CAIS

CAIS was founded in 2009 to address a structural gap: independent financial advisors had limited, operationally complex access to alternative investments while institutional investors did not. The platform now connects over 62,000 financial advisors across more than 2,000 wealth management firms to alternative asset managers and bank issuers, covering the full pre-trade, trade, and post-trade lifecycle in one environment. For family offices and multi-family offices operating through RIA or broker-dealer structures, CAIS offers a centralized operating system for alternatives that spans private equity, private debt, real estate, infrastructure, hedge funds, and structured notes.

The platform’s distinguishing feature for investment teams is its unified execution across fund structures. Advisors can trade and manage subscription-based private funds alongside ticker-traded interval funds from a single interface, with single-click model allocations across all structure types through the CAIS Model Marketplace. The recently launched CAISey tool uses AI to surface, compare, and analyze fund data from hundreds of thousands of documents, compressing research workflows that previously required hours.

Key platform capabilities include:

• CAIS Compass for portfolio construction and scenario modeling
• CAIS IQ for integrated alternatives education and CE credits
• CAISey AI for conversational fund discovery and comparison
• Automated subscription workflows and post-trade reporting
• Integrations with more than 35 ecosystem partners including custodians and reporting providers

CAIS is purpose-built for the independent wealth channel, not for large wirehouse or institutional buyers. Family offices that operate as RIAs or work through independent broker-dealers are squarely in its intended user base, while those requiring a fully bespoke institutional-grade platform or direct custody arrangements may find the product less suited to their structure. Pricing is not publicly disclosed.