Denver-based Janus Capital Group announced Thursday it had launched two new funds, Janus Global Bond Fund and Janus Emerging Markets Fund.
Janus Global Bond Fund is co-managed by Gibson Smith and Darrell Watters, and will utilize a fundamentally driven process focused on credit oriented investments around the world. The primary benchmark for Janus Global Bond Fund is Barclays Capital Global Aggregate Bond Index. Smith, who also serves as Janus' Co-CIO and head of fixed income, says this Fund is a natural extension of Janus' credit-driven approach to fixed income investing and will offer an alternative to many of the macro-driven strategies that dominate the global fixed-income marketplace.
"Our global bond fund extends the same bottom-up research process that we have used for more than two decades here in the U.S. to the European and Asian markets," said Smith in a statement. "With our credit-oriented approach, we're looking for companies that are going through a positive fundamental transformation of their capital structure, and thus present the best risk/reward opportunities for our clients."
Janus Emerging Markets Fund invests in emerging market securities and will be benchmarked to the MSCI Emerging Markets Index. Jonathan Coleman, who serves as Janus' Co-CIO and head of equity, believes that Janus' investment experience in emerging markets could provide an advantage in a rapidly changing world.
