Cohen & Steers (CNS) November AUM Rises 1.3% on Market Gains

Cohen & Steers CNS reported preliminary assets under management (AUM) of $58.6 billion as of Nov 30, 2018, up 1.3% from the prior-month level. Market appreciation of $1.5 billion was partially offset by outflows of $530 million and distributions of $198 million.

The company recorded total institutional accounts of $27 billion at the end of November, up 1.6% sequentially. Of the total institutional accounts, advisory accounts were $12.2 billion as of Nov 30 while the remaining were subadvisory accounts.

Cohen & Steers recorded $22.7 billion in open-end funds, growing 1.2% from the $22.4 billion recorded a month ago. Close-end funds came in at $8.9 billion, up nearly 1% from October.

With operations at a global level, Cohen & Steers benefits greatly from its well diversified AUM. However, mounting expenses, mainly due to its continuous expansion efforts will likely hamper bottom-line growth to some extent.

Shares of the company have lost 23.4% so far this year compared with 25% decline for the industry it belongs to.

Cohen & Steers currently carries a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold). You can see the complete list of today’s Zacks #1 Rank (Strong Buy) stocks here.

Among other investment managers, Franklin Resources BEN announced preliminary AUM by its subsidiaries of $683.3 billion for November. Results reflect a marginal improvement from $682.7 billion recorded as of Oct 31. The rise was primarily driven by net market gains.

Notably, Invesco IVZ and Federated Investors, Inc. FII are likely to come out with their monthly numbers soon.

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