Private banks in Asia have been encouraging clients to increase allocations to alternative investments. However, one very familiar hurdle continues to dog client conversations: illiquidity. Alts tech firm iCapital believes it may have a solution with the introduction of a secondary market to allow investors to exit their positions. The firm’s Marco Bizzozero told Asian Private Banker more. “With a […]

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Pure-play private bank LGT and alts fintech iCapital have entered into a strategic partnership, the firms said on Wednesday. Through this partnership, iCapital and LGT have launched a new technology platform to digitise the lifecycle of LGT’s alternative investment offerings. The new platform will be integrated into LGT’s banking systems, providing relationship managers, investment advisors, and operations teams with an […]

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Alts fintech iCapital has entered into a strategic partnership with outsourced investor relations firm MPW Capital Advisors (MPW) to amplify its growth in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), iCapital said in a statement on Monday. Under the partnership, iCapital hopes to accelerate the distribution of iCapital Marketplace in the GCC region through MPW, offering private equity, private credit, hedge funds, […]

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Bank of Singapore has launched an alternative investments digital platform dedicated to independent asset managers (IAMs) in collaboration with global fintech firm iCapital. The new platform, FIM Alternatives Select, will offer close to 30 funds from asset managers such as KKR, The Carlyle Group and Apollo to the bank’s financial intermediary (FIM) partners, with more funds to be added in […]

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Global fintech firm iCapital announced on Monday that it is providing its technology to HSBC Global Private Banking (HSBC GPB) in Hong Kong and Singapore. iCapital’s end-to-end enterprise solution will be fully integrated into HSBC GPB’s platform to digitalise the private market investment experience for its relationship managers, investment counsellors, operations teams, as well as its clients. The solution will […]

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While private market investments were once primarily the domain of institutional investors, the space is undergoing rapid disruption in Asia Pacific as fintech platforms continue to expand aggressively to distribute private market offerings to the region’s wealth industry. Among those looking to dominate the space is global fintech firm iCapital, which recently hired Goldman Sachs veteran Tuan Lam to head […]

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Global fintech iCapital has made two senior appointments to strengthen its leadership in Asia Pacific (APAC) and Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) as part of the firm’s global expansion efforts. Based in Hong Kong, Tuan Lam will join the alternatives-focused firm as head of APAC. He will lead and strengthen iCapital’s growth and business development activities across the region, […]

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Fintech platform iCapital has launched what it describes as a “one-stop shop” for alternatives and private market offerings for wealth managers in Hong Kong and Singapore. The company said on Wednesday that it had launched iCapital Marketplace to connect wealth managers and advisors with alternative investment opportunities across private equity, private debt, infrastructure, real assets and hedge funds. The iCapital […]

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J.P. Morgan Asset Management (J.P. Morgan AM) is seeking to boost access to its private markets offerings for wealth managers in Asia-Pacific via a tie-up with a global fintech platform. The asset manager, which has US$213 billion in alternatives AUM globally, said on Tuesday it would partner with global fintech platform iCapital in a deal that covers asset classes including private equity, […]

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JP Morgan Asset Management (JPMAM) has entered into a partnership agreement with iCapital to provide Australian wholesale investors with access to alternative investments, JPMAM said on Tuesday. Through the partnership, global fintech firm iCapital will provide its platform to facilitate the distribution of JPMAM’s select global alternative strategies. This will allow Australian investors to explore a broader range of investment […]

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French private equity company Ardian is partnering with fintech platform iCapital to broaden its suite of private markets investments for global wealth managers. Ardian, which has more than US$141bn in alternative AUM, will use iCapital’s technology platform and structuring solutions to provide wealth managers and their clients with access to Ardian’s private markets’ expertise and suite of alternative investment strategies […]

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New York-based alternative investment platform iCapital on Tuesday announced the expansion of a strategic partnership with Bank of Singapore. In effect, iCapital has acquired the Singaporean private bank’s in-house US$2 billion AUM private market feeder fund platform and will take over the management and operation of the bank’s private market feeder funds, in addition to providing custom private market funds […]

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Combining technology and knowledge of the private markets, iCapital Network has high hopes that it can facilitate access by HNWIs to alternatives — through a strictly B2B model. The New York-based alternatives investment platform has made major strides into Asia with the opening of a Hong Kong office and the appointment of an Asia head of client last month, extending […]

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Fund distribution platform Allfunds on Thursday announced a partnership with wealth tech platform iCapital Network to provide global clients with wider access to private markets. Through the strategic partnership iCapital Network will provide private market investment opportunities in addition to the sub-advisory solutions which are currently available on Allfunds’ global distributor network. Allfunds’ distributors, individual investors as well as small […]

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iCapital Network has announced two senior leadership appointments for client solutions and the opening of a Hong Kong office. The New York-based fintech platform for alternative investments has named Edwin Chan as Asia head of client solutions. He is the firm’s first hire in Asia, and will be based in Hong Kong. Chan will manage the firm’s client solutions and […]

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