AllianceBernstein Income Fund, Inc.

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM N-Q

QUARTERLY SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS OF REGISTERED

MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES

Investment Company Act file number: 811-05207

ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN INCOME FUND, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

1345 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York 10105

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)

Joseph J. Mantineo

AllianceBernstein L.P.

1345 Avenue of the Americas

New York, New York 10105

(Name and address of agent for service)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (800) 221-5672

Date of fiscal year end: December 31, 2015

Date of reporting period: March 31, 2015

 

 

 


ITEM 1. SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS.


AB Income Fund

Portfolio of Investments

March 31, 2015 (unaudited)

 

      Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

GOVERNMENTS - TREASURIES - 110.9%

       

Brazil - 1.8%

       

Brazil Notas do Tesouro Nacional

       

Series F

       

10.00%, 1/01/17

   BRL 116,000         $ 34,465,755   
       

 

 

 

United States - 109.1%

       

U.S. Treasury Bonds

       

3.125%, 8/15/44

   U.S.$  76,388           85,584,428   

5.375%, 2/15/31

     1,961           2,786,459   

6.00%, 2/15/26 (a)

     299,000           416,521,053   

6.375%, 8/15/27 (a)

     260,000           382,342,220   

6.50%, 11/15/26 (a)

     183,000           268,023,447   

8.00%, 11/15/21

     27,000           37,734,606   

8.75%, 8/15/20

     39,500           54,494,555   

U.S. Treasury Notes

       

1.125%, 3/31/20

     13,000           12,846,639   

1.25%, 1/31/20 (a)

     80,000           79,587,520   

1.75%, 9/30/19

     21,075           21,476,732   

2.125%, 8/31/20 (a)

     150,000           155,097,600   

2.125%, 8/15/21

     21,000           21,615,237   

2.375%, 12/31/20

     23,080           24,145,650   

3.125%, 5/15/21 (a)

     95,000           103,423,840   

3.50%, 5/15/20

     27,608           30,461,535   

3.625%, 2/15/21 (a)(b)

     295,000           329,293,750   
       

 

 

 
          2,025,435,271   
       

 

 

 

Total Governments - Treasuries
(cost $1,933,934,722)

          2,059,901,026   
       

 

 

 

CORPORATES - NON-INVESTMENT GRADE - 11.6%

       

Industrial - 9.6%

       

Basic - 0.9%

       

ArcelorMittal

       

7.50%, 3/01/41

     676           703,040   

7.75%, 10/15/39

     1,846           1,938,300   

Arch Coal, Inc.

       

7.00%, 6/15/19

     2,100           493,500   

Cliffs Natural Resources, Inc.

       

8.25%, 3/31/20 (c)

     1,759           1,649,062   

Commercial Metals Co.

       

7.35%, 8/15/18

     2,644           2,848,910   

Lundin Mining Corp.

       

7.50%, 11/01/20 (c)

     1,500           1,556,250   

7.875%, 11/01/22 (c)

     1,500           1,563,750   

Magnetation LLC/Mag Finance Corp.

       

11.00%, 5/15/18 (c)

     2,121           1,087,013   

Novelis, Inc.

       

8.75%, 12/15/20

     837           896,636   

Thompson Creek Metals Co., Inc.

       

7.375%, 6/01/18

     4,398           3,485,415   

TPC Group, Inc.

       

8.75%, 12/15/20 (c)

     827           756,705   
       

 

 

 
          16,978,581   
       

 

 

 


      Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

Capital Goods - 0.7%

       

Apex Tool Group LLC

       

7.00%, 2/01/21 (c)

   U.S.$  3,205           3,012,700   

Bombardier, Inc.

       

4.75%, 4/15/19 (c)

     3,450           3,381,000   

7.50%, 3/15/25 (c)

     2,438           2,406,001   

Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc.

       

7.125%, 3/15/21

     690           741,750   

Sealed Air Corp.

       

6.875%, 7/15/33 (c)

     1,486           1,564,015   

Summit Materials LLC/Summit Materials Finance Corp.

       

10.50%, 1/31/20

     870           965,700   
       

 

 

 
          12,071,166   
       

 

 

 

Communications - Media - 1.6%

       

CCO Holdings LLC/CCO Holdings Capital Corp.

       

5.25%, 9/30/22

     2,079           2,125,778   

Cumulus Media Holdings, Inc.

       

7.75%, 5/01/19 (a)

     678           664,440   

DISH DBS Corp.

       

5.875%, 11/15/24

     3,303           3,307,129   

Hughes Satellite Systems Corp.

       

7.625%, 6/15/21

     3,111           3,422,100   

Intelsat Jackson Holdings SA

       

7.25%, 4/01/19

     4,231           4,385,431   

Nielsen Co. Luxembourg SARL (The)

       

5.50%, 10/01/21 (c)

     3,243           3,348,397   

Quebecor Media, Inc.

       

5.75%, 1/15/23

     2,145           2,209,350   

Time, Inc.

       

5.75%, 4/15/22 (c)

     2,285           2,233,588   

Unitymedia KabelBW GmbH

       

6.125%, 1/15/25 (c)

     2,749           2,907,067   

Univision Communications, Inc.

       

5.125%, 5/15/23 (c)

     3,295           3,344,425   

Virgin Media Finance PLC

       

5.25%, 2/15/22

     2,246           2,178,620   
       

 

 

 
          30,126,325   
       

 

 

 

Communications - Telecommunications - 0.8%

       

Altice SA

       

7.75%, 5/15/22 (c)

     1,342           1,364,646   

Columbus International, Inc.

       

7.375%, 3/30/21 (c)

     3,872           4,065,600   

Frontier Communications Corp.

       

6.25%, 9/15/21

     3,000           3,007,500   

Numericable-SFR SAS

       

6.25%, 5/15/24 (c)

     766           775,575   

Sprint Corp.

       

7.625%, 2/15/25

     2,635           2,621,825   

Windstream Corp.

       

7.50%, 4/01/23

     2,000           1,910,000   

7.75%, 10/01/21

     1,070           1,067,325   
       

 

 

 
          14,812,471   
       

 

 

 


      Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

Consumer Cyclical - Automotive - 0.0%

       

Affinia Group, Inc.

       

7.75%, 5/01/21

   U.S.$ 238           246,330   
       

 

 

 

Consumer Cyclical - Entertainment - 0.1%

       

Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc.

       

8.75%, 5/15/20

     841           884,101   

Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.

       

7.50%, 10/15/27

     1,100           1,298,000   
       

 

 

 
          2,182,101   
       

 

 

 

Consumer Cyclical - Other - 0.3%

       

Cleopatra Finance Ltd.

       

6.25%, 2/15/22 (c)

     2,605           2,546,388   

6.50%, 2/15/25 (c)

     350           337,750   

MGM Resorts International

       

8.625%, 2/01/19

     2,145           2,445,300   
       

 

 

 
          5,329,438   
       

 

 

 

Consumer Cyclical - Retailers - 0.7%

       

American Tire Distributors, Inc.

       

10.25%, 3/01/22 (c)

     3,855           4,009,200   

Chinos Intermediate Holdings A, Inc.

       

7.75% (7.75% Cash or 8.50% PIK), 5/01/19 (c)(d)

     2,938           2,578,095   

Family Tree Escrow LLC

       

5.75%, 3/01/23 (c)

     2,475           2,604,938   

Men’s Wearhouse, Inc. (The)

       

7.00%, 7/01/22 (c)

     1,870           1,968,175   

New Look Bondco I PLC

       

8.375%, 5/14/18 (c)

     2,000           2,085,000   
       

 

 

 
          13,245,408   
       

 

 

 

Consumer Non-Cyclical - 1.4%

       

Aramark Services, Inc.

       

5.75%, 3/15/20

     1,001           1,046,045   

CHS/Community Health Systems, Inc.

       

6.875%, 2/01/22

     3,286           3,511,912   

ConvaTec Finance International SA

       

8.25%, 1/15/19 (c)

     3,860           3,908,250   

Holding Medi-Partenaires SAS

       

7.00%, 5/15/20 (c)

   EUR 1,750           2,004,732   

Jaguar Holding Co. II/Jaguar Merger Sub, Inc.

       

9.50%, 12/01/19 (c)

   U.S.$  2,000           2,150,000   

Kinetic Concepts, Inc./KCI USA, Inc.

       

10.50%, 11/01/18

     4,000           4,330,000   

Pinnacle Merger Sub, Inc.

       

9.50%, 10/01/23 (c)

     2,231           2,476,410   

Post Holdings, Inc.

       

6.00%, 12/15/22 (c)

     869           838,585   

7.375%, 2/15/22

     705           729,675   


      Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

Smithfield Foods, Inc.

       

5.875%, 8/01/21 (c)

   U.S.$ 2,597           2,723,604   

VRX Escrow Corp.

       

5.875%, 5/15/23 (c)

     1,130           1,158,250   

6.125%, 4/15/25 (c)

     1,882           1,947,870   
       

 

 

 
          26,825,333   
       

 

 

 

Energy - 1.9%

       

Antero Resources Corp.

       

5.375%, 11/01/21

     792           768,240   

Berry Petroleum Co. LLC

       

6.375%, 9/15/22

     3,107           2,415,692   

Bonanza Creek Energy, Inc.

       

6.75%, 4/15/21

     640           622,400   

Crestwood Midstream Partners LP/Crestwood Midstream Finance Corp.

       

6.25%, 4/01/23 (c)

     1,555           1,570,550   

Denbury Resources, Inc.

       

5.50%, 5/01/22

     1,882           1,689,095   

Energy XXI Gulf Coast, Inc.

