What’s New on the CAIS Platform
As advisors navigate an increasingly dynamic alternative investment landscape, the CAIS platform continues to evolve with enhancements designed to simplify workflows, expand connectivity, and improve the advisor experience across the investment lifecycle.
This quarter’s updates introduce new capabilities spanning workflows, capital markets, integrations, and AI-powered experiences. Together, these enhancements reflect our continued focus on helping advisors spend less time on operational tasks and more time serving their clients.
Making Workflows More Efficient
Multi-Order Signing Experience
Multi-Order Signing allows advisors to group eligible subscription orders for the same household into a single eSignature workflow. Rather than sending separate signing requests for each order, advisors can send one consolidated DocuSign email, creating a more streamlined experience while reducing administrative follow-up across related orders.
A look at the multi-order signing experience
Bulk Trade Entry
Advisors and home office users can now enter, review, and submit multiple orders from a single workspace. Supporting both ticker-based products and subscription document funds, the new experience streamlines high-volume trading workflows while reducing the time and effort required to create orders.
A look at bulk trade entry
Completing the Ticker Trading Lifecycle for Schwab Advisor Services™
Advisors can now initiate and manage eligible redemptions for Schwab Advisor Services™ ticker positions directly through the CAIS platform, completing the full lifecycle for Schwab ticker trading. Redemption requests can be launched directly from the Holdings view and queued within CAIS ahead of the applicable redemption deadline for submission during the redemption window. Key redemption terms are surfaced throughout the order experience, helping advisors make informed decisions while streamlining post-trade workflows.
For advisors custodied at Schwab Advisors Services™, CAIS now offers the complete round trip ticker-traded experience: purchasing, tracking, and redeeming positions all on CAIS.
A look at completing the ticker trading lifecycle for Schwab Advisor Services
Expanding Capital Markets Capabilities
The CAIS platform continues to enhance the Capital Markets experience with new tools designed to support product discovery, portfolio management, and investment workflows.
Equity IPO IOIs
Through Equity Syndicate, wealth firms and their advisors can access select equity IPO including the ability to view offering details and submit or revise indications of interest (IOIs), all through the CAIS platform. Eligibility and participation are subject to applicable requirements, and any allocation is determined by the underwriting syndicate.
A look at equity IPO IOIs
Export the Offerings Menu to PDF
The current offerings menu can now be exported directly to PDF, with the option to include the full menu or selected offerings. Exports reflect applied filters and permissions, helping advisors quickly create clean, printable materials.
AI-Powered Search & Smart Filtering for Holdings
Advisors can now search holdings using natural language, eliminating the need to manually apply multiple filters. The CAIS platform automatically interprets search instructions and surfaces relevant results, helping advisors find what they need quickly and intuitively.
A look at AI-powered search & smart filtering for holdings
Position Upload via UI
Advisors can now upload position data directly through the CAIS platform using a file-based interface, making it easier to import positions in bulk. This enhancement reduces manual entry and helps streamline portfolio onboarding and ongoing position management.
A look at position upload via UI
Condensed View for Structured Investments Offerings
A redesigned Structured Investments offerings table introduces a condensed display mode that improves visual density, making it easier for advisors to scan and compare products while eliminating horizontal scrolling.
Taken together, these enhancements expand the Capital Markets experience by helping advisors discover opportunities, manage positions, and navigate investment workflows more efficiently.
Strengthening Platform Connectivity
The CAIS platform continues to expand connectivity across the wealth management ecosystem with enhancements designed to simplify onboarding, improve account connectivity, and provide greater visibility into custodial workflows.
Schwab Bulk Account Profile Upload
Account profiles can now be uploaded in bulk using a spreadsheet file, making it easier to onboard multiple accounts and manage profile information at scale.
A look at Schwab bulk account profile upload
Axos Custodian Integration
The CAIS platform now supports order workflows for Axos custodian accounts, expanding our connectivity across the custodians' network and providing advisors with additional integration options.
Raymond James RCS Funding Status
Advisors and operations teams can now view real-time funding status for fully-funded subdoc orders for Raymond James RCS accounts directly within the CAIS platform. By surfacing funding information within the order workflow, this enhancement provides greater visibility into settlement status and helps reduce the need to check funding information through external systems.
Secondaries on CAIS
Advisors can now access the LODAS secondary marketplace directly from t the CAIS platform through a single sign-on experience. This enhancement represents another step in expanding access across the alternative investment lifecycle by bringing primary and secondary offerings closer together within the advisor workflow.
The Latest Updates to CAISey
CAISey is an AI-assisted research and information tool embedded directly into the CAIS platform, helping advisors evaluate and compare alternative investment funds more efficiently. By surfacing information from fund documents in one place, enabling side-by-side fund comparisons, and connecting fund research with CAIS IQ education, CAISey streamlines investment research. With the addition of the CAISey MCP integration, advisors whose firms have enabled the integration can access alternative investment data directly within Claude to research funds, analyze performance, and surface portfolio insights within their existing workflow. Together, these capabilities help advisors spend less time searching and more time evaluating investment offerings.
A look at the latest updates to CAISey
Coming Soon
Our roadmap continues with additional capabilities expected in upcoming releases.
Re-registration & Account Maintenance Enhancements
Upcoming enhancements will streamline the re-registration experience by allowing advisors to initiate account type changes directly within the Edit Account workflow and monitor transfer progress from the Positions page. Together, these updates are designed to provide greater visibility into account transitions while helping simplify account maintenance workflows.
Enhanced Subscription Document Process
Advisors will be able to complete required questions and documents without leaving the order, with each section organized around its purpose and next action. They'll have clearer visibility into signers and interested parties, what information is current in CAIS, what was included in prior submissions, and how account profile changes may affect other active orders. Together, these enhancements are designed to make it easier to understand what remains, confirm submission readiness, and move orders forward with confidence.
A look at the enhanced subscription document process
CAISey Holdings
Upcoming enhancements will extend CAISey by bringing holdings data into the experience through CAISey Holdings. Advisors will be able to answer portfolio-level questions across their entire book without leaving the chat, helping connect fund research with portfolio insights in a more streamlined workflow.
A look at CAISey holdings
