I am confused. I always thought Janus was in the mutual fund business, b...

Suggestion by Tim Plaehn on 2008-01-07 17:47:36

I am confused. I always thought Janus was in the mutual fund business, but I see very little in this article about mutual funds. Wait, I go to the Janus website and they have 20 mutual funds. I think the breakdown of JNS business needs to be better thought out. Also, how about 401k investments? How well has/is Janus penetrating that market. Next, the Business Drivers make little sense to me. SEC regs must be followed by all companies, since there are something like 10,000 mutual funds, I doubt if they are much of a problem. Economic health and interest rates are too broad of themes to really help learn anything about Janus. Finally, the WikiCharts has a double annotation about the an investment manager leaving. Was he important to the company?

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Introduction

provide more detail about the company's past and present challenges/successes DONE

Internet Bubble

• I think that a little more historical background would be good. Talk more about Janus's past problems and the measures that have been taken to rectify these problems, increased advertising spend, cost cutting, new compensaiton plan, new management team, build out of institutional and intermediary channel. DONE

Company overview

• Show the company's percentage of assets by asset type. DONE
• Mention that as late as 2005 over 89% of Janus assets were concentrated in equities DONE

• how is the company doing now when compared to several years ago? DONE

• Mention outflows. Have assets been growing or falling over the last 2 years? In other words have the measures that management has taken be successful in stemming outflows and promoting inflows? DONE

Competition

• Make competition the last section. DONE

• Also show pre-tax margins for competitors if available DONE- ONLY TWO PRE TAX MARGIN VALUES WERE FOUND

Business Drivers

Securities industry regulations should also be mentioned DONE

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