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AB Private Credit Investors LLC

Austin, TXSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 173027

Filed as AB PRIVATE CREDIT INVESTORS LLC

AB Private Credit Investors LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Austin, TX, registered since 2014, reporting over $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated September 4, 2026.

11 years
registered since 2014
$11,358,000,000
assets under management
3 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Fixed fees and more
7
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is AB Private Credit Investors LLC compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), AB Private Credit Investors LLC reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; fixed fees (other than subscription fees); performance-based fees.

What does AB Private Credit Investors LLC's brochure say about its fees?

Its Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated March 30, 2026 states: Asset-based fee: 0.75% to 1.3125% a year (a range, as the brochure states it). Fees can differ by service and may be negotiable; the brochure is the complete statement.

Where is AB Private Credit Investors LLC located?

AB Private Credit Investors LLC's principal office is in Austin, TX, according to its Form ADV; the October 2026 filing also lists 2 other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F).

Is AB Private Credit Investors LLC registered with the SEC or a state?

AB Private Credit Investors LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2014. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 173027.

How much does AB Private Credit Investors LLC manage?

AB Private Credit Investors LLC reports $11,358,000,000 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated September 4, 2026 (99% discretionary).

How have AB Private Credit Investors LLC's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for AB Private Credit Investors LLC: Regulatory assets under management: $4,028,000,000 in the October 2021 data and $11,358,000,000 in the October 2026 data, up 182%. Total employees: 0 in October 2021 and 1 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does AB Private Credit Investors LLC serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies) (24); insurance companies (3); business development companies (2).

Which custodians does AB Private Credit Investors LLC use?

AB Private Credit Investors LLC's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists Sanford C. Bernstein & Co., LLC as a custodian holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does AB Private Credit Investors LLC report any disciplinary disclosures?

Reports 7 disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11: yes answers to 7 questions about regulatory matters (11.C(2), 11.C(4), 11.C(5), 11.D(2), 11.D(4), 11.D(5), 11.E(2)). Each question covers the firm and its advisory affiliates, and one event can produce several yes answers. The detail of any item is on the firm's SEC record: https://adviserinfo.sec.gov/firm/summary/173027

What changed in AB Private Credit Investors LLC's recent Form ADV filings?

In the April 2026 filing data: Regulatory assets under management went from $7,213,000,000 to $11,358,000,000 (+57%). Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).

From the Form ADV filing

Every figure below is as the firm filed it with regulators, as of October 2026.

How the firm is compensated

Item 5.E
  • A percentage of assets under your management
  • Fixed fees (other than subscription fees)
  • Performance-based fees

Item 5.E lists how the firm is compensated for its advice; Items 5.B, 6.A, and 7.A show whether its people or related companies can also earn commissions. Percentage of assets, fixed, hourly, subscription, and performance-based fees come from clients (a performance-based fee depends on investment results); commissions come with a sale or a trade, often from the company behind the product. How fees, commissions, and other arrangements differ

Fees and minimums

Form ADV Part 2A

Asset-based fee: 0.75% to 1.3125% a year (a range, as the brochure states it)

The brochure's wording
Current Management Fees for AB-PCI’s commingled Funds range between 0.75% and 1.3125% of committed, contributed or invested capital or net asset value.

As stated in the firm's Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated March 30, 2026. Fees can differ by service and may be negotiable; the brochure is the complete statement. Read the brochure on the SEC's IAPD site

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$11,358,000,000

$11,358,000,000 as of October 2026, filing dated September 4, 2026.

Discretionary: $11,245,100,000.Non-discretionary: $112,900,000.

A measure of scale, not skill or returns. Discretionary means the firm decides trades; non-discretionary means clients approve each one. What assets under management means

Who the firm serves

Item 5.D
Individuals (other than high net worth individuals)
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Banking or thrift institutions
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Investment companies
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Business development companies
Clients 2 Assets $1,799,000,000 (16%)
Pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies)
Clients 24 Assets $8,926,000,000 (79%)
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Charitable organizations
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
State or municipal government entities (including government pension plans)
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Other investment advisers
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Insurance companies
Clients 3 Assets $458,000,000 (4%)
Sovereign wealth funds and foreign official institutions
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients 1 Assets $175,000,000 (2%)
Other
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)

A firm with no individual clients is an institutional manager even if it manages billions; the mix tells you whom the practice is built around.

