Matt Gaden
The Janus Henderson Tactical Income Fund (Fund) has been added to the mFund Settlement Service, making it possible to buy and sell units in the Fund via the same broking services used to transact shares.
Matt Gaden, Head of Distribution, Australia said: “The addition of the Janus Henderson Tactical Income Fund onto mFund gives investors greater accessibility to this popular fund via the ASX mFunds platform.
“The Fund has been very popular with the retail market as it enables investors to diversify their fixed interest exposure with the ease of investing in only one product. Designed to make tactical decisions between cash, longer duration fixed interest securities and higher yielding securities; the Fund allocates holdings based on the interest rate cycle and credit environment.
“The Janus Henderson Tactical Income Fund is our second fund to be made available on mFund, with the Janus Henderson Global Natural Resources Fund (NWG01) being listed in 2015.”
About the Fund
The Janus Henderson Tactical Income Fund (Fund) is designed to meet the needs of investors who require an integrated solution to defensive asset allocation; and
income with a focus on capital preservation.
The Fund is typically diversified across more than 300 securities to mitigate the impact of a default and focuses on quality, with over 90% of the investments rated as investment grade.
The Fund invests across a range of fixed income and higher yielding securities. In most circumstances, exposure will be gained by investing into four underlying funds managed by the investment team (Team), although the Fund may also hold direct exposure to securities.
The Team manages assets across the full spectrum of the fixed interest universe. This ranges from cash portfolios to long duration bond portfolios and covers a wide range of issuers extending from governments to corporations and asset backed securities.
The Team comprises six investment professionals who have been managing fixed interest portfolios for over 37 years. They manage in excess of $9.8bn on behalf of a wide range of institutional and retail clients.