       

11.00%, 3/15/20 (c)

     2,102           2,002,155   

Golden Energy Offshore Services AS

       

8.60%, 5/28/17 (e)(f)

   NOK  7,720           900,828   

Holly Energy Partners LP/Holly Energy Finance Corp.

       

6.50%, 3/01/20

   U.S.$ 2,196           2,163,060   

Hornbeck Offshore Services, Inc.

       

5.875%, 4/01/20

     2,737           2,360,663   

Northern Blizzard Resources, Inc.

       

7.25%, 2/01/22 (c)

     1,300           1,189,500   

Offshore Group Investment Ltd.

       

7.125%, 4/01/23

     3,068           1,741,090   

Paragon Offshore PLC

       

6.75%, 7/15/22 (c)

     849           280,170   

7.25%, 8/15/24 (c)

     3,230           1,073,975   

Rosetta Resources, Inc.

       

5.875%, 6/01/24

     1,322           1,229,460   

Sabine Pass Liquefaction LLC

       

5.625%, 3/01/25 (c)

     2,036           2,013,095   

SandRidge Energy, Inc.

       

7.50%, 2/15/23

     1,259           767,990   

Southern Star Central Corp.

       

5.125%, 7/15/22 (c)

     2,000           2,055,000   

Tervita Corp.

       

8.00%, 11/15/18 (c)

     3,547           3,147,962   

Transocean, Inc.

       

6.50%, 11/15/20 (a)

     2,700           2,264,625   

7.50%, 4/15/31

     2,200           1,650,000   

Whiting Petroleum Corp.

       

6.25%, 4/01/23 (c)

     2,789           2,778,681   
       

 

 

 
          34,684,231   
       

 

 

 


      Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

Other Industrial - 0.2%

       

Safway Group Holding LLC/Safway Finance Corp.

       

7.00%, 5/15/18 (c)

   U.S.$ 3,300           3,267,000   
       

 

 

 

Services - 0.3%

       

Sabre GLBL, Inc.

       

8.50%, 5/15/19 (c)

     1,200           1,282,140   

Service Corp. International/US

       

7.50%, 4/01/27

     3,300           3,861,000   
       

 

 

 
          5,143,140   
       

 

 

 

Technology - 0.4%

       

Avaya, Inc.

       

10.50%, 3/01/21 (c)

     1,196           1,016,600   

Brightstar Corp.

       

9.50%, 12/01/16 (c)

     1,600           1,676,000   

CDW LLC/CDW Finance Corp.

       

8.50%, 4/01/19

     1,982           2,066,235   

Infor Software Parent LLC/Infor Software Parent, Inc.

       

7.125% (7.125% Cash or 7.875% PIK), 5/01/21 (c)(d)

     3,278           3,246,236   
       

 

 

 
          8,005,071   
       

 

 

 

Transportation - Services - 0.3%

       

Hertz Corp. (The)

       

5.875%, 10/15/20

     2,710           2,784,525   

LBC Tank Terminals Holding Netherlands BV

       

6.875%, 5/15/23 (c)

     1,789           1,829,253   
       

 

 

 
          4,613,778   
       

 

 

 
          177,530,373   
       

 

 

 

Financial Institutions - 1.3%

       

Banking - 1.0%

       

Barclays Bank PLC

       

6.86%, 6/15/32 (c)(g)

     656           731,637   

7.625%, 11/21/22

     654           765,589   

Citigroup, Inc.

       

5.95%, 1/30/23 (g)

     2,055           2,080,688   

Commerzbank AG

       

8.125%, 9/19/23 (c)

     3,610           4,295,900   

Credit Agricole SA

       

7.589%, 1/30/20 (g)

   GBP 1,150           1,911,472   

7.875%, 1/23/24 (a)(c)(g)

   U.S.$ 549           581,254   

Credit Suisse Group AG

       

7.50%, 12/11/23 (c)(g)

     2,066           2,218,367   

Intesa Sanpaolo SpA

       

5.017%, 6/26/24 (c)

     2,922           2,990,638   

Royal Bank of Scotland PLC (The)

       

9.50%, 3/16/22 (c)

     2,106           2,375,138   
       

 

 

 
          17,950,683   
       

 

 

 


      Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

Finance - 0.1%

       

Creditcorp

       

12.00%, 7/15/18 (c)

   U.S.$  2,000           1,780,000   
       

 

 

 

Insurance - 0.1%

       

American Equity Investment Life Holding Co.

       

6.625%, 7/15/21

     2,432           2,608,320   
       

 

 

 

Other Finance - 0.1%

       

ACE Cash Express, Inc.

       

11.00%, 2/01/19 (c)

     779           435,266   

iPayment, Inc.

       

9.50%, 12/15/19 (c)

     88           82,347   

Series AI

       

9.50%, 12/15/19

     1,763           1,648,814   
       

 

 

 
          2,166,427   
       

 

 

 
          24,505,430   
       

 

 

 

Utility - 0.7%

       

Electric - 0.7%

       

Calpine Corp.

       

7.875%, 1/15/23 (c)

     2,187           2,417,072   

Dynegy Finance I, Inc./Dynegy Finance II, Inc.

       

7.375%, 11/01/22 (c)

     2,895           3,043,369   

7.625%, 11/01/24 (c)

     1,915           2,005,962   

FirstEnergy Corp.

       

Series C

       

7.375%, 11/15/31

     1,552           1,970,924   

GenOn Energy, Inc.

       

7.875%, 6/15/17

     2,100           2,089,500   

9.50%, 10/15/18

     2,087           2,128,740   
       

 

 

 
          13,655,567   
       

 

 

 

Total Corporates - Non-Investment Grade
(cost $221,519,496)

          215,691,370   
       

 

 

 

COLLATERALIZED MORTGAGE OBLIGATIONS - 4.8%

       

GSE Risk Share Floating Rate - 2.3%

       

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. Structured Agency Credit Risk Debt Notes

       

Series 2013-DN1, Class M2

       

7.324%, 7/25/23 (f)

     3,250           3,894,061   

Series 2013-DN2, Class M2

       

4.424%, 11/25/23 (f)

     5,605           5,767,474   

Series 2014-DN1, Class M2

       

2.374%, 2/25/24 (f)

     4,085           4,134,535   

Series 2014-DN1, Class M3

       

4.674%, 2/25/24 (f)

     4,665           4,832,944   

Series 2014-DN2, Class M3

       

3.774%, 4/25/24 (f)

     5,000           4,884,205   

Series 2014-DN3, Class M3

       

4.174%, 8/25/24 (f)

     5,065           5,082,340   

Series 2014-HQ2, Class M3

       


      Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

3.924%, 9/25/24 (f)

   U.S.$  1,010           975,150   

Federal National Mortgage Association Connecticut Avenue Securities

       

Series 2014-C01, Class M2

       

4.574%, 1/25/24 (f)

     1,606           1,664,724   

Series 2014-C04, Class 1M2

       

5.074%, 11/25/24 (f)

     6,100           6,446,225   

Series 2015-C01, Class 1M2

       

4.474%, 2/25/25 (f)

     4,870           4,926,847   
       

 

 

 
          42,608,505   
       

 

 

 

Non-Agency Fixed Rate - 1.7%

       

Alternative Loan Trust

       

Series 2006-19CB, Class A24

       

6.00%, 8/25/36

     173           158,151   

CHL Mortgage Pass-Through Trust

       

Series 2007-16, Class A1

       

6.50%, 10/25/37

     1,707           1,601,697   

Series 2007-3, Class A30

       

5.75%, 4/25/37

     1,768           1,627,202   

Citigroup Mortgage Loan Trust

       

Series 2006-4, Class 2A1A

       

6.00%, 12/25/35

     4,657           4,300,036   

Series 2007-AR4, Class 1A1A

       

5.392%, 3/25/37

     707           674,150   

Countrywide Alternative Loan Trust

       

Series 2006-19CB, Class A15

       

6.00%, 8/25/36

     270           243,848   

Series 2006-24CB, Class A15

       

5.75%, 6/25/36

     2,510           2,264,411   

Series 2006-41CB, Class 2A13

       

5.75%, 1/25/37

     2,052           1,823,787   

Series 2007-13, Class A2

       

6.00%, 6/25/47

     3,041           2,585,987   

Countrywide Home Loan Mortgage Pass-Through Trust

       

Series 2007-HY4, Class 1A1

       

2.55%, 9/25/47

     912           812,682   

CSMC Mortgage-Backed Trust

       

Series 2006-7, Class 3A12

       

6.25%, 8/25/36

     1,710           1,494,879   

First Horizon Alternative Mortgage Securities Trust

       

Series 2006-AA5, Class A1

       

2.275%, 9/25/36

     2,413           1,890,910   

Morgan Stanley Mortgage Loan Trust

       

Series 2005-10, Class 4A1

       

5.50%, 12/25/35

     1,114           1,033,351   

Series 2007-10XS, Class A2

       

6.25%, 7/25/47

     1,268           956,985   

Nomura Resecuritization Trust

       

Series 2010-5RA, Class 1A7

       

6.50%, 10/26/37 (c)

     1,931           1,697,070   

Wells Fargo Mortgage Backed Securities Trust

       

Series 2006-AR7, Class 2A1

       

2.619%, 5/25/36

     2,489           2,345,939   

Series 2007-AR7, Class A1

       


      Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

2.574%, 12/28/37

   U.S.$ 4,532           4,168,910   

Series 2007-AR8, Class A1

       

2.61%, 11/25/37

     1,813           1,588,124   
       

 

 

 
          31,268,119   
       

 

 

 

Non-Agency Floating Rate - 0.6%

       

First Horizon Alternative Mortgage Securities Trust

       

Series 2007-FA2, Class 1A10

       

0.424%, 4/25/37 (f)

     984           539,547   

Series 2007-FA2, Class 1A5

       

0.474%, 4/25/37 (f)

     1,115           615,199   

Lehman XS Trust

       

Series 2007-10H, Class 2AIO

       

6.829%, 7/25/37 (f)(h)

     1,222           312,477   

Residential Accredit Loans, Inc.

