Cohen & Steers, Inc. Appoints Joseph M. Harvey, as Acting Chief Executive Officer
February 22, 2021 at 06:52 am EST
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On February 22, 2021, Cohen & Steers, Inc. (the Company) announced that Robert H. Steers, the Chief Executive Officer of the Company and a member of its Board of Directors, is taking a medical leave of absence. In connection with Mr. Steers’ leave of absence, on February 21, 2021 the Company’s Board of Directors appointed Joseph M. Harvey, the Company’s President and a member of its Board of Directors, as Acting Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Harvey, age 57, has been President of the Company since 2003 and a member of the Board of Directors since 2019. Having joined the Company in 1992, Mr. Harvey previously served as a portfolio manager from 1998 to 2016 and as Chief Investment Officer from 2003 to 2019. Mr. Harvey also serves as a Vice President and director of each of the Company’s U.S. registered open-end and closed-end funds.
Cohen & Steers, Inc. is a holding company, which is engaged in global investment management. The Company is specialized in real assets and alternative income, including listed and private real estate, preferred securities, infrastructure, resource equities, commodities, as well as multi-strategy solutions. The Companyâs distribution network encompasses two channels, wealth and institutional. Its wealth channel includes registered investment advisers, wire houses, independent and regional broker dealers and bank trusts. Its institutional channel includes sovereign wealth funds, corporate plans, insurance companies and public funds, including defined benefit and defined contribution plans, as well as other financial institutions that access its investment management services directly or through consultants and other intermediaries. The Company manages three types of investment vehicles, such as open-end funds, institutional accounts, and closed end.