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Cohen & Steers Capital Management Inc.

New York, NYSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 106266

Filed as COHEN & STEERS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC.

Cohen & Steers Capital Management Inc. is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in New York, NY, registered since 1986, reporting over $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated July 7, 2026.

40 years
registered since 1986
$85,670,100,572
assets under management
3 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Performance-based and more
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Cohen & Steers Capital Management Inc. compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Cohen & Steers Capital Management Inc. reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; performance-based fees; other.

Where is Cohen & Steers Capital Management Inc. located?

Cohen & Steers Capital Management Inc.'s principal office is in New York, NY, according to its Form ADV.

Is Cohen & Steers Capital Management Inc. registered with the SEC or a state?

Cohen & Steers Capital Management Inc. is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 1986. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 106266.

How much does Cohen & Steers Capital Management Inc. manage?

Cohen & Steers Capital Management Inc. reports $85,670,100,572 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated July 7, 2026 (100% discretionary).

How have Cohen & Steers Capital Management Inc.'s assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Cohen & Steers Capital Management Inc.: Regulatory assets under management: $74,319,482,694 in the October 2021 data and $85,670,100,572 in the October 2026 data, up 15%. Total employees: 303 in October 2021 and 367 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Cohen & Steers Capital Management Inc. serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies) (52); investment companies (32); pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans) (26).

Which custodians does Cohen & Steers Capital Management Inc. use?

Cohen & Steers Capital Management Inc.'s most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists JPMorgan Chase & Co, Northern Trust Corporation, State Street Corporation and The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation as custodians holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Cohen & Steers Capital Management Inc. report any disciplinary disclosures?

Reports no disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11. The detail of any item is on the firm's SEC record: https://adviserinfo.sec.gov/firm/summary/106266

What changed in Cohen & Steers Capital Management Inc.'s recent Form ADV filings?

In the August 2026 filing data: Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).

From the Form ADV filing

Every figure below is as the firm filed it with regulators, as of October 2026.

How the firm is compensated

Item 5.E
  • A percentage of assets under your management
  • Performance-based fees
  • Other

Item 5.E lists how the firm is compensated for its advice; Items 5.B, 6.A, and 7.A show whether its people or related companies can also earn commissions. Percentage of assets, fixed, hourly, subscription, and performance-based fees come from clients (a performance-based fee depends on investment results); commissions come with a sale or a trade, often from the company behind the product. How fees, commissions, and other arrangements differ

Fees and minimums

Form ADV Part 2A

See the firm's brochure (dated March 30, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$85,670,100,572

$85,670,100,572 as of October 2026, filing dated July 7, 2026.

Discretionary: $85,670,100,572.Non-discretionary: $0.

A measure of scale, not skill or returns. Discretionary means the firm decides trades; non-discretionary means clients approve each one. What assets under management means

Who the firm serves

Item 5.D
High net worth individuals
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $21,743,031 (0%)
Banking or thrift institutions
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $983,198 (0%)
Investment companies
Clients 32 Assets $50,940,642,599 (59%)
Pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies)
Clients 52 Assets $17,873,348,450 (21%)
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients 26 Assets $2,979,263,138 (3%)
Charitable organizations
Clients 11 Assets $1,035,066,041 (1%)
State or municipal government entities (including government pension plans)
Clients 21 Assets $6,466,172,235 (8%)
Other investment advisers
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $250,866,088 (0%)
Insurance companies
Clients 12 Assets $1,445,638,169 (2%)
Sovereign wealth funds and foreign official institutions
Clients 8 Assets $3,566,003,241 (4%)
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients 8 Assets $588,029,146 (1%)
Other
Clients 7 Assets $502,345,236 (1%)

A firm with no individual clients is an institutional manager even if it manages billions; the mix tells you whom the practice is built around.

Advisory services

Item 5.G
  • Portfolio management for individuals and/or small businesses
  • Portfolio management for investment companies (and business development companies)
  • Portfolio management for pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies)
  • Portfolio management for businesses (other than small businesses) or institutional clients
  • Other

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Also doing business as
COHEN & STEERS
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
1986 (40 years)
Employees
Total: 367. Performing investment advisory functions: 60.
Wrap fee program participation
Yes.
Custodians (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3))

Custodians holding 10% or more of the firm's separately managed account assets, as filed on Form ADV (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)). A custodian holds client assets; it does not endorse or supervise the firm. AdvisorCensus has no relationship with any custodian.

States registered or notice-filed
53 states or jurisdictions
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SEC-registered investment advisers are examined by the SEC. SEC, state, and exempt registration

Disclosures

Item 11

None Reports no disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11. View on IAPD.

Item 11 asks about criminal, regulatory, and civil events involving the firm and its advisory personnel. The detail of each yes answer is on the IAPD record. Reading a firm's disclosures

Assets and staff over time

Items 5.A, 5.F
$74.3B 2021 $101B 2022 $75.9B 2023 $78.4B 2024 $81B 2025 $85.7B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$85,670,100,572367July 7, 2026
October 2025$80,991,295,731357June 30, 2025
October 2024$78,354,061,779354September 11, 2024
October 2023$75,861,778,618339September 15, 2023
October 2022$100,663,692,279307March 31, 2022
October 2021$74,319,482,694303March 31, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $74,319,482,694 in the October 2021 data and $85,670,100,572 in the October 2026 data, up 15%.

Total employees: 303 in October 2021 and 367 in October 2026.

As filed in each year's data for the same month. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going; they measure scale, not skill or returns. Most firms update these figures once a year.

Changes in the filing

Last 12 months
  1. August 2026
    • Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).
  2. April 2026
    • Employees performing advisory functions went from 66 to 60.
  3. November 2025
    • Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).

Compared month to month from the SEC's monthly adviser data and the state compilation feed. Owners and control persons are summarized, never named.

Websites listed on Form ADV

Item 1.I
cohenandsteers.com

Source: Form ADV, as of October 2026. Values appear as filed; a value the firm did not report is shown as "Not reported."

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