David discusses his ground-breaking research into Australian's mortality, and the common misconceptions that are undermining the integrity of their portfolios...

Each year we kick off Conference with an international keynote speaker overviewing the emerging trends they're seeing in the portfolio construction arena. This year, our keynote hailed from the US, and focused on rends in the asset allocation arena...

Operating leases over transport assets are one of the best kept secrets in the alternative asset space...

This session explodes 10 myths, or common misconceptions, regarding the construction of international equity portfolios...

This session looks at the benefits of including both listed and unlisted infrastructure assets in a client’s portfolio and how to determine the best combination of these assets to achieve an optimal portfolio structure...

This session examines new and interesting ways of sourcing multi-alpha from traditional assets...

Why bonds? This session explores major structural changes in fixed interest markets and how these relate to contemporary portfolio construction issues...

Allocations to alternatives and private equity in particular are steadily increasing around the world. This session focuses on the benefits of private equity investments and the value proposition offered by experienced private equity managers...

This session addresses addresses a specialist investment approach looking to profit from one of the mega trends affecting global equity markets – global agribusiness...

In this session, Dr Sethi overviews the development of India from an IT outsourcing destination to its emergence as the world's R&D and design hub – the ultimate "rent-a-brain" supermart...

This session examines the historical importance of including dividend-paying and dividend-growing companies in global portfolios and the impact on overall returns...

This session explores the shift to absolute return focused funds, the merger of long-only hedge funds with 130/30 funds and the acceptance of longer-term, less liquid strategies as a way of delivering alpha...

This session addresses the question of TAA value add from a practical, experiential viewpoint and outlines a TAA approach and process which has delivered superior returns on a consistent basis...

As markets have developed, there are increasing opportunities for global investment in infrastructure, via the listed markets. This session explores the opportunities for investors in global infrastructure in today's market...

There is a global trend towards concentrated portfolios. This session explores whether concentrated portfolios are appropriate for client portfolios...

This session examines the benefits of concentrated portfolio management and the value that an absolute return focus adds to this strategy...

This session examines the key assessments to consider when developing an asset allocation to unlisted property...

This session explores the key characteristics of capital protected products to highlight the place these types of products have in most investors' portfolios....

This session examines the current state of play in the Australian securities market. We look at the prospects for total returns from property securities in the future...

The ability for global and Aussie markets to bounce back following prolonged periods of relatively poor returns is testimony to one of the most enduring, fundamental characteristics of bond returns – that is, bonds are naturally mean reverting assets...