AllianceBernstein L.P. (AB) has appointed Julian Jantschik as VP/Managing Director, Swiss Institutional Distribution, the firm announced from Zurich on 20 October 2026.
According to AB, Jantschik will be based in Zurich and will lead its institutional business development and relationships in Switzerland. His focus will be on strategic partnerships and the firm’s existing client relationships with pension funds, insurance companies, consultants and other institutional investors. AB’s announcement also describes the role as Director of Swiss Institutional Distribution.
His background
AB said Jantschik joins with more than 15 years of experience serving institutional investors. It said he was most recently Head of Institutional Business Development for the DACH region (Germany, Austria and Switzerland) at Western Asset Management, based in Zurich. Before that, AB said, he held senior institutional sales and relationship management roles at Fisch Asset Management and Deutsche Bank, and he holds an MBA from the University of St.Gallen (HSG).
Part of that history appears in earlier independent coverage. German trade title cash-online reported in September 2014 that Jantschik was joining Swiss fund company Fisch Asset Management to handle institutional investors in Germany, within its international sales and relationship management team, and that he came from Deutsche Bank, where he had worked in fund research for bond strategies and as a business manager for alternative fund strategies.
What AB said
Honor Solomon, CEO of EMEA at AB, said: “AB has a long history in Switzerland and it continues to be a focus for us in EMEA. Julian’s extensive experience in the Swiss institutional market and client-focused approach make him ideally placed to support our growth ambitions in Switzerland and deliver value for clients. He will be a great addition and we welcome him to our team.”
Jantschik said: “AB has a strong reputation for investment excellence and client service. The firm’s global investment capabilities and breadth of investment expertise across traditional as well as alternative asset classes provide an excellent platform for serving institutional investors. I am delighted to be joining the firm and look forward to partnering with institutional clients, deepening long-term partnerships and helping them navigate an increasingly complex investment landscape.”
The announcement did not say who Jantschik reports to, whether the post is new or replaces an existing one, or when he starts.
AB’s Swiss distribution team
AB has added to its Zurich sales team before. Swiss financial news site finews reported in January 2021 that AB had hired Jan Heyer, previously of Man Group, as a Director for its sales team in Zurich. Finews said he was to expand the business, particularly in Switzerland, together with Peter Leffler, and that his responsibilities also included retail and wholesale client relationships in Germany and Austria.
Jantschik’s remit is different: it is institutional rather than retail and wholesale, and it is limited to Switzerland.
About AB
AB describes itself as a leading global investment management firm offering diversified investment services to institutional investors, individuals and private wealth clients. In its announcement it said it had $906 billion in assets under management as of 30 June 2026.
AB’s second-quarter 2026 results release, filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission on 28 July 2026, reported total assets under management of $905.5 billion at 30 June 2026, of which $371.1 billion was in its institutional channel. The difference from the $906 billion in the announcement is rounding.
AB also states that it is a subsidiary of Equitable Holdings, Inc., which it says owns an approximate 69% economic interest in AB.
In the UK, AB’s operating company is AllianceBernstein Limited. Companies House lists it as active, incorporated on 23 October 1990, with its registered office at 60 London Wall, London. The firm’s announcement states that the company is authorised and regulated in the UK by the Financial Conduct Authority under firm reference number 147956.
