Mutual fund manager
The Denver-based has been bleeding assets at an alarming rate after its tech-heavy growth funds collapsed with the bear market and the firm was slapped with a hefty lawsuit over trading abuses.
Top executives have since left Janus and the company agreed to a $226 million settlement with state and federal regulators for its involvement in a market-timing scheme that proved harmful to long-term shareholders of its funds. As part of the settlement, Janus has implemented new policies and procedures to beef up compliance and curtail improper trading practices.
Janus said that the companys redemptions, excluding money market funds, "continue to improve" and are their lowest level since November 1998. Total net outflows in August were $1.4 billion. The firmwide average assets under management during August fell 3.7% to roughly $126.5 billion from $131.4 billion the previous month.
Janus also announced that it hired former