Type
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Public company |
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Traded as | NYSE: JNS |
Industry | Financial |
Founded | 1969 |
Founder | Tom Bailey |
Headquarters | Denver, Colorado, United States |
Revenue | $1,076 million (2015) |
AUM | $190.9 billion (2016) |
Number of employees
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1,272 (2016) |
Website | www.janus.com |
Janus Capital Group, Inc. was an American publicly owned investment firm headquartered in Denver, Colorado. The company's asset-management disciplines included growth, core, international, value, mathematical, alternative and fixed-income. These products were sold through advisors and financial intermediaries, to institutional investors and directly to retail investors. Janus Capital Group was created as a result of the January 1, 2003, merger of Janus Capital Corporation into its parent company, Stilwell Financial Inc. Janus Capital Group consists of Janus Capital Management LLC (Janus), INTECH Investment Management LLC (INTECH), and Kapstream Capital Pty Limited (Kapstream), in addition to a range of exchange‐traded products. Additionally, Janus Capital Group owns 80% of Perkins Investment Management (formerly Perkins, Wolf, McDonnell and Company).
Outside the U.S., Janus had offices in Sydney, Paris, Zurich, Frankfurt, Dubai, Taipei, London, Milan, Tokyo, Hong Kong, Melbourne, and Singapore. Janus is in the S&P MidCap 400 Index.
It merged with Henderson Group in May 2017 to create Janus Henderson.
Janus was founded in 1969 by Tom Bailey. A controlling interest was purchased by Kansas City Southern Industries in 1984. Bailey stepped down as president and CEO in June 2002.
The firm was formerly known as Stilwell Financial Incorporated. The company was renamed following the January 2003 merger of Janus Capital Corporation into its parent company, Stilwell Financial.
The Janus Fund opened in 1970 with approximately $500,000,000.35 in assets and 30 investors. Its primary business was U.S. large cap growth equity management.
Further funds were launched in 1985, including the Janus Venture Fund, its first small cap equity fund, and the Janus Twenty Fund, its first concentrated equity fund. At the same time, Janus began managing assets for institutional clients.
In 1991, Janus launched a number of other new types of fund, including its first global equity fund, the Janus Worldwide Fund, its first international equity fund, the Janus Overseas Fund, and its first mid cap equity fund, the Janus Enterprise Fund. It also launched the Janus Aspen Series (JAS), a product line created for investors wanting to invest in Janus through variable insurance contracts or certain qualified retirement plans. Janus also became available through fund supermarkets for both retail shareholders and financial planners.
Myron Scholes, Nobel laureate and Ph.D., joined Janus as chief investment strategist on July 8, 2014 On September 26, 2014, Bill Gross left Pimco to join Janus as manager of the Janus global unconstrained bond strategy. In October 2014, Janus acquired VS Holdings, a company based in Darien, Connecticut, and its VelocityShares business. In July 2015, Janus acquired a majority interest in Kapstream Capital, a fixed income specialist. In February 2016, Janus launched a small cap growth and small cap/mid cap growth ETF, followed in June by four new ETFs around investment themes – long-term care, health and fitness, organic foods and personal care (including health care issues related to obesity). On October 3, 2016, Janus Capital Group Inc and Henderson Group plc announced a recommended merger of equals to create Janus Henderson.
2016-05-26 | Downgrade | Wells Fargo | Outperform to Market Perform | |
2016-05-26 | Downgrade | Wells Fargo & Co. | Outperform to Market Perform | |
2016-05-12 | Downgrade | Wells Fargo | Outperform to Market Perform | |
2016-04-27 | Reiterated Rating | Morgan Stanley | Sell | |
