Focus Financial Partners has launched a customized version of the CAIS Capital alternative investments platform for use by its more than 80 partner firms. The platform offers access to alternative investments, adviser education, independent due diligence and end-to-end digitized transaction processing and third-party reporting integrations, Focus said in a release.
The custom CAIS platform will allow Focus partner firms to evaluate hedge funds, private equity, private credit, real estate, digital assets, and structured notes.
CAIS also will launch and operate customized proprietary feeder funds and multimanager funds that will be available only through the CAIS platform, which can accommodate partner firms’ own sourced third-party funds permitting centralized monitoring, transacting, and reporting.
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