Tagged: cais

October 16, 2025 @ 8:21 am By Omar Faridi  |  

CAIS, the alternative investment platform for financial advisors, announced it has entered into a strategic partnership with LODAS Markets to introduce a secondary marketplace for private funds. The alliance will integrate LODAS’ secondary trading tech into the CAIS platform, offering financial advisors with an avenue… Read More

June 28, 2025 @ 4:12 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

CAIS, the alternative investment platform for financial advisors, today announced the first in a growing series of investment models—developed by BlackRock, Carlyle, Franklin Templeton, and KKR—onto the CAIS Models Marketplace. As recently announced, advisors can now “leverage single-click model allocations across private and registered funds, for… Read More

June 12, 2025 @ 9:24 am By Omar Faridi  |  

CAIS, an alternative investment platform for independent financial advisors, announced the launch of its execution capability for ticker-traded alternative investment funds. This enhanced feature enables advisors to facilitate “the execution of both ticker-traded interval funds and subscription-based funds on the CAIS platform, providing advisors with a… Read More

May 1, 2025 @ 11:56 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Edward Jones is expanding its offerings to include alternative investments available to eligible clients in Edward Jones Generations, the firm’s private client service for U.S. high net worth investors (HNWIs). This move underscores the firm’s commitment to “providing sophisticated financial products, solutions and personalized experiences… Read More

April 29, 2025 @ 10:36 am By Omar Faridi  |  

As financial advisors increasingly adopt defined-outcome strategies to capture market opportunities, manage risk, and meet client goals, CAIS, the  alternative investment platform for independent financial advisors, announced an expansion of its “defined-outcome capabilities” through CAIS Capital Markets, a new division. CAIS Capital Markets will centralize… Read More

December 10, 2024 @ 10:10 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Five in 10 advisors surveyed now reportedly allocate more than 10% of client portfolios to alternative investments, with nine in 10 or 90% planning to boost allocations over next two years, according to an update shared by CAIS. Nine in 10 financial advisors surveyed (92%)… Read More

September 26, 2024 @ 5:29 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

CAIS, the alternative investment platform for independent financial advisors, announced it has expanded its offerings of alternative investment strategies from leading alternative investment managers, deepening the firm’s commitment to making alternative investment products more accessible to wealth management. New managers that have introduced strategies “on… Read More

September 14, 2024 @ 9:52 am By Omar Faridi  |  

CAIS, the alternative investment platform for independent financial advisors, announced today an expanded relationship with Focus Financial Partners Inc., a partnership of fiduciary wealth management firms that collectively oversee more than $400B in client assets. This expanded relationship makes CAIS the preferred provider “to consolidate… Read More

December 6, 2023 @ 10:05 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

More than half (62%) of financial advisors currently allocate between 6% and 25% of clients’ portfolios to alternative asset classes, with (85%) of them expecting “to increase allocations to one or more alternative asset classes further within the next year,” according to a recent independent… Read More

September 16, 2023 @ 6:33 am By Omar Faridi  |  

CAIS, the alternative investment platform for independent financial advisors, announced an expanded menu of strategies from twelve alternative asset managers, underscoring their commitment to the independent wealth channel. Apollo Global Management, Ares Management Corporation, Bain Capital, Blue Owl Capital, The Carlyle Group, Fidelity Investments, Franklin… Read More

April 15, 2023 @ 11:13 am By Omar Faridi  |  

CAIS, the alternative investment platform for independent financial advisors, continues to see an increase in demand for customized white label funds among independent broker-dealers (IBDs) and registered investment advisors (RIAs) “seeking alternative asset allocations on behalf of their clients.” CAIS’ white label fund solutions–Custom Funds–”allows… Read More

April 3, 2023 @ 5:27 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

CAIS, the alternative investment platform, announced a modernized brand refresh to reflect CAIS’ leadership role in transforming the world of alternative investing as we enter a “New Era of Access.” With financial advisors and alternative asset managers engaging at unprecedented levels, this “New Era of… Read More

March 7, 2023 @ 5:54 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

CAIS, the alternative investment platform for independent financial advisors, announced that Graham Capital Management, L.P., a global alternative investment firm with approximately $17.9 billion in assets under management that specializes in providing quantitative and discretionary macro strategies, is partnering with CAIS “to add select alternative… Read More

April 6, 2022 @ 3:23 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

CAIS, an alternative investment platform, today announced a $100 million investment from Reverence Capital Partners. The raise is a continuation of the company’s $225 million round in January which was led by Apollo, Motive Partners, and Franklin Templeton. Following that round, CAIS’ enterprise valuation exceeded… Read More

October 19, 2021 @ 9:10 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

CAIS, the alternative investment platform, and Digital Asset, the creators of the Daml multi-party application platform, have confirmed  a working collaboration to “explore specific use cases for blockchain, distributed ledgers, and smart contracts at the intersection of wealth management and alternative investments.” The two firms… Read More