2016-04-12 | Boost Price Target | Sandler O'Neill | $13.00 to $15.00 | |
2016-03-13 | Lower Price Target | Morgan Stanley | Underweight | $13.00 to $12.00 |
2016-01-28 | Reiterated Rating | Jefferies Group | Buy | |
2016-01-27 | Lower Price Target | Keefe, Bruyette & Woods | Market Perform | $15.25 to $14.00 |
2016-01-27 | Lower Price Target | JPMorgan Chase & Co. | $15.00 to $14.00 | |
2016-01-13 | Downgrade | JPMorgan Chase & Co. | Overweight to Neutral | $22.00 to $15.00 |
2016-01-11 | Reiterated Rating | Keefe, Bruyette & Woods | Hold | $17.00 to $15.25 |
2016-01-11 | Downgrade | Goldman Sachs | Buy to Neutral | |
2016-01-11 | Downgrade | Goldman Sachs Group Inc. | Buy to Neutral | |
2015-10-23 | Reiterated Rating | Jefferies Group | Buy | |
2015-10-23 | Boost Price Target | Keefe, Bruyette & Woods | $15.00 to $17.00 | |
2015-10-08 | Lower Price Target | Credit Suisse | $15.00 | |
2015-10-08 | Lower Price Target | Credit Suisse Group AG | $15.00 | |
2015-10-07 | Reiterated Rating | Jefferies Group | Buy | $21.00 to $17.00 |
2015-10-05 | Reiterated Rating | JPMorgan Chase & Co. | Buy | |
2015-10-01 | Reiterated Rating | Off Wall Street | Sell | |
2015-09-21 | Downgrade | Morgan Stanley | Equal Weight to Underweight | |
2015-09-08 | Lower Price Target | JPMorgan Chase & Co. | Overweight | $20.50 to $18.00 |
2015-09-03 | Lower Price Target | Keefe, Bruyette & Woods | Market Perform | $19.50 to $15.25 |
2015-07-15 | Reiterated Rating | Citigroup Inc. | Hold | $18.50 to $16.50 |
2015-07-03 | Reiterated Rating | JPMorgan Chase & Co. | Buy | |
2015-07-02 | Lower Price Target | JPMorgan Chase & Co. | Overweight | $21.50 to $21.00 |
2015-06-08 | Initiated Coverage | Goldman Sachs | Buy | $22.00 |
2015-06-02 | Initiated Coverage | Piper Jaffray | Overweight | $22.00 |
2015-06-02 | Initiated Coverage | Piper Jaffray Cos. | Overweight | $22.00 |
2015-05-28 | Initiated Coverage | Wells Fargo & Co. | Outperform | $20.00 to $22.00 |
2015-05-28 | Initiated Coverage | Wells Fargo | Outperform | $20.00 to $22.00 |
2015-04-24 | Boost Price Target | Citigroup Inc. | Neutral | $17.00 to $18.50 |
2015-04-02 | Boost Price Target | JPMorgan Chase & Co. | Overweight | $19.50 to $20.50 |
2015-03-23 | Boost Price Target | Jefferies Group | Buy | $20.00 to $21.00 |
2015-03-19 | Upgrade | Citigroup Inc. | Sell to Neutral | $14.50 to $17.00 |
2015-03-17 | Lower Price Target | JPMorgan Chase & Co. | Overweight | $20.00 to $19.50 |
2015-01-23 | Boost Price Target | Keefe, Bruyette & Woods | Market Perform | $17.25 to $19.00 |
2015-01-23 | Set Price Target | Jefferies Group | Buy | $18.00 to $20.00 |
2015-01-23 | Boost Price Target | Citigroup Inc. | Sell | $13.50 to $14.50 |
2015-01-16 | Upgrade | JPMorgan Chase & Co. | Neutral to Overweight | $20.00 |
2015-01-09 | Boost Price Target | Citigroup Inc. | Sell | $12.50 to $13.50 |
2015-01-08 | Boost Price Target | Keefe, Bruyette & Woods | Market Perform | $16.50 to $17.25 |
2015-01-07 | Boost Price Target | Jefferies Group | Buy | $17.00 to $18.00 |
2015-01-07 | Upgrade | JPMorgan Chase & Co. | Underweight to Overweight | $16.00 to $20.00 |
2015-01-06 | Upgrade | Credit Suisse | Underperform to Neutral | $17.00 to $19.00 |
2014-12-09 | Boost Price Target | Keefe, Bruyette & Woods | Market Perform | $14.00 to $16.50 |
2014-10-27 | Reiterated Rating | Keefe, Bruyette & Woods | Market Perform | $17.00 to $14.00 |
2014-10-24 | Reiterated Rating | Credit Suisse | Underperform | $17.25 to $16.50 |
2014-10-23 | Downgrade | Citigroup Inc. | Neutral to Sell | |
2014-10-14 | Reiterated Rating | Bank of America | Neutral | $15.00 to $14.50 |
2014-10-14 | Reiterated Rating | Bank of America Corp. | Neutral | $15.00 to $14.50 |
2014-10-01 | Reiterated Rating | JPMorgan Chase & Co. | Underweight | $13.00 to $14.00 |
2014-10-01 | Upgrade | Jefferies Group | Hold to Buy | $12.50 to $17.00 |
2014-09-29 | Downgrade | Makor Capital | Buy to Hold | |
2014-09-29 | Reiterated Rating | Keefe, Bruyette & Woods | Market Perform | $13.00 to $17.00 |
