George P. Maris, CFA
George P. Maris is Head of Equities – Americas at Janus Henderson Investors, a position held since 2018. George is responsible for leading the equity division in the Americas region and is also lead Portfolio Manager on the Global Alpha Equity Team. George serves on the Janus Henderson Executive Committee and Ethics Committee. He came to Janus in 2011 as a portfolio manager from Northern Trust where he was lead portfolio manager of the US and international large-cap core and global equity strategies. Prior to joining Northern Trust in 2008, George spent four years as a portfolio manager at Columbia Management Group. From 1999 to 2004, he was a member of the investment team at Putnam Investments, serving as a portfolio manager, equity analyst and derivatives strategist. He was a guest lecturer on security analysis at the MIT Sloan School of Management and is a member of the Executive Advisory Board of the Daniels College of Business at the University of Denver.
George received his bachelor of arts in economics from Swarthmore College. He also earned an MBA from the University of Chicago and a juris doctorate from the University of Illinois. George holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation and possesses 26 years of financial industry experience.
Articles Written
Optimizing risk-adjusted conviction
Why integrating risk-adjusted conviction as measured by Implied Alpha into portfolio construction serves as a complement to bottom-up stock selection.