A strengthening world economy and rising corporate confidence pushed global dividends to a new high in 2017, according to the Janus Henderson Global Dividend Index. Global dividends rose 7.7% on a headline basis, the fastest rate of growth since 2014, and reached a total of $1.252 trillion. Every region of the world and almost every industry saw an increase. Moreover, records were broken in 11 of the index’s 41 countries, among them the United States, Japan, Switzerland, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and the Netherlands.
Ten themes for sustainable investing (non UK)
Hamish Chamberlayne, Portfolio Manager with Janus Henderson’s Global SRI Team, details the ten sustainability themes – five environmental and five social – that guide the generation of the team’s investment ideas.
Exploring sustainable investment
Investment Conference 2018 – Hamish Chamberlyn
Hamish Chamberlayne, Portfolio Manager within Janus Henderson’s Global Sustainable and Responsible Investment Team, discusses the myths and realities of sustainable investment. He explains why he thinks environmental and social megatrends will accelerate the transition to a low carbon economy and explores some of the investment areas that stand to be disrupted.
Strategic Fixed Income — let’s talk inflation
Ahead of the release of US inflation data tomorrow, Co-Head of Strategic Fixed Income, Jenna Barnard, discusses the markets’ fixation on a regime shift in inflation and the resulting impact on government bonds. The Strategic Fixed Income Team, however, see a different scenario playing out in the long term.
Commercial property: building for future trends
Ainslie McLennan, Co-Manager of the Henderson UK Property PAIF, examines some of the future trends that are likely to shape commercial property markets in the years to come. She identifies seven trends that she believes will help shape markets and explains how these trends are factored into portfolio construction and asset management initiatives.
Tech navigates new tax and regulatory regimes
Brad Slingerlend and Denny Fish, portfolio managers in the Denver-based Global Technology Team, discuss the ramifications of the US tax reforms introduced in early 2018 on the tech sector, and why an active approach to tech investing is warranted.
Global Emerging Market Equities Webcast
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Active and passive investing – all in the blend
Janus Henderson Co-CEO Dick Weil talks to Bloomberg TV about the benefits of combining an active and passive approach to investing. He also provides his view on the risk of crowded trades, the scope for interest rate rises, and taking advantage of growth in the Chinese market.
Dispelling the myths of sustainable investment
In this video presentation, Hamish Chamberlayne, Portfolio Manager within Janus Henderson’s Global Sustainable and Responsible Investment Team, dispels the major myths about sustainable investment. He explains how environmental and social megatrends will accelerate the transition to a low carbon economy and discusses some of the investment areas that stand to be disrupted.
Quick view: Amazon takes on healthcare
Rich Carney, Healthcare Services Analyst with the US-based Janus Henderson Healthcare Sector Team, responds to news that Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway, and JPMorgan Chase plan to form an independent healthcare company to lower costs for their employees.