Demerger leaves Hendersons riding high

Best known for its strong investment trust range, the group has given several of these managers open-ended funds in recent years

It has been an odd few years for Henderson Global Investors, but the firm's management is looking to the future with a renewed sense of optimism. Central to this was the creation last September of the group's listed assets business, which integrated the management and distribution of Hendersons' equity and bond investments, and gave full responsibility over profit and loss to joint managing directors Andrew Formica and David Jacob, respective heads of equities and fixed income. Set up in 1934 to administer the estates of Alexander Henderson, the first Lord Faringdon, Hendersons was floate...