       

Series 2006-QA4, Class A

       

0.354%, 5/25/36 (f)

     3,525           2,850,287   

Washington Mutual Alternative Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates

       

Series 2007-OA4, Class A1A

       

0.888%, 4/25/47 (f)

     5,417           3,977,904   

Washington Mutual Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates

       

Series 2007-OA1, Class A1A

       

0.828%, 2/25/47 (f)

     4,611           3,695,591   
       

 

 

 
          11,991,005   
       

 

 

 

Agency Fixed Rate - 0.2%

       

Federal National Mortgage Association

       

Series 2013-87, Class KI

       

3.00%, 12/25/37 (h)

     15,173           1,622,546   

Government National Mortgage Association

       

Series 2013-170, Class MI

       

4.50%, 11/20/43 (h)

     10,726           1,852,594   
       

 

 

 
          3,475,140   
       

 

 

 

Total Collateralized Mortgage Obligations
(cost $86,950,133)

          89,342,769   
       

 

 

 

CORPORATES - INVESTMENT GRADE - 4.6%

       

Industrial - 2.3%

       

Basic - 0.6%

       

Braskem Finance Ltd.

       

6.45%, 2/03/24

     1,204           1,161,860   

GTL Trade Finance, Inc.

       

5.893%, 4/29/24 (c)

     2,711           2,605,949   

7.25%, 4/16/44 (c)

     274           250,710   

Minsur SA

       

6.25%, 2/07/24 (c)

     1,764           1,957,837   

Southern Copper Corp.

       

7.50%, 7/27/35

     5,107           5,824,738   
       

 

 

 
          11,801,094   
       

 

 

 


      Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

Capital Goods - 0.4%

       

Odebrecht Finance Ltd.

       

4.375%, 4/25/25 (c)

   U.S.$  6,760           5,475,600   

5.25%, 6/27/29 (c)

     2,103           1,698,172   
       

 

 

 
          7,173,772   
       

 

 

 

Communications - Media - 0.1%

       

Globo Comunicacao e Participacoes SA

       

5.307%, 5/11/22 (c)(i)

     1,162           1,204,122   
       

 

 

 

Communications - Telecommunications - 0.8%

       

Qwest Corp.

       

6.875%, 9/15/33

     1,500           1,505,300   

Telefonica Emisiones SAU

       

7.045%, 6/20/36

     5,000           6,906,595   

Verizon Communications, Inc.

       

4.522%, 9/15/48 (c)

     6,159           6,131,075   
       

 

 

 
          14,542,970   
       

 

 

 

Energy - 0.3%

       

Reliance Holding USA, Inc.

       

5.40%, 2/14/22 (c)

     3,568           3,913,233   

Weatherford International Ltd./Bermuda

       

7.00%, 3/15/38

     2,900           2,745,708   
       

 

 

 
          6,658,941   
       

 

 

 

Transportation - Airlines - 0.1%

       

Delta Air Lines Pass-Through Trust

       

Series 2007-1A

       

6.821%, 8/10/22

     1,337           1,569,040   
       

 

 

 
          42,949,939   
       

 

 

 

Financial Institutions - 2.1%

       

Banking - 0.7%

       

Credit Suisse AG

       

6.50%, 8/08/23 (c)

     3,900           4,465,192   

HSBC Capital Funding LP/Jersey

       

10.176%, 6/30/30 (c)(g)

     884           1,339,260   

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

       

Series S

       

6.75%, 2/01/24 (g)

     2,998           3,264,222   

Nordea Bank AB

       

6.125%, 9/23/24 (c)(g)

     596           615,001   

Wells Fargo Bank NA

       

6.18%, 2/15/36

     3,168           3,988,512   
       

 

 

 
          13,672,187   
       

 

 

 

Insurance - 1.4%

       

AIG Life Holdings Inc

       

8.125%, 3/15/46 (c)

     509           727,870   

American International Group, Inc.

       

8.175%, 5/15/58

     2,525           3,580,576   

Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd.

       

8.30%, 4/15/26

     5,000           6,132,170   


      Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Capital LP II

       

7.153%, 5/16/46 (c)

   U.S.$ 2,707           2,784,826   

Humana, Inc.

       

8.15%, 6/15/38

     1,650           2,467,711   

MetLife, Inc.

       

6.40%, 12/15/36

     3,345           3,963,825   

Pacific Life Insurance Co.

       

9.25%, 6/15/39 (c)

     1,500           2,392,194   

Transatlantic Holdings, Inc.

       

8.00%, 11/30/39

     2,122           2,999,451   
       

 

 

 
          25,048,623   
       

 

 

 
          38,720,810   
       

 

 

 

Utility - 0.2%

       

Electric - 0.2%

       

ComEd Financing III

       

6.35%, 3/15/33

     3,462           3,541,131   
       

 

 

 

Total Corporates - Investment Grade
(cost $76,582,515)

          85,211,880   
       

 

 

 

AGENCIES - 3.9%

       

United States - 3.9%

       

Federal Home Loan Banks

       

5.50%, 7/15/36

     8,695           12,191,199   

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.

       

6.25%, 7/15/32

     15,000           22,252,755   

Residual Funding Corp. Principal Strip

       

Zero Coupon, 7/15/20

     42,045           38,327,717   
       

 

 

 

Total Agencies
(cost $67,855,841)

          72,771,671   
       

 

 

 

COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES - 2.9%

       

Non-Agency Fixed Rate CMBS - 2.9%

       

Banc of America Commercial Mortgage Trust

       

Series 2007-3, Class AJ

       

5.575%, 6/10/49

     1,517           1,560,617   

Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust

       

Series 2013-GC17, Class D

       

5.106%, 11/10/46 (c)

     6,525           6,630,248   

Series 2014-GC21, Class D

       

4.836%, 5/10/47 (c)

     6,052           5,907,735   

Series 2014-GC23, Class D

       

4.508%, 7/10/47 (c)

     1,323           1,263,699   

Comm 2015-dc1 D

       

Series 2015-DC1, Class D

       

4.498%, 2/10/48 (c)

     2,730           2,525,420   

Commercial Mortgage Trust

       

Series 2014-LC17, Class D

       

3.687%, 10/10/47 (c)

     3,549           3,092,852   

Series 2014-UBS5, Class D

       

3.495%, 9/10/47 (c)

     1,041           881,280   


      Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

GS Mortgage Securities Trust

       

Series 2013-GC13, Class D

       

4.071%, 7/10/46 (c)

   U.S.$  9,440           8,980,423   

LB-UBS Commercial Mortgage Trust

       

Series 2007-C7, Class AJ

       

6.351%, 9/15/45

     1,750           1,874,486   

Merrill Lynch/Countrywide Commercial Mortgage Trust

       

Series 2006-4, Class AJ

       

5.239%, 12/12/49

     6,667           6,733,107   

Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill Lynch Trust

       

Series 2014-C19, Class D

       

3.25%, 12/15/47 (c)

     1,194           1,014,734   

Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust

       

Series 2014-LC18, Class D

       

3.957%, 12/15/47 (c)

     3,781           3,350,034   

Series 2015-LC20, Class D

       

4.511%, 4/15/50

     4,000           3,686,004   

WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust

       

Series 2012-C8, Class E

       

4.876%, 8/15/45 (c)

     4,000           4,157,264   

Series 2014-C23, Class D

       

3.993%, 10/15/57 (c)

     2,699           2,451,826   
       

 

 

 
          54,109,729   
       

 

 

 

Non-Agency Floating Rate CMBS - 0.0%

       

Eclipse Ltd.

       

Series 2007-1X, Class B

       

0.815%, 1/25/20 (c)(f)

   GBP 59           84,434   
       

 

 

 

Agency CMBS - 0.0%

       

Government National Mortgage Association

       

Series 2006-32, Class XM

       

0.014%, 11/16/45 (h)

   U.S.$ 729           1,271   
       

 

 

 

Total Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities
(cost $51,820,138)

          54,195,434   
       

 

 

 

EMERGING MARKETS - CORPORATE BONDS - 1.7%

       

Industrial - 1.7%

       

Basic - 0.2%

       

Elementia SAB de CV

       

5.50%, 1/15/25 (c)

     1,039           1,032,766   

Vedanta Resources PLC

       

6.00%, 1/31/19 (c)

     855           761,797   

8.25%, 6/07/21 (a)(c)

     1,943           1,763,272   

9.50%, 7/18/18 (c)

     610           616,100   
       

 

 

 
          4,173,935   
       

 

 

 

Capital Goods - 0.4%

       

Cemex SAB de CV

       

7.25%, 1/15/21 (c)

     2,376           2,536,380   


      Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

Grupo Cementos de Chihuahua SAB de CV

       

8.125%, 2/08/20 (c)

   U.S.$  1,954           2,102,504   

Servicios Corporativos Javer SAPI de CV

       

9.875%, 4/06/21 (c)

     2,185           2,305,175   
       

 

 

 
          6,944,059   
       

 

 

 

Communications - Telecommunications - 0.2%

       

Comcel Trust via Comunicaciones Celulares SA

       

6.875%, 2/06/24 (c)

     2,016           2,148,048   

Digicel Ltd.

