ASX Investor Day

Economic Update

Market conditions in 2026 are being shaped by a number of crosscurrents including diverging interest-rate expectations, uneven global growth, and now an energy supply shock stemming from escalating geopolitical instability. With dispersion higher and correlations less reliable, achieving consistent outperformance increasingly depends on an asset-allocation framework that is clearly anchored, yet flexible enough to respond quickly as regimes change.  In this presentation, Sebastian Mullins, Head of Multi-Asset and Fixed Income Investing at Schroders Australia, will outline the key market scenarios that could emerge from here, the portfolio approaches that may be most effective in each, and the opportunities he currently sees across asset classes.

Schroders

Investing outside super: what the data tells us about how Australians invest

While Australia’s superannuation system plays a central role in retirement, many Australians do not invest outside super at all. Among those who do, investment patterns vary significantly across generations. Drawing on new research into investor behaviour, Vanguard will share insights into how Australians invest outside super — including product preferences, allocation to international investments and common gaps or misconceptions before sitting down for a panel discussion alongside nabtrade and Morgans to explore what these trends mean for individual investors.

ASX, Vanguard, nabtrade, Morgans

From Australia’s First ETF to Micro Investing: How to Start Investing

Are you new to investing and not too sure where to start? Join this fireside chat session where Raiz Invest will share how micro investing and automated “spare change” investing can make starting feel achievable, even with small amounts. State Street Investment Management will then speak on the launch of Australia’s first ETF in 2001 and the core principles new investors can draw from 25 years of ETF evolution—diversification, discipline, and cost awareness.

RAIZ & State Street Investment Management 

Gold, Silver, and the Revival of ‘Hard’ Assets

Global markets are entering a new era defined by deglobalisation, rising geopolitical tension and mounting government debt burdens. In this environment, gold and silver are re-emerging as strategic assets. Strong central bank buying, growing de-dollarisation trends and persistent inflation uncertainty are reinforcing the role of precious metals.

Global X

Building wealth for the next generation

Investing early is one of the most powerful ways to build long-term wealth for the next generation. Whether you’re putting aside a gift for a newborn or showing your teenager how the sharemarket works, starting today can make a lasting difference. Join this session with Betashares to discover the importance for investing early for kids and how that can make a lifelong impact, the investment options available for different goals and practical tips to involve your kids in conversations about money and investing.

BetaShares

Investing Made Simple: Model Portfolios as Your Financial Diet Plan

Navigating today’s vast investment choices can be overwhelming, much like shopping without a meal plan. Just as a balanced diet supports your health goals, a well-structured portfolio helps you stay focused on what matters most. Despite market volatility, investing is key to long-term financial success. Join J.P. Morgan Asset Management to learn how diversified portfolios offer structure, consistency, and discipline, helping investors avoid common pitfalls and achieve reliable outcomes.

J.P. Morgan Asset Management

Putting cash to work – rethinking the role of cash in your portfolio

Cash has long played an important role in portfolios, providing stability and liquidity. This session looks at how high‑quality, short-term fixed income strategies can help make cash work harder by offering reliable income, daily liquidity and a disciplined approach to risk.

PIMCO

The Index Illusion: Why passive investors don’t actually exist

In this session, Macquarie Asset Management explores the hidden mechanics of passive investing and how to cut through the noise of the active vs passive debate. They will cover index concentration, portfolio biases that inhibit your investing decisions, and where active management has historically earned its keep. You’ll walk away with a clearer framework for building smarter portfolios with both passive and active ETFs. 

Macquarie Asset Management

The most concentrated market in the world deserves the most intelligent allocation

The S&P/ASX 200 is one of the most concentrated developed-market indices on the planet. It is structurally overweight financials and resources, and structurally underweight technology, healthcare innovation and global growth. That concentration is both the risk and the opportunity. If you own the index, you own the concentration.

Dynamics such as Your Future Your Super forcing large super funds to become the world's most expensive index trackers is herding billions into the same names. Herding creates dislocations. When everyone is forced to own the same thing, the things they are forced to ignore get mispriced. We will show investors, using the simple and the complex, to not just stand out from the herd, but to become hunters too.

VanEck

Why tech investing is different to banks and miners

For many investors, banks and miners represent familiar territory. Their performance is typically driven by factors such as interest rates, credit cycles, and commodity prices. Technology investing, however, operates under a very different set of rules. Rather than relying on physical assets or balance sheet expansion, technology companies grow through innovation, scalability, and the ability to reach global markets quickly. Many of the world’s most valuable companies today are built on software, data, and network effects rather than traditional capital-intensive models. Join ETF Shares who will help you understand how these businesses operate and what drives their growth and how that helps investors better navigate one of the most powerful and enduring long-term trends shaping global markets today.

ETF Shares