0001741773-24-001002.txt : 20240229 0001741773-24-001002.hdr.sgml : 20240229 20240229145321 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001741773-24-001002 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: NPORT-P PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20231231 FILED AS OF DATE: 20240229 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20240229 PERIOD START: 20240930 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: JANUS INVESTMENT FUND CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000277751 ORGANIZATION NAME: IRS NUMBER: 840592523 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MA FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: NPORT-P SEC ACT: 1940 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 811-01879 FILM NUMBER: 24702917 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 151 DETROIT STREET CITY: DENVER STATE: CO ZIP: 80206 BUSINESS PHONE: 303-333-3863 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 151 DETROIT STREET CITY: DENVER STATE: CO ZIP: 80206 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: JANUS FUND /MD/ DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19870701 0000277751 S000025889 Janus Henderson Global Real Estate Fund C000077597 Class A JERAX C000077598 Class C JERCX C000077599 Class I JERIX C000077600 Class S 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Janus Henderson Global Real Estate Fund

Schedule of Investments (unaudited)

December 31, 2023

        

Shares or
Principal Amounts

  

Value

 

Common Stocks– 99.1%

   

Diversified Telecommunication Services – 1.0%

   
 

Cellnex Telecom SA (144A)*

 

125,240

  

$4,929,642

 

Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) – 5.2%

   
 

British Land Co PLC

 

611,970

  

3,116,471

 
 

KDX Realty Investment Corp

 

5,614

  

6,403,257

 
 

Merlin Properties Socimi SA

 

580,000

  

6,440,461

 
 

Mirvac Group

 

3,373,178

  

4,803,133

 
 

United Urban Investment Corp

 

3,494

  

3,571,325

 
  

24,334,647

 

Health Care Providers & Services – 2.3%

   
 

Chartwell Retirement Residences#

 

1,250,142

  

11,058,694

 

Health Care Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) – 10.3%

   
 

Aedifica SA

 

46,934

  

3,297,440

 
 

Healthpeak Properties Inc

 

450,937

  

8,928,553

 
 

Sabra Health Care Inc

 

905,785

  

12,925,552

 
 

Welltower Inc

 

260,222

  

23,464,218

 
  

48,615,763

 

Hotel & Resort Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) – 1.0%

   
 

Japan Hotel Investment Corp#

 

9,830

  

4,825,053

 

Industrial Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) – 21.8%

   
 

Americold Realty Trust

 

559,559

  

16,937,851

 
 

Ascendas

 

3,420,500

  

7,855,173

 
 

Frasers Logistics & Industrial Trust

 

4,961,300

  

4,324,310

 
 

Goodman Group

 

503,300

  

8,675,340

 
 

Industrial & Infrastructure Fund Investment Corp

 

4,759

  

4,712,416

 
 

Montea NV

 

18,199

  

1,731,593

 
 

Prologis Inc

 

293,629

  

39,075,264

 
 

Segro PLC

 

755,547

  

8,534,904

 
 

STAG Industrial Inc

 

283,752

  

11,140,103

 
  

102,986,954

 

Office Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) – 2.1%

   
 

Helical PLC

 

686,517

  

1,937,905

 
 

Orix JREIT Inc

 

4,301

  

5,079,561

 
 

Workspace Group PLC

 

388,810

  

2,814,448

 
  

9,831,914

 

Real Estate Management & Development – 18.5%

   
 

Ayala Land Inc

 

10,009,600

  

6,228,879

 
 

Capitaland Investment Ltd/Singapore

 

2,188,800

  

5,242,237

 
 

CBRE Group Inc*

 

85,338

  

7,944,114

 
 

China Resources Land Ltd

 

2,596,000

  

9,309,188

 
 

CK Asset Holdings Ltd

 

454,000

  

2,279,245

 
 

Corp Inmobiliaria Vesta SAB de CV (ADR)

 

180,550

  

7,153,391

 
 

CTP NV (144A)

 

227,000

  

