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There’s a growing consensus that retail investor interest in alternative investments is rising, but how that translates into real investment activity remains a question...

As the financial markets brace for uncertainty related to inflation, a recession and the near-term impact of a nasty debt-ceiling fracas in Washington, Fidelity Investments is preparing for increased interest in alternative investments.

Trend following and the diversification potential of positive skew April 26, 2023 | Andrew Snyder | CAIS Investors tend to rely upon well-known risk-adjusted return measures—such as Sharpe and Sortino ratios—when using alternative strategies to build diversified portfolios and extract differentiated returns. But are investors sometimes forgetting about other important properties that may create a…

Considering the When and the Why of a Corporate Rebrand March 29, 2023 | Abby Salameh | CAIS There are three actions businesses should consider when deciding to rebrand a firm: understand your core stakeholders, study brand perception in the market, and get your executive team's buy-in. As many of us have witnessed, the state…

CAIS Modernizes Brand to Reflect Role in Transforming the World of Alternative Investing March 28, 2023 | CAIS CAIS, the leading alternative investment platform, today announced a modernized brand refresh to reflect CAIS’ leadership role in transforming the world of alternative investing as we enter a “New Era of Access.” With financial advisors and alternative…

CAIS: Evolving Drivers Of Private Equity Value Creation March 7, 2023 | Andrew Snyder | CAIS Once considered by some to be “corporate raiders” who used junk-bond financing to take over companies, slashing spending and cutting workforce in an attempt to generate outsized returns, private equity has evolved. As our analysis here aims to unpack,…

When Might “Golden Vintages” Appear in Private Markets? January 24, 2023 | CAIS In our previous analysis, we found that private equity funds that deployed capital in relatively lower valuation environments and recessionary environments tended to outperform those with other vintages. In the following article, we expand the analysis to the sub-asset class level and assess…

CAIS: Performance Dispersion in Alternative Asset Classes November 18, 2022 | Andrew Snyder, Linge Sun, & Nicholas Reade | CAIS When an advisor is deciding whether to include an alternative asset class in their client portfolios, they typically compare performance at an index level. Yet, when their process moves from portfolio construction to actual implementation,…