Lara Castleton, CFA
Lara Castleton is US Head of Portfolio Construction and Strategy (PCS) at Janus Henderson Investors, a position she has held since 2023. In this role, she works to extend institutional and intermediary client engagement models to clients across the US. Lara joined the PCS team in 2019 as a portfolio strategist and was promoted to senior portfolio strategist in 2021. Lara joined the firm as a senior internal sales consultant for all Janus Henderson-related products and the Knowledge Labs® curriculum in 2016. Earlier in her career, she was an investment banking associate at Wells Fargo Securities and Piper Jaffray in Denver.
Lara received her bachelor of arts degree in mathematics from Boston College, graduating magna cum laude. She holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation and has 11 years of financial industry experience.
Articles Written
Why the 60/40 is still alive and how investors can benefit from a balanced fund in their portfolio
Three versatile use cases for balanced funds in investor portfolios.
Global Perspectives: Redefining growth potential in the technology sector
Assessing the impact of higher rates and a potential recession on the tech sector, as well as our outlook for AI and cloud computing.
Global Perspectives: Demystifying securitized fixed income
Dissecting the securitized subset of the fixed income market and where we see the strongest opportunities ahead.
Global Perspectives: Healthcare’s underappreciated opportunities
How innovation, secular tailwinds – even regulation – are driving growth in the sector.
Global Perspectives: Opportunities in equities, fixed income, and multi-asset investing
A discussion of current opportunities in equities and fixed income, and why we see a more attractive environment for multi-asset portfolios ahead.
Global Perspectives: Opportunities in fixed income as the Fed approaches its terminal rate
Where we see value in U.S. fixed income and how we believe investors should position portfolios to take advantage of the opportunities available.
Late to the party: Are the best of money market returns behind us?
The potential benefits of moving out of money market funds into duration assets as the Fed ends its rate-hiking cycle.
Global Perspectives: Making sense of market trends for portfolio construction
The Portfolio Construction and Strategy team discusses the biggest trends they are seeing in client portfolio consultations.
In defence of defensive fixed income: The case for adding duration
Three reasons why investors should consider adding intermediate-duration bonds back to their fixed income portfolios.
How do you fit a balanced fund into a balanced portfolio?
Introducing the potential benefits of balanced fund(s) to investors’ portfolios.