Comprehensive Income (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2011

Comprehensive Income (Loss) [Abstract]

Comprehensive (loss) income consisted of:

	Years Ended December 31,
	2011			2010			2009
	(in thousands)

Net (loss) income	$	(211,567	)	$	427,099		$	578,508
Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax:
Unrealized gains (losses) on investments		561			456			4,391
Foreign currency translation adjustment		397			2,960			43,172
Changes in retirement plan related items		(15,104	)		(10,088	)		6,955
Comprehensive (loss) income		(225,713	)		420,427			633,026
Comprehensive (loss) income in consolidated entities attributable to non-controlling interests		(37,316	)		(12,053	)		26,614
Comprehensive (loss) income attributable to AllianceBernstein Unitholders	$	(188,397	)	$	432,480		$	606,412

- Definition

Tabular disclosure of components of comprehensive income (loss) including, but not limited to: (a) foreign currency translation adjustments; (b) gains (losses) on foreign currency transactions that are designated as, and are effective as, economic hedges of a net investment in a foreign entity; (c) gains (losses) on intercompany foreign currency transactions that are of a long-term-investment nature, when the entities to the transaction are consolidated, combined, or accounted for by the equity method in the reporting enterprise's financial statements; (d) change in the market value of a futures contract that qualifies as a hedge of an asset reported at fair value; (e) unrealized holding gains (losses) on available-for-sale securities and that resulting from transfers of debt securities from the held-to-maturity category to the available-for-sale category; (f) a net loss recognized as an additional pension liability not yet recognized as net periodic pension cost; and (g) the net gain (loss) and net prior service cost or credit for pension plans and other postretirement benefit plans.

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