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Jenna Barnard, CFA

Co-Head of Global Bonds | Portfolio Manager
Jenna Barnard, CFA

Jenna Barnard is Co-Head of Global Bonds at Janus Henderson Investors, a position she has held since 2015. She manages and co-manages a range of global bond strategies and funds meeting different client needs globally. Jenna joined Henderson in 2002 as a credit analyst and was promoted to portfolio manager in 2004. Prior to this, she worked as an investment analyst with Orbitex Investments.

Jenna graduated with a first class BA degree (Hons) in politics, philosophy, and economics from Oxford University. She holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation, is a member of the Society of Technical Analysts, and is an Affiliate Member of the UK Society of Investment Professionals. She has 22 years of financial industry experience.

Articles Written

Tightening the screw: Restrictive policy is taking effect
Timely & Topical

Tightening the screw: Restrictive policy is taking effect

How restrictive policy is taking effect and why it should lead to a pullback in yields from current highs.

Global Perspectives: Dissecting the cycle
Features & Outlooks

Global Perspectives: Dissecting the cycle

Why we believe the market is too pessimistic on inflation improvement but too optimistic on the growth environment.

Unconscious uncoupling: The drift of UK inflation
Timely & Topical

Unconscious uncoupling: The drift of UK inflation

An exploration of what is causing UK inflation to be an outlier.

Strategic Bond Update
Features & Outlooks

Strategic Bond Update

If you were able to attend, we hope you found it informative. In case you missed it, or would like to review anything, be sure to check out the replay.

Global Perspectives: It is all falling into place for bonds in 2023
Features & Outlooks

Global Perspectives: It is all falling into place for bonds in 2023

Evidence of a collapse in inflation and impending economic downturn have potentially built conditions for strong returns from bonds in 2023.

High quality bonds are primed to bloom in 2023
Timely & Topical

High quality bonds are primed to bloom in 2023

The titan arum only flowers occasionally, but when it does, the results are impressive; high quality bonds could be set for a similar display in 2023.

Strategic Bond Update: Policy Error?

Strategic Bond Update: Policy Error?

Here we updated on the previous Strategic bond outlook following a tumultuous few months for financial markets and bond markets in particular

Policy overkill … recession coming
Features & Outlooks

Policy overkill … recession coming

Forward, long leading economic indicators signal what looks like a long and deep global recession into mid-2023 at a minimum.

Strategic Fixed Income: Central banks in 2022 – making long bonds great again

Strategic Fixed Income: Central banks in 2022 – making long bonds great again

Co-Head of Strategic Fixed Income Jenna Barnard outlines how the team’s cyclical process for managing bond exposures is signalling a collapse in US government bond yields around springtime.

Reflation train — arriving on time
Analysis & Studies

Reflation train — arriving on time

Jenna Barnard and John Pattullo, co-heads of Strategic Fixed Income, dissect the reflation narrative, sharing interesting views that go somewhat against consensus.

Is there a solvency crisis looming in credit markets?

Is there a solvency crisis looming in credit markets?

Jenna Barnard, Co-Head of Strategic Fixed Income, and Nick Ware, Portfolio Manager, counter the bear argument that credit is set to face a solvency crisis by explaining that liquidity is solvency.

Breaking the link: GDP declines and default rates
Analysis & Studies

Breaking the link: GDP declines and default rates

Jenna Barnard and Nicholas Ware, Portfolio Managers in the Strategic Fixed Income Team, muse over how low corporate default rates may prove to be despite the pandemic-induced economic shock.