This Due Diligence Forum Research Paper and Presentation from PortfolioConstruction Conference 2009 show how, now that Australian investors are able to gain exposures to a wide range of broad indices using ETFs, they could use ETFs either strategically or tactically to build more efficient international equity portfolios...

This Critical Issues Forum from PortfolioConstruction Conference 2009 - featuring Hong-Kong-based Dr Marc Faber - argued that post Global Financial Crisis recession-busting policy measures may aggravate and prolong the problem, and that the recession will deepen...

This Critical Issues Forum from PortfolioConstruction Conference 2009 - featuring London-based the Hon. Dr Pippa Malmgren - argued that the post Global Financial Crisis reality requires that we approach asset allocation with a clean sheet of paper...

This Critical Issues Forum from PortfolioConstruction Conference 2009 - featuring Dr Peter Rathjens of Arrowstreet Capital - reviewed the conceptual underpinnings of active asset management and the implementations and pitfalls in the post Global Financial Crisis environment...

This Critical Issues Forum from PortfolioConstruction Conference 2009 - featuring Jonathan Pain of HFA Asset Management, Hamish Douglass of Magellan Financial Group and Chris Watling of Longview Economics - debated the likely shape of the global economic recovery, and the implications for markets and portfolios...

This Due Diligence Forum Research Paper and Presentation from PortfolioConstruction Conference 2009 examines the changing parameters in the new social order as a consequence of the global financial crisis, and the implications for global markets and, by extension, Australian equities...

This Due Diligence Forum Research Paper and Presentation from PortfolioConstruction Conference 2009 explore the range of opportunities across the capital structure that have a legitimate role to play in a well constructed portfolio. It discusses portfolio construction considerations, and explores the implementation of these ideas using as an example, traditional and unconstrained balanced funds...

This Due Diligence Forum Research Paper and Presentation from PortfolioConstruction Conference 2009 explain that the effect of governments stepping back into the bond market to fund their ballooning deficits will be to produce a marked change in the risk profile of bond funds in regards to potential default risk and where they are likely to source future alpha...

This Due Diligence Forum Research Paper and Presentation from PortfolioConstruction Conference 2009 presents evidence from recessions since the early 1970s to highlight the relative strength of infrastructure as an asset class and the pace at which earnings can rebound...

This Due Diligence Forum Research Paper and Presentation from PortfolioConstruction Conference 2009 examines how, in the wake of the failure of so-called conservative and high yielding products, the focus on how equity income funds can offer consistent and stable income at volatility levels substantially lower than the market...

This Due Diligence Forum Research Paper and Presentation from PortfolioConstruction Conference 2009 argues that there is no need to change your investment approach in a post bubble world, and that the basics of sound long-term investing remain unchanged...

This Due Diligence Forum Research Paper and Presentation from PortfolioConstruction Conference 2009 identifies the secular trends found in stronger emerging markets and how to access it, and presents data showing that the turbulence of the past year has created an appropriate environment to adopt a less constrained approach to global equities investing...

This Due Diligence Forum Research Paper and Presentation from PortfolioConstruction Conference 2009 outline the nature of investing in managed futures, and analyse the dynamic investment exposures within managed futures and how this contributes to risk-adjusted returns, before testing a portfolio allocation to managed futures...

This Due Diligence Forum Research Paper and Presentation from PortfolioConstruction Conference 2009 review the key reasons for investing in commodities and illustrate how institutional investors are employing commodity-related investments in portfolios...

This Due Diligence Forum Research Paper and Presentation from PortfolioConstruction Conference 2009 shows how and when strategic tilting can be used to temporarily adjust or tilt a portfolio’s risk exposure from its long-term default strategic asset allocation...

This Due Diligence Forum Research Paper and Presentation from PortfolioConstruction Conference 2009 argue that investors should not let the level of portfolio risk automatically determine portfolio allocations, as is the case with Strategic Asset Allocation, but rather that portfolio allocations should have regard for the risk and liquidity requirements of the investor...

This Due Diligence Forum Research Paper and Presentation from PortfolioConstruction Conference 2009 highlight some flaws in the conventional approach to asset allocation and explain why a more flexible approach is appropriate for many investors, particularly in the challenging investment environment expected to continue in coming years...

Despite an appalling 2008, the hedge fund industry spin continues, with managers comparing hedge fund returns to equity market performance. But what if we make a sensible comparison – against diversified funds? With the tide now out, the myths are laid bare...

The PortfolioConstruction Investment Markets Summit 2009 brought together over 300 industry professionals, for a a pan-industry high quality, high value, intelligent discussion by a faculty of international and local investment experts about key investment markets and their risks and opportunities in 2009/2010...

The following is an introductory review and synopsis of recent commentary on the Global Financial Crisis. What are the possible "road(s) to recovery"? And, what are the sign posts? What are the implications for portfolios, and how do we communicate them to investors?