2014-09-26 | Upgrade | Citigroup Inc. | Sell to Neutral | $10.00 to $14.50 |
2014-09-26 | Reiterated Rating | Credit Suisse | Underperform | $14.00 to $17.25 |
2014-09-18 | Initiated Coverage | Wall Street Strategies | Strong Sell to Sell | |
2014-07-24 | Reiterated Rating | JPMorgan Chase & Co. | Underweight | $10.50 to $11.00 |
2014-07-14 | Boost Price Target | Keefe, Bruyette & Woods | $12.75 to $13.00 | |
2014-07-01 | Boost Price Target | JPMorgan Chase & Co. | Underweight | $10.00 to $10.50 |
2014-04-23 | Reiterated Rating | Citigroup Inc. | Sell | $9.00 |
2014-04-23 | Boost Price Target | Keefe, Bruyette & Woods | $11.25 to $12.75 | |
2014-04-15 | Boost Price Target | JPMorgan Chase & Co. | Underweight | $9.50 to $10.00 |
2014-03-21 | Lower Price Target | JPMorgan Chase & Co. | $10.50 to $9.50 | |
2014-03-04 | Boost Price Target | Credit Suisse | $10.50 to $11.25 | |
2014-01-28 | Lower Price Target | Barclays | Underweight | $11.00 to $9.00 |
2014-01-14 | Boost Price Target | JPMorgan Chase & Co. | Underweight | $9.50 to $11.00 |
2014-01-10 | Upgrade | Goldman Sachs | Sell to Neutral | |
2014-01-10 | Reiterated Rating | Keefe, Bruyette & Woods | Market Perform | $9.75 to $11.25 |
2013-10-25 | Boost Price Target | Keefe, Bruyette & Woods | Market Perform | $9.25 to $9.75 |
2013-10-25 | Boost Price Target | JPMorgan Chase & Co. | Underweight | $9.00 to $9.50 |
2013-10-08 | Reiterated Rating | Barclays | Sell | $7.00 |
2013-10-08 | Boost Price Target | JPMorgan Chase & Co. | Underweight | $8.00 to $9.00 |
2009-08-04 | Upgrade | Stifel Nicolaus | Hold to Buy | $16.50 |
2009-06-08 | Reiterated | Barclays Capital | Underweight | $5 to $10 |
2016-05-26 | Downgrade | Wells Fargo | Outperform to Market Perform | |
2016-05-26 | Downgrade | Wells Fargo & Co. | Outperform to Market Perform | |
2016-05-12 | Downgrade | Wells Fargo | Outperform to Market Perform | |
2016-04-27 | Reiterated Rating | Morgan Stanley | Sell | |
2016-04-12 | Boost Price Target | Sandler O'Neill | $13.00 to $15.00 |
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In JNS 22 funds of 2213 total. Show all
Fund name | Ticker shares |
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BlackRock Fund Advisors | 8.96M |
BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, N.A. | 4.41M |
MANAGED ACCOUNT ADVISORS LLC | 1.03M |
BlackRock Investment Management, LLC | 1.01M |
Apex Capital Management | 0.86M |
BlackRock Group LTD | 0.15M |
RUSSELL FRANK CO/ | 0.10M |
Adirondack Funds | 77548 |
BLACKROCK ADVISORS LLC | 76598 |
Placemark Investments, Inc. | 73428 |
BAIRD ROBERT W & CO INC /WI/ | 73281 |
LOMBARDIA CAPITAL PARTNERS LLC | 54473 |
RHJ International SA | 54105 |
Schonfeld Group Holdings LLC | 12741 |
VTL Associates, LLC | 12072 |
Name Relationship | Total Shares | Holding stocks |
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DAI ICHI LIFE INSURANCE CO., LTD. | 19.35% (36382545) | JNS / |
WEIL RICHARD M Chief Executive Officer | 1.04% (1953724) | JNS / |
Chang Enrique President, Head of Investments | 0.39% (733862) | JNS / |
KOEPFGEN BRUCE L EVP and CFO | 0.21% (395963) | JNS / |
BEERY ROBIN C EVP, Head of U.S. Distribution | 0.15% (287602) | JNS / UMBF / |
Cheh Augustus Head of International | 0.10% (193251) | JNS / |
McPeek Jennifer J SVP, Chief Financial Officer | 0.08% (157111) | JNS / |
COX G ANDREW | 0.05% (99399) | JNS / |
GATZEK DEBORAH R | 0.05% (98135) | JNS / |
BALSER PAUL F | 0.05% (91485) | JNS / |
Kochard Lawrence E | 0.04% (75548) | JNS / |
Batejan George S EVP, Head of IT and Operations | 0.04% (74091) | JNS / |
FREDERICKS J RICHARD | 0.04% (73892) | CADE / JNS / |
Hughes Brennan A. VP, Principal Acctng. Officer | 0.02% (34748) | JNS / |
Armour Timothy K | 0.02% (31121) | JNS / |
SCHAFER GLENN S | 0.02% (30130) | JNS / SKH / |
FLOOD EUGENE JR | 0.01% (27396) | JNS / |
Diermeier Jeffrey J | 0.01% (15959) | JNS / |
Williamson Billie I. | 0.01% (13252) | CSRA / JNS / PNR / XL / XLS / |