Structured Solutions Show Dramatic Volume Growth on the CAIS Platform

Press Release

January 21, 2021

One of the most significant trends across the CAIS platform in 2020 has been the surge of allocations to structured solutions. Structured solutions (commonly known as structured notes or structured products) are market-linked investments that may be tailored to meet an investor’s goals, risk tolerance, and market views. Like other alternative investments, structured solutions are generally outcome-driven and seek to help advisors supplement income, diversify risk, and enhance returns in their client portfolios.

Adoption of structured solutions across the CAIS platform has seen dramatic growth in 2020:

Active advisors on the platform grew by 55%
First time allocators to structured notes increased by 94%
Platform volume grew by 51%
The number of customized transactions increased by 103%

“CAIS has been a true partner to us in our structured notes business. Their open architecture platform helps drive transparency, diversification, and better outcomes for our clients,” said Dean Zayed, CEO of Brookstone Capital Management. “They have helped us deliver a set of portfolio solutions tailored specifically to meet our needs, while also helping us scale our business by simplifying the overall end-to-end investment process.”

The CAIS Structured Solutions (CSS) mission is to empower financial advisors with insight that can provide sophisticated, well-informed, and actionable solutions custom tailored to meet their clients’ needs. CSS advocates on behalf of the financial advisor community to level the playing field – empowering independence – and their capability to compete with entrenched industry leaders. We work directly with major banks and custodians to create a seamless, efficient investment process for financial advisors to deploy structured solutions in their business at scale.

CAIS is focused on partnering with advisors every step of the way, allowing advisors to do what they do best, grow and protect client wealth.

About CAIS

CAIS is the pioneer in democratizing access to and education about alternative investments and structured notes for independent advisors, asset managers, and bank issuers, empowering them to engage and transact on a massive scale. We believe that the combination of industry-leading technology and human interaction throughout the pre-trade, trade, and post-trade experience delivers superior operational efficiency and a world-class client experience.

CAIS provides advisors with access to a broad selection of alternative investment strategies, including private equity, private debt, real estate, infrastructure, hedge funds, and structured notes, allowing them to capitalize on opportunities and withstand ever-changing markets.

CAIS streamlines the end-to-end transaction process through digital subscriptions and powers integrated reporting through leading US custodians and reporting providers, making investing in alternatives simpler. CAIS also enables advisors to centralize all their alts and notes on one platform, whether they were purchased on or off the CAIS platform, through CAIS Solutions, and helps advisors create custom fund vehicles around ideas they source.

Founded in 2009, CAIS, a fintech leader, supports over 4,250 wealth management firms that reach more than 54,000 advisors overseeing $6.7 trillion in network assets. CAIS has headquarters located in New York, Austin, and London. For more information about CAIS, please visit www.caisgroup.com.

Securities offered through CAIS Capital LLC, member FINRA, SIPC.  