Minnesota Historical Society

AB's investment analysts create proprietary research to support our portfolio managers, who also can conduct their own research. Their portfolio management professionals then implement our discretionary investment strategies. The firm's professionals employ a range of investment strategies to implement the advice they give to clients including: long-term purchases, short-term purchases, trading, short sales, margin transactions, option strategies including writing covered options, uncovered options and spread strategies, and taking advantage of price differentials between two or more securities (arbitrage). Quantitative analytics are utilized in some of AB's investment activities, to assist in the selection of securities or the management of investment risk. It is often necessary for them to acquire or dispose of the same securities for more than one client account at the same time. In conducting security analysis, they utilize a broad spectrum of information, including without limitation financial publications, third-party research materials, annual reports, prospectuses, regulatory filings, company press releases, corporate rating services, inspections of corporate activities and meetings with management of various companies.