Ashwin Alankar is Head of Global Asset Allocation and a portfolio manager at Janus Henderson Investors. He is responsible for defining short- and long-term approaches to asset allocation. He is also a member of the firm’s Solutions Group, a team that constructs multi-asset solutions for clients’ complex investment objectives. Prior to joining Janus in 2014, Ashwin served from 2010 to 2014 as co-chief investment officer of quantitative investment strategies at AllianceBernstein. From 2003 to 2010, he was a partner and capital allocation committee member for Platinum Grove Asset Management. Ashwin’s experience also includes serving as a consultant in the financial litigation division of the Law and Economics Consulting Group from 2001 to 2002. Ashwin earned a bachelor of science degree in chemical engineering and mathematics and a master of science degree in chemical engineering, all from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He also holds a PhD in finance from the University of California – Berkeley, Haas School of Business. He has 23 years of financial industry experience.

Nick Harper is a Portfolio Manager on the Multi-Asset Team at Janus Henderson Investors, a position he has held since 2017. Nick joined Henderson in 2015 as a quantitative risk manager. Before Henderson, he was a quantitative risk analyst at BlackRock and a quantitative researcher at Man Group. Nick graduated with a BSc degree in economics from Birmingham University. He also has an MSc in economics from Warwick University and an MPhil in economics from Oxford University. He holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation and has 14 years of financial industry experience.