EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS - Compensation Costs for Share-Based Payment Arrangements (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions |
3 Months Ended | 6 Months Ended | ||
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Jun. 30, 2026 |
Jun. 30, 2025 |
Jun. 30, 2026 |
Jun. 30, 2025 |
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| AB Retirement Plan | ||||
| Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items] | ||||
| General and administration expense | $ 21 | |||
| Net Periodic Pension Expense | ||||
| Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items] | ||||
| Service cost | $ 8 | $ 7 | $ 16 | 15 |
| Interest cost | 27 | 28 | 55 | 56 |
| Expected return on assets | (32) | (33) | (65) | (67) |
| Prior period service cost amortization | 0 | 0 | (1) | (1) |
| Net amortization | 14 | 11 | 29 | 23 |
| Impact of settlement | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
| Net periodic pension expense | $ 17 | $ 13 | $ 34 | $ 47 |
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- Definition Defined Benefit Plan, Amortization, Net No definition available.
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- Definition Amount of administration expense of defined benefit plan which decreases plan assets. Excludes plan administration expense paid by employer. No definition available.
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- Definition Amount of prior service cost (credit) recognized in net periodic benefit cost (credit) of defined benefit plan. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/exampleRef
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- Definition Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
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- Definition Amount of expected return (loss) recognized in net periodic benefit (cost) credit, calculated based on expected long-term rate of return and market-related value of plan assets of defined benefit plan. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/exampleRef
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- Definition Amount of cost recognized for passage of time related to defined benefit plan. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/exampleRef
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- Definition Amount of net periodic benefit cost (credit) for defined benefit plan. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
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- Definition Amount of gain (loss) recognized in net periodic benefit (cost) credit from irrevocable action relieving primary responsibility for benefit obligation and eliminating risk related to obligation and assets used to effect settlement. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
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- Definition Amount of cost for actuarial present value of benefits attributed to service rendered by employee for defined benefit plan. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/exampleRef
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