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Matt Brown: Acquisitions are very much top of mind.

Matt Brown banks $100 million for CAIS but gives up 10% stake as urgency to buy capabilities begins to surpass how much they cost

As iCapital presses its advantage and Joe Lonsdale threatens to enter the market, the CAIS CEO is bootstrapping nothing as the alts market finally starts to explode after years of crying wolf.

April 7, 2022 at 3:52 AM

Matt Brown: 'This allows us to automate and digitize fund onboarding so it’s not a 'pain in the neck.''

Focus Financial tightens ties with CAIS to boost alts, just don't say the arrangement much resembles CI Financial's deal to buy a stake in GLAS Funds

New York City-based CAIS already administers a $30-billion chunk, it says, of Focus's $350 billion of RIA assets; RIAs get to add third-party funds or go with the CAIS selections

February 16, 2022 at 7:34 PM

Most innovative? Judges including Michael Kitces, Jud Mackrill and Tina Powell ponder.

Orion draws a record pack of hackers to Utah to code, bond -- and compete

From 7,000 feet above sea level, 90 RIA software types breathed thin air en route to zapping redundant portals

September 12, 2016 at 6:56 PM

Sang Lee: We're not just disrupting that market. We're increasing the size of that market.

Now come the robo-alts firms -- a full flock of 'em as unwavering as the robo-advisors

ALTS, DarcMatter, Crystal Capital Partners, Aequitas Capital, CAIS, iCapital, HedgeCoVest are out to create a market -- not quite as dirt cheaply as classic robo-advisors

July 13, 2015 at 5:34 PM

Fidelity's alt investments brain trust: 'It used to be three guys and a dog in Greenwich.'

Fidelity, Goldman Sachs and Morningstar call 16 top reporters to New York to define the RIA alts problem -- and to explain how their Dream Team solves it

The conundrum: In the dawn of the Age of Transparency, alts makers still favor pulling down the shades, and charging a premium for the disservice

April 8, 2014 at 4:42 AM

Gary Gallagher: By no means do we consider this watered-down alternatives in any way. We think it's the most comprehensive of all of the custodians in business today.

Fidelity teams with Goldman Sachs as part of big push into alternative investments on behalf of RIAs

The Boston giant's resolute move is a 'blue-ocean' strategy that may give it an edge with advisors looking for a one-stop, one-statement approach to AI management

November 1, 2013 at 4:50 PM

Felipe Luna: We're moving beyond advisors who just need turnkey.

With LPL as its new BFF, CONCERT seeks bigger game and more RIAs

San Jose-based firm wirehouse-lite is up to $3 billion of AUA but was hitting roadblocks with some bigger candidates that it believes LPL technology and RBC big-boy services can remove

April 18, 2013 at 6:36 AM

Chris Kojima told FundFire: The RIA business is a smaller part of the assets that AIMS manages, it has more than doubled in the last two years and it is growing

Sparks fly after FundFire reports that Merrill Lynch and Goldman Sachs are offering some RIAs their corner-office research

The Financial Times publication stands by its story, but Merrill won't comment, making the fiery situation smokier; Goldman is unabashed

March 8, 2013 at 4:59 PM

Felipe Luna: We're seeing ... high-net-worth clients ... who want to be more aggressively involved in alternative investments.

How CONCERT is leveraging a full-service alternatives platform to boost its carriage trade clientele

CONCERT sees CAIS catering to the $200 million-plus set while its current alts provider tends to those who may like their hedge funds in mutual-fund wraps

August 21, 2012 at 8:32 AM

Josh Kernan: I'm most concerned about these feeder fund platforms. You've actually created an additional level of risk to be concerned about.

A cottage industry of hedge funds-to-RIAs is springing up but so far the mutual fund industry looks like the big winner

It's a minor gold rush, but the entrepreneurs jumping into the niche are quick to identify the frailties in each other's approaches

July 20, 2012 at 4:28 AM

Ann Bergin: We'll see a rush to the front door in coming days and weeks.

Schwab wins long-awaited green light from the SEC on alternative-assets distribution

The no-action letter on a DTCC standard may pave the way for custodians to create supermarkets of hedge funds

March 7, 2012 at 3:47 PM

Jeremy Norton: The burden falls squarely on advisors.

How RIAs can best pick alternative investments: Punt

This minefield is best left to experts with the right resources and expertise

August 16, 2011 at 2:58 AM

Matthew C. Brown: For most RIAs, outsourcing to a reputable vendor that offers an independent, end-to-end alternatives solution makes the most sense.

Step-by-step on finding a platform for alternative investments

A guide to assessing solutions to meet rising demand from high net worth clients

May 17, 2011 at 2:46 PM

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