Cohen & Steers Announces Change in Global Realty Majors Portfolio Index
April 01 2008 - 6:20PM
PR Newswire (US)
NEW YORK, April 1, 2008 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Cohen &
Steers, Inc. (NYSE:CNS) announced a pending change to its Global
Realty Majors Portfolio Index (GRM) today effective at the close of
business on April 3, 2008. Component change: Deletion and
Replacement Index Name: Cohen & Steers Global Realty Majors
Portfolio Index Index Symbol: GRM Calculation method: Modified
Capitalization Weighted Index Deleted component symbol: IIA.AV
Deleted component name: Immofinanz Immobilien Anlagen AG
Replacement component symbol: ECMPA.NA Replacement component name:
Eurocommercial Properties NV The Global Realty Majors Portfolio
Index is a free-float, market-cap-weighted total return index of
selected real estate equity securities. It is quoted intraday on a
real-time basis by the Chicago Mercantile Exchange under the symbol
GRM. The index's free-float market capitalization approach and
qualitative screening process emphasize companies that the Cohen
& Steers Index Committee believes are leading the
securitization of real estate globally. GRM can be used as an
indexing benchmark, stock selection universe, underlying index for
derivative instruments or performance benchmark. All index
weightings are independently calculated by Standard & Poor's.
DATASOURCE: Cohen & Steers, Inc. CONTACT: Francis C. Poli
Executive Vice President and General Counsel, Cohen & Steers
Capital Management, Inc., +1-212-832-3232 Web site:
http://www.cohenandsteers.com/
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