iCapital, a global fintech company, has announced the deployment of distributed ledger technology (DLT) to support Morgan Stanley Wealth Management’s industry-leading alternatives business. This initiative is part of iCapital’s broader strategy to drive digital transformation and deliver seamