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 36 years of financial industry experience.
Articles Written
How will the AI hype impact European equities?
The pitfalls of following the AI hype cycle
The necessity of big oil in the transition to net zero
Why are oil companies essential for the low carbon transition?
Navigating the energy crisis in Europe
What could higher-for-longer oil prices mean for investors?
Can a manager follow a value style and still be ESG?
After witnessing accelerating inflows from 2016, European-based ESG equity funds registered their first quarter of outflows in Q2 2022. While heightened market uncertainty has impacted the vast majority of equity strategies in 2022, it is particularly interesting to see ESG flows turn negative, having been impervious to previous risk-off moves in equity markets. It seems
European equities: do not take a binary approach
Is the worst yet to come for equity investors?
A long-haul journey to zero-carbon
Is net zero carbon an achievable goal for the aviation industry? The European Equities Team explore.
Why we own one of the most carbon intensive stocks in our investment universe
John Bennett and Tom O’Hara, European equities portfolio managers, explain why investing in so-called high ESG risk companies can prove to be beneficial as an active manager.