AB’s faith in ‘magnificent others’ starts to pay off
Talking heads: Hybrid quant and fundamental approach proves its mettle as mega-cap magic begins to tarnish

This article is part of our annual Talking Heads series of interviews. The others, and those of previous years, can be found here.
When a fistful of high-tech mega caps keeps driving double-digit gains in the main equity benchmark, the job of an active manager is that bit harder.
But AllianceBernstein, which manages $759 billion of assets, including $330 billion of equities, has held firm on its
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