WHY COHEN & STEERS

Experienced global investment team

Our investment team is one of the largest dedicated to listed infrastructure investing, with leadership that has overseen our infrastructure investing since 2004

Analysis

Disciplined and rigorous investment process

Blends proprietary top-down, macro-level framework with rigorous bottom-up, company-level research

Performance

Strong 17-year+ track record, outperforming in both up and down markets

WHY LISTED INFRASTRUCTURE

Differentiated performance profile

Historically strong total returns, reduced volatility and inflation hedging

Global Listed Infrastructure

Access to critical forces driving economic change

Including infrastructure modernization, digital transformations of economies, decarbonization and improvements in supply chain logistics

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Attractive complement to private infrastructure

Offering diversified exposure with access to assets and industries that may be less available to private investors

The Cohen & Steers Global Listed Infrastructure Strategy employs a total-return, relative-value approach to investing in global listed infrastructure. The strategy seeks to achieve attractive risk-adjusted total returns over the long term and to outperform its benchmark over a full market cycle (approximately 3–5 years).

Our global listed infrastructure team’s experience positions us to better navigate market risks and identify superior investment opportunities. The team comprises 11 professionals (with an average 13 years of investment experience) whose sole or primary responsibility is to the Global Listed Infrastructure Strategy.

WHY INVEST WITH US

Delivering value to our clients

Cohen & Steers has been investing in listed infrastructure since we launched our flagship Global Listed Infrastructure Strategy in 2004. Based on our commitment to global listed infrastructure and our drive for excellence, we have built a platform positioned to outperform our peers and deliver compelling returns for our clients.

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PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT

An experienced team

Benjamin Morton

Head of Global Infrastructure

25 years of experience

Tyler Rosenlicht

Portfolio Manager, Global Infrastructure

14 years of experience

Thuy Quynh
Thuy Quynh Dang

Portfolio Manager, Global Infrastructure

24 years of experience

Christopher DeNunzio

Portfolio Manager, Global Infrastructure

8 years of experience

+7 analysts and associates

PORTFOLIO SPECIALIST GROUP

Supporting our investment team and clients

Michelle Butler

Senior Portfolio Specialist

28 years of experience

Evan Serton

Senior Portfolio Specialist

22 years of experience

We believe listed infrastructure offers attractive long-term growth potential and inflation protection through favorable pricing mechanisms and predictable, often inflation-linked, cash flows. The philosophy that guides our Global Listed Infrastructure Strategy is underpinned by the following principles:

Global listed infrastructure markets are inherently inefficient

due to regulation, industry fundamental cycles, securitization of the asset class and a lack of dedicated specialist coverage, which provides opportunities for active investment managers to add value.

A strict definition of the investment universe is critically important to manage global listed infrastructure portfolios.

A disciplined investment process

that combines top-down industry/sector research with bottom-up company specific analysis can deliver a sustainable advantage because of the range of infrastructure subsectors with varying business models and economic sensitivities.

Experience and local, on-the-ground research are critical

to understanding local regulatory precedents, local languages and the prevailing political environment.

The delivery of superior risk-adjusted returns demands an embedded, comprehensive and multidimensional approach to risk management.

We seek to take advantage of the following inefficiencies in the global listed infrastructure markets:

  • The discounting mechanism of public markets whereby price movements typically occur ahead of changes in fundamentals
  • The variations in infrastructure subsector fundamentals that result from changing macroeconomic conditions
  • The opaqueness, lack of history and limited investor experience

APPROACH

Our investment process

The strategy employs a total-return, relative-value approach, and we adhere to a strict definition of the listed infrastructure universe that focuses on core owners and operators of infrastructure assets.

Investment universe
We begin by identifying the core global infrastructure investment universe, with a strict focus on owners and operators of infrastructure assets with stable cash flows that tend to be regulated, in monopolistic or oligopolistic sectors that have high barriers to entry. Although the universe is global and well diversified on regional and sector bases, as an active manager we may choose not to invest in a particular country, subsector or company.

Fundamental research
Analysts are responsible for conducting detailed bottom-up research, developing high-conviction views on fundamentals and valuations on the companies they cover. We continually reassess management’s capabilities to add value and deliver on its goals. In addition, we integrate ESG factors into our research and valuation models.

Subsector overlay
A proprietary macroeconomic overlay ranks the attractiveness of infrastructure subsectors based on our view of key macro factors and drives subsector allocations in our portfolio.

Portfolio construction
After we have determined subsector positioning, outputs from security-level models quantify relative value within each subsector. As valuations change, we rotate capital among individual securities. Risk management, diversification, liquidity and other factors are also key considerations.

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3 Reasons to own global listed infrastructure today

July 2024 | 5 mins

Attractive valuations, an advantageous macro environment and high private investor interest set the stage for potentially strong total returns from listed infrastructure.

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June 2024 | 22 mins

We expect higher fixed income and real asset returns alongside lower U.S. equity returns for the next decade.

Investing in the future of energy

Investing in the future of energy

April 2024 | 3 mins

Global energy demand is poised for substantial growth in the coming decades, which is creating attractive investment opportunities across the alternative energy landscape and the traditional energy value chain.

Why the consensus approach to energy investing is flawed

Why the consensus approach to energy investing is flawed

April 2024 | 10 mins

Investors have increasingly viewed energy through an either/or lens, taking a zero-sum view, and limiting their investments to traditional or alternative energy forms. This is a flawed approach.

Changing the narrative from ‘energy transition’ to ‘energy addition’

Changing the narrative from ‘energy transition’ to ‘energy addition’

April 2024 | 29 mins

Aggregate energy demand will continue to increase in the coming decades, which is creating attractive investment opportunities across both the traditional and alternative energy landscape.

InvestmentNews: Cohen & Steers strategist sheds new light on investing in energy sector

InvestmentNews: Cohen & Steers strategist sheds new light on investing in energy sector

March 2024 | 1 min

Portfolio Manager Tyler Rosenlicht joined InvestmentNews’ IN the Nasdaq to discuss his outlook for the future of energy and why he believes existing investment strategies provide a limited view of the asset class. He discusses why global energy demand is driving the need for energy addition, requiring both traditional and alternative energy to satisfy this demand.

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