0001752724-19-004410.txt : 20190212 0001752724-19-004410.hdr.sgml : 20190212 20190212165933 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001752724-19-004410 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: N-CEN PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20181130 FILED AS OF DATE: 20190212 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20190212 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20190212 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: AB GLOBAL REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT FUND INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001018368 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MD FISCAL YEAR END: 1130 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: N-CEN SEC ACT: 1940 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 811-07707 FILM NUMBER: 19591718 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN LP STREET 2: 1345 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10105 BUSINESS PHONE: 2129692124 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN LP STREET 2: 1345 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10105 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN GLOBAL REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT FUND INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20070302 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT FUND INC / DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19981112 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: ALLIANCE REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT INSTITUTIONAL FUND DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19981019 N-CEN 1 primary_doc.xml X0101 N-CEN LIVE 0001018368 XXXXXXXX 811-07707 false false false N-1A true AB GLOBAL REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT FUND INC 811-07707 0001018368 549300ZH4FWPK1PV8F33 ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN LP 1345 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS NEW YORK 10105 US-NY US 212-969-1000 Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. 50 Post Office Square Boston 02110 617-772-1818 Custody and Accounting Records N N N-1A 1 Y William H. 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N/A 000111231 5493006KMX1VFTPYPW14 81431188.16000000 Instinet, LLC 8-23669 000007897 549300MGMN3RKMU8FT57 73151.20000000 Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC 8-15869 000008209 9R7GPTSO7KV3UQJZQ078 108397.39000000 Macquarie Capital Limited N/A 000000000 549300ADUET4CKK35E02 HK 117732.33000000 Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft 8-17822 000002525 7LTWFZYICNSX8D621K86 DE 277452.38000000 82007921.46000000 Y 139653815.83000000 N true INTERNAL CONTROL RPT 2 NCEN_6181809961817779.txt Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm To the Shareholders and Board of Directors of AB Global Real Estate Investment Fund, Inc. In planning and performing our audit of the financial statements of AB Global Real Estate Investment Fund, Inc. (the "Fund"), as of and for the year ended November 30, 2018, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), we considered the Fund's internal control over financial reporting, including controls over safeguarding securities, as a basis for designing our auditing procedures for the purpose of expressing our opinion on the financial statements and to comply with the requirements of Form N-CEN, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Fund's internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. The management of the Fund is responsible for establishing and maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting. In fulfilling this responsibility, estimates and judgments by management are required to assess the expected benefits and related costs of controls. A company's internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. A company's internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (1) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company; (2) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the company; and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of a company's assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements. Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate. A deficiency in internal control over financial reporting exists when the design or operation of a control does not allow management or employees, in the normal course of performing their assigned functions, to prevent or detect misstatements on a timely basis. A material weakness is a deficiency, or a combination of deficiencies, in internal control over financial reporting, such that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of the company's annual or interim financial statements will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis. Our consideration of the Fund's internal control over financial reporting was for the limited purpose described in the first paragraph and would not necessarily disclose all deficiencies in internal control that might be material weaknesses under standards established by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). However, we noted no deficiencies in the Fund's internal control over financial reporting and its operation, including controls over safeguarding securities that we consider to be a material weakness as defined above as of November 30, 2018. This report is intended solely for the information and use of management and the Board of Directors of AB Global Real Estate Investment Fund, Inc. and the Securities and Exchange Commission, and is not intended to be and should not be used by anyone other than these specified parties. /s/ Ernst & Young New York, New York January 25, 2019