CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

The General Partner and Unitholders
AllianceBernstein L.P.
AllianceBernstein Holding L.P.

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Prospectuses and Supplement
constituting part of this Post-Effective Amendment No. 4 to Registration
Statement File No. 333-104713 on Form S-3 of our reports dated February 24,
2006, with respect to the consolidated statements of financial condition of
AllianceBernstein L.P. as of December 31, 2005 and 2004, and the related
consolidated statements of income, changes in partners' capital and
comprehensive income and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year
period ended December 31, 2005, and the statements of financial condition of
AllianceBernstein Holding L.P. as of December 31, 2005 and 2004, and the related
statements of income, changes in partners' capital and comprehensive income and
cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31,
2005, and the related AllianceBernstein L.P. and AllianceBernstein Holding L.P.
reports on management's assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over
financial reporting as of December 31, 2005 and the effectiveness of internal
control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2005, appearing in AXA
Equitable Life Insurance Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 2005.

/s/ KPMG LLP
New York, New York
April 19, 2006