Accounting Policies (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2021

Accounting Policies [Abstract]

Schedule of Share-based Compensation, Employee Stock Purchase Plan, Activity

Repurchases of AB Holding Units for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020 consisted of the following:

	Years Ended December 31
	2021		2020
	(in millions)
Total amount of AB Holding Units Purchased(1)		5.6		5.4
Total Cash Paid for AB Holding Units Purchased(1)		$262.3		$	149.0
Open Market Purchases of AB Holding Units Purchased(2)		2.6		3.1
Total Cash Paid for Open Market Purchases of AB Holding Units(2)		$117.9		$	74.0

(1)Purchased on a trade date basis.

(2)The remainder related to purchases of AB Holding Units from employees to fulfill statutory tax withholding requirements at the time of delivery of long-term incentive compensation awards.