This lecture instructs IMAC candidates on the fundamentals of specifying a Neutral Asset Allocation when building investment portfolios.

This paper provides a great summary of the role played by asset consultants and the existing literature on asset consulting (including why they're fired).

The Investment Management Analyst Certificate (IMAC) advances investment management analyst knowledge, skill and expertise in a definitive set of competencies necessary for building and/or advising on quality multi-manager portfolios. It is both a structured post-graduate certificate course in its own right, and the Australian-based Registered Education Program for the global Certified Investment Management Analyst® (CIMA®) program.

What's new with our live and on-demand continuing education, accreditation and certification programs.

This paper examines the impact of a key feature of competitive markets on moral behaviour - the possibility that a competitor might step in and conclude the deal if a conscientious market actor forgoes a profitable business opportunity for ethical reasons.

Retirement is just one phase in life. This paper provides some interesting insights into mandatory superannuation and its implications for pre- and post-retirement consumption.

What's new with our live and on-demand continuing education, accreditation and certification programs.

The key to the near-term outlook is not US tariffs or the Iran war but their geopolitical interplay. This year's twin shocks make a global recession look increasingly likely.

The Evergreen Consultants Asset Allocation Committee Meeting June 2025 (26 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.

The core principles underpinning multi-asset, multi-manager investing (MAMMI) go back thousands of years. This preface introduces why MAMMI expertise is more complex, more difficult to successfully practice and more important than ever.

While the impact of US trade tariffs will be far less than investors fear, broad portfolio diversification is paramount and indexed strategies are no longer appropriate.

The Professional Planner Licensee Summit 2025 (23-24 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.

While there is a grain of truth in many of the arguments supporting the claim that private credit is set to blow up, most are vastly overblown or, where correct, can easily be managed.

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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.