Steve Cain

Steve Cain is a Portfolio Manager on the Diversified Alternatives Team at Janus Henderson Investors, a position he has held since joining Henderson in 2010. Prior to Henderson, Steve ran Kurtosis Capital Partners. He was a partner as well as a volatility and macro portfolio manager at JWM Partners from 2006 to 2009. From 2004 to 2006, he was founding partner and currency and macro portfolio manager at Nylon Capital. In 2002, he was managing director, head of macro strategies at Shumway Capital Partners. Steve started his career in 1987 in investment banking. Between 1987 and 2002, he held a variety of roles managing currency and emerging market businesses at numerous global investment banks.
Steve received a BA degree (Hons) in philosophy, politics, and economics from Oxford University. He has 36 years of financial industry experience.
Articles Written
Global Perspectives: Seeking to mitigate risk with Alternatives
What can a multi-strategy alternatives approach offer investors when more traditional assets like bonds and equities are both volatile and seemingly correlated?

Alternatives Investment Outlook: The scale of change demands a different mindset
Explore the opportunity for alternatives investing following a year that tested the resilience of traditional strategies built around ‘core’ asset classes.

Storing cash
Comparing the maturity profiles on Treasuries with their “risk of loss” history to reach conclusions about where value might lie within shorter maturities.

The end of the free put
In this article, portfolio Managers Aneet Chachra and Steve Cain consider to what extent the offsetting relationship between bonds and equities has held firm in 2020.

The Alternative View: Brexit, in the market’s opinion
In this series of views from Henderson’s Multi-Strategy team, Fund Managers Steve Cain, Mark Richardson and Aneet Chachra examine the extent to which ‘Brexit’ is priced into currency options and betting markets.