The Institute of Managed Account Professional's role (IMAP) is to be the industry organisation for advisers, managers, providers & businesses actively involved in offering or supporting Managed Accounts. Our goals are to assist managed account professionals by providing: - Information via news, email updates, website & articles- Education - through events, webinars, conferences, & podcast- Representation - to regulators such as ASIC and FASEA
Episode 50: What does owning the S&P500 actually mean in 2026?
Our host Emily Barlow (Evidentia Private) is joined by Amit Pathak (Head of U.S. Equity Product Management, Asia-Pacific, S&P Dow Jones Indices) to discuss: S&P 500's cap-weighting naturally tilting toward AI leadersHow the Top 10 companies now make up ~40% of the index, up from 18% a decade ago Active investors still driving price discoveryHow companies are choosing to stay private longer, yet the S&P 500 still captures the largest, most liquid slice of the U.S. market...
3 Aug 2026
Ep 49: Portfolio construction in the decade of uncertainty
Our host Emily Barlow (Evidentia Group) is joined by Ritesh Prasad (Colonial First State) to discuss: How the CFS multi-asset team builds portfolios, and why it's "multi-asset" rather than "multi-manager"What five years of market, policy and geopolitical change means for portfolio constructionHow a risk lens shapes day-to-day portfolio construction, and how active, quant and passive tools are chosen across asset classesWhether concentration in index-driven markets should push passive an...
30 Jun 2026
Episode 48: Disruption in Defensive Assets
Our host Emily Barlow of (Evidentia Group) is joined by Christian Baylis (Fortlake Asset Management) to discuss: How post-GFC regulations shifted risky lending from banks into private credit marketsPrivate credit ratings lacking transparency, raising investment grade classification concernsRedemption queues in semi-liquid private credit structures Covenant-light lending surging from ~10% to nearly 90% of leveraged financeAustralia's inflation rates
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