The 5th Annual PortfolioConstruction Conference featured 20 Due Diligence Forum sessions - five concurrent streams running in two timeslots per day. Each delivered on a research paper developed specifically for Conference by our carefully selected Conference Partners (organisations we chose for their commitment to thought leadership, and innovative, high quality product solutions). We vetted and edited all research papers to ensure they genuinely added value to delegates’ portfolio construction knowledge. And then, each day we had a 45-minute "Best of" timeslot where we repeated the five Due Diligence Forum sessions and most highly by delegates from the ten sessions run that morning. These are highlighted below.

Of Interest sessions

Category

Products: Of Interest (Hybrids)                                    !!! Voted a "Best of" !!!

Keynote

Hybrids - why you are getting overpaid to invest

Speaker

Campbell Dawson | Managing Director | Elstree Investment Management

Materials

Paper >    Slides >    Audio >

 Category

Products: Of Interest (Int'l Fixed)      

Keynote

Made your money in equities? Keep your money in bonds!

Speaker

Peter Dorrian | Senior Vice President | PIMCO

Materials

Paper >    Slides >    Audio >

Category

Products: Of Interest (Global)

Keynote

International bond diversification - still the right strategy?

Speaker

Roger Bridges | Australian Bond Manager | Tyndall

Materials

Paper >    Slides >    Audio >

Category

Products: Of Interest (Structured Credit)                      !!! Voted a "Best of" !!!

Keynote

Credit Linked Assets - how to harness credit risk and deliver stable returns for investors

Speaker

Peter Lucas | Executive Director | Macquarie Bank

Materials

Paper >    Slides >    Audio >

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Getting Real sessions

Category

Products: Getting Real (Australian LPTs)                                          

Keynote

Listed property sector - has been or hot property?

Speaker

Simon Hedger | Co-Portfolio Mgr, Property Securities | Principal Global Investors

Materials

Paper >    Slides >   Video >

Category

Products: Getting Real (Direct)

Keynote

Getting real about diversified property investing

Speaker

Sean Murray | Head of Property Securities | Perpetual

Materials

Paper >    Slides >    Video >

Category

Products: Getting Real (Global LPTs)    

Keynote

Horray for global listed property - but where does it fit?

Speaker

Richard Shields | Snr Investment Advisor, Property | AMP Capital Investors

Materials

Paper >    Slides >    Audio >

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Taking Stock (Australian) sessions

Category

Products: Taking Stock (Australian)

Keynote

Know your style: capacity in the Australian equity market

Speaker

Simon Elimelakh | Head of Quantitative Analysis | BT Financial Group

Materials

Paper >    Slides >    Audio >

Category

Products: Taking Stock (Australian)                              !!! Voted a "Best of" !!!

Keynote

The benefits of a high conviction approach

Speaker

Peter Gunning | Investment Strategist | Russell Investment Group

Materials

Paper >    Slides >    Audio >

Category

Products: Taking Stock (Australian)                              !!! Voted a "Best of" !!!

Keynote

Resources: Should I still be listening?

Speaker

Dr Jo Warner | Snr Portfolio Manager, Global Resources | Colonial First State

Materials

Paper >    Slides >    Audio >

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Taking Stock (Internationally Diversified) sessions

Category

Products: Taking Stock (Int'l Diversified)

Keynote

How to enhance returns by systematically allocating towards high intrinsic value

Speaker

Tom Cottam | Chairman & Investment Director |
Intrinsic Value Investments/Equity Trustees

Materials

Paper >    Slides >    Audio >

Category

Products: Taking Stock (Int'l Diversified)

Keynote

It's all about the way you build it!

Speaker

Michael Price | Director of Investment Process & Quantitative Services |
ING Investment Management

Materials

Paper >    Slides >    Audio >

Category

Products: Taking Stock (Intl Diversified)                       !!! Voted a "Best of" !!!

Keynote

Global equity investing reassessed

Speaker

Lucas Weatherill | Head of Strategic Solutions, Asia | Schroders

Materials

Paper >    Slides >    Audio >

Category

Products: Taking Stock (Int'l Diversified)                       !!! Voted a "Best of" !!!

Keynote

Global investing in the new world

Speaker

Bill Barbour | Direct, Investment Specialist | Deutsche Asset Management

Materials

Paper >    Slides >    Audio >

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Taking Stock (International Specialty) sessions

Category

Products: Taking Stock (Int'l Specialty)                         !!! Voted a "Best of" !!!

Keynote

Impact of emerging markets in the search for global alpha

Speaker

Pedro Marcal | Snr Vice President/Portfolio Manager, Global Equities |
Nicholas Applegate/Allianz Global Investors

Materials

Paper >    Slides >    Audio >

Category

Products: Taking Stock (Int'l Specialty)

Briefing

India - all the Raj

Speaker

Adrian Lim | Investment Manager | Aberdeen Asset Management

Materials

Paper >    Slides >   

Category

Products: Taking Stock (Int'l Specialty)                         !!! Voted a "Best of" !!!

Keynote

An insider's perspective on China's view of the world

Speaker

Dr Xisu Wang | Professor & Consultant | brought to you by Fidelity International

Materials

Paper >    Slides >    Audio >

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Alternatively sessions

Category

Products: Alternatively (Global Infrastructure)               !!! Voted a "Best of" !!!

Briefing

The role of infrastructure in an alternatives portfolio

Speaker

Andrew Jones | Head of M&A, Infrastructure | Challenger Financial Services

Materials

Paper >    Slides >    Audio >

Category

Products: Alternatively (Hedge FoF)                              !!! Voted a "Best of" !!!

Briefing

Hedge funds in a modern portfolio

Speaker

Patrick Touhy |  Head of Alternative Funds Group, Asia | HSBC Private Bank

Materials

Paper >    Slides >    Audio >

Category

Products: Alternatively (Commodities)

Briefing

Global commodities - capturing the boom without the bust

Speaker

Brett Dobeson | Associate Director | GoldLink

Materials

Paper >    Slides >    Audio >