Paul O'Connor

Paul O’Connor is Head of the UK-based Multi-Asset Team focused on asset allocation at Janus Henderson Investors. He co-manages the International Concentrated Equity strategy and is a Portfolio Manager on numerous multi-asset portfolios. Prior to joining Henderson in 2013, Paul was head of asset allocation (EMEA) at Mercer.
Paul holds a first class BA degree (Hons) in economics and an MSc in economics from the London School of Economics. He has 28 years of financial industry experience.
Articles Written

Defensive strategies for the downturn
Paul O’Connor, Head of the UK-based Multi-Asset Team, considers the arguments for defensive asset allocation as interest rate hikes work through the financial system.

Investment opportunities from late-cycle shocks and surprises?
Paul O’Connor, Head of the UK-based Multi-Asset Team, considers recent uncertainty in the US and European banking sectors in the context of a broader late-cycle environment.
Research in Action: Preparing for a new investment paradigm in 2023
A conversation about the outlook for inflation and the current rate-hike cycle, and the implications for investor portfolios in the new year.

Multi-asset outlook for 2023 – light at the end of the tunnel
With most of the bad news seemingly already priced in on the interest rate front, Paul O’Connor explores whether markets will deliver positive returns for investors in 2023.

Q4 Multi-asset outlook: Unfinished business
What are the prospects for growth and interest rates as we move into the final few months of 2022?

Multi-asset outlook Q2 2022 – This is going to hurt
Paul O’Connor discusses the looming likelihood of recession in the near future.

The fog of war: a multi-asset view
Paul O’Connor, Head of the UK-based Multi-Asset Team, considers the prospects for financial markets over the next few months, as investors contend with market uncertainty around central bank hawkishness, the war in Ukraine and lingering Chinese concerns.

January sell-off – where next for financial markets?
Are we close to the end of the most recent market correction? Paul O’Connor, Head of the UK Multi-Asset Team, argues that, while there is more froth to blow off, investors now have plenty of downside hedging in place, having looked bullishly complacent coming into 2022.

Peach State run-off could herald a light-blue wave for US politics
With Georgia’s Senate run-off vote offering a final, dramatic twist in the US election, what would it mean if Peach State voters hand power to the Democrats? Paul O’Connor, Head of the UK-based Multi Asset Team, considers the ramifications of a potentially seismic political result.