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    Is Cohen & Steers (CNS) Elevating Its Japan Presence To Reframe Its Real-Assets Narrative?

    Simply Wall St·01/08/2026 06:27:25
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    • Cohen & Steers, Inc. (NYSE: CNS) recently announced that Kikuo Shirose has joined as Representative Director of Cohen & Steers Japan Limited, where he will oversee the firm’s operations and relationships with institutional and wealth investors in Japan.
    • This leadership change highlights the firm’s long-term commitment to the Japanese market and its focus on expanding actively managed real assets and alternative income strategies for local clients.
    • We’ll now examine how appointing Kikuo Shirose to lead Cohen & Steers Japan could influence the firm’s broader investment narrative.

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    Cohen & Steers Investment Narrative Recap

    To own Cohen & Steers, you need to believe that active management in real assets and alternative income can still attract and retain client capital despite fee pressure and structural outflows. The appointment of Kikuo Shirose to lead Cohen & Steers Japan fits with the push to deepen global distribution, but it does not materially change the near term picture where institutional net outflows and elevated expense growth remain the key swing factors for earnings.

    Among recent developments, the firm’s launch of five actively managed ETFs in 2025 looks most relevant here, as it shows Cohen & Steers leaning into new vehicles while broadening access to its real asset and income strategies. Taken together with the Japan leadership move, this expansion into ETFs and overseas channels could be important for countering concentration in U.S. flows and real estate centric products, even as costs and potential fee compression remain front of mind for investors.

    Yet, while these growth initiatives are encouraging, investors should still be alert to the risk that persistent non performance related institutional outflows might...

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    Cohen & Steers' narrative projects $704.3 million revenue and $318.2 million earnings by 2028. This requires 9.0% yearly revenue growth and about a $156 million earnings increase from $162.1 million today.

    Uncover how Cohen & Steers' forecasts yield a $71.67 fair value, a 8% upside to its current price.

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    Simply Wall St Community members currently converge on a single fair value estimate of US$71.67 per share for Cohen & Steers. You can weigh that against concerns about structurally driven institutional outflows and consider how differing views could shape the company’s future profile.

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    This article by Simply Wall St is general in nature. We provide commentary based on historical data and analyst forecasts only using an unbiased methodology and our articles are not intended to be financial advice. It does not constitute a recommendation to buy or sell any stock, and does not take account of your objectives, or your financial situation. We aim to bring you long-term focused analysis driven by fundamental data. Note that our analysis may not factor in the latest price-sensitive company announcements or qualitative material. Simply Wall St has no position in any stocks mentioned.