Cohen & Steers, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as an investment manager in the United States, Japan, and internationally. The company focuses on global real estate securities, global listed infrastructure, real assets, large cap value stocks, and preferred securities. It primarily manages institutional accounts, open-end mutual funds, and closed-end mutual funds. The company also manages alternative investment strategies, such as hedged real estate securities portfolios for qualified investors. In addition, it provides distribution services for its funds; and advisory consulting services to model-based strategies accounts. The company serves its sponsored open-end and closed-end mutual funds, U.S. and non-U.S. pension plans, endowment funds, foundations, and subadvised funds for other financial institutions. Cohen & Steers, Inc. was founded in 1986 and is headquartered in New York, New York.