International Portfolio

Data updated: 2020-12-10

C000084885 — International Portfolio. Europe Blend / Core Equity · $1.17B AUM · 1.06% expense ratio. Holdings, fees, performance and SEC filings.

C000084885 Fund Overview

International Portfolio is a US mutual fund managed by Bernstein Sanford C Fund INC, categorised as Europe Blend / Core Equity. ABC INVEST provides holdings, performance, costs, cashflows, risk data, prospectus documents and SEC filings, sourced from SEC filings.

Type: US mutual fund
Manager: Bernstein Sanford C Fund INC
Category: Europe Blend / Core Equity
Assets under management: $1.17B
1-year return: 4.1%
SEC CIK: 0000832808
SEC series ID: S000011059
Share class ID: C000084885

C000084885 Investment Objective and Strategy

International Portfolio describes its objective and strategy as follows, from its latest prospectus filed with the SEC by Bernstein Sanford C Fund INC.

Investment objective

The investment objective of the Portfolio is to provide long-term capital growth.

Principal investment strategy

The Portfolio invests primarily in equity securities of issuers in countries that make up the Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) EAFE Index (Europe, Australasia and the Far East) and Canada. AllianceBernstein L.P., the Portfolios investment manager (the Manager), diversifies the Portfolio among many foreign countries, but not necessarily in the same proportion that the countries are represented in the MSCI EAFE Index. Under normal circumstances, the Manager invests in companies in at least three countries (and normally substantially more) other than the United States. The Portfolio also invests in less developed or emerging equity markets. The Manager invests the Portfolios assets using multiple disciplines as well as capitalization ranges, although the Manager expects to invest primarily in large- and mid-sized capitalization companies.

The Manager relies on both fundamental and quantitative research to manage both risk and return for the Portfolio. The Portfolio may own stocks selected using the Managers bottom-up fundamental research in value, growth, stability and other disciplines. Within each investment discipline, the Manager draws on the capabilities of separate investment teams. The research analyses that support buy and sell decisions for the Portfolio are fundamental and bottom-up, based largely on specific company and industry findings and taking into account broad economic forecasts. The Portfolio is managed without regard to tax considerations. The Portfolio invests primarily in common stocks, but may also invest in preferred stocks, warrants and convertible securities of foreign issuers, including sponsored or unsponsored American Depositary Receipts (ADRs) and Global Depositary Receipts (GDRs).

The Portfolio may use derivatives, such as options, futures contracts, forward contracts and swaps. The Portfolio may enter into foreign currency transactions for hedging and non-hedging purposes on a spot (i.e., cash) basis or through the use of derivatives transactions, such as forward currency exchange contracts, currency futures and options thereon, and options on currencies. An appropriate hedge of currency exposure resulting from the Portfolios securities positions may not be available or cost effective, or the Manager may determine not to hedge the positions, possibly even under market conditions where doing so could benefit the Portfolio. The Portfolio generally invests in foreign-currency futures contracts or foreign-currency forward contracts with terms of up to one year. The Portfolio also purchases foreign currency for immediate settlement in order to purchase foreign securities.

In addition, the Portfolio may invest a portion of its uncommitted cash balances in futures contracts on securities or baskets of securities to expose that portion of the Portfolio to the equity markets. The Portfolio may use options strategies involving the purchase and/or writing of various combinations of call and/or put options, including on individual securities and stock indexes, futures contracts (including futures contracts on individual securities and stock indexes) or shares of exchange-traded funds (ETFs). These transactions may be used, for example, in an effort to earn extra income, to adjust exposure to individual securities or markets, or to protect all or a portion of the Portfolio from a decline in value, sometimes within certain ranges.

C000084885 Performance

Total returns for C000084885 (as of 2026-10-01), from SEC filings.

Period	Total return
1 year	4.1%

C000084885 Risk Information

Risk metrics for C000084885, derived from monthly returns in SEC filings.

1-year volatility (annualised): 23.6%

C000084885 Costs and Fees

C000084885 costs about $106 per $10,000 invested per year in fund expenses.

Net expense ratio: 1.06%
Gross expense ratio: 1.06%
Portfolio turnover: 47%
Brokerage commissions: 3.98 bps of average net assets (SEC N-CEN)

C000084885 Cashflows

Over the 12 months to 2020-09, International Portfolio had net outflows of $244.63M, from monthly SEC N-PORT filings.

Month	Net flow
2020-09	−$18.32M
2020-08	−$15.87M
2020-07	−$18.36M
2020-06	−$114.51M
2020-05	−$10.15M
2020-04	−$5.51M

C000084885 Debt Constituents

No individual debt constituents are reported in International Portfolio's latest SEC N-PORT filing.

C000084885 Prospectus and SEC Filings

Official International Portfolio filings on SEC EDGAR — prospectus, portfolio holdings and annual reports.

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Data Sources

ABC INVEST compiles this page from public filings made to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) through EDGAR: portfolio holdings and monthly cashflows from Form N-PORT, expenses and returns from fund prospectuses (Form 485BPOS) and the SEC DERA Risk/Return Summary data sets, annual data from Form N-CEN, and shareholder reports from Form N-CSR.