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 23 years of financial industry experience.
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Are the political winds shifting in favour of bond investors?
Jenna Barnard believes political upheaval may lean in favour of bonds.
Trump 2.0: Continental drift
Trump 2.0 has divergent implications for interest rates in the US versus elsewhere.
Global Strategic Total Return Bond – strategy update
Please watch Jenna Barnard, Co-head of Global Bonds and Nicholas Ware, Portfolio Manager on the Global Bonds Team as they deliver a quarterly update on the Global Strategic Total Return Bond strategy as well as sharing their latest market perspectives and outlook. This webcast includes an update on positioning and performance and was broadcast on 24 October 2024.
Central banks: Say hello to team tortoise and team hare
Central banks are separating into the fast and the slow.
How low might bond yields go?
The Global Bonds Team discuss where they see bond yields heading using four analytical frameworks including their own historical analysis.
Signal from noise: What is going on in the US employment market?
Downward revisions to jobs numbers provide further support for interest rate cuts.
Global Strategic Total Return Bond – strategy update
Please watch Jenna Barnard, Co-Head of Global Bonds and Nicholas Ware, Portfolio Manager, give a quarterly update on the Strategic Bond strategy as well as sharing their latest market perspectives and outlook.
UK moves closer to Europe… on rate cuts!
Comments from the Bank of England suggest rate cuts are coming closer.
Rate cutting cycles in US back to 1969
With inflation fast becoming yesterday’s news we look at how 10-year Treasury yields have behaved in rate cutting cycles back to 1969.
Global Strategic Total Return Bond strategy update
Please watch our Strategic Bond strategy update with Jenna Barnard, Co-Head of Global Bonds, which took place on Thursday 8 February, where Jenna discusses positioning as well as the historical performance of bonds in rate cutting cycles going back to the 1960’s.
Do all roads lead to lower bond yields in 2024?
Jenna Barnard and John Pattullo consider the outlook for bonds in 2024, positing that different routes are likely to lead to the same destination.
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.