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The Portfolio seeks to increase the value of investment over time through total return, using a combination of income and capital growth. Under normal market conditions, the Portfolio typically invests at least two thirds of its assets in debt securities of issuers in Asia-Pacific countries or that are denominated in local currencies. These securities may be below investment grade. The Portfolio may utilise all bond markets where these debt securities are traded including Bond Connect.
Name | Title | Since | Until |
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Diwakar Vijayvergia | Portfolio Manager-Asia Fixed Income | 2022 | Now |
Biography | Portfolio Manager—Asia Fixed Income Diwakar Vijayvergia is a Senior Vice President and Portfolio Manager on the Asia Fixed Income team, focusing on Asia Pacific and emerging-market fixed-income strategies. Prior to this he was a senior credit analyst on AB’s Credit Research team specializing in Southeast Asia and India corporate credit. Vijayvergia has worked as a credit analyst since 2006 and has covered multiple regions, sectors and capital structures. Before joining the firm in 2018, he was a senior vice president and head of credit strategy at Jefferies International, focusing on high yield and distressed credit in Asia. Prior to that, Vijayvergia was a senior desk analyst for eight years at RBS, covering global distressed opportunities, private financing and performing credits. He holds a BCom (honors) in accountancy from the University of Calcutta and an MBA in finance from the Indian Institute of Management. Location: Singapore | ||
Christian DiClementi | Vice President | 2018 | Now |
Biography | Christian DiClementi is a Vice President and Portfolio Manager at AB, focusing on local-currency emerging-market debt portfolios. He is a member of the Emerging Market Debt and Global Fixed Income portfolio-management teams, and a member of the Emerging Market Debt Research Review team. Prior to joining the Emerging Market Debt portfolio-management team in early 2013, DiClementi served as a member of the Economic Research Group, focusing mainly on sovereign fundamental research for the Caribbean, Central American and Latin American regions. Previously, he worked as an analyst in the firm’s Quantitative Research Group, focusing primarily on global sovereign return and risk modeling. DiClementi joined AB in 2003 as an associate portfolio manager, responsible for New York–based municipal bond accounts. He holds a BS in mathematics (summa cum laude) from Fairfield University. Location: New York | ||
Brad Gibson | - | 2012 | Now |
Biography | Brad Gibson Portfolio Manager—Asia-Pacific Fixed Income Brad Gibson is a Vice President and Portfolio Manager at AB, focusing on regional Asia and Australian global bond portfolios. He is a member of the Global Fixed Income and Asia-Pacific Fixed Income portfolio-management teams. Prior to joining AB in 2012, Gibson was the head of Rates Strategies at ING Investment Management Australia, where he was responsible for the management of a range of domestic, international, diversified, nominal and inflation-linked bond portfolios. Prior to that, he spent three years at the Commonwealth Bank of Australia as head of Global Markets Singapore and head of Financial Institutions Domestic Sales, New South Wales. Gibson started his investment career with AMP, working in portfolio management and the trading of Australian fixed-interest, interest-rate, currency, inflation-linked bond and derivatives instruments. He was previously a member of both the interest-rate options and bond committees of the Australian Financial Markets Association and has lectured on fixed-income portfolio management for the Securities Institute of Australia (now FINSIA). Location: Hong Kong | ||
Jenny Zeng | Co-Head—Asia Pacific Fixed Income | 2016 | 2023 |
Biography | Jenny Zeng is Co-Head of Asia Pacific Fixed Income and a portfolio manager. She manages Asian Income Opportunity, RMB Income Plus and other Asian strategies. Zeng is also a member of the Emerging-Market Debt Portfolio Management team. Prior to her current role, she was the head of credit research in Asia, specializing in Asian high-yield credits. Before joining the firm in 2013, Zeng was at Citigroup for seven years, most recently serving as a vice president and credit-sector specialist covering Asian corporate credit. During her years with Citigroup, she was ranked as one of the top three research analysts for overall credit research in the Asiamoney Fixed Income Poll. Zeng is a CFA charterholder. Location: Hong Kong | ||
Hayden Briscoe | - | 2012 | 2016 |
Biography | "Director—Asia Pacific Fixed Income Hayden Briscoe joined AllianceBernstein in August 2009 as Head of Australian & New Zealand Fixed Income and was appointed Director Asia Pacific Fixed Income in March 2011. He has 20 years of experience in the industry and was previously a senior member of the Fixed Interest team at Schroders Australia for nearly three years. Briscoe was responsible for domestic fixed-income funds and global core-plus funds. Prior to Schroders, he spent six years with Colonial First State Investments, managing domestic, global credit and core bond funds, with tactical asset-allocation responsibility across the cash funds. Briscoe teamed with another portfolio manager to set up a global bond fund investment process. He spent nine years with Bankers Trust (BT) in investment banking, starting out trading bonds. Briscoe moved to Macquarie for a short time after the BT merger before joining Colonial First State. He holds a BA in economics from the University of New South Wales. Location: Melbourne " | ||
Douglas J. Peebles | Senior Vice President | 2012 | 2012 |
Biography | Douglas J. Peebles is the Chief Investment Officer of AB Fixed Income and a Partner of the firm. As CIO, he is also Co-Chairman of the Interest Rates and Currencies Research Review team. Since joining AB in 1987, Peebles has held several leadership positions, including director of Global Fixed Income (1997–2004), co-head of AB Fixed Income (2004–2008) and Head of Fixed Income (2008–2016). He holds a BA from Muhlenberg College and an MBA from Rutgers University. Location: New York Mr. Peebles is expected to retire from the AllianceBernstein L.P. effective December 30, 2020. |
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