29% |
Communications - Telecommunications | 0.24% |
Transportation - Airlines | 0.24% |
SUBTOTAL | 2.08% |
Financial Institutions | |
Finance | 0.10% |
SUBTOTAL | 0.10% |
SUBTOTAL | 2.18% |
Preferred Stocks | |
Financial Institutions | 1.46% |
Utility | 0.03% |
SUBTOTAL | 1.49% |
Governments - Sovereign Agencies | 1.13% |
Asset-Backed Securities | |
Home Equity Loans - Fixed Rate | 0.70% |
Home Equity Loans - Floating Rate | 0.18% |
Other ABS - Fixed Rate | 0.12% |
Autos - Fixed Rate | 0.07% |
SUBTOTAL | 1.07% |
Whole Loan Trusts | |
Performing Asset | 0.96% |
SUBTOTAL | 0.96% |
Common Stocks | 0.80% |
Interest Rate Futures | 0.77% |
Local Governments - Municipal Bonds | 0.70% |
Inflation-Linked Securities | 0.26% |
Quasi-Sovereigns | |
Quasi-Sovereign Bonds | 0.21% |
SUBTOTAL | 0.21% |
Investment Companies | |
Funds and Investment Trusts | 0.17% |
SUBTOTAL | 0.17% |
Local Governments - Regional Bonds | 0.14% |
Warrants | 0.03% |
Options Purchased - Puts | |
Options on Futures Contracts | 0.02% |
SUBTOTAL | 0.02% |
Call Options Written | -0.07% |
Interest Rate Swaps | -0.07% |
Currency Instruments | |
Forward Currency Exchange Contracts | -0.49% |
SUBTOTAL | -0.49% |
Reverse Repurchase Agreements | -7.07% |
Net Cash Equivalents | |
Cash | 2.36% |
Investment Companies | 1.02% |
Emerging Markets - Hard Currency | 0.17% |
SUBTOTAL | 3.55% |
Derivative Offsets | |
Futures Offsets | -0.77% |
Swaps Offsets | -18.91% |
SUBTOTAL | -19.68% |
Total | 100.00% |
Country Breakdown | Portfolio % |
United States | 69.23% |
Brazil | 5.01% |
United Kingdom | 3.16% |
Canada | 2.03% |
Mexico | 1.87% |
Ireland | 1.44% |
Luxembourg | 1.39% |
France | 1.39% |
Dominican Republic | 1.33% |
Netherlands | 1.08% |
Switzerland | 1.03% |
Italy | 0.91% |
Germany | 0.85% |
Turkey | 0.73% |
Ivory Coast | 0.72% |
Colombia | 0.69% |
United Arab Emirates | 0.64% |
Indonesia | 0.60% |
Argentina | 0.57% |
Spain | 0.55% |
Bermuda | 0.50% |
Venezuela | 0.43% |
South Africa | 0.42% |
Croatia | 0.38% |
Jamaica | 0.30% |
Ghana | 0.29% |
Barbados | 0.22% |
New Zealand | 0.21% |
Macau | 0.21% |
Australia | 0.20% |
Portugal | 0.20% |
Trinidad & Tobago | 0.17% |
Pakistan | 0.14% |
Zambia | 0.13% |
India | 0.12% |
Sweden | 0.10% |
Sri Lanka | 0.10% |
Denmark | 0.09% |
Guatemala | 0.08% |
Peru | 0.07% |
Uruguay | 0.07% |
El Salvador | 0.07% |
Kenya | 0.06% |
Angola | 0.06% |
Finland | 0.05% |
Chile | 0.05% |
Serbia | 0.03% |
Norway | 0.02% |
Cayman Islands | 0.01% |
Total Investments | 100.00% |
Net Currency Exposure Breakdown | Portfolio % |
United States Dollar | 103.48% |
New Turkish Lira | 1.50% |
Indian Rupee | 1.48% |
Russian Rubles | 1.06% |
Mexican Peso | 1.01% |
Dominican Peso | 0.56% |
Indonesian Rupiah | 0.55% |
Argentine Peso | 0.45% |
Euro | 0.41% |
Hungarian Forint | 0.18% |
Colombian Peso | 0.15% |
Uruguayan Peso | 0.07% |
Swedish Krona | 0.02% |
Chinese Yuan Renminbi | 0.01% |
South African Rand | 0.01% |
Singapore Dollar | -0.54% |
Brazilian Real | -0.87% |
Australian Dollar | -1.00% |
Great British Pound | -2.02% |
Taiwan New Dollar | -2.99% |
Canadian Dollar | -3.52% |
Total Net Assets | 100.00% |
Credit Rating | Portfolio % |
AAA | 2.79% |
AA | 0.84% |
A | 2.76% |
BBB | 13.29% |
BB | 31.67% |
B | 21.83% |
CCC | 10.22% |
CC | 1.43% |
C | 0.09% |
D | 0.85% |
Not Rated | 9.80% |
Short Term Investments | 1.19% |
N/A | 3.24% |
Total | 100.00% |
Bonds By Maturity | Portfolio % |
Less than 1 year | 3.47% |
1 to 5 years | 34.26% |
5 to 10 years | 44.64% |
10 to 20 years | 9.61% |
20 to 30 years | 5.44% |
More than 30 years | 1.75% |
Other | 0.83% |
Total Net Assets | 100.00% |
Portfolio Statistics: | |
Average Coupon: | 7.48% |
Average Bond Price : | 97.14 |
Percentage of Leverage (based on Gross Assets): | |
Bank Borrowing: | 0.00% |
Investment Operations: | 47.60%* |
Preferred Stock: | 0.00% |
Tender Option Bonds: | 0.00% |
VMTP Shares: | 0.00% |
Total Fund Leverage: | 47.60% |
Average Maturity: | 7.86 Years |
Effective Duration: | 4.72 Years |
Total Net Assets: | $1,090.22 Million |
Net Asset Value: | $12.64 |
Number of Holdings: | 1216 |
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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