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On-Demand Classes
The Apollo Academy also offers additional CE-credit events on the discipline of alternatives investing as well as on key investing and economic top-of-mind topics, so you can keep your skills brushed up and your mind sharp for the ever-changing landscape of the capital markets.
Class 33Keeping More of What’s Earned
Now On Demand
Credits
1
CFP / IWI / CFA
CE Credit
Topics
- Taxes can create a meaningful drag on long-term investment outcomes. For investors building wealth over time, where an asset is held can matter as much as the investment itself.
In this session, John Hillman, Partner in Apollo’s New Markets Group, and Jason Singer, Partner and Global Lead for Product Development & Innovation in Apollo’s Client and Product Solutions Group, explore how tax-efficient structures can help investors preserve and compound more of their investment returns. They examine the role of asset location in private markets, two insurance-based solutions to tax-efficient investing, along with considerations for advisors seeking to identify client use cases.
In this class they will cover:- Why asset location matters to long-term wealth creation, including the effect of tax drag on compounding.
- How private placement variable annuities (PPVAs) and private placement life insurance (PPLI) can provide different approaches to tax-efficient investing, including tax deferral and, subject to applicable requirements, tax-free growth.
- How tax-efficient vehicles can provide access to public and private market strategies, including the role of insurance-dedicated funds and key factors around investment selection and diversification.
- Implementation considerations such as investment horizon, liquidity, fees, withdrawals, underwriting requirements and the circumstances in which these structures may, or may not, be appropriate.
- How advisors can identify potential use cases and begin client conversations, from tax-sensitive investors and legacy planners to existing annuity holders and clients with philanthropic goals.
Class 32After 60/40: A Framework For Integrating Private Markets Into Client Portfolios
Now On Demand
Credits
1
CFP / IWI / CFA
CE Credit
Topics
- Private markets are a growing part of the investment landscape, but wealth client portfolios remain significantly under-allocated relative to institutions.
In this session, Chris Lvoff and Lucy Xin, Managing Directors of Apollo’s Portfolio Solutions Group, explore the emerging role private markets are playing in portfolios, methods for implementing private markets into client portfolios, and tools and techniques to help advisors scale private markets across their own books of businesses.
In this class they will cover:- Why private markets can provide access to a diversifying set of return opportunities and exposure to important drivers of economic growth.
- How a common framework across public and private markets can help investors construct portfolios using private equity, private credit and real assets.
- Implementation considerations, including uncalled capital and how evergreen solutions can help maintain investment exposure.
- How model portfolios and technology can help advisors scale private markets across their books of business.
Class 312026 Mid-Year Outlook
Now On Demand
Credits
1
CFP / IWI / CFA
CE Credit
Topics
- Join Torsten Slok, Chief Economist at Apollo, for a discussion on the outlook for the US economy in the second half of 2026, including insights across several key themes:
• The economic headwinds, tailwinds and the emerging risks shaping the outlook
• How these dynamics could influence GDP growth, inflation and interest rates
• The growing role of AI in driving productivity, employment, corporate investment and economic growth
• The potential implications for markets and the broader global economy
Why Alternatives in Your Retirement Portfolio
A long-held mantra—that a diversified portfolio of public equities and bonds is the key to a successful retirement plan—is now being challenged by secular shifts taking place in financial markets today, including the end of the monetary printing press that started in 2008. What’s an investor to do? Lead Portfolio Manager Matt O’Mara tackles this question in our latest white paper.
On Demand: Alternative Investing Course 2.0
Session 1 Alternative Investing Essentials Part One
Now Available On Demand
Credits
4
CFP / IWI / CFA
CE Credits
Topics
- Understanding Capital Markets
- Private Equity & Venture Capital
- Private Credit
Session 2Alternative Investing Essentials Part Two
Now Available On Demand
Credits
4
CFP / IWI / CFA
CE Credits
Topics
- Real Estate
- Infrastructure
- Digital Assets
- Hedge Funds
Session 3Practical Considerations
Now Available On Demand
Credits
2.5
CFP / IWI / CFA
CE Credits
Topics
- Commodities
- Understanding Portfolio Construction
- Asset Allocation
- Risk Considerations
- Fund Structures
- Fees
Alternative Perspectives
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Consistency Through Cycles: Private Market Secondaries
Private market secondaries have evolved from a niche liquidity tool into an essential component of the private markets ecosystem. With 2025 volume reaching record highs, secondaries trading still represents only ~2% of overall private market size—pointing to a market with significant room to grow.1 Secondary strategies acquire seasoned portfolios, often at a discount, and can…
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Cycle, Structure, Selection: Private Equity Portfolios for Today’s Market
Private equity deal and exit activity have picked up in 2026, but valuations remain elevated and the macro environment is still demanding. How is this shifting PE allocations? Diana Sands and equity product specialist Bryn Gostin dive into what’s actually changed in the market, how drawdown and evergreen structures can play distinct roles in a…
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When Duration Stops Working: How the Rate Cycle Has Rewritten the Fixed Income Playbook
For most of the past decade, fixed income did its job. It gave portfolios steady income, low volatility and a counterweight to equity risk. Investors built allocations around that assumption, and for a long time it largely worked. And that assumption had a 40-year track record behind it. From the early 1980s through the years…
Master the Basics
Apollo defines “alternatives” as an alternative to publicly traded stocks and bonds, seeking excess returns at every point along the risk-reward spectrum. We group our solutions in three categories: Equity, Hybrid (as defined as a mix of equity and debt), and Yield. Apollo’s introductory videos describe the basics of each alternative asset class. Taught by Keith Black, Adjunct Faculty at the University of Massachusetts, the videos cover the full spectrum of alternative asset classes (including venture capital and commodities, which Apollo’s solutions don’t currently address). They provide a broad understanding of the space for those seeking to invest in, or to augment, their exposure to alternatives.
