JAAA

Janus Henderson AAA CLO ETF

Janus Henderson · $31.49bn in assets, October 8, 2026

An actively managed ETF: owns collateralized loan obligations, bundles of business loans, mostly in the AAA-rated slices, with the rest in other highly rated CLOs.

JAAA, the Janus Henderson AAA CLO ETF, is a $31.5 billion ETF whose main story is the credit signal. Over the past year it returned +4.7%, against +16.8% for broad US ETFs. Figures to October 2, 2026; past performance, not a recommendation.

JAAA · the ETFFRI OCT 2Market price total return
+4.4% a yearTotal return since launch, October 2020
+4.7%Last 12 months
+3.4%Year to date
1.6%Volatility since launch

The narrative it carries

Its main narrative, at 0.7 of its exposure.

The credit signal →

Corporate bonds, loans and the banks that make them: the price of lending to companies.

The credit signal · the narrative this week
34.7QUIET level, 22 of 22
last four weeks
431ETFs carry it
26.5%held by the top five
XLFlargest holder, 6.2%
$685 bncapital, 4th of 22

The band is where this narrative’s level sits among the 22 this week. QUIET means less talked about, not falling.

Who owns the capital
XLF 6.2%BND 5.9%VCIT 5.7%AGG 4.9%VCSH 3.8%426 other ETFs 73.5%26.5%top five
#ETFSHAREASSETS1 YEARCOST
1XLF6.2%$50.97bn+1.8%0.08%
2BND5.9%$161.78bn−2.1%0.03%
3VCIT5.7%$67.63bn−2.7%0.03%
4AGG4.9%$135.65bn−2.2%0.03%
5VCSH3.8%$44.97bn+0.9%0.03%
426 other ETFs73.5%
JAAA: 2.7%

Share is each ETF’s slice of the capital carrying this narrative. 1 year is market price total return; cost is the expense ratio. See all 431 ETFs on the narrative page →

Also carries: The rate regime →

Bonds, cash and Treasuries: the interest rates every other asset is priced against.

Exposure 0.3 · level 57.8 HOT, 3rd of 22 · JAAA holds 0.6% of its capital

FRI OCT 2MARKET PRICE TOTAL RETURN

1M3MYTD1Y3Y*5Y*
JAAA+0.3%+1.1%+3.4%+4.7%+5.9%+4.9%
The credit signalits narrative−2.2%−2.4%−0.5%+0.6%+8.2%+2.7%
The marketbroad US ETFs+0.8%+2.6%+14.6%+16.8%+22.9%+12.9%

1M, 3M, 1Y, 3Y, 5Y: one month to five years. YTD: year to date. * A year, annualised. A dash means the ETF has not traded for the whole period. Since it started trading on October 19, 2020: +4.4% a year.

$10,000 invested October 31, 2020

JAAA $13,009The credit signal $12,552The market $25,089
$0$10,000$20,000$30,000Oct 2020Oct 2022Oct 2024$0$10,000$20,000$30,000Oct 2020Oct 2024

Year by year

JAAAThe credit signalThe market
-20%-10%0%10%20%30%JAAA 2021: +1.4%Narrative 2021: +4.1%The market 2021: +27.1%2021JAAA 2022: +0.5%Narrative 2022: -10.6%The market 2022: -19.8%2022JAAA 2023: +8.0%Narrative 2023: +8.8%The market 2023: +27.9%2023JAAA 2024: +7.4%Narrative 2024: +7.2%The market 2024: +23.1%2024JAAA 2025: +5.2%Narrative 2025: +10.0%The market 2025: +16.8%2025JAAA YTD: +3.4%Narrative YTD: -0.5%The market YTD: +14.6%YTD-20%-10%0%10%20%30%JAAA 2021: +1.4%Narrative 2021: +4.1%The market 2021: +27.1%2021JAAA 2022: +0.5%Narrative 2022: -10.6%The market 2022: -19.8%2022JAAA 2023: +8.0%Narrative 2023: +8.8%The market 2023: +27.9%2023JAAA 2024: +7.4%Narrative 2024: +7.2%The market 2024: +23.1%2024JAAA 2025: +5.2%Narrative 2025: +10.0%The market 2025: +16.8%2025JAAA YTD: +3.4%Narrative YTD: -0.5%The market YTD: +14.6%YTD

Total return in each calendar year; this year is year to date. A year appears only if JAAA traded for all of it.

Total return on the market price, with each distribution reinvested on its ex-date. Not the NAV return the issuer publishes; the two differ when the ETF trades above or below the value of its holdings. The narrative is the asset-weighted return of the unlevered ETFs that carry it. The market is the asset-weighted return of broad US index ETFs. Past performance is no guarantee of future results.

Common questions

What story is JAAA selling?

JAAA’s main story is the credit signal, which covers corporate bonds, loans and the banks that make them: the price of lending to companies. Its second is the rate regime.

Which ETFs compete with JAAA?

The ETFs whose weekly returns move most like JAAA’s over the past 3 years are CLOA (0.74), ACLO (0.74) and BCLO (0.72).

How has JAAA performed against its story?

Over the past year JAAA returned +4.7%, the ETFs carrying the credit signal +0.6% and broad US ETFs +16.8%, to October 2, 2026. Its weekly returns have a correlation of 0.38 with the story. Past performance only.

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Narrative figures are from the weekly board. Performance is market price total return as of October 2, 2026. Assets are StoryVector’s weekly figure. Classification and measurement. Not investment advice. How the measurement works →