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Janus Henderson Balanced Fund
Flexible. Resilient. Dynamic

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Morningstar, USD Moderate Allocation category, as of 31 October 2022.
Past performance does not predict future returns.

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Key investment risks:

The Fund's investments in equities are subject to equity market risk due to fluctuation of securities values.
The Fund invests in debt securities (including below investment grade or unrated) and asset/ mortgage-backed securities/ commercial papers; and is subject to greater interest rate, credit/ counterparty, volatility, liquidity, downgrading, valuation, credit rating risks. It may be more volatile.

Investments in the Fund involve general investment, currency, hedging, economic, political, policy, foreign exchange, liquidity, tax, legal, regulatory and securities financing transactions related risks. In extreme market conditions, you may lose your entire investment.
The Fund may invest in financial derivatives instruments for investment and efficient portfolio management purposes. This may involve counterparty, liquidity, leverage, volatility, valuation, over-the-counter transaction, credit, currency, index, settlement default and interest risks; and the Fund may suffer total or substantial losses.
The Fund's investments are concentrated in US companies/ debt securities and may be more volatile.
The Fund may at its discretion pay dividends (i) pay dividends out of the capital of the Fund, and/ or (ii) pay dividends out of gross income while charging all or part of the fees and expenses to the capital of the Fund, resulting in an increase in distributable income available for the payment of dividends by the Fund and therefore, the Fund may effectively pay dividends out of capital. This may result in an immediate reduction of the Fund’s net asset value per share, and it amounts to a return or withdrawal of part of an investor’s original investment or from any capital gains attributable to that original investment.
Investors should not only base on this document alone to make investment decisions and should read the offering documents including the risk factors for further details.

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For over 25 years, this dynamic allocation strategy has delivered our equity and fixed income expertise in a one-stop core solution

Strength Why Balanced Fund Dynamic allocation Meet the Team & Documents

Strength

The advantage of a combination of stocks and bonds

The Balanced Fund’s dynamic asset allocation strategy has the flexibility to defensively position in anticipation of market volatility while seeking strong risk-adjusted returns. Unlike many competitor products where asset allocation is constrained by static targets, the Balanced Fund can actively pivot between an equity weighting of 35% to 65% depending on market conditions.

The Fund is designed to:

Offer a dynamic blend of mainly US stocks and bonds

Adapt to all market conditions

Limit volatility relative to the stock market

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"We actively position the portfolio based on the most attractive opportunities in the equity and bond worlds, based on evolving economic conditions".

Jeremiah Buckley, CFA,
Co-Manager of the Janus Henderson Balanced Fund

Why Balanced Fund

1. Dynamic asset allocation

The Fund’s asset allocation may vary between 35% to 65% in equities depending on market conditions. This provides flexibility to position defensively during periods of anticipated market volatility.

2. Simplicity

An equities and bond strategy that does not rely on derivatives, or direct exposure to commodities or property.

3. Highly specialized investment team

Collectively, the investment team behind Balanced has nearly 70 years’ financial industry experience.

4. Integrated research

Our equity and fixed income analysts work side by side to cover the same global sectors, facilitating deeper analysis of a company’s outlook and a better understanding of the management team’s true intentions.

5. Focus on risk management

The fund managers seek to carefully manage risk in the portfolio, using proprietary research and risk management tools.

6. Established client base

The Janus Henderson Balanced investment team manages a total portfolio size of US$47 billion (as of 31/03/2022) with a track record dating back to January 1995. The UCITS fund was launched in 1998.

"We actively position the portfolio based on the most attractive opportunities in the equity and bond worlds, based on evolving economic conditions".

Jeremiah Buckley, CFA,
Co-Manager of the Janus Henderson Balanced Fund

Dynamic allocation

Proactive equity component

Targeting diverse sources of return within equities and fixed income can help to mitigate downside risk. The flexible equity allocation has helped to capture over 60% of the bullish phases of the market over time, with the equity component tactically increased or decreased to account for volatility spikes.

Seeking healthy returns does not always mean taking higher risk

Aim to provide less volatility than the broader equity market. The fund’s approach to help creating a smoother risk-return profile than the US equity market. Historically the fund’s volatility has been almost half that of the S&P500 Index*.

*Source: Janus Henderson Investors, Morningstar, Inc, as at 30 September 2022. Based on historical volatility as measured by standard deviation since fund inception to 30 September 2022. (Fund A2 USD share class 12.6% vs S&P 500 23.7%). US Equity Market is represented by the S&P 500® Index and is provided for informational purposes only. Past performance does not predict future returns.
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"We actively position the portfolio based on the most attractive opportunities in the equity and bond worlds, based on evolving economic conditions".

Jeremiah Buckley, CFA,
Co-Manager of the Janus Henderson Balanced Fund

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