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The investment seeks total return. The fund invests at least 80% of its net assets (plus any borrowings for investment purposes) in a portfolio of preferred and debt securities issued by U.S. and non-U.S. companies. It also will invest at least 25% of its net assets in the financial sector. The fund may invest without limit in securities of non-U.S. companies, which may be non-U.S. dollar denominated, including up to 15% of the fund's net assets in securities issued by companies domiciled in emerging market countries.
Name | Title | Since | Until |
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Jerry Dorost | Research Analyst | 2022 | Now |
Biography | Jerry Dorost, CFA, Senior Vice President, is a portfolio manager for fixed income and preferred securities portfolios and has analyst coverage responsibilities for U.S. banks. He has 21 years of investment experience. Prior to joining the firm in 2010, Mr. Dorost was with Citigroup, where his coverage included banks, mortgage lenders and other financial companies. Mr. Dorost has a BS from Columbia University and is based in New York. | ||
Elaine Zaharis-Nikas | SVP, Head of Fixed Income and Preferred Securities | 2015 | Now |
Biography | Elaine Zaharis-Nikas, CFA, Senior Vice President, is Head of Fixed Income and Preferred Securities and a senior portfolio manager for the firm’s preferred securities portfolios. She has 27 years of investment experience. Prior to joining Cohen & Steers in 2003, Ms. Zaharis-Nikas worked at JPMorgan Chase for five years as a credit analyst and J.P. Morgan for three years as an internal auditor. Ms. Zaharis-Nikas holds a BS from New York University. She is based in New York. | ||
William F. Scapell | Senior Vice President | 2010 | 2024 |
Biography | William Scapell, CFA, Executive Vice President, is a senior portfolio manager for the firm’s preferred securities portfolios. He has 32 years of investment experience. Prior to joining Cohen & Steers in 2003, Mr. Scapell worked in the fixed income research department at Merrill Lynch, where he was their chief strategist for preferred securities for three years, and a vice president in corporate finance and treasury department for two years. Previously, he held bank supervision and monetary policy roles at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York for five years. Mr. Scapell holds a BA from Vassar Collegeand an MA from Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs. He is based in New York. | ||
Joseph M. Harvey | President | 2010 | 2016 |
Biography | Joseph Harvey is a vice president and senior portfolio manager of real estate securities portfolios. currently serves as president and chief investment officer of the Advisor and president of CNS. Prior to joining the Cohen & Steers in 1992, Mr. Harvey was a vice president with Robert A. Stanger Co. for five years, where he was an analyst specializing in real estate and related securities for the firm’s research and consulting activities. Mr. Harvey has a BSE degree from Princeton University. | ||
Robert H. Steers | Chairman, Founder | 2010 | 2013 |
Biography | Robert Steers, Executive Chairman of Cohen & Steers, founded the firm with Martin Cohen in 1986 as one of the first investment advisors dedicated to real estate securities. He serves on the Advisory Committee for the International Monetary Fund’s Staff Retirement Plan. At his alma mater of Georgetown University, Mr. Steers is Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Steers Center for Global Real Estate, Chairman of the McDonough School of Business Board of Advisors, and a member of the Endowment Investment Committee. | ||
Martin Cohen | co-chairman, co-chief executive Officer, Senior Portfolio Manager, Member, | 2010 | 2013 |
Biography | Martin Cohen, co-chairman and co-CEO, is a senior portfolio manager for all of Cohen & Steers’ portfolios, and is a member of the firm’s investment committee. Prior to co-founding the firm in 1986 with Mr. Steers, Mr. Cohen was a senior vice president and portfolio manager at National Securities and Research Corporation from 1984 to 1986, where, in 1985, he and Mr. Steers organized and managed the nation’s first real estate securities mutual fund. From 1976 to 1981, Mr. Cohen was a vice president at Citibank, serving as an analyst and portfolio manager. |
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