John Bennett
John Bennett is Director of European Equities at Janus Henderson Investors and Portfolio Manager on the Janus Henderson Continental European and Pan-European long-only and long/short strategies. John has held these roles since 2011 when his previous company, Gartmore, was acquired by Henderson. Prior to Gartmore, he served as fund manager at Global Asset Management for 17 years. During this time, he managed their flagship European long-only and European equity long/short hedge funds. Before this, he was a fund manager at Ivory & Sime.
John has 33 years of financial industry experience.
Articles Written
European equities: stick to the knitting
John Bennett, Co-Manager of Henderson European Focus Trust, discusses what he believes are the important factors to focus on in times of market turmoil and highlights the importance of ‘sticking to the knitting’.
European equities: uncharted waters
John Bennett, Director of European Equities and Portfolio Manager of Henderson European Focus Trust, provides a ‘quick view’ update covering the recent market sell-off and portfolio positioning.
European equities: uncharted waters
John Bennett, Director of European Equities, provides a ‘quick view’ update covering the recent market sell-off and portfolio positioning.
Master Investor Podcast with HEFT portfolio managers
John Bennett and Tom O’Hara, Co-Managers of Henderson European Focus Trust, explain their thoughts on the continent’s equity market and point to Europe leading the world in one emerging sector.
European equities in 2020: staying selective
In this Q&A, European equity managers John Bennett and Marc Schartz discuss the year ahead and the key themes that they look for when choosing companies for their portfolios.
Henderson European Focus Trust AGM
Watch John Bennett, Fund Manager of Henderson European Focus Trust, present on how the Trust has performed over the last financial year and his outlook for the coming months.
European stocks deliver against negative narrative
UK-based investors would have enjoyed a good decade had they ignored the negative commentary around European stock markets and bought some exposure to the continent, says John Bennett, Fund Manager of Henderson European Focus Trust.
Game on! Why investment trusts can challenge private equity
Investment trusts can go toe-to-toe with private equity firms, says John Bennett, Fund Manager of Henderson European Focus Trust, owing to their unique access to “permanent capital”. John also explains why European equities might be poised to rally.
Recession? Hallelujah! Bring on the bargains
Recessions often bring with them stock market opportunities, says John Bennett, Fund Manager of Henderson European Focus Trust. John also explains why he’d like to lower the minimum number of stocks the Trust can hold further to 35.
John Bennett: “Let’s be true active”
HEFT Trust TV highlight video
In this snippet from the latest episode of Trust TV, John Bennett of Henderson European Focus Trust explains how the Trust is taking on the threat from passive investment strategies; and challenges investors to afford fund managers the same time horizons given to private equity investors
Trust TV: featuring Henderson European Focus Trust
Watch John Bennett, Fund Manager of Henderson European Focus Trust, explains his rationale behind reducing the minimum number of stocks the Trust can hold; his views on the emergence of ‘disruptors’ and what it means for the European equity market.
John Bennett: why less is more
John Bennett, Fund Manager for Henderson European Focus Trust, discusses why he believes the concentration of the Trust’s portfolio will not lead to greater risk and how he intends to maintain a diversified portfolio with high conviction. Transcript Q: Hello and welcome to this latest video update for The Henderson European Focus Trust. Today I’m