CAIS, an alternate funding platform for impartial monetary advisors, has added different asset supervisor behemoth Blackstone to its market.
“We’re dedicated to offering impartial advisors with entry to the main different funding methods from the highest different asset managers within the trade,” CAIS founder and CEO Matt Brown mentioned in a press release. “As advisor demand for different investments accelerates, we’re excited to welcome Blackstone, a agency that shares our imaginative and prescient in delivering high quality training and methods to monetary advisors all over the place.”
CAIS will record a number of Blackstone methods, which have undergone third-party due diligence by Mercer.
“We’re happy to collaborate with CAIS to introduce numerous Blackstone’s methods to their broad community of impartial advisors,” Todd Myers, senior managing director and chief working officer of personal wealth options at Blackstone, mentioned in a press release. “The rising variety of advisors utilizing non-public markets as a core portfolio allocation want simply the kind of deep dedication Blackstone and CAIS are making.”
Blackstone was an early mover amongst different asset managers concentrating on the wealth channel. Its Blackstone Personal Credit score Fund, a enterprise improvement firm, and Blackstone REIT, its unlisted REIT, have each been in style choices amongst monetary advisors exploring alternate options.
CAIS is amongst a rising variety of on-line marketplaces and fintechs servicing the alts section. In 2022, it reached unicorn standing with a $1 billion valuation.