Articles tagged "CAIS"
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CAIS memo about fee cuts raises hackles by citing other industry players' responsibilities for 'democratization' of alternative investments
Matt Brown, CEO of alts platform, promises to bring feeder-fund access fees down to five basis points in some cases -- but needs broader help.
July 2, 2024 at 11:26 PM
Betterment whistleblowers net $2.5 million • Wealthfront's big pivot leads to profits • Altruist launches tax service • CMOs in at Ascensus, Wealthspire & Joe Duran's Rise • Savvy bags four advisors as Mariner sues it for poaching • Jim Dickson launches RIA stake buyer
Betterment is also bending to RIA needs • Wealthfront is in the black, thanks to cash • Altruist reveals where it makes its money • Rise, Wealthspire and Ascensus each add two executives • Compound hits $2 billion of AUM • CAIS slashes alts prices • BlackRock ups private debt sales to RIAs, through GeoWealth.
June 29, 2024 at 3:00 AM
High wattage Shannon Spotswood starts spending Long Ridge capital on three big talents, including Abby Salameh, a 25-year veteran executive who pioneered marketing and advisor outreach
The president of the little-known Birmingham, Ala., advisory with $4.8 billion of AUA is using freshly raised funds to bring A-listers to the staff
March 8, 2024 at 1:25 AM
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
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
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
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, 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
How RIAs can best pick alternative investments: Punt
This minefield is best left to experts with the right resources and expertise