3,828,602

 
 

Fastighets AB Balder - Class B*

 

358,634

  

2,543,963

 
 

LEG Immobilien AG*

 

38,313

  

3,354,438

 
 

Mitsui Fudosan Co Ltd

 

648,500

  

15,906,604

 
 

Sun Hung Kai Properties Ltd

 

598,500

  

6,473,108

 
 

Swire Properties Ltd

 

2,045,200

  

4,138,490

 
 

VGP NV

 

42,000

  

4,867,765

 
 

Vonovia SE

 

254,783

  

8,026,300

 
  

87,296,324

 

Residential Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) – 12.8%

   
 

American Homes 4 Rent LP

 

381,695

  

13,725,752

 
 

AvalonBay Communities Inc

 

82,693

  

15,481,783

 
 

Camden Property Trust

 

84,823

  

8,422,076

 
 

Canadian Apartment Properties

 

236,999

  

8,729,377

 
 

UDR Inc

 

253,069

  

9,690,012

 
 

UNITE Group PLC

 

340,982

  

4,536,693

 
  

60,585,693

 

Retail Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) – 13.0%

   
 

Agree Realty Corp

 

225,994

  

14,226,322

 
 

Brixmor Property Group Inc

 

484,992

  

11,285,764

 
 

Japan Retail Fund Investment Corp

 

5,686

  

4,109,827

 
 

Link

 

892,900

  

5,014,429

 
 

National Retail Properties Inc

 

261,212

  

11,258,237

 
 

Scentre Group

 

2,856,029

  

5,817,988

 
 

SITE Centers Corp

 

726,456

  

9,901,595

 
  

61,614,162

 


        

Shares or
Principal Amounts

  

Value

 

Common Stocks– (continued)

   

Specialized Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) – 11.1%

   
 

Equinix Inc

 

36,499

  

$29,395,930

 
 

Safestore Holdings PLC

 

370,000

  

4,168,323

 
 

Shurgard Self Storage Ltd

 

33,130

  

1,640,483

 
 

VICI Properties Inc

 

535,306

  

17,065,555

 
  

52,270,291

 

Total Common Stocks (cost $437,088,943)

 

468,349,137

 

Investment Companies– 0.6%

   

Money Markets – 0.6%

   
 

Janus Henderson Cash Liquidity Fund LLC, 5.3879%ºº,£((cost $2,784,407)

 

2,783,850

  

2,784,407

 

Investments Purchased with Cash Collateral from Securities Lending– 0.8%

   

Investment Companies – 0.6%

   
 

Janus Henderson Cash Collateral Fund LLC, 5.2936%ºº,£

 

3,133,616

  

3,133,616

 

Time Deposits – 0.2%

   
 

Royal Bank of Canada, 5.3100%, 1/2/24

 

$783,404

  

783,404

 

Total Investments Purchased with Cash Collateral from Securities Lending (cost $3,917,020)

 

3,917,020

 

Total Investments (total cost $443,790,370) – 100.5%

 

475,050,564

 

Liabilities, net of Cash, Receivables and Other Assets – (0.5)%

 

(2,483,426)

 

Net Assets – 100%

 

$472,567,138

 
      

Summary of Investments by Country - (Long Positions) (unaudited)

 
    

% of

 
    

Investment

 

Country

 

Value

 

Securities

 

United States

 

$267,570,108

 

56.3

%

Japan

 

44,608,043

 

9.4

 

United Kingdom

 

25,108,744

 

5.3

 

Canada

 

19,788,071

 

4.2

 

Australia

 

19,296,461

 

4.1

 

Hong Kong

 

17,905,272

 

3.8

 

Singapore

 

17,421,720

 

3.7

 

Belgium

 

11,537,281

 

2.4

 

Germany

 

11,380,738

 

2.4

 

Spain

 

11,370,103

 

2.4

 

China

 

9,309,188

 

1.9

 

Mexico

 

7,153,391

 

1.5

 

