Capital markets insights

Katipult CEO Gord Breese spoke with Coreena Robertson from Stockhouse as part of their Watchlist videos to discuss what the results represent for the company and shared some details for expectations for the future.

In recent years, Special Purpose Acquisition Companies, or SPACs, have taken the financial world by storm, capturing the attention of both investors and investment professionals. These unique investment vehicles have gained prominence in North America as a popular and innovative way for companies to raise capital on public exchanges.

Sustainable investing has transformed from a passing trend to a pivotal consideration for investment firms and broker-dealers. The ascent of Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) criteria is reshaping investment strategies and influencing the financial landscape.

Understanding prevailing trends is crucial in the investment and mergers and acquisitions (M&A) landscape. A recent survey, “The 2023 Trends in Investing,”’ conducted by the Financial Planning Association (FPA), has unveiled insights into the changing dynamics of alternative investments and the state of global M&A. Additionally, research from the Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA) sheds light on emerging trends in private credit that align with the survey findings.

The annual ADISA conference in Las Vegas is always an excellent opportunity to catch up with sponsors, managing brokers and other stakeholders in the alternative investments industry. The conference also had some insightful educational tracks highlighting several challenges we are actively focused on solving for our customers with Katipult DealFlow.

On August 23, 2023, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced a momentous change to the $20 trillion private fund industry. The SEC unveiled a sweeping set of reforms aimed at reshaping the landscape of this segment of the alternative investments sector. These regulatory changes carry far-reaching implications for broker-dealers, private fund managers, and investors.

There has been an increasing trend of private equity real estate sponsors and fund managers embracing technology such as investment platfoms to expand their digital capabilities and distribution channels. An overarching theme of these initiatives is to enhance accessibility for investors and financial advisors to buy, own, and sell real estate investments online.

Wealth Management is rapidly transforming as securities deregulation, disintermediation, investor demographics, technology, and accessibility to new investment products drive fundamental changes to the industry.  As these changes accelerate, financial advisors have to deliver strategies that justify fees and provide a differentiated service for their clients otherwise, they risk losing business to low-cost, self-administered brokerage accounts, robo advisors, and the growing number of ETF options.

Institutional investors stand as formidable pillars, commanding vast pools of capital and exerting a profound influence on global capital markets. These sophisticated and well-funded entities, including pension funds, insurance companies, sovereign wealth funds, and endowments, are pivotal in shaping economies and businesses' trajectories.