Newly formed division will provide financial advisors access to structured investments, hedging and monetization strategies, trade execution, and managed solutions
As financial advisors increasingly adopt defined-outcome strategies to capture market opportunities, manage risk, and meet client goals, CAIS, the leading alternative investment platform for independent financial advisors, today announced an expansion of its defined-outcome capabilities through CAIS Capital Markets, a new division. CAIS Capital Markets will centralize existing structured investments solutions, hedging and monetization, and managed solutions referral services, with CAIS Capital’s structured investments trade execution capabilities.
CAIS has provided access for independent advisors to structured investments for over a decade. With expanded capabilities, CAIS Capital Markets now offers advisors access to structured notes as well as hedging and monetization strategies—both delivered by leading bank issuers—to help diversify and manage risk in concentrated equity positions. CAIS also offers structured note execution trading services, which simplify the trading process and provide support from trade creation through to maturity. CAIS Capital Markets is fully integrated with the broader CAIS platform, allowing advisors to access these offerings alongside other alternative investment opportunities.
“Advisors are increasingly taking advantage of defined-outcome strategies to capitalize on market opportunities, manage risk, and seek to achieve the financial objectives for their end clients,” said Marc Premselaar, Partner | Head of Capital Markets at CAIS. “In today’s market environment, we’re seeing a preference for increased diversification and downside protection. Many advisors are taking a more intentional approach to constructing portfolios—and that includes reevaluating their public allocations."
CAIS has seen an increase in adoption of structured investments in recent years – with significant year-over-year volume growth. On the heels of CAIS’ expanded capabilities, Focus Financial Partners (“Focus”), an interdependent partnership of wealth management, business management and related financial services firms, has recently expanded their relationship with CAIS to leverage the suite of offerings under its Capital Markets division.
“We are thrilled to expand our partnership with CAIS and leverage their experience across structured investments and technology,” said Joel Hirsh, Principal and Co-Chief Investment Officer at Kovitz, a Focus Partners firm. “CAIS’ platform is best known for helping RIAs and advisors access and allocate to alternative investments. CAIS Capital Markets builds on that foundation, giving advisors more tools to address unique client objectives—whether focused on yield, growth, or protection—through a centralized, streamlined process.”
CAIS Capital Markets will be featured at CAIS Live | Structured Investments in Park City, UT on April 29-30, 2025, and at the CAIS Alternative Investment Summit, the marquee gathering of independent advisors, alts managers, and bank issuers, which will be returning to Beverly Hills October 13-16, 2025. For more information on CAIS’ events, please visit: https://www.caisgroup.com/events
To learn more about CAIS Capital Markets, visit https://www.caisgroup.com/financial-advisor/cais-platform/capital-markets.
About CAIS
CAIS is the leading alternative investment platform for independent financial advisors. The CAIS platform powers the pre-trade, trade, and post-trade lifecycle of alternative investments providing financial advisors and alternative asset managers a single operating system for scale and efficiency.
CAIS serves over 2,000 wealth management firms that support more than 50,000 financial advisors who oversee approximately $6 trillion in end-client assets. Founded in 2009, CAIS is headquartered in New York City with offices in Austin and London.
CAIS continues to be recognized for its innovation and leadership including awards for Alternative Investment Firm of the Year by Wealth Solutions Report, WealthTech100 List by Fintech Global, Great Places to Work by Fortune, Best RIA Platform by SPi, Best Alternative Investments Solution by Finovate, and many others.
For more information about CAIS, please visit www.caisgroup.com.
Securities offered through CAIS Capital LLC, member FINRA, SIPC.
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