Philippines

 

6,228,879

 

1.3

 

Netherlands

 

3,828,602

 

0.8

 

Sweden

 

2,543,963

 

0.5

 
      
      

Total

 

$475,050,564

 

100.0

%

 

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Schedules of Affiliated Investments – (% of Net Assets)

           
 

Dividend

Income

Realized

Gain/(Loss)

Change in

Unrealized

Appreciation/

Depreciation

Value

at 12/31/23

Investment Companies - 0.6%

Money Markets - 0.6%

 
 

Janus Henderson Cash Liquidity Fund LLC, 5.3879%ºº

$

40,596

$

-

$

(179)

$

2,784,407

Investments Purchased with Cash Collateral from Securities Lending - 0.6%

Investment Companies - 0.6%

 
 

Janus Henderson Cash Collateral Fund LLC, 5.2936%ºº

 

3,627

 

-

 

-

 

3,133,616

Total Affiliated Investments - 1.2%

$

44,223

$

-

$

(179)

$

5,918,023

           
 

Value

at 9/30/23

Purchases

Sales Proceeds

Value

at 12/31/23

Investment Companies - 0.6%

Money Markets - 0.6%

 
 

Janus Henderson Cash Liquidity Fund LLC, 5.3879%ºº

 

1,792,180

 

27,503,961

 

(26,511,555)

 

2,784,407

Investments Purchased with Cash Collateral from Securities Lending - 0.6%

Investment Companies - 0.6%

 
 

Janus Henderson Cash Collateral Fund LLC, 5.2936%ºº

 

4,557,000

 

12,960,102

 

(14,383,486)

 

3,133,616

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Notes to Schedule of Investments (unaudited)

  

ADR

American Depositary Receipt

LLC

Limited Liability Company

LP

Limited Partnership

PLC

Public Limited Company

  

144A

Securities sold under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, are subject to legal and/or contractual restrictions on resale and may not be publicly sold without registration under the 1933 Act. Unless otherwise noted, these securities have been determined to be liquid under guidelines established by the Board of Trustees. The total value of 144A securities as of the period ended December 31, 2023 is $8,758,244, which represents 1.9% of net assets.

  

*

Non-income producing security.

  

ºº

Rate shown is the 7-day yield as of December 31, 2023.

  

#

Loaned security; a portion of the security is on loan at December 31, 2023.

  

£

The Fund may invest in certain securities that are considered affiliated companies. As defined by the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, an affiliated company is one in which the Fund owns 5% or more of the outstanding voting securities, or a company which is under common ownership or control.

  

Net of income paid to the securities lending agent and rebates paid to the borrowing counterparties.

             

The following is a summary of the inputs that were used to value the Fund’s investments in securities and other financial instruments as of December 31, 2023.

 

Valuation Inputs Summary

       
    

Level 2 -

 

Level 3 -

  

Level 1 -

 

Other Significant

 

Significant

  

Quoted Prices

 

Observable Inputs

 

Unobservable Inputs

       

Assets

      

Investments In Securities:

      

Common Stocks

$

468,349,137

$

-

$

-

Investment Companies

 

-

 

2,784,407

 

-

Investments Purchased with Cash Collateral from Securities Lending

 

-

 

3,917,020

 

-

Total Assets

$

468,349,137

$

6,701,427

$

-

       

