Certified Investment Management Analyst (CIMA) is the peak, international technical portfolio construction certification program designed for investment management analysts - that is, those involved in any aspect of constructing multi-asset, multi-manager portfolios.

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.

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.

The steady rise of stablecoins is setting the stage for the next financial meltdown. The Federal Reserve could defuse the time bomb by issuing a digital wallet, the mother of all stablecoins.

Jerome Powell's term as Fed chair does not end until May 2026. But US President Donald Trump is reportedly preparing to name the next chair early in an effort to undermine Powell.

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.

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.

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.

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 1973 Yom Kippur War and Iran's Islamic Revolution in 1979 led to a massive spike in oil prices that fuelled severe stagflation. This time is likely to be different for many reasons.

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 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.

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 recent surge in government bond yields raises a critical question - should corporations lock in debt at current interest rates before they rise further?

There is growing public alarm about how generative AI might obliterate industries and professions. What's often overlooked is that the first major victim will undoubtedly be the technology sector itself.

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