Janus Henderson Group PLC (NYSE:JHG) Q1 2022 Results Earnings Conference Call May 4, 2022 8:00 AM ET

Company Participants

Roger Thompson - Interim Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer

Conference Call Participants

Daniel Fannon - Jefferies

Elizabeth Miliatis - Jarden

Kenneth Worthington - J.P. Morgan

Alexander Blostein - Goldman Sachs

Robert Lee - Keefe, Bruyette & Woods

Ed Henning - CLSA

Patrick Davitt - Autonomous Research

Nigel Pittaway - Citigroup

Brian Bedell - Deutsche Bank

John Dunn - Evercore ISI

Operator

Good morning. My name is Seth and I will be your conference facilitator today. Thank you for standing by and welcome to the Janus Henderson Group First Quarter 2022 Results Briefing.

All lines have been placed on mute to prevent any background noise. After the speakers' remarks, there will be a question-and-answer period. In the interest of time, questions will be limited to one initial and one follow-up question.

In today's conference call, certain matters discussed may constitute forward-looking statements. Actual results could differ materially from those projected in forward-looking statements due to a number of factors including, but not limited to, those described in the Forward-Looking Statements and Risk Factors sections of the company's most recent Form 10-K and other more recent filings made with the SEC. Janus Henderson assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements made during the call. Thank you.

Now it is my pleasure to introduce Roger Thompson, Interim Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of Janus Henderson. Mr. Thompson, you may begin your conference.

Roger Thompson

Good morning and welcome everyone to the first quarter 2022 earnings call for Janus Henderson Group. I'm Roger Thompson, CFO and Interim CEO.

Before I discuss our quarterly results, I'd like to start by giving you a few updates. First, as we announced back in late March, we're extremely pleased with Ali Dibadj has been named as the next CEO of Janus Henderson. Ali is highly regarded and well respected in the asset management industry, and the feedback we've received both internally and externally has been overwhelmingly enthusiastic and positive.

I've had the chance myself to meet with Ali and I echo that feedback. I, along with the rest of the executive committee, are excited to work with Ali, and we look forward to meeting with clients and shareholders and employees when he begins as CEO next month.

As we transition to a new CEO, it's important to emphasize that, in the interim, the firm continues to operate as business as usual. And we continue to make progress in delivering our strategic initiatives.