Janus Henderson : to Offer Emerging Markets Debt Hard Currency Exchange Traded Fund

DENVER - May 23, 2024 -- Janus Henderson Investors (NYSE: JHG) today announced it has filed a preliminary registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the Janus Henderson Emerging Markets Debt Hard Currency ETF (Fund). The ticker for the Fund will be JEMB.

The Fund will be managed by Portfolio Managers Bent Lystbaek, Jacob Ellinge Nielsen, Thomas Haugaard, and Sorin Pirau, CFA.

The investment objective of the Fund seeks to provide a return from a combination of income and capital growth over the long term.

JEMB will expand our existing Emerging Markets Debt (EMD) Hard Currency strategy into the US market and further expand the firm's active fixed income ETF suite of products.

An EMD Hard Currency strategy provides the ability for US investors to gain access across the full spectrum of EMD exposure, with EMD hard currency accessing emerging market growth potential, a high degree of country diversification, and exposure to sovereign risk. The number of countries in the hard currency sovereign universe has more than doubled in less than 20 years to reach 70 today, spanning the entire development spectrum, more than 60% of global GDP and 80% of the global population. This asset class provides a differentiated return stream and allows US investors to diversify credit exposure in their portfolios.

Over the long-term, EMD hard currency has delivered attractive returns when adjusted for credit quality, with half of the universe now investment-grade. Today, the asset class is offering yields similar in magnitude to US high yield corporate debt.

The new actively managed ETF will complement the firm's suite of fixed income ETFs, including Janus Henderson AAA CLO ETF (JAAA)-the largest actively managed CLO ETF, Janus Henderson Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF (JMBS) -the largest actively managed MBS ETF, as well as the firm's BBB CLO ETF (JBBB), Securitized Income ETF (JSI), Short Duration Income ETF (VNLA), and Corporate Bond ETF (JLQD).

If all approvals are granted, the Fund is expected to launch in mid-August 2024.

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