NEW YORK, Feb. 5, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Cohen & Steers, Inc. (NYSE: CNS) announced today a pending change to its Global Realty Majors Portfolio Index (GRM) effective at the close of business on February 19, 2016.



    Component change:                         Deletion and Replacement

    Index Name:                                Cohen & Steers Global Realty
                                               Majors Portfolio Index

    Index Symbol:                             GRM

    Calculation method:                        Free-Float Adjusted Modified
                                               Market Capitalization Weighted
                                               Index


    Deleted component symbol:     1972.HK

    Deleted component name:       Swire Properties Ltd.


    Deleted component symbol:     3231.JP

    Deleted component name:       Nomura Real Estate Holdings Inc.


    Replacement component symbol: 1113.HK

    Replacement component name:   Cheung Kong Property Holdings Ltd.


    Replacement component symbol: 3462.JP

    Replacement component name:   Nomura Real Estate Master Fund Inc.

The Global Realty Majors Portfolio Index is a free-float adjusted, modified market-cap-weighted total return index of selected real estate equity securities. It is quoted intraday on a real-time basis by the Chicago Mercantile Exchange under the symbol GRM. The index's free-float market capitalization approach and qualitative screening process emphasize companies that the Cohen & Steers Index Committee believes are leading the securitization of real estate globally.

GRM can be used as an indexing benchmark, stock selection universe, underlying index for derivative instruments or performance benchmark. All index weightings are independently calculated by Standard & Poor's.

More information is available at cohenandsteers.com.

//Website: http://cohenandsteers.com/

Symbol: NYSE: CNS

About Cohen & Steers. Cohen & Steers is a global investment manager specializing in liquid real assets, including real estate securities, listed infrastructure, commodities and natural resource equities, as well as preferred securities and other income solutions. Founded in 1986, the firm is headquartered in New York City, with offices in London, Hong Kong, Tokyo and Seattle.

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