       

6.00%, 4/15/21 (c)

     1,500           1,425,000   

6.75%, 3/01/23 (c)

     385           372,969   
       

 

 

 
          3,946,017   
       

 

 

 

Consumer Cyclical - Retailers - 0.2%

       

Office Depot de Mexico SA de CV

       

6.875%, 9/20/20 (c)

     4,000           4,220,000   
       

 

 

 

Consumer Non-Cyclical - 0.5%

       

Cosan Luxembourg SA

       

5.00%, 3/14/23 (c)

     1,361           1,190,875   

9.50%, 3/14/18 (c)

   BRL 3,117           810,612   

Marfrig Holding Europe BV

       

8.375%, 5/09/18 (c)

   U.S.$ 900           850,500   

Marfrig Overseas Ltd.

       

9.50%, 5/04/20 (c)

     4,151           3,922,695   

Minerva Luxembourg SA

       

7.75%, 1/31/23 (c)

     877           863,845   

Tonon Bioenergia SA

       

9.25%, 1/24/20 (c)

     2,272           636,160   

Virgolino de Oliveira Finance SA

       

10.50%, 1/28/18 (e)(j)

     4,738           189,520   

10.875%, 1/13/20 (e)(j)

     750           133,594   

11.75%, 2/09/22 (e)(j)

     1,690           67,600   
       

 

 

 
          8,665,401   
       

 

 

 

Transportation - Airlines - 0.2%

       

TAM Capital 2, Inc.

       

9.50%, 1/29/20 (c)

     751           782,917   

TAM Capital 3, Inc.

       

8.375%, 6/03/21 (c)

     2,843           2,860,058   
       

 

 

 
          3,642,975   
       

 

 

 

Total Emerging Markets - Corporate Bonds
(cost $38,707,715)

          31,592,387   
       

 

 

 

WHOLE LOAN TRUSTS - 1.3%

       

Performing Asset - 1.3%

       

Aeroservicios Especializados S

       

10.75%, 3/19/18 (f)(k)(l)

     3,934           3,793,902   


      Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

Alpha Credit Debt Fund LLC

       

15.00%, 1/15/18 (k)(l)

   U.S.$ 1,912           1,912,379   

Cara Aircraft Leasing 28548, Inc.

       

8.00%, 11/26/19 (k)(l)

     433           433,269   

Cara Aircraft Leasing 28868, Inc.

       

8.00%, 11/26/19 (k)(l)

     503           502,646   

Deutsche Bank Mexico SA

       

6.90%, 10/31/34 (k)(l)

   MXN  30,625           1,444,383   

6.90%, 10/31/34 (k)(l)(m)

     48,970           2,309,592   

Ede Del Este SA (DPP)

       

12.00%, 3/31/16 (k)(l)

   U.S.$ 1,026           1,045,994   

Ede Del Este SA (ITABO)

       

12.00%, 3/31/16 (k)(l)

     988           1,006,999   

Finalam SA De C.V.

       

17.25%, 8/06/19

   MXN 15,616           1,023,770   

Recife Funding Ltd.

       

Zero Coupon, 11/05/29 (k)(l)

   U.S.$ 2,884           2,883,040   

Sheridan Auto Loan Holdings I LLC

       

10.00%, 9/30/20 (k)(l)

     619           618,530   

Sheridan Consumer Finance Trust

       

6.87%, 4/01/20 (f)(k)(l)

     5,952           6,017,280   
       

 

 

 

Total Whole Loan Trusts
(cost $23,726,117)

          22,991,784   
       

 

 

 

QUASI-SOVEREIGNS - 1.2%

       

Quasi-Sovereign Bonds - 1.2%

       

Indonesia - 0.4%

       

Majapahit Holding BV

       

7.875%, 6/29/37 (c)

     6,188           7,912,905   
       

 

 

 

Mexico - 0.5%

       

Petroleos Mexicanos

       

5.625%, 1/23/46 (c)

     4,710           4,780,650   

6.50%, 6/02/41

     4,900           5,549,250   
       

 

 

 
          10,329,900   
       

 

 

 

South Africa - 0.1%

       

Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd.

       

7.125%, 2/11/25 (a)(c)

     1,070           1,078,025   
       

 

 

 

Venezuela - 0.2%

       

Petroleos de Venezuela SA

       

5.25%, 4/12/17 (c)

     7,500           3,075,375   
       

 

 

 

Total Quasi-Sovereigns
(cost $22,934,946)

          22,396,205   
       

 

 

 

BANK LOANS - 1.2%

       

Industrial - 1.2%

       

Basic - 0.0%

       

FMG Resources (August 2006) Pty Ltd. (FMG America Finance, Inc.)

       

3.75%, 6/30/19 (f)

     926           835,124   
       

 

 

 


      Principal
Amount

(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

Communications - Media - 0.1%

       

TWCC Holding Corp.

       

7.00%, 6/26/20 (f)

   U.S.$   1,550           1,362,063   
       

 

 

 

Consumer Cyclical - Automotive - 0.3%

       

Exide Technologies

       

9.00%, 4/30/15 (n)

     7,060           5,559,531   
       

 

 

 

Consumer Cyclical - Other - 0.1%

       

New HB Acquisition, LLC

       

6.75%, 4/09/20 (f)

     1,584           1,609,740   
       

 

 

 

Consumer Non-Cyclical - 0.4%

       

Air Medical Group Holdings, Inc.

       

5.00%, 6/30/18 (f)

     1,348           1,347,120   

Air Medical Holding, LLC

       

7.63%, 5/31/18

     4,000           4,020,000   

Par Pharmaceutical Companies, Inc. (Par Pharmaceutical, Inc.)

       

4.00%, 9/30/19 (f)

     546           545,083   

Pharmedium Healthcare Corporation

       

7.75%, 1/28/22 (f)

     1,902           1,896,850   
       

 

 

 
          7,809,053   
       

 

 

 

Energy - 0.1%

       

Atlas 2014 1 Ltd.

       

1/15/21 (o)

     2,000           2,005,000   
       

 

 

 

Other Industrial - 0.1%

       

Accudyne Industries Borrower S.C.A./Accudyne Industries LLC (fka Silver II US Holdings, LLC)

       

4.00%, 12/13/19 (f)

     1,144           1,083,195   

Unifrax Holding Co.

       

5.25%, 11/28/18 (f)

   EUR 750           810,797   
       

 

 

 
          1,893,992   
       

 

 

 

Technology - 0.1%

       

Avaya, Inc.

       

4.676%, 10/26/17 (f)

   U.S.$ 233           229,426   

Riverbed Technology, Inc.

       

2/25/22 (o)

     697           703,746   
       

 

 

 
          933,172   
       

 

 

 

Total Bank Loans
(cost $23,975,193)

          22,007,675   
       

 

 

 

LOCAL GOVERNMENTS - MUNICIPAL BONDS - 1.0%

       

United States - 1.0%

       

Buckeye Tobacco Settlement Financing Authority

       

Series 2007A-2

       

5.875%, 6/01/47

     1,950           1,598,922   

Golden State Tobacco Securitization Corp.

       

Series 2007A-1

       

5.125%, 6/01/47

     2,155           1,658,488   

Iowa Tobacco Settlement Authority

       


      Principal
Amount

(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

Series 2005C

       

5.625%, 6/01/46

   U.S.$ 1,575           1,412,869   

Michigan Tobacco Settlement Finance Authority

       

Series 2007A

       

6.00%, 6/01/48

     5,915           5,029,465   

State of Illinois

       

Series 2010

       

7.35%, 7/01/35

     3,330           3,978,085   

Texas Transp Comm

       

Series 2010B

       

5.178%, 4/01/30

     2,560           3,114,701   

Tobacco Settlement Financing Corp./NJ

       

Series 20071A

       

5.00%, 6/01/41

     830           635,216   

Tobacco Settlement Financing Corp./VA

       

Series 2007B1

       

5.00%, 6/01/47

     1,850           1,318,088   
       

 

 

 

Total Local Governments - Municipal Bonds
(cost $18,258,080)

          18,745,834   
       

 

 

 
     Shares           

PREFERRED STOCKS - 1.0%

       

Financials - 0.8%

       

Banks - 0.3%

       

US Bancorp/MN

       

Series F

       

6.50%

     180,000           5,347,800   
       

 

 

 

Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) - 0.5%

       

Apartment Investment & Management Co.

       

6.875%

     205,000           5,485,800   

Kilroy Realty Corp.

       

Series H

       

6.375%

     4,000           102,120   

Kimco Realty Corp.

       

Series K

       

5.625%

     17,850           443,394   

National Retail Properties, Inc.

       

Series E

       

5.70%

     67,075           1,673,521   

Public Storage

       

Series W

       

5.20%

     28,475           689,665   

Public Storage

       

Series X

       

5.20%

     2,000           48,580   

Vornado Realty Trust

       

Series K

       

5.70%

     16,175           402,919   
       

 

 

 
          8,845,999   
       

 

 

 
          14,193,799   
       

 

 

 


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Industrials - 0.2%

       

Consumer Non-Cyclical - 0.2%

       

Ventas Realty LP/Ventas Capital Corp.

