Tom Ross, CFA
Tom Ross is Head of High Yield at Janus Henderson Investors, a role he has held since 2022. In this role, Tom is responsible for leading investment strategy and portfolio management of the firm’s high yield franchise. He has served as a portfolio manager on the Corporate Credit Team since 2006. Prior to portfolio management, he specialised in credit trading on Henderson’s centralised dealing desk. He joined Henderson in 2002.
Tom graduated with a BSc degree (Hons) in biology from Nottingham University. He holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation and has 22 years of financial industry experience.
Articles Written
High yield bonds outlook: Taking the scenic route in 2025
Brent Olson and Tom Ross view high yield bonds as offering a comfortable drive for now but expect more difficult terrain later in 2025.
Up in quality does not mean ignoring high yield bonds
Exploring reasons why high yield retains attractions within a diversified portfolio.
European and Global High Yield strategy updates
Please watch Tom Ross, Portfolio Manager, as he delivers a quarterly update on the Janus Henderson European and Global High Yield strategies, as well as sharing his latest market perspectives and outlook, on Wednesday 28 August.
Why the squeeze in high yield bonds is both good and bad
Exploring developments within the high yield bond market as its size, constituents and ratings change.
European and Global High Yields
Please view Tom Ross, Global Head of High Yield and Portfolio Manager as he delivered a quarterly update on the European and Global High Yield strategies on Thursday 25 April.
High yield bond spreads: What you see is NOT what you get
Exploring why the credit spread on high yield bonds is distorted and potentially wider than it first appears.
The tug of war in high yield bonds in 2024
Tom Ross considers the outlook for global high yield corporate bonds in 2024 and the potential tug of war between rates and spreads.
Fascinated by income
Tom Ross, corporate credit portfolio manager, looks at the idiosyncrasies of the European high yield bond market, one of the last bastions of income in a yield-starved world. ‘It is better to have a permanent income than be fascinating’, claimed the celebrated novelist and playwright Oscar Wilde. As bond investors who are often unjustly characterised