Ep 49: Portfolio construction in the decade of uncertainty
IMAP Podcast Series - Independent Thought
Chapters
1:14
How the CFS multi-asset team builds portfolios and why you describe the approach as multi-asset
3:38
The level of change in portfolio construction, and today's construction approach
6:46
How risk and the lens view shapes the construction process day to day
11:57
Deciding which tool to use where & why one asset class or sub asset class might call for different approaches
16:45
What can meaningfully change your investment style rather than just "tilts" on your portfolios?
18:44
What are other portfolio positions used given the level of uncertainty
IMAP Podcast Series - Independent Thought
Ep 49: Portfolio construction in the decade of uncertainty
Aug 03, 2026
Lucie Bradley
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 construction
- How a risk lens shapes day-to-day portfolio construction, and how active, quant and passive tools are chosen across asset classes
- Whether concentration in index-driven markets should push passive and quant into a bigger core role, or give investors pause