       

5.45%

     139,500           3,551,670   
       

 

 

 

Total Preferred Stocks
(cost $15,875,645)

          17,745,469   
       

 

 

 
     Principal
Amount
(000)
          

EMERGING MARKETS - SOVEREIGNS - 0.8%

       

Dominican Republic - 0.1%

       

Dominican Republic International Bond

       

7.45%, 4/30/44 (c)

     1,873           2,111,807   
       

 

 

 

El Salvador - 0.3%

       

El Salvador Government International Bond

       

7.65%, 6/15/35 (c)

     5,957           6,239,957   
       

 

 

 

Ivory Coast - 0.1%

       

Ivory Coast Government International Bond

       

6.375%, 3/03/28 (c)

     2,440           2,446,100   
       

 

 

 

Pakistan - 0.1%

       

Pakistan Government International Bond

       

7.25%, 4/15/19 (c)

     1,700           1,747,422   
       

 

 

 

Sri Lanka - 0.1%

       

Sri Lanka Government International Bond

       

6.00%, 1/14/19 (c)

     1,236           1,266,900   
       

 

 

 

Zambia - 0.1%

       

Zambia Government International Bond

       

8.50%, 4/14/24 (c)

     1,553           1,646,180   
       

 

 

 

Total Emerging Markets - Sovereigns
(cost $13,319,190)

          15,458,366   
       

 

 

 

GOVERNMENTS - SOVEREIGN AGENCIES - 0.3%

       

Brazil - 0.2%

       

Petrobras Global Finance BV

       

5.375%, 1/27/21

     5,000           4,535,750   
       

 

 

 

Morocco - 0.1%

       

OCP SA

       

5.625%, 4/25/24 (c)

     1,148           1,248,450   
       

 

 

 

Norway - 0.0%

       

Eksportfinans ASA

       

2.00%, 9/15/15

     315           315,523   
       

 

 

 

Total Governments - Sovereign Agencies
(cost $6,598,333)

          6,099,723   
       

 

 

 
     Shares           

COMMON STOCKS - 0.3%

       

Ion Media Networks, Inc. Class A (k)(l)(p)

     2,512           749,279   

iPayment, Inc. (p)

     110,385           386,347   


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Mt. Logan Re Ltd. (Preference Shares) ^(n)(p)

     4,476           4,517,160   
       

 

 

 

Total Common Stocks
(cost $5,598,438)

          5,652,786   
       

 

 

 

INVESTMENT COMPANIES - 0.2%

       

Funds and Investment Trusts - 0.2%

       

OCL Opportunities Fund I (k)(l)

     16,259           1,737,580   

OCL Opportunities Fund II (k)(l)

     6,916           867,738   
       

 

 

 

Total Investment Companies
(cost $2,981,057)

          2,605,318   
       

 

 

 
     Principal
Amount
(000)
          

GOVERNMENTS - SOVEREIGN BONDS - 0.1%

       

Indonesia - 0.1%

       

Indonesia Government International Bond
8.50%, 10/12/35 (c)
(cost $908,487)

   U.S.$ 801           1,156,444   
       

 

 

 

MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGHS - 0.0%

       

Agency Fixed Rate 30-Year - 0.0%

       

Federal National Mortgage Association

       

Series 1998

       

8.00%, 6/01/28

     21           24,934   

Series 1999

       

7.50%, 11/01/29

     30           35,565   
       

 

 

 

Total Mortgage Pass-Throughs
(cost $51,392)

          60,499   
       

 

 

 
     Shares           

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS - 4.8%

       

Investment Companies - 4.6%

       

AB Fixed Income Shares, Inc.-Government STIF Portfolio,
0.10% (q)(r)
(cost $86,003,999)

     86,003,999           86,003,999   
       

 

 

 
     Principal
Amount
(000)
          

GOVERNMENTS - TREASURIES - 0.2%

       

Uruguay - 0.2%

       

Uruguay Treasury Bills Series 0001
Zero Coupon, 5/22/15
(cost $4,387,411)

     UYU 110,000           4,207,311   
       

 

 

 

Total Short-Term Investments
(cost $90,391,410)

          90,211,310   
       

 

 

 


      Principal
Amount
(000)
     U.S. $ Value  

Total Investments - 152.6%
(cost $2,701,988,848) (s)

          2,833,837,950   

Other assets less liabilities - (52.6)%

          (976,777,283
       

 

 

 

Net Assets - 100.0%

        $ 1,857,060,667   
       

 

 

 

FUTURES

 

Type

   Number
of
Contracts
     Expiration
Month
     Original
Value
     Value at
March 31,
2015
     Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 

Sold Contracts

              

Euro-BOBL Futures

     205         June 2015       $ 28,520,427       $ 28,529,778       $ (9,351

U.S. Long Bond (CBT) Futures

     2,098         June 2015         335,795,709         343,809,750         (8,014,041

U.S. T-Note 10 Yr (CBT) Futures

     3,651         June 2015         464,926,482         470,636,719         (5,710,237
              

 

 

 
               $ (13,733,629
              

 

 

 

FORWARD CURRENCY EXCHANGE CONTRACTS

 

Counterparty

   Contracts to
Deliver
(000)
     In Exchange
For
(000)
     Settlement
Date
     Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 

Barclays Bank PLC

     USD         18,820         IDR         244,079,640         4/17/15       $ (242,747

BNP Paribas SA

     MXN         291,455         USD         19,306         4/16/15         211,897   

BNP Paribas SA

     AUD         49,956         USD         38,101         5/15/15         145,573   

Citibank

     NZD         13,582         USD         10,197         4/10/15         50,965   

Credit Suisse International

     MXN         96,550         USD         6,338         4/16/15         12,429   

Credit Suisse International

     MXN         186,418         USD         12,029         4/16/15         (184,125

Credit Suisse International

     EUR         8,379         USD         9,198         4/30/15         184,890   

Goldman Sachs Bank USA

     USD         7,911         BRL         25,665         5/05/15         64,380   

Goldman Sachs Bank USA

     CHF         17,985         USD         18,809         5/13/15         271,533   

JPMorgan Chase Bank

     USD         34,773         MXN         520,391         4/16/15         (680,195

Royal Bank of Scotland PLC

     NZD         434         USD         325         4/10/15         879   

Royal Bank of Scotland PLC

     USD         19,275         CAD         24,631         4/10/15         170,211   

Royal Bank of Scotland PLC

     USD         321         NZD         434         4/10/15         3,309   

Royal Bank of Scotland PLC

     MXN         15,616         USD         1,043         4/16/15         20,081   

Royal Bank of Scotland PLC

     GBP         38,686         USD         56,913         4/23/15         (466,689

Royal Bank of Scotland PLC

     TWD         299,041         USD         9,591         4/28/15         17,752   

Standard Chartered Bank

     IDR         93,710,917         USD         7,065         4/17/15         (67,120

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

     BRL         112,401         USD         36,665         4/02/15         1,446,928   

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

     CAD         48,414         USD         38,446         4/10/15         224,149   

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

     GBP         1,109         USD         1,703         4/23/15         58,643   

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

     NOK         7,213         USD         911         4/24/15         16,081   

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

     SGD         12,853         USD         9,380         4/24/15         18,909   

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

     USD         3,536         EUR         3,237         4/30/15         (54,348

UBS AG

     BRL         112,401         USD         35,038         4/02/15         (180,593


Counterparty

   Contracts to
Deliver
(000)
     In Exchange
For
(000)
     Settlement
Date
     Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 

UBS AG

   USD      35,324       BRL      112,401         4/02/15       $ (105,699

UBS AG

   BRL      112,401       USD      35,032         5/05/15         103,278   
                 

 

 

 
                  $ 1,040,371   
                 

 

 

 

CENTRALLY CLEARED CREDIT DEFAULT SWAPS

 

Clearing Broker/(Exchange) & Referenced Obligation

   Fixed Rate
(Pay)
Receive
    Implied Credit
Spread  at
March 31, 2015
    Notional
Amount
(000)
     Market
Value
    Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 

Buy Contracts

           

Morgan Stanley & Co., LLC/(INTRCONX):

           

CDX-NAHY Series 23, 5 Year Index, 12/20/19*

     (5.00 )%      3.03   $ 82       $ (6,859   $ (187

CDX-NAHY Series 23, 5 Year Index, 12/20/19*

     (5.00     3.03        74         (6,206     (169

CDX-NAHY Series 23, 5 Year Index, 12/20/19*

     (5.00     3.03        82         (6,859     (187

CDX-NAHY Series 23, 5 Year Index, 12/20/19*

     (5.00     3.03        82         (6,859     (187

CDX-NAHY Series 23, 5 Year Index, 12/20/19*

     (5.00     3.03        82         (6,860     (360

CDX-NAHY Series 23, 5 Year Index, 12/20/19*

     (5.00     3.03        74         (6,206     (326

CDX-NAHY Series 23, 5 Year Index, 12/20/19*

     (5.00     3.03        82         (6,860     (360

CDX-NAHY Series 23, 5 Year Index, 12/20/19*

     (5.00     3.03        82         (6,860     (360

CDX-NAHY Series 23, 5 Year Index, 12/20/19*

     (5.00     3.03        82         (6,860     (425

CDX-NAHY Series 23, 5 Year Index, 12/20/19*

     (5.00     3.03        82         (6,860     (425

CDX-NAHY Series 23, 5 Year Index, 12/20/19*

     (5.00     3.03        74         (6,206     (384

CDX-NAHY Series 23, 5 Year Index, 12/20/19*

     (5.00     3.03        82         (6,860     (425

CDX-NAHY Series 23, 5 Year Index, 12/20/19*

     (5.00     3.03        121         (10,044     (610

CDX-NAHY Series 23, 5 Year Index, 12/20/19*

     (5.00     3.03        109         (9,064     (550

CDX-NAHY Series 23, 5 Year Index, 12/20/19*

     (5.00     3.03        121         (10,044     (610

CDX-NAHY Series 23, 5 Year Index, 12/20/19*

     (5.00     3.03        121         (10,044     (610

CDX-NAHY Series 23, 5 Year Index, 12/20/19*

     (5.00     3.03        132         (11,024     (603

CDX-NAHY Series 23, 5 Year Index, 12/20/19*

     (5.00     3.03        132         (11,024     (603

CDX-NAHY Series 23, 5 Year Index, 12/20/19*

     (5.00     3.03        120         (9,963     (545

CDX-NAHY Series 23, 5 Year Index, 12/20/19*

     (5.00     3.03        132         (11,024     (603

CDX-NAHY Series 23, 5 Year Index, 12/20/19*

     (5.00     3.03        83         (6,941     (189

CDX-NAHY Series 23, 5 Year Index, 12/20/19*

     (5.00     3.03        220         (18,292     (499

CDX-NAHY Series 23, 5 Year Index, 12/20/19*

     (5.00     3.03        41         (3,430     (94

CDX-NAHY Series 23, 5 Year Index, 12/20/19*

     (5.00     3.03        77         (6,451     (176

CDX-NAHY Series 23, 5 Year Index, 12/20/19*

     (5.00     3.03        41         (3,430     (180

CDX-NAHY Series 23, 5 Year Index, 12/20/19*

     (5.00     3.03        83         (6,941     (364


Clearing Broker/(Exchange) & Referenced Obligation

  Fixed Rate
(Pay)
Receive
    Implied Credit
Spread at
March 31, 2015
    Notional
Amount
(000)
    Market
Value
    Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 

