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Business Segment Information
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2018
Segment Reporting [Abstract]  
Business Segment Information
Business Segment Information
Management has assessed the requirements of ASC 280, Segment Reporting, and determined that, because we utilize a consolidated approach to assess performance and allocate resources, we have only one operating segment. Enterprise-wide disclosures as of and for the years ended December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016 were as follows:
Services
Net revenues derived from our investment management, research and related services were as follows:
 
Years Ended December 31,
 
2018
 
2017
 
2016
 
(in thousands)
Institutions
$
479,068

 
$
477,140

 
$
422,060

Retail
1,494,445

 
1,423,890

 
1,261,907

Private Wealth Management
883,234

 
787,362

 
711,599

Bernstein Research Services
439,432

 
449,919

 
479,875

Other
123,581

 
185,375

 
162,461

Total revenues
3,419,760

 
3,323,686

 
3,037,902

Less: Interest expense
52,399

 
25,165

 
9,123

Net revenues
$
3,367,361

 
$
3,298,521

 
$
3,028,779


Our AllianceBernstein Global High Yield Portfolio, an open-end fund incorporated in Luxembourg (ACATEUH: LX), generated approximately 10%, 11% and 10% of our investment advisory and service fees and 10%, 12% and 10% of our net revenues during 2018, 2017 and 2016, respectively.
Geographic Information
Net revenues and long-lived assets, related to our U.S. and international operations, as of and for the years ended December 31, were as follows:
 
2018
 
2017
 
2016
 
(in thousands)
Net revenues:
 
 
 
 
 
United States
$
1,940,267

 
$
1,958,844

 
$
1,901,571

International
1,427,094

 
1,339,677

 
1,127,208

Total
$
3,367,361

 
$
3,298,521

 
$
3,028,779

Long-lived assets:
 

 
 

 
 

United States
$
3,262,722

 
$
3,313,958

 
 

International
56,069

 
46,221

 
 

Total
$
3,318,791

 
$
3,360,179

 
 


Major Customers
Company-sponsored mutual funds are distributed to individual investors through broker-dealers, insurance sales representatives, banks, registered investment advisers, financial planners and other financial intermediaries. Certain subsidiaries of AXA and EQH, including AXA Advisors, LLC, have entered into selected dealer agreements with AllianceBernstein Investments and have been responsible for 1%, 1% and 2% of our open-end mutual fund sales in 2018, 2017 and 2016, respectively. HSBC was responsible for approximately 7%, 9% and 12% of our open-end mutual fund sales in 2018, 2017 and 2016, respectively. Neither AXA, EQH nor HSBC is under any obligation to sell a specific amount of AB Fund shares and each also sells shares of mutual funds that it sponsors and that are sponsored by unaffiliated organizations.
AXA, EQH and the general and separate accounts of AXA Equitable (including investments by the separate accounts of AXA Equitable in the funding vehicle EQ Advisors Trust) accounted for approximately 5% of our total revenues for each of the years ended December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016. No single institutional client other than AXA, EQH and the respective subsidiaries accounted for more than 1% of our total revenues for the years ended December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016.