Overcome Uncertainty, Pursue Fixed Income – Janus Henderson Investors – 3.18.20

Summary:

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A combination of risk factors, such as trade conflict, zero price discovery, the COVID-19 virus, and the upcoming 2020 election has increased the level of market volatility. However, for fixed-income investors, we think it’s important not to lose sight of the key characteristics that bonds provide: capital preservation and lower volatility.

Sign up to hear Short Duration Income ETF (VNLA) Portfolio Manager Jason England explain:

• The outlook for rates in times of rising global risk
• Solutions that can help clients put idle cash to work
• How to add diversification and potentially consistent income to a fixed income allocation

Speaker:

Jason England is a Global Bonds Portfolio Manager at Janus Henderson Investors responsible for co-managing the Absolute Return Income and Absolute Return Income Plus strategies. Prior to joining Janus in 2017, Mr. England was with PIMCO, most recently as senior vice president and portfolio manager for core sector fund separate account portfolios. While there from 1994 to 2015, he was involved with launching their first hedge fund, exchange-traded fund and global multi-asset product portfolios as well as management of numerous fixed income and asset allocation portfolios.

Mr. England received both a bachelor’s degree in business administration and finance and his MBA from the University of Southern California, Marshall School of Business. He has 25 years of financial industry experience.

Alex Roitz is a Senior Product Specialist for Janus Henderson Investors’ global macro fixed income and quantitative equity platforms. Mr. Roitz joined Janus in 2011 and served four years as vice president, client relations. Prior to Janus, he managed and directed the investment consulting unit of a regional defined contribution consulting group, where he oversaw their manager-analysis and due-diligence processes and was responsible for consulting with clients regarding fund performance and array construction. While working as a senior analyst for Advised Assets Group (a subsidiary of Great-West Life, now Empower Retirement), he was responsible for providing plan-level investment consulting.

Mr. Roitz received a bachelor of arts degree in mathematics with an emphasis in applied statistics from the University of Northern Colorado. Additionally, he earned a master’s degree in security analysis and portfolio management from Creighton University, Heider College of Business. Mr. Roitz holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation and has 21 years of financial industry experience.