CDX-NAHY Series 23, 5 Year Index, 12/20/19*

    (5.00 )%      3.03   $ 220      $ (18,292   $ (960

CDX-NAHY Series 23, 5 Year Index, 12/20/19*

    (5.00     3.03        77        (6,451     (339

CDX-NAHY Series 23, 5 Year Index, 12/20/19*

    (5.00     3.03        83        (6,941     (430

CDX-NAHY Series 23, 5 Year Index, 12/20/19*

    (5.00     3.03        41        (3,430     (212

CDX-NAHY Series 23, 5 Year Index, 12/20/19*

    (5.00     3.03        220        (18,292     (1,132

CDX-NAHY Series 23, 5 Year Index, 12/20/19*

    (5.00     3.03        77        (6,451     (399

CDX-NAHY Series 23, 5 Year Index, 12/20/19*

    (5.00     3.03        122        (10,126     (615

CDX-NAHY Series 23, 5 Year Index, 12/20/19*

    (5.00     3.03        61        (5,063     (307

CDX-NAHY Series 23, 5 Year Index, 12/20/19*

    (5.00     3.03        320        (26,703     (1,621

CDX-NAHY Series 23, 5 Year Index, 12/20/19*

    (5.00     3.03        113        (9,391     (570

CDX-NAHY Series 23, 5 Year Index, 12/20/19*

    (5.00     3.03        133        (11,106     (608

CDX-NAHY Series 23, 5 Year Index, 12/20/19*

    (5.00     3.03        123        (10,289     (563

CDX-NAHY Series 23, 5 Year Index, 12/20/19*

    (5.00     3.03        352        (29,316     (1,604

CDX-NAHY Series 23, 5 Year Index, 12/20/19*

    (5.00     3.03        67        (5,553     (304

Sale Contracts

         

Morgan Stanley & Co., LLC/(INTRCONX):

         

CDX-NAHY Series 21, 5 Year Index, 12/20/18*

    5.00        2.48        12,451        1,096,771        350,561   

CDX-NAHY Series 22, 5 Year Index, 6/20/19*

    5.00        2.75        7,365        643,090        214,468   

CDX-NAHY Series 23, 5 Year Index, 12/20/19*

    5.00        3.03        1,836        153,005        49,877   

CDX-NAHY Series 23, 5 Year Index, 12/20/19*

    5.00        3.03        5,214        434,435        111,547   

CDX-NAHY Series 23, 5 Year Index, 12/20/19*

    5.00        3.03        986        82,151        33,454   

CDX-NAHY Series 23, 5 Year Index, 12/20/19*

    5.00        3.03        1,973        164,383        68,836   

CDX-NAHY Series 23, 5 Year Index, 12/20/19*

    5.00        3.03        1,953        162,771        58,830   

CDX-NAHY Series 23, 5 Year Index, 12/20/19*

    5.00        3.03        1,953        162,771        73,062   

CDX-NAHY Series 23, 5 Year Index, 12/20/19*

    5.00        3.03        1,777        148,050        36,650   

CDX-NAHY Series 23, 5 Year Index, 12/20/19*

    5.00        3.03        1,954        162,831        37,977   

CDX-NAHY Series 24, 5 Year Index, 6/20/20*

    5.00        3.40        1,154        84,045        5,737   

CDX-NAHY Series 24, 5 Year Index, 6/20/20*

    5.00        3.40        1,051        76,543        5,749   

CDX-NAHY Series 24, 5 Year Index, 6/20/20*

    5.00        3.40        715        52,073        3,911   

CDX-NAHY Series 24, 5 Year Index, 6/20/20*

    5.00        3.40        715        52,073        3,407   

CDX-NAHY Series 24, 5 Year Index, 6/20/20*

    5.00        3.40        715        52,073        1,763   
       

 

 

   

 

 

 
        $ 3,151,590      $ 1,036,134   
       

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

* Termination date


CENTRALLY CLEARED INTEREST RATE SWAPS

 

                Rate Type        

Clearing Broker/(Exchange)

  Notional
Amount
(000)
    Termination
Date
    Payments
made by
the
Fund
    Payments
received
by the
Fund
    Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 

Morgan Stanley & Co., LLC/(CME Group)

  CAD 91,930        3/10/17        0.973%        3 Month CDOR      $ (140,279

Morgan Stanley & Co., LLC/(CME Group)

  GBP 50,360        3/10/17        6 Month LIBOR        1.022%        225,757   

Morgan Stanley & Co., LLC/(CME Group)

  AUD 115,610        3/11/17        2.140%        3 Month BBSW        (448,932

Morgan Stanley & Co., LLC/(CME Group)

  $ 114,110        3/11/17        3 Month LIBOR        0.962%        421,894   

Morgan Stanley & Co., LLC/(CME Group)

    31,550        2/05/25        1.881%        3 Month LIBOR        323,674   

Morgan Stanley & Co., LLC/(CME Group)

    42,130        2/10/25        2.034%        3 Month LIBOR        (153,113

Morgan Stanley & Co., LLC/(CME Group)

  CAD 11,800        3/10/25        3 Month CDOR        2.019%        178,694   

Morgan Stanley & Co., LLC/(CME Group)

  GBP 6,220        3/10/25        1.958%        6 Month LIBOR        (248,833

Morgan Stanley & Co., LLC/(CME Group)

  AUD 18,170        3/11/25        6 Month BBSW        2.973%        315,801   

Morgan Stanley & Co., LLC/(CME Group)

  $ 14,050        3/11/25        2.301%        3 Month LIBOR        (372,360

Morgan Stanley & Co., LLC/(LCH Clearnet)

  GBP 12,000        3/03/19        6 Month LIBOR        1.921%        505,981   

Morgan Stanley & Co., LLC/(LCH Clearnet)

  $ 11,850        1/14/24        2.976%        3 Month LIBOR        (1,071,335

Morgan Stanley & Co., LLC/(LCH Clearnet)

    60,150        1/21/24        2.948%        3 Month LIBOR        (5,264,733

Morgan Stanley & Co., LLC/(LCH Clearnet)

    11,000        2/14/24        2.865%        3 Month LIBOR        (865,389

Morgan Stanley & Co., LLC/(LCH Clearnet)

    47,150        3/25/24        2.887%        3 Month LIBOR        (3,681,788

Morgan Stanley & Co., LLC/(LCH Clearnet)

    46,860        4/02/24        2.851%        3 Month LIBOR        (4,128,988

Morgan Stanley & Co., LLC/(LCH Clearnet)

    40,500        4/08/24        2.909%        3 Month LIBOR        (3,761,304
         

 

 

 
          $ (18,165,253
         

 

 

 


CREDIT DEFAULT SWAPS

 

Swap Counterparty & Referenced Obligation

   Fixed Rate
(Pay)
Receive
    Implied Credit
Spread at
March 31, 2015
    Notional
Amount
(000)
     Market
Value
     Upfront
Premiums
Paid
(Received)
    Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 

Sale Contracts

              

Credit Suisse International:

              

CDX-CMBX.NA,

              

6.00%, 5/11/63*

     5.00     4.75   $ 4,000       $ 63,209       $ 51,788      $ 11,421   

Kohl’s Corp.,

              

6.250% 12/15/17, 6/20/19*

     1.00        0.51        1,260         26,200         (12,907     39,107   

Kohl’s Corp.,

              

6.250% 12/15/17, 6/20/19*

     1.00        0.51        2,148         44,673         (24,528     69,201   

Kohl’s Corp.,

              

6.250% 12/15/17, 6/20/19*

     1.00        0.51        868         18,059         (9,912     27,971   

Kohl’s Corp.,

              

6.250% 12/15/17, 6/20/19*

     1.00        0.51        875         18,194         (9,990     28,184   
         

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 
          $ 170,335       $ (5,549   $ 175,884   
         

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

* Termination date

REVERSE REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS

 

Broker

   Interest Rate     Maturity    U.S. $
Value at
March 31, 2015
 

Barclays Capital, Inc.+

     (2.25 )%*       $ 2,796,066   

Barclays Capital, Inc.+

     (2.00 )%*         689,597   

Barclays Capital, Inc.+

     (0.50 )%*         526,767   

BNP Paribas

     0.23   5/28/15      53,862,804   

HSBC Bank USA

     0.18   4/22/15      101,283,114   

HSBC Bank USA

     0.19   4/28/15      50,414,896   

HSBC Bank USA

     0.20   4/09/15      57,796,959   

HSBC Bank USA

     0.20   4/27/15      110,985,821   

HSBC Bank USA

     0.21   4/07/15      61,699,327   

HSBC Bank USA

     0.22   5/18/15      20,628,403   

Jefferies & Co., Inc.

     0.18   4/14/15      61,777,864   

Jefferies & Co., Inc.

     0.19   5/05/15      21,160,043   

JPMorgan Chase Bank

     0.09   4/09/15      78,803,940   

JPMorgan Chase Bank

     0.18   5/12/15      78,745,908   

JPMorgan Chase Bank

     0.18   5/14/15      50,372,112   

JPMorgan Chase Bank

     0.18   5/19/15      200,375,820   

JPMorgan Chase Bank

     0.18   5/20/15      70,954,170   

JPMorgan Chase Bank+

     (0.25 )%*         2,077,918   
       

 

 

 
        $ 1,024,951,529   
       

 

 

 

 

+ The reverse repurchase agreement matures on demand. Interest rate resets daily and the rate shown is the rate in effect on March 31, 2015
* Interest payment due from counterparty.


 

^ The security is subject to a 12 month lock-up period, after which semi-annual redemptions are permitted.
(a) Position, or a portion thereof, has been segregated to collateralize reverse repurchase agreements.
(b) Position, or a portion thereof, has been segregated to collateralize margin requirements for open futures contracts.
(c) Security is exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities are considered liquid and may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. At March 31, 2015, the aggregate market value of these securities amounted to $263,248,256 or 14.2% of net assets.
(d) Pay-In-Kind Payments (PIK). The issuer may pay cash interest and/or interest in additional debt securities. Rates shown are the rates in effect at March 31, 2015.
(e) Security is exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities, which represent 0.07% of net assets as of March 31, 2015, are considered illiquid and restricted.

 

Restricted Securities

   Acquisition
Date
     Cost      Market
Value
     Percentage of
Net Assets
 

Golden Energy Offshore Services AS

           

8.60%, 5/28/17

     5/14/14       $ 1,259,995       $ 900,828         0.05

Virgolino de Oliveira Finance SA

           

10.50%, 1/28/18

     6/13/13         3,510,948         189,520         0.01

Virgolino de Oliveira Finance SA

           

10.875%, 1/13/20

     6/09/14         745,965         133,594         0.01

Virgolino de Oliveira Finance SA

           

11.75%, 2/09/22

     1/29/14         916,308         67,600         0.00

 

(f) Floating Rate Security. Stated interest rate was in effect at March 31, 2015.
(g) Securities are perpetual and, thus, do not have a predetermined maturity date. The date shown, if applicable, reflects the next call date.
(h) IO - Interest Only
(i) Coupon rate adjusts periodically based upon a predetermined schedule. Stated interest rate in effect at March 31, 2015.
(j) Security is in default and is non-income producing.
(k) Fair valued by the Adviser.
(l) Illiquid security.
(m) Variable rate coupon, rate shown as of March 31, 2015.
(n) Restricted and illiquid security.

 

Restricted Securities

   Acquisition
Date
     Cost      Market
Value
     Percentage of
Net Assets
 

Mt. Logan Re Ltd. (Preference Shares)

     12/30/14       $ 4,476,000       $ 4,517,160         0.24

Exide Technologies

     10/09/14       $ 7,059,722       $ 5,559,531         0.30

 

(o) This position or a portion of this position represents an unsettled loan purchase. The coupon rate will be determined at the time of settlement and will be based upon the London-Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”) plus a premium which was determined at the time of purchase.
(p) Non-income producing security.
(q) To obtain a copy of the fund’s financial statements, please go to the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website at www.sec.gov, or call AllianceBernstein at (800) 227-4618.
(r) Investment in affiliated money market mutual fund. The rate shown represents the 7-day yield as of period end.
(s) As of March 31, 2015, the cost basis of investment securities owned was substantially identical for both book and tax purposes. Gross unrealized appreciation of investments was $165,238,075 and gross unrealized depreciation of investments was $(33,388,973), resulting in net unrealized appreciation of $131,849,102.

Currency Abbreviations:

 

AUD    -    Australian Dollar
BRL    -    Brazilian Real


CAD    -    Canadian Dollar
CHF    -    Swiss Franc
EUR    -    Euro
GBP    -    Great British Pound
IDR    -    Indonesian Rupiah
MXN    -    Mexican Peso
NOK    -    Norwegian Krone
NZD    -    New Zealand Dollar
SGD    -    Singapore Dollar
TWD    -    New Taiwan Dollar
USD    -    United States Dollar
UYU    -    Uruguayan Peso

Glossary:

 

BBSW    -    Bank Bill Swap Reference Rate (Australia)
CBT    -    Chicago Board of Trade
CDOR    -    Canadian Dealer Offered Rate
CDX-CMBX.NA    -    North American Commercial Mortgage-Backed Index
CDX-NAHY    -    North American High Yield Credit Default Swap Index
CMBS    -    Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities
CME    -    Chicago Mercantile Exchange
GSE    -    Government-Sponsored Enterprise
INTRCONX    -    Inter-Continental Exchange
LCH    -    London Clearing House
LIBOR    -    London Interbank Offered Rates
REIT    -    Real Estate Investment Trust

Country Breakdown*

March 31, 2015 (unaudited)

 

  88.4%        

United States

  2.2%        

Brazil

  1.1%        

Mexico

  0.9%        

Canada

  0.4%        

Luxembourg

  0.3%        

United Kingdom

  0.3%        

Indonesia

  0.3%        

France

  0.3%        

Peru

  0.3%        

Germany

  0.3%        

India

  0.2%        

Spain

  0.2%        

Switzerland

  1.6%        

Other

  3.2%        

Short-Term

 

 

      
  100.0%        

Total Investments

 

 

      

 

* All data are as of March 31, 2015. The Fund’s country breakdown is expressed as a percentage of total investments and may vary over time. “Other” country weightings represent 0.2% or less in the following countries: Australia, Barbados, Belgium, Bermuda, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Italy, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Morocco, Norway, Pakistan, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Uruguay, Venezuela and Zambia.


AB Income Fund

March 31, 2015 (unaudited)

In accordance with U.S. GAAP regarding fair value measurements, fair value is defined as the price that the Fund would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. U.S. GAAP establishes a framework for measuring fair value, and a three-level hierarchy for fair value measurements based upon the transparency of inputs to the valuation of an asset or liability (including those valued based on their market values). Inputs may be observable or unobservable and refer broadly to the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability. Observable inputs reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability based on market data obtained from sources independent of the Fund. Unobservable inputs reflect the Fund’s own assumptions about the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability based on the best information available in the circumstances. Each investment is assigned a level based upon the observability of the inputs which are significant to the overall valuation. The three-tier hierarchy of inputs is summarized below.

 

   

Level 1—quoted prices in active markets for identical investments

   

Level 2—other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar investments, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.)

   

Level 3—significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments)

The fair value of debt instruments, such as bonds, and over-the-counter derivatives is generally based on market price quotations, recently executed market transactions (where observable) or industry recognized modeling techniques and are generally classified as Level 2. Pricing vendor inputs to Level 2 valuations may include quoted prices for similar investments in active markets, interest rate curves, coupon rates, currency rates, yield curves, option adjusted spreads, default rates, credit spreads and other unique security features in order to estimate the relevant cash flows which is then discounted to calculate fair values. If these inputs are unobservable and significant to the fair value, these investments will be classified as Level 3. In addition, non-agency rated investments are classified as Level 3.

Where readily available market prices or relevant bid prices are not available for certain equity investments, such investments may be valued based on similar publicly traded investments, movements in relevant indices since last available prices or based upon underlying company fundamentals and comparable company data (such as multiples to earnings or other multiples to equity). Where an investment is valued using an observable input, by pricing vendors, such as another publicly traded security, the investment will be classified as Level 2. If management determines that an adjustment is appropriate based on restrictions on resale, illiquidity or uncertainty, and such adjustment is a significant component of the valuation, the investment will be classified as Level 3. An investment will also be classified as Level 3 where management uses company fundamentals and other significant inputs to determine the valuation.

Valuations of mortgage-backed or other asset backed securities, by pricing vendors, are based on both proprietary and industry recognized models and discounted cash flow techniques. Significant inputs to the valuation of these instruments are value of the collateral, the rates and timing of delinquencies, the rates and timing of prepayments, and default and loss expectations, which are driven in part by housing prices for residential mortgages. Significant inputs are determined based on relative value analyses, which incorporate comparisons to instruments with similar collateral and risk profiles, including relevant indices. Mortgage and asset backed securities for which management has collected current observable data through pricing services are generally categorized within Level 2. Those investments for which current observable data has not been provided are classified as Level 3.

Other fixed income investments, including non-U.S. government and corporate debt, are generally valued using quoted market prices, if available, which are typically impacted by current interest rates, maturity dates and any perceived credit risk of the issuer. Additionally, in the absence of quoted market prices, these inputs are used by pricing vendors to derive a valuation based upon industry or proprietary models which incorporate issuer specific data with relevant yield/spread comparisons with more widely quoted bonds with similar key characteristics. Those investments for which there are observable inputs are classified as Level 2. Where the inputs are not observable, the investments are classified as Level 3.

The following table summarizes the valuation of the Fund’s investments by the above fair value hierarchy levels as of March 31, 2015:

 

Investments in Securities:

   Level 1     Level 2     Level 3     Total  

Assets:

        

Governments - Treasuries

   $ – 0  –    $     2,059,901,026      $             – 0  –    $     2,059,901,026   

Corporates - Non-Investment Grade

     – 0  –      214,790,542        900,828        215,691,370   

Collateralized Mortgage Obligations

     – 0  –      3,475,140            85,867,629        89,342,769   

Corporates - Investment Grade

     – 0  –      85,211,880        – 0  –      85,211,880   

Agencies

     – 0  –      72,771,671        – 0  –      72,771,671   

Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities

     – 0  –      3,687,275        50,508,159        54,195,434   

Emerging Markets - Corporate Bonds

     – 0  –      31,592,387        – 0  –      31,592,387   

Whole Loan Trusts

     – 0  –      – 0  –      22,991,784        22,991,784   

Quasi-Sovereigns

     – 0  –      22,396,205        – 0  –      22,396,205   

Bank Loans

     – 0  –      – 0  –      22,007,675        22,007,675   

Local Governments - Municipal Bonds

     – 0  –      18,745,834        – 0  –      18,745,834   

Preferred Stocks

     17,745,469        – 0  –      – 0  –      17,745,469   

Emerging Markets - Sovereigns

     – 0  –      15,458,366        – 0  –      15,458,366   


Investments in Securities:

   Level 1     Level 2     Level 3     Total  

Governments - Sovereign Agencies

   $ – 0  –    $ 6,099,723      $ – 0  –    $ 6,099,723   

Common Stocks

     – 0  –      – 0  –      5,652,786        5,652,786   

Investment Companies

     – 0  –      – 0  –      2,605,318        2,605,318   

Governments - Sovereign Bonds

     – 0  –      1,156,444        – 0  –      1,156,444   

Mortgage Pass-Throughs

     – 0  –      60,499        – 0  –      60,499   

Short-Term Investments:

        

Investment Companies

     86,003,999        – 0  –      – 0  –      86,003,999   

Governments - Treasuries

     – 0  –      4,207,311        – 0  –      4,207,311   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Investments in Securities

     103,749,468        2,539,554,303        190,534,179        2,833,837,950   

Other Financial Instruments*:

        

Assets:

        

Forward Currency Exchange Contracts

     – 0  –      3,021,887        – 0  –      3,021,887   

Centrally Cleared Credit Default Swaps

     – 0  –      1,055,829        – 0  –      1,055,829   

Centrally Cleared Interest Rate Swaps

     – 0  –      1,971,801        – 0  –      1,971,801   

Credit Default Swaps

     – 0  –      175,884        – 0  –      175,884   

Liabilities:

        

Futures

     (13,733,629     – 0  –      – 0  –      (13,733,629

Forward Currency Exchange Contracts

     – 0  –      (1,981,516     – 0  –      (1,981,516

Centrally Cleared Credit Default Swaps

     – 0  –      (19,695     – 0  –      (19,695

Centrally Cleared Interest Rate Swaps

     – 0  –      (20,137,054     – 0  –      (20,137,054
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total+

   $     90,015,839      $     2,523,641,439      $     190,534,179      $     2,804,191,457   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

* Other financial instruments are derivative instruments, such as futures, forwards and swaps, which are valued at the unrealized appreciation/depreciation on the instrument.
+ There were de minimis transfers under 1% of net assets between Level 1 and Level 3 during the reporting period.

The Fund recognizes all transfers between levels of the fair value hierarchy assuming the financial instruments were transferred at the beginning of the reporting period.

The following is a reconciliation of investments in which significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) were used in determining fair value.

 

     Corporates -
Non-Investment
Grade
    Collateralized
Mortgage
Obligations
    Commercial
Mortgage-Backed
Securities
 

Balance as of 12/31/14

   $     4,961,200      $     87,500,657      $     47,313,294   

Accrued discounts/(premiums)

     (3,475     71,667        28,489   

Realized gain (loss)

     9,875        378,494        316,819   

Change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation

     (102,262     1,118,838        893,035   

Purchases

     – 0  –      6,549,869        6,983,246   

Sales/Paydowns

     (2,201,073     (9,751,896     (5,026,724

Transfers in to Level 3

     – 0  –      – 0  –      – 0  – 

Transfers out of Level 3

     (1,763,437     – 0  –      – 0  – 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Balance as of 3/31/15

   $ 900,828      $ 85,867,629      $ 50,508,159   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation from Investments held as of 3/31/15

   $ (73,063   $ 1,406,626      $ 1,154,225   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
     Whole Loan Trusts     Bank Loans     Common Stocks  

Balance as of 12/31/14

   $ 16,795,929      $ 23,689,120      $ 1,258,032   

Accrued discounts/(premiums)

     8,274        5,959        – 0  – 

Realized gain (loss)

     11,287        50,889        278,102   

Change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation

     (367,981     5,359,265        (81,246

Purchases

     7,246,782        2,598,748        – 0  – 


     Whole Loan Trusts     Bank Loans     Common Stocks  

Sales

   $ (702,507   $ (9,696,306   $ (278,102

Transfers in to Level 3

     – 0  –      – 0  –      4,476,000   

Transfers out of Level 3

     – 0  –      – 0  –      – 0  – 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Balance as of 3/31/15

   $ 22,991,784      $ 22,007,675      $     5,652,786   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation from Investments held as of 3/31/15

   $ (368,399   $ 766,549      $ 192,515   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
     Investment
Companies
    Total        

Balance as of 12/31/14

   $ 2,409,198      $ 183,927,430     

Accrued discounts/(premiums)

     – 0  –      110,914     

Realized gain (loss)

     – 0  –      1,045,466     

Change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation

     (206,902     6,612,747     

Purchases

     403,022        23,781,667     

Sales

     – 0  –      (27,656,608  

Transfers in to Level 3

     – 0  –      4,476,000     

Transfers out of Level 3

     – 0  –      (1,763,437  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

Balance as of 3/31/15

   $ 2,605,318      $     190,534,179  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation from Investments held as of 3/31/15

   $ (206,902   $ 2,871,551     
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

+ There were de minimis transfers under 1% of net assets during the reporting period.

The following presents information about significant unobservable inputs related to the Fund’s Level 3 investments at March 31,2015. Securities priced by third party vendors or at cost, which approximates fair value, are excluded from the following table.

Quantitative Information about Level 3 Fair Value Measurements

 

     Fair Value at
5/31/15
    

Valuation Technique

   Unobservable Input   Range/
Weighted Average
 

Whole Loan Trusts

   $ 3,793,902      

Market-Approach

   Performance of the Underlying Investment   $ 96.45/NA  
   $ 3,753,975      

Projected Cashflow

   Level Yield     13.45%/NA   
   $ 2,883,040      

Market-Approach

   Underlying NAV of the Collateral     99.98%/NA   
   $ 2,052,993      

Projected Cashflow

   Internal Rate of Return     9.743%/NA   

Common Stocks

   $ 749,279      

Market Approach

   EBITDA Projection*   $ 169.2 million/NA   

 

* Earnings before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization.

The Adviser established the Valuation Committee (the “Committee”) to oversee the pricing and valuation of all securities held in the Fund. The Committee operates under pricing and valuation policies and procedures established by the Adviser and approved by the Board, including pricing policies which set forth the mechanisms and processes to be employed on a daily basis to implement these policies and procedures. In particular, the pricing policies describe how to determine market quotations for securities and other instruments. The Committee’s responsibilities include: 1) fair value and liquidity determinations (and oversight of any third parties to whom any responsibility for fair value and liquidity determinations is delegated), and 2) regular monitoring of the Adviser’s pricing and valuation policies and procedures and modification or enhancement of these policies and procedures (or recommendation of the modification of these policies and procedures) as the Committee believes appropriate.


The Committee is also responsible for monitoring the implementation of the pricing policies by the Adviser’s Pricing Group (the “Pricing Group”) and a third party which performs certain pricing functions in accordance with the pricing policies. The Pricing Group is responsible for the oversight of the third party on a day-to-day basis. The Committee and the Pricing Group perform a series of activities to provide reasonable assurance of the accuracy of prices including: 1) periodic vendor due diligence meetings, review of methodologies, new developments and process at vendors, 2) daily compare of security valuation versus prior day for all securities that exceeded established thresholds, and 3) daily review of unpriced, stale, and variance reports with exceptions reviewed by senior management and the Committee.

In addition, several processes outside of the pricing process are used to monitor valuation issues including: 1) performance and performance attribution reports are monitored for anomalous impacts based upon benchmark performance, and 2) portfolio managers review all portfolios for performance and analytics (which are generated using the Adviser’s prices).


ITEM 2. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES.

(a) The registrant’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer have concluded that the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended) are effective at the reasonable assurance level based on their evaluation of these controls and procedures as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of this document.

(b) There were no changes in the registrant’s internal controls over financial reporting that occurred during the last fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

ITEM 3. EXHIBITS.

The following exhibits are attached to this Form N-Q:

 

EXHIBIT NO.

 

DESCRIPTION OF EXHIBIT

3 (a) (1)   Certification of Principal Executive Officer Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
3 (a) (2)   Certification of Principal Financial Officer Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002


SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

(Registrant): AllianceBernstein Income Fund, Inc.

 

By:   /s/     Robert M. Keith
  Robert M. Keith
  President
Date:   May 21, 2015

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

By:   /s/     Robert M. Keith
  Robert M. Keith
  President
Date:   May 21, 2015
By:   /s/     Joseph J. Mantineo
  Joseph J. Mantineo
  Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer
Date:   May 21, 2015