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.
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The message from bond bear steepening
The Global Bonds Team puts the recent bond bear steepening in context and reflects on what it might mean for the future direction of bond yields.

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