Global asset manager Janus Henderson has bought London-based Tabula Investment Management as it seeks to exploit growing demand for actively managed exchange traded funds outside the US. Janus is already the fourth-largest provider of active fixed income ETFs in the US, according to Morningstar data, with $14.2bn of its $335bn of assets under management held in the structure.
“The European ETF market is undergoing a significant transformation, growing considerably and mirroring trends observed in the US market where active management is increasingly being incorporated into the ETF wrapper,” Janus chief executive Ali Dibadj told analysts on a conference call Thursday. The company noted that nearly 10 per cent of European ETF launches last year were actively managed.