IMAP - Institute of Managed Account Professionals - IMAP's 2026 Portfolio Management Conference Sydney & Melbourne

Program Register Speakers Sponsors Venues

Sydney Program
Melbourne Program

8.15am

SYDNEY 19th March 2026

You are welcome to arrive and register from 8.15am

8.30am - 8.45am

Opening Address

Toby Potter (IMAP) and Jacqueline Fernley (MC)

8.45am - 9.15am

Geopolitics keynote

Jeremy Butterworth (Wellington Management - Brought to you by our Principal sponsor, Colonial First State)

9.15am - 10.00am

Opportunities in private credit - sorting the wheat from the chaff

Michael Karagianis (JANA) & Evidentia. Moderated by Adam El-Ensary (Count)

10.00am - 10.30am

Emerging Markets

Global X

10.30am - 10.50am

Morning Tea Break

10.50am - 11.20am

Opening up private markets: creating more access and transparency

Vicki Wong (S&P Dow Jones Indices)

11.20am - 12.05pm

Integrating private markets investments into portfolios

Alex Donald (Ironbark), Chris Ogilvie (InvestBlue) and Alex Cousley (Russell Investments). Moderated by Nick Blue (BT)

12.05pm - 12.35pm

Global Growth opportunities - Our thoughts

Individual Presentations by Tom King (Nanuk Asset Management) and Joel Connell (Bell Asset Management)

12.35pm - 1.00pm

Break

1.00pm - 1.15pm

Global Growth opportunities - panel discussion

Panel discussion with Tom King (Nanuk Asset Management) and Joel Connell (Bell Asset Management). Moderated by Paul Saliba (SQM Research)

1.15pm - 1.45pm

Mispriced in plain sight - The case for an allocation to Global REITs

Mark Mazarella (Dexus)

1.45pm - 2.15pm

The View from Washington

Sands Capital

2.15pm - 2.45pm

FAAA keynote - The 2026 Challenges for Advisers

Sarah Abood (FAAA)

2.45pm - 3.00pm

Closing remarks

8.15am

MELBOURNE 27th March 2026

You are welcome to arrive and register from 8.15am

8.30am - 8.45am

Opening Address

Toby Potter (IMAP) and Deanne Baker (Evidentia Group) as MC

8.45am - 9.15am

Geopolitics keynote

Kerry Craig (J.P Morgan Asset Management - Brought to you by our Principal sponsor, Colonial First State)

9.15am - 9.45am

The View from London

Suhail Shaikh (Fulcrum) and Infinity Asset Management

9.45am - 10.15am

Wholesale & Private Markets - Integrating private market investments into portfolios

MA Financial

10.15am - 10.45am

Morning Tea Break

10.45am - 11.15am

Global Factor Investments: Trends, Challenges and Opportunities

Cameron McCormack (VanEck)

11.15am - 11.45am

The emerging shape of Managed Accounts

DASH and Rebecca Jacques (Mercer)

11.45am - 12.15pm

A practitioners guide to risk and returns in fixed income

Charlie Callan (BondAdviser)

12.15pm - 12.45pm

Break

12.45pm - 1.15pm

Emerging Small and Micro Companies - Opportunities in the Australian and Global Market

Nathan Parkin (Australian Ethical Investments) and Jonathan Ramsay (Trellia Wealth Partners)

1.15pm - 1.45pm

Portfolio Management through the Advice Lens

Jeff Mitchell (Infocus) & Akambo. Moderated by Toby Potter (IMAP)

1.45pm - 2.15pm

AFCA Keynote

Patrick Hartney (AFCA)

2.15pm - 2.30pm

Closing Remarks

Book Sydney Thursday 19th March 2026

ADVISERS & LICENSEES REGISTRATION

CORPORATE REGISTRATION (Limited places)

Book Melbourne Friday 27th March 2026

ADVISERS & LICENSEES REGISTRATION

CORPORATE REGISTRATION (Limited places)

Principal Sponsor

Venue Details - SYDNEY

IMAP Portfolio Management Conference 2026 is being held in Sydney's CBD on Thursday 19th March 2026 at:

The Paradox Hotel
66 Pitt Street,
Sydney NSW 2000
ph +61 2 8214 0000

https://www.paradoxhotels.com/sydney

Venue Details - Melbourne

IMAP Portfolio Management Conference in Melbourne is being held at the RACV Club on Friday 27th March 2026

RACV Club
501 Bourke Street
Melbourne VIC 3000
Phone: (03) 9281 8000

https://www.racv.com.au/travel-leisure/racv-club

IMAP Events Team Contact Details

Please contact the IMAP Event team with any queries:

Email Address: support@imap.com.au

Phone: +61 or 0485 528 687