"We are very pleased to have attracted a sales professional with Michael’s broad experience, track record of success and longstanding relationships to help build Janus’ distribution in the all-important New York region," said John Ingram, SVP Advisor Solutions Group Sales at Janus.

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A veteran of more than 20 years in financial services sales and sales management, Stern was most recently a Market Director in the Chase Wealth Management group at JP Morgan Chase. Prior to that, he served as National Sales Manager at New York Life Mainstay, where he directed a team recommending mutual funds, separately managed accounts and annuity solutions to financial advisors at wirehouses and regional broker-dealers. Earlier still, he held senior sales management positions at Citi Smith Barney’s Mutual Fund & Annuity Group and Morgan Stanley Smith Barney’s Investment Products business unit. Stern began his career as a financial advisor and, later, a branch sales manager at Smith Barney in Melville, NY. He earned his B.A. from Lynchburg College in Lynchburg, VA.

"The depth of Janus’s commitment to distribution through financial advisors, and to delivering better client outcomes, is truly impressive," Stern said. "I look forward to helping advisors better understand Janus’s evolution, the breadth of Janus products available today — including lower-beta solutions — and how they can best be utilized to address clients’ needs and concerns."

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