Alternative investment platforms provide exposure to illiquid financial assets like private debt, collectibles or hedge funds — sometimes called “alternatives.” These assets were once limited to high-net-worth individuals and institutional investors, but now, through a wide range of tech-enabled platforms, more people have access to alternatives. Below are some of the top alternative investment platforms to know about.
Alternative Investment Platforms to Know
- Opto Investments
- Blackstone
- iCapital
- H.I.G Capital
- Mercer
Alternative Investment Platforms
Apex Fintech Solutions is a wealth tech solutions provider offering a suite of tools designed to help its customers, which range from banks to startups, develop scalable digital investing experiences. Its portfolio includes Apex Alts, a product that enables unified experiences for purchasing and managing both traditional and alternative assets.
Bitnomial operates a regulated exchange and clearinghouse that’s designed to serve as a blockchain-native gateway to alternative investments in the form of crypto derivatives. The company’s Botanical trading platform offers a unified interface that encompasses perpetual futures, traditional futures and options.
Mercer provides financial services in over 100 countries. Its solutions range from mutual fund offerings to 401(k) outsourcing. However, the company also provides an extensive lineup of alternative investment services that aim to help investors to diversify their portfolios with private market and hedge fund offerings.
H.I.G. Capital is a global alternative investment platform focusing on mid-market capitalization opportunities. The platform provides various investing strategies, including private equity, biotechnology and direct lending.
Blackstone provides individual and institutional investors with access to nontraditional investment markets, such as credit, insurance, infrastructure and real estate. Blackstone packages investment opportunities into managed funds that investors can trade on public and private exchanges.
Kalshi offers trading for event contracts, an alternative to traditional asset classes. Event contracts are federally regulated assets that allow users to turn real-world predictions into trades. For example, traders can buy contracts based on the Rotten Tomato score they anticipate movies will receive or how high they think gas prices will be.
CAIS works to widen access to alternative investments and structured notes for independent advisors, asset managers and bank issuers. Its solution combines technology and human interaction throughout the pre-trade, trade and post-trade experience to give advisors a sizable selection of investment strategies spanning private equity and credit real estate, hedge funds and more.
ICapitals’ alternative investment platform provides alternative asset tracking and reporting solutions, including features like personalized portfolio builders. Continuing its tech-forward investing approach, the company recently began using the blockchain to process fund activity.
Opto Investments builds tech-enabled private market investment solutions. Its platform provides registered investment advisors, or RIAs, with curated portfolios that include alternative investment products like real estate and private equity. Opto Investments provides clients with a digital platform to streamline the investment process in an attempt to points of friction.
