The Lonsec Private Equity in Focus Briefing (19 June 2025) has been assessed and accredited by Portfolio Construction Forum for Continuing Education (CE/CPD) hours. Delegates must confirm their attendance in order to receive CE/CPD accreditation.

In an industry saturated with greenwashing, woke-washing, whitewashing, and other appeals to our ethical sensibilities, moral courage is a critical virtue for upholding high ethical standards and building societal trust.

The Implemented Portfolios AAIC Briefing (11 Jun 2025) has been assessed and accredited by Portfolio Construction Forum for Continuing Education (CE/CPD) hours. Delegates must confirm their attendance in order to receive CE/CPD accreditation.

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This lecture instructs IMAC candidates on the characteristics of hedge fund investments.

This lecture instructs IMAC candidates on the characteristics of digital asset investments.

Thinking Differently about Markets is a subscription service that enables a deeper and more realistic understanding of economic and financial dynamics, empowering greater clarity and agility in portfolio construction. It will help you create robust portfolios by deepening your understanding of how economies and markets really work.

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I have significantly rethought the likely implications of the Trump administration's impact on the world's economies and polities. I am more optimistic.

This lecture instructs IMAC candidates on the on the definitions and characteristics and the use of public and private real asset investments in multi-asset portfolios.

This lecture instructs IMAC candidates on the characteristics of private equity investtments.

This lecture instructs IMAC candidates on the characteristics of private real asset investments.

This lecture instructs IMAC candidates on the characteristics of private debt investments.

Private equity is promoted as providing returns several per cent higher than investing in public equity markets. These two papers reveal the true returns that private equity delivers to investors, identifying the real winners (the managers).

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The Evergreen Consultants Asset Allocation Committee Meeting May 2025 (15 May 2025) has been assessed and accredited by Portfolio Construction Forum for Continuing Education (CE/CPD) hours. Delegates must confirm their attendance in order to receive CE/CPD accreditation.

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Ethical standards and codes serve as guiding principles for professionals - but the application is rarely straightforward. This paper reviews recent literature on moral judgment and the behavioural implications.

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Even if Mickey Mouse were president, the US would still be on the way to 4% growth, because US private-sector innovation promises to offset bad policies and erratic policymaking.