Janus Henderson enters key AM partnership with | Australian Markets

In what represents a vital development amid persevering with market turmoil,  Janus Henderson is set to benefit from a strategic partnership with main insurer, Guardian Life.

The two firms introduced right now that Guardian Life and Janus Henderson have entered into a strategic partnership whereby Janus Henderson will develop into Guardian’s investment grade public fixed income asset supervisor.

The announcement stated that, by the partnership, Janus Henderson will handle the US$45 billion investment grade public fixed income portfolio for Guardian’s common account, which is able to embrace investment grade company and securitised credit.

It stated that as half of the settlement, Guardian investment staffers at present supporting the in-scope asset courses may have the chance to affix Janus Henderson, offering continuity within the management of these belongings whereas additional enhancing Janus Henderson’s specialised insurance coverage investment capabilities.

The announcement stated that on the completion of this transaction, Janus Henderson will handle over US$147 billion in fixed income belongings globally and over US$109 billion for international insurance coverage firms vastly increasing the firm’s institutional attain and insurance coverage presence. The partnership positions Janus Henderson as a top-15 unaffiliated insurance coverage asset supervisor.

In addition, Guardian will commit up to US$400 million of seed capital to help speed up Janus Henderson’s continued innovation in securitised credit and high high quality lively fixed income merchandise, in addition to different main fixed income capabilities. This builds on the success of Janus Henderson’s lively fixed income ETF suite. This partnership will benefit from Janus Henderson’s revolutionary investment method as a main lively asset supervisor and a pioneer in lively fixed income ETFs.

As half of this strategic partnership, Guardian will obtain equity warrants and different financial consideration designed to help a shared purpose of accelerating growth and driving worth creation.