Cohen & Steers Announces Change in Realty Majors Portfolio Index
04 Octobre 2008 - 12:04AM
PR Newswire (US)
NEW YORK, Oct. 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Cohen & Steers, Inc.
(NYSE: CNS) announced today a pending change to its Realty Majors
Portfolio Index (RMP) effective at the close of business on October
7, 2008. Component change: Deletion and Replacement Index Name:
Cohen & Steers Realty Majors Portfolio Index Index Symbol: RMP
Calculation method: Modified Capitalization Weighted Index Deleted
component symbol: GGP Deleted component name: General Growth
Properties, Inc. Replacement component symbol: HCN Replacement
component name: Health Care REIT, Inc. The Realty Majors Portfolio
Index is a modified capitalization-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
RMP. The index's modified capitalization-weighted approach and
qualitative screening process emphasize companies that the Cohen
& Steers Index Committee believes are leading the
securitization of real estate in the United States. RMP 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. About Cohen & Steers Cohen & Steers is a manager of
income-oriented equity portfolios specializing in U.S. and
international real estate securities, large cap value stocks,
utilities and listed infrastructure, and preferred securities. The
company also offers alternative investment strategies such as
hedged real estate securities portfolios and private real estate
multimanager strategies. Headquartered in New York City, with
offices in London, Brussels, Hong Kong and Seattle, Cohen &
Steers serves individual and institutional investors through a
broad range of investment vehicles. DATASOURCE: Cohen & Steers,
Inc.; Realty Majors Portfolio Index CONTACT: Francis C. Poli,
Executive Vice President and General Counsel, Cohen & Steers,
Inc., +1-212-832-3232
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