Advisory services

Item 5.G
  • Portfolio management for individuals and/or small businesses
  • Portfolio management for investment companies (and business development companies)
  • Portfolio management for pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies)
  • Portfolio management for businesses (other than small businesses) or institutional clients

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2014 (11 years)
Employees
Total: 1. Performing investment advisory functions: 1.
Wrap fee program participation
No.
Custodians (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3))
Sanford C. Bernstein & Co., LLC

Custodians holding 10% or more of the firm's separately managed account assets, as filed on Form ADV (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)). A custodian holds client assets; it does not endorse or supervise the firm. AdvisorCensus has no relationship with any custodian.

Other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F)
2 other offices, as of the October 2026 filing
Nashville, TNNew York, NY
States registered or notice-filed
51 states or jurisdictions
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SEC-registered investment advisers are examined by the SEC. SEC, state, and exempt registration

Disclosures

Item 11

7 Reports 7 disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11. View on IAPD.

Questions answered yes on this filing

Regulatory matters Items 11.C to 11.G

  • 11.C(2) Has the SEC or the CFTC ever found that the firm or an advisory affiliate was involved in a violation of SEC or CFTC regulations or statutes?
  • 11.C(4) Has the SEC or the CFTC ever entered an order against the firm or an advisory affiliate in connection with investment-related activity?
  • 11.C(5) Has the SEC or the CFTC ever imposed a civil money penalty on the firm or an advisory affiliate, or ordered the firm or an advisory affiliate to cease and desist from an activity?
  • 11.D(2) Has another federal regulator, a state regulator, or a foreign financial regulator ever found that the firm or an advisory affiliate was involved in a violation of investment-related regulations or statutes?
  • 11.D(4) In the past ten years, has another federal regulator, a state regulator, or a foreign financial regulator entered an order against the firm or an advisory affiliate in connection with investment-related activity?
  • 11.D(5) Has another federal regulator, a state regulator, or a foreign financial regulator ever denied, suspended, or revoked the registration or license of the firm or an advisory affiliate, prevented either by order from associating with an investment-related business, or restricted either one's activity?
  • 11.E(2) Has a self-regulatory organization or a commodities exchange ever found that the firm or an advisory affiliate was involved in a violation of its rules, other than a minor rule violation under a plan the SEC approved?

Each question covers the firm and its advisory affiliates: its current employees other than clerical staff, its officers, partners, and directors, and anyone who controls the firm or is controlled by it. One event can produce yes answers to several questions. SEC-registered advisers and exempt reporting advisers may leave out events more than ten years old, and may answer 11.A(2) and 11.B(2) for pending charges only. What happened, and who was involved, is on the Disclosure Reporting Pages of the IAPD record. Reading a firm's disclosures

Assets and staff over time

Items 5.A, 5.F
$4.03B 2021 $4.9B 2022 $6.34B 2023 $7.1B 2024 $7.21B 2025 $11.4B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$11,358,000,0001September 4, 2026
October 2025$7,213,000,0001July 24, 2025
October 2024$7,097,000,0001August 27, 2024
October 2023$6,336,000,0001October 2, 2023
October 2022$4,898,000,0000September 14, 2022
October 2021$4,028,000,0000July 6, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $4,028,000,000 in the October 2021 data and $11,358,000,000 in the October 2026 data, up 182%.

Total employees: 0 in October 2021 and 1 in October 2026.

As filed in each year's data for the same month. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going; they measure scale, not skill or returns. Most firms update these figures once a year.

Changes in the filing

Last 12 months
  1. April 2026
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $7,213,000,000 to $11,358,000,000 (+57%).
    • Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).

Compared month to month from the SEC's monthly adviser data and the state compilation feed. Owners and control persons are summarized, never named.

Websites listed on Form ADV

Item 1.I
alliancebernstein.bsky.socialalliancebernstein.comasturiascapitalllc.combernstein.comblog.naver.com/abinsightsline.me/R/ti/p/@gpt0697p Messaging APP: need scan QR code

Source: Form ADV, as of October 2026. Values appear as filed; a value the firm did not report is shown as "Not reported."

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