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Investment Outlook 2020
What are the most pressing issues facing investors globally and how will they evolve in the year ahead? Our asset class heads provide their views on the investment themes to watch in 2020.
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Powerplay: geopolitical manoeuvres and their corporate impact
Geopolitical risk continues to be top of mind for investors, particularly the shifting global balance of power from west to east as showcased by the escalating trade friction between China and the US. Charlie Awdry, China equities portfolio manager and Richard Clode, Global Technology portfolio manager, provide candid views on this evolving issue and its significance on how they invest.
Do you remember the Great Financial Crisis?
John Pattullo, Co-Head of Strategic Fixed Income, explains how after the failure of QE to generate any sustainable growth or inflation the dial has turned to various forms of fiscal policy. But as he argues, a successful formula has to combine fiscal and monetary policies with structural reform.
Breaking down plastic pollution
Hamish Chamberlayne, Head of SRI, explains how the responsible use of plastics is an important consideration for evaluating the sustainability of a business.
Digital Natives Come of Age
In this video, Richard Clode, Global Technology Portfolio Manager, talking at the Janus Henderson 2019 UK Investment Conference, describes how a convergence of technical trends and a digital generation ready to embrace change is likely to shape the future of companies.
‘Peak’ everything?
A number of disruptive trends in the economy are reshaping the investment landscape. In this video summary and article, John Pattullo, Co-Head of Strategic Fixed Income, examines the various peaks and troughs in industries, markets and the economy, which, together with demographic trends and behavioural changes, are contributing to the current low growth, low inflation environment.
Ten themes for sustainable investing
Hamish Chamberlayne, Portfolio Manager with Janus Henderson’s Global SRI Team, details the ten sustainability themes – five environmental and five social – that guide the generation of the team’s investment ideas.
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The Amazonisation effect and bonds
In this webcast, John Pattullo, Co-Head of Strategic Fixed Income, will share his thoughts on digital disruption, with Amazon as the leading example of how this new structural force can erode margins, put established businesses at risk and send deflationary waves across the economies. Bond fund managers need to rethink their strategies carefully to profit from this trend.
Change is nothing new
Businesses such as Amazon and Google are challenging more than just the digital landscape, but is this simply the latest evolution of disruption in markets?
Keep Up! Technological disruption is accelerating
Converging trends are creating the perfect storm for further disruption in the technology sector. Richard Clode, Global Technology Portfolio Manager, comments on the opportunities that may lie ahead and how to avoid the potential pitfalls that the associated hype may bring.
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‘The only thing that is constant is change’
Disruption is a constant process and any successful investment strategy must take this into account. Andrew Gillan, Head of Asia ex-Japan Equities at Janus Henderson Investors, discusses the opportunities that disruption can offer in the Asia region.
China: the next wave of tech disruptors
Chinese companies continue to disrupt the technology market. In this video, Richard Clode, Portfolio Manager in the Janus Henderson Global Technology team, discusses his recent trip to China where he met the next wave of disruptors in the sector.
The Chinese disruption paradox
Innovative internet companies are highly disruptive and increasingly dominant within the Chinese economy but they are regulated by the Communist Party, which perceives disruption to be a threat to the status quo. In this video update, Charlie Awdry discusses the interesting implications of this dynamic for investing in China.