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Investment Valuation

Fund holdings are valued in accordance with policies and procedures established by the Adviser pursuant to Rule 2a-5 under the 1940 Act and approved by and subject to the oversight of the Trustees (the “Valuation Procedures”). Equity securities traded on a domestic securities exchange are generally valued at readily available market quotations, which are (i) the official close prices or (ii) last sale prices on the primary market or exchange in which the securities trade. If such price is lacking for the trading period immediately preceding the time of determination, such securities are generally valued at their current bid price. Equity securities that are traded on a foreign exchange are generally valued at the closing prices on such markets. In the event that there is no current trading volume on a particular security in such foreign exchange, the bid price from the primary exchange is generally used to value the security. Foreign securities and currencies are converted to U.S. dollars using the current spot USD dollar exchange rate in effect at the close of the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”). The Adviser will determine the market value of individual securities held by it by using prices provided by one or more Adviser-approved professional pricing services or, as needed, by obtaining market quotations from independent broker-dealers. Most debt securities are valued in accordance with the evaluated bid price supplied by the pricing service that is intended to reflect market value. The evaluated bid price supplied by the pricing service is an evaluation that may consider factors such as security prices, yields, maturities and ratings. Certain short-term securities maturing within 60 days or less may be evaluated and valued on an amortized cost basis provided that the amortized cost determined approximates market value. Securities for which market quotations or evaluated prices are not readily available or deemed unreliable are valued at fair value determined in good faith by the Adviser pursuant to the Valuation Procedures. Circumstances in which fair valuation may be utilized include, but are not limited to: (i) a significant event that may affect the securities of a single issuer, such as a merger, bankruptcy, or significant issuer-specific development; (ii) an event that may affect an entire market, such as a natural disaster or significant governmental action; (iii) a nonsignificant event such as a market closing early or not opening, or a security trading halt; and (iv) pricing of a nonvalued security and a restricted or nonpublic security. Special valuation considerations may apply with respect to “odd-lot” fixed-income transactions which, due to their small size, may receive evaluated prices by pricing services which reflect a large block trade and not what actually could be obtained for the odd-lot position. The value of the securities of other mutual funds held by the Fund, if any, will be calculated using the NAV of such mutual funds, and the prospectuses for such mutual funds explain the circumstances under which they use fair valuation and the effects of using fair valuation. The value of the securities of any cash management pooled investment vehicles that operate as money market funds held by the Fund, if any, will be calculated using the NAV of such funds.

Valuation Inputs Summary

FASB ASC 820, Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures (“ASC 820”), defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value, and expands disclosure requirements regarding fair value measurements. This standard emphasizes that fair value is a market-based measurement that should be determined based on the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing an asset or liability and establishes a hierarchy that prioritizes inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value. These inputs are summarized into three broad levels:

Level 1 – Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets the Fund has the ability to access for identical assets or liabilities.

Level 2 – Observable inputs other than unadjusted quoted prices included in Level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability either directly or indirectly. These inputs may include quoted prices for the identical instrument on an inactive market, prices for similar instruments, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, yield curves, default rates and similar data.

Assets or liabilities categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy generally include: debt securities fair valued in accordance with the evaluated bid or ask prices supplied by a pricing service; securities traded on OTC markets and listed securities for which no sales are reported that are fair valued at the latest bid price (or yield equivalent thereof) obtained from one or more dealers transacting in a market for such securities or by a pricing service approved by the Fund’s Trustees; certain short-term debt securities with maturities of 60 days or less that are fair valued at amortized cost; and equity securities of foreign issuers whose fair value is determined by using systematic fair valuation models provided by independent third parties in order to adjust for stale pricing which may occur between the close of certain foreign exchanges and the close of the NYSE. Other securities that may be categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy include, but are not limited to, preferred stocks, bank loans, swaps, investments in unregistered investment companies, options, and forward contracts.

Level 3 – Unobservable inputs for the asset or liability to the extent that relevant observable inputs are not available, representing the Fund’s own assumptions about the assumptions that a market participant would use in valuing the asset or liability, and that would be based on the best information available.

There have been no significant changes in valuation techniques used in valuing any such positions held by the Fund since the beginning of the fiscal period.

The inputs or methodology used for fair valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities. The summary of inputs used as of December 31, 2023 to fair value the Fund’s investments

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in securities and other financial instruments is included in the “Valuation Inputs Summary” in the Notes to Schedule of Investments.

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For additional information on the Fund, please refer to the Fund’s most recent semiannual or annual shareholder report.

      
      
      
   

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