CAIS, an alternative investment platform for financial advisers, has announced the launch of the Solactive CAIS Private Credit BDC Index (CAISCRED). CAISCRED, which is available through CAIS’ registered investment advisor, CAIS Advisors, in partnership with Solactive, a global leading index provider, is a first-of-its-kind index designed to provide a transparent, rules-based benchmark for private credit exposure via the universe of perpetual non-traded business development companies (BDCs).
The launch of CAISCRED marks the beginning of a broader Index Series, which seeks to deliver standardized, transparent benchmarks for private market allocations. As the first index in the series, advisors can use CAISCRED to benchmark private credit BDC performance, and ongoing monitoring of private credit exposure through the universe of perpetual non-traded BDCs.
“Adviser demand for registered products continues to grow, but until now, advisers have often relied on fragmented