With corporate performance proving resilient, the attractiveness of many equities market segments has improved during this year’s sell-off.
Mathew Kaleel, Andrew Kaleel and Maya Perone, Portfolio Managers in the Diversified Alternatives team at Janus Henderson, look at the profile of returns for trend following strategies during recessionary environments.
Healthcare historically has outperformed during market downturns, and the current period is no exception. But some areas of the sector tend to be more defensive than others, says Portfolio Manager Andy Acker. At the same time, investors should not lose sight of healthcare’s long-term growth opportunities.
Alistair Sayer, Client Portfolio Manager, considers why investors’ need for real diversification in their portfolios could be a long-term driver of demand for liquid alternatives as they seek to manage inflation and rising rates.
Portfolio Manager Mathew Kaleel and David Elms, Head of Diversified Alternatives, consider the lessons that short squeezes can offer about the inherent danger of carrying excessive leverage or short positions during periods of heightened risk and illiquidity.
The Portfolio Construction and Strategy (PCS) Team discuss why an allocation to technology is essential in a diversified portfolio and highlight some key factors for a rewarding investment.
John Bennett, Director of European Equities, discusses why investors should not take a binary view on the value/growth debate and explains why he thinks the worst is yet to come for financial markets.
The Signal and Noise series from Janus Henderson’s Portfolio Construction and Strategy Team seeks to identify historical patterns and precedents through which we can view current market challenges, escape analysis paralysis and drive toward an actionable set of portfolio solutions.
European equities manager Ollie Beckett and Rory Stokes present the case for European smaller companies and explain why the asset class offers bountiful opportunity for active stock pickers.
John Pattullo explains why he believes a recession seems unavoidable and that we are back to the boom-bust economics of the ‘80s.
Hamish Chamberlayne, Head of Global Sustainable Equities, answers key questions on the drivers shaping environmental, social and governance (ESG) and sustainable investing in 2022 and beyond.
2022 has offered investors little respite, with macroeconomic, geopolitical, sustainability and pandemic-related concerns to contend with. Against a backdrop of persistent inflation, increasingly hawkish central banks and high political tensions from the Russia/Ukraine conflict, how should equity investors best navigate markets? Janus Henderson’s equity specialists explore the implications for investors and discuss where they believe the opportunities lie.
In the latest episode of our Global Perspectives podcast series, Head of Global Sustainable Equities Hamish Chamberlayne and Portfolio Manager Aaron Scully join Adam Hetts, Global Head of Portfolio Construction and Strategy. In this podcast, they discuss key environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors influencing sustainable investing, including Russia, energy price inflation and the rotation away from growth equities, alongside the longer-term structural opportunities generated during current market volatility.
Janus Henderson Investors is delighted to invite you to the Invested in Connecting Equities Forum taking place on Thursday 16 June 2022, 2 – 4pm.
Portfolio manager James de Bunsen considers if alternative assets can help multi-asset investors to navigate this current point in the economic cycle.
Central bank policy is a focus for markets this year as the narrative has shifted towards tightening. Our fixed income teams consider the conundrums facing investors and where, outside of policy, there are opportunities and risks in the bond markets.
With inflation reaching multi-decade highs, Portfolio Managers Jason England and Dan Siluk believe that the path for central banks has become perilously narrow, thus increasing the chances of a policy error catching investors by surprise.
Despite experiencing its deepest and longest drawdown on record, the biotechnology sector looks stronger than ever, says Portfolio Manager Andy Acker, thanks to accelerating innovation and valuations that have reset.
A study by the Global Technology Leaders Team explores the relationship between environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors and the valuations of technology companies. Portfolio Manager Alison Porter shares the key findings.
In this new series of primers, Adrienn Sarandi, Head of ESG Strategy & Development, and Bhaskar Sastry, ESG Content Manager, examine key sustainability challenges that humanity is facing and will continue to face in coming decades. Biodiversity loss is a crisis which we believe could have systemic impacts akin to climate change. While requirements are at the early stages in terms of corporate disclosure of nature-related risks, investors can still play a positive role. We outline considerations for investors seeking to incorporate biodiversity factors in their portfolios.