CONCERT Wealth Management Selects CAIS
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CONCERT Adds Competitive Offering of Alternative Investment Funds, Products & Tools Through CAIS
CONCERT Wealth Management, is pleased to announce the adoption of CAIS to improve its offering of alternative investment funds and products. CONCERT, a California-based RIA that offers integrated financial planning-based investment solutions for high net worth individuals and families, will integrate the CAIS platform providing their advisors with a robust solution for alternative investments.
As a CAIS Member Firm, CONCERT’s growing team of Wealth Advisors will gain secure access to the CAIS online exchange, which provides a broad menu of top-tier alternative investment funds and products, robust analytical tools, streamlined trade execution and integrated reporting capabilities. Operational risk and investment due diligence on CAIS-listed products is conducted independently by
Through a secure web-based interface, CAIS will provide Jefferies advisors access, ongoing support and independent due diligence to a menu of offshore and U.S. alternative investment funds. CAIS also conforms to the existing Jefferies platform architecture and reporting protocol and integrates with the firm’s custodian, Pershing. Mercer Investment Consulting.
“The ability of CAIS to seamlessly integrate into CONCERT’s technology platform, and with our independent custodians, provides us with a turnkey solution for the growing demand for alternative investments,” said Felipe Luna, CONCERT Founder and CEO. “With the top alternative investment managers choosing to list on CAIS, we view this addition as a key competitive advantage for our Advisors.”
CONCERT is a hybrid RIA/Broker Dealer with assets of $1.5 billion. It currently has 54 affiliated Advisors and is growing at a rate of 100% per year. CONCERT has successfully attracted the industry’s most successful wire-house advisors and served as a back office platform for them as they’ve built their own independent firms.
CAIS is the leading independent exchange for in-demand financial products servicing the global wealth management industry and has successfully attracted premier wealth management firms and asset managers to the exchange. The firm’s open architecture approach allows for the seamless integration of its exchange with the operating environments of its Member Firms and their custodians.
About CONCERT
CONCERT Wealth Management is part of the CONCERT Global Group, Ltd. family of companies and is headquartered in San Jose, California, the heart of Silicon Valley. CONCERT Global was initially established in 2005 by CEO Felipe Luna to offer an innovative and independent business model for Advisors who wanted to own their own firm and serve their clients better than they could at the wirehouses.
Since its inception in 2006, CONCERT Wealth Management has offered global financial solutions to meet the demanding needs of high net worth individuals, families and institutions. By building strategic alliances with the world’s leading providers of financial services and solutions and partnering with a growing network of other professional Advisors, CONCERT continues to be a recognized leader in the field. CONCERT Wealth Management has been ranked in the Top 100 RIAs of 2012 by Rep. and CEO Felipe Luna was recently named in RIABiz as one of the Top 10 people to watch in 2012.
About CAIS
CAIS is the leading alternative investment platform for independent financial advisors who seek improved access to, and education about, alternative investment funds and products. CAIS provides financial advisors with a broad selection of alternative investment strategies, including hedge funds, private equity, private debt, real estate, digital assets, and structured notes, allowing them to capitalize on opportunities and/or withstand ever-changing markets. CAIS also offers custom solutions for advisors seeking to create custom fund vehicles around ideas they source.
As an extension of the platform, CAIS also delivers an on-demand, online learning experience, CAIS IQ, which is designed exclusively to help financial advisors deepen their knowledge and increase their confidence in alternative investment strategies.
Most funds listed on the CAIS Marketplace undergo Mercer's independent due diligence and ongoing monitoring. Mercer diligence reports and fund ratings are available to advisors on the CAIS password-protected platform. CAIS streamlines the end-to-end transaction process through digital subscriptions and integrated reporting with the leading US custodians and reporting providers, which make investing in alternatives simpler.
Founded in 2009, CAIS, a fintech leader, is empowering over 8,300 unique advisor firms/teams who oversee more than $3 trillion in network assets. Since its inception, CAIS has facilitated over $21 billion in transaction volume as the first truly open marketplace where financial advisors and asset managers engage and transact directly on a massive scale. CAIS has offices in New York, Los Angeles, Austin, San Francisco and London. For more information about CAIS, please visit www.caisgroup.com.
Securities offered through CAIS Capital LLC, member FINRA, SIPC.
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