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AWF vs BXSL

Side-by-side comparison of Alliancebernstein Global High Income Fund (AWF) and Blackstone Secured Lending Fund (BXSL): market cap, price performance, sector, and recent activity on the wire.

Summary

  • Both AWF and BXSL operate in Trusts Except Educational Religious and Charitable (Finance), so they compete in similar markets.
  • BXSL is the larger of the two at $4.98B, about 5.1x AWF ($977.8M).
  • Over the past year, AWF is down 6.3% and BXSL is down 26.1% - AWF leads by 19.9 points.
  • AWF has been more active in the news (6 items in the past 4 weeks vs 1 for BXSL).
  • BXSL has more recent analyst coverage (25 ratings vs 0 for AWF).
PerformanceAWF-6.26%BXSL-26.14%
2025-06-09+0.00%2026-06-05
MetricAWFBXSL
Company
Alliancebernstein Global High Income Fund
Blackstone Secured Lending Fund
Price
$10.11-0.44%
$23.59-0.88%
Market cap
$977.8M
$4.98B
1M return
-3.21%
-3.79%
1Y return
-6.26%
-26.14%
Industry
Trusts Except Educational Religious and Charitable
Trusts Except Educational Religious and Charitable
Exchange
NYSE
NYSE
IPO
1993
2021
News (4w)
6
1
Recent ratings
0
25
AWF

Alliancebernstein Global High Income Fund

AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund is a close-ended fixed income mutual fund launched and managed by AllianceBernstein L.P. It invests in fixed income markets across the globe. The fund primarily invests in lower-rated corporate debt securities and government bonds. It employs a combination of fundamental and quantitative analysis to create its portfolio. The fund benchmarks the performance of its portfolio against a composite index comprised of JPMorgan Government Bond Index-Emerging Markets, JPMorgan Emerging Markets Bond Index Global, and the Barclays U.S. Corporate High Yield 2% Issuer Capped Index. It was previously known as Alliance World Dollar Government Fund II, Inc. AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund was formed on May 20, 1993 and is domiciled in the United States.

BXSL

Blackstone Secured Lending Fund

Blackstone Secured Lending Fund (together with its consolidated subsidiaries, the “Company”), is a Delaware statutory trust formed on March 26, 2018, and structured as an externally managed, non-diversified closed-end investment company. On October 26, 2018, the Company elected to be regulated as a business development company (“BDC”) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”). In addition, the Company elected to be treated for U.S. federal income tax purposes, as a regulated investment company (“RIC”), as defined under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”). The Company also intends to continue to comply with the requirements prescribed by the Code in order to maintain tax treatment as a RIC. The Company's investment objectives are to generate current income and, to a lesser extent, long-term capital appreciation. The Company seeks to achieve its investment objective primarily through originated loans and other securities, including syndicated loans, of private U.S. companies, specifically small and middle market companies, typically in the form of first lien senior secured and unitranche loans (including first out/last out loans), and to a lesser extent, second lien, third lien, unsecured and subordinated loans and other debt and equity securities..

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