iCapital and Aladdin Wealth Partner to Bring Alternatives into the Core Advisor Portfolio

BlackRock. (2021, August 16). iCapital and Aladdin Wealth Partner to Bring Alternatives into the Core Advisor Portfolio. BlackRock. https://www.blackrock.com/aladdin/discover/press-release-icapital-and-aladdin-wealth-partner-to-bring-alternatives-into-the-core-advisor-portfolio

• iCapital Network and BlackRock’s Aladdin Wealth have established a strategic partnership to integrate alternative investments into the portfolio management process for wealth managers.

• The collaboration aims to simplify the inclusion of private markets within client portfolios by providing sophisticated risk analytics and reporting tools.

• Financial advisors using Aladdin Wealth will gain access to iCapital’s technology for streamlined execution and monitoring of alternative investment products.

• This integration allows wealth managers to view private assets alongside traditional investments to create a more comprehensive and holistic portfolio view.

• By combining iCapital’s alternative investment infrastructure with Aladdin’s analytics, the firms seek to redefine the standard for private asset management in the wealth industry.

Knote: My only real question is "what took them so long?" I will be interested to see how the Aladdin platform handles the analytics around mixed public/private portfolios. That is a gap in the market at the moment, in my opinion.