NEW YORK, March 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Alliance Capital Management Holding L.P. ("Alliance Holding") (NYSE: AC) and Alliance Capital Management L.P. ("Alliance Capital") today reported that preliminary assets under management increased by approximately $12 billion, or 2.3%, to $545 billion at February 28, 2005 from $533 billion at January 31, 2005.
ALLIANCE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT L.P.
ASSETS UNDER MANAGEMENT
($ billions)
At At At
At February 28, 2005 Jan 31, Dec 31, Feb 28,
(preliminary), 2005 2004 2004
Institutional
Investment Private
Retail Management Client Total Total Total Total
Equity
Growth $47 $64 $11 $122 $119 $123 $125
Value 41 125 33 199 190 193 157
Total
Equity 88 189 44 321 309 316 282
Fixed
Income 70 103 21 194 195 193 181
Passive 5 25 0 30 29 30 28
Total $163 $317 $65 $545 $533 $539 $491
At January 31, 2005
Total $161 $308 $64 $533
ABOUT ALLIANCE CAPITAL
Alliance Capital is a leading global investment management firm providing services for many of the largest U.S. public and private employee benefit plans, foundations, public employee retirement funds, pension funds, endowments, banks, insurance companies and high-net-worth individuals worldwide. Alliance Capital is also one of the largest mutual fund sponsors, with a diverse family of globally distributed mutual fund portfolios. Through its Sanford C. Bernstein & Co., LLC subsidiary, Alliance provides in-depth research, portfolio strategy and trade execution to the institutional investment community. At December 31, 2004, Alliance Holding owned approximately 31.7% of the issued and outstanding Alliance Capital Units. AXA Financial was the beneficial owner of approximately 60.9% of the issued and outstanding Alliance Capital Units at December 31, 2004 (including those held indirectly through its ownership of approximately 1.8% of the issued and outstanding Alliance Holding Units), which, including the general partnership interests in Alliance Capital and Alliance Holding, represent an approximate 61.3% economic interest in Alliance Capital. AXA Financial, Inc. is a wholly- owned subsidiary of AXA, one of the largest global financial services organizations. Additional information may be found at www.alliancecapital.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
Certain statements provided by Alliance Capital and Alliance Holding in this news release are "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements are subject to risks, uncertainties and other factors, which could cause actual results to differ materially from future results expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. The most significant of such factors include, but are not limited to, the following: the performance of financial markets, the investment performance of Alliance Capital's sponsored investment products and separately managed accounts, general economic conditions, future acquisitions, competitive conditions, and government regulations, including changes in tax rates. Alliance Capital and Alliance Holding caution readers to carefully consider such factors. Further, these forward-looking statements speak only as of the date on which such statements are made; Alliance Capital and Alliance Holding undertake no obligation to update any forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date of such statements. For further information regarding these forward- looking statements and the factors that could cause actual results to differ, please refer to "Risk Factors" in Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2004. Any or all of the forward-looking statements that we make in Form 10-K, this news release or any other public statements we issue may turn out to be wrong. It is important to remember that other factors besides those listed in "Risk Factors" could also adversely affect our business, operating results or financial condition.
SOURCE Alliance Capital
CONTACT: Investors, Valerie Haertel,
+1-212-969-6414 or
investor_relations@acml.com,
Media, John Meyers,
+1-212-969-230 or
john_meyers@acml.com,
both of Alliance Capital
Web site: http://www.alliancecapital.com
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