Key Takeaways
- • Hamilton Lane expands partnership with iCapital to distribute "evergreen" private markets strategies—spanning private equity, infrastructure, secondaries, and venture capital—globally via iCapital Marketplace, broadening access to institutional-quality investments for wealth managers and family offices worldwide.
- • iCapital's integrated platform now offers Hamilton Lane's diversified private markets products to a global network of wealth managers, private banks, independent financial advisors, and family offices through a single access point, addressing demonstrated demand for scalable private markets exposure.
- • Fortem Capital launches the Fortem Capital Managed Futures Fund as a daily dealing UCITS strategy, positioning managed futures as a liquid diversifier with low correlation to traditional assets while addressing investor concerns over high industry costs and performance dispersion among managers.
- • The Fortem managed futures fund operates with ongoing charges significantly below CTA industry standards, targeting efficiency-focused institutional and sophisticated investors seeking alternative diversification without premium fee structures.
Summary
Hamilton Lane, the New York-listed private markets investment manager, has significantly expanded its partnership with iCapital, announcing the addition of "evergreen" strategies across private equity, infrastructure, secondaries, and venture capital to iCapital Marketplace. The expanded collaboration builds on the firms' existing US partnership and represents a strategic move to extend Hamilton Lane's institutional-grade private markets offerings to global wealth channels.
iCapital Marketplace operates as a fintech platform connecting wealth managers—including private banks, independent financial advisors, and family offices—with private markets investment opportunities through a single integrated access point. According to Jocelyn Pidoux, head of asset manager solutions EMEA at iCapital, the partnership reflects growing institutional demand for diversified, institutional-quality private markets strategies delivered via scalable platforms. By bringing Hamilton Lane's strategies to iCapital Marketplace, the firms aim to support broader participation in private markets across the global wealth advisory channel.
In parallel developments, Fortem Capital, a specialist in liquid alternatives, has launched the Fortem Capital Managed Futures Fund as a daily dealing UCITS structure. The strategy is designed to provide investors with efficient access to managed futures—an asset class historically recognized as one of the few liquid diversifiers capable of delivering positive long-term returns with low correlation to traditional equities and bonds. However, Fortem identified two persistent investor pain points in the managed futures space: elevated industry costs and significant performance dispersion across competing managers. The new fund addresses these concerns through a daily dealing structure with ongoing charges positioned well below CTA industry standards, targeting cost-conscious institutional and sophisticated investors.
These launches reflect broader market trends toward democratized access to alternative and private markets strategies, with fintech platforms and cost-efficient fund structures enabling smaller institutional investors and family offices to participate in asset classes previously reserved for ultra-high-net-worth individuals and mega-institutions.
iCapital Marketplace operates as a fintech platform connecting wealth managers—including private banks, independent financial advisors, and family offices—with private markets investment opportunities through a single integrated access point. According to Jocelyn Pidoux, head of asset manager solutions EMEA at iCapital, the partnership reflects growing institutional demand for diversified, institutional-quality private markets strategies delivered via scalable platforms. By bringing Hamilton Lane's strategies to iCapital Marketplace, the firms aim to support broader participation in private markets across the global wealth advisory channel.
In parallel developments, Fortem Capital, a specialist in liquid alternatives, has launched the Fortem Capital Managed Futures Fund as a daily dealing UCITS structure. The strategy is designed to provide investors with efficient access to managed futures—an asset class historically recognized as one of the few liquid diversifiers capable of delivering positive long-term returns with low correlation to traditional equities and bonds. However, Fortem identified two persistent investor pain points in the managed futures space: elevated industry costs and significant performance dispersion across competing managers. The new fund addresses these concerns through a daily dealing structure with ongoing charges positioned well below CTA industry standards, targeting cost-conscious institutional and sophisticated investors.
These launches reflect broader market trends toward democratized access to alternative and private markets strategies, with fintech platforms and cost-efficient fund structures enabling smaller institutional investors and family offices to participate in asset classes previously reserved for ultra-high-net-worth individuals and mega-institutions.
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