There is no question that AI is changing the global economy at unprecedented speed, propelling asset markets higher. But will it rescue rich countries from intensifying debt pressures? No one should bet the farm on it.

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When it comes to what to do about the current daunting range of uncertainties, consider this simple question: How much of your wealth or investable capital would you be willing to wager on the toss of a coin?

The Lonsec Global Small and Mid-Cap Equities Briefing (14 Aug 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.

Highlight our upcoming live CE programs, and all of the complimentary on-demand CE-accredited resources published over recent months.

These tutorials relate to the IMAC 2025 lectures and are available to CIMA candidates enrolled in the CIMA Certification Asia Pacific Program 2025.

The Mercer Global Investment Forum 2025 (16 Sep 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.

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

The Implemented Portfolios AAIC Briefing (10 Sep 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 President Donald Trump's attack on the US Federal Reserve Board and on a sitting governor, Lisa Cook, has elicited expressions of high alarm from economists and commentators, investors have responded with one big yawn.

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Individual investors have long responded to the public communications of well-placed, popular investment experts. This paper offers a new understanding of how the rise of "finfluencers" is reshaping the information landscape.

Less than 5% of individual portfolios are allocated to alternative investments. Yet, private markets have outperformed their public counterparts over the long term.

In the long history of US central banking, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell stands out as a hero. His disciplined performance at this year's Jackson Hole gathering was an extraordinary, Volcker-like act of political courage.

A complex array of issues is changing the outlook for economies and investment markets. It is time to make a move to better understand these issues so we can better manage risk and uncertainty, and design portfolios capable of improving the financial well-being of individuals.

From the origins of Western order in the Renaissance through the Enlightenment, five interconnected crises now threatening its foundations. Our choice is simple – optimise within decline, or rebuild the foundations that made our prosperity possible.

Picking back up from the inaugural Portfolio Construction Forum da Vinci Lecture, Michael Stutchbury and Oliver Hartwich discuss the five crises threatening the foundations of the Western order and the practical implications for Australia and NZ.

Investment is more than technical; it is fiduciary and communal, requiring alignment with values and stewardship of economic and social foundations. Oliver draws together the threads of Strategies Summit 2025, sharing his key takeouts and the implications for investment fiduciaries becoming civilisational stewards.

For much of the past four decades, the key to investing success was to stay long (and get longer!) risk assets. Even in the changed environment of 2020-2024, going with the flow was a good strategy most of the time. But is that still the case? Strategies Summit 2025 (Wed-Thu 20-21 Aug) will challenge and refresh your portfolio construction thinking by debating contemporary and emerging portfolio construction strategies to help you build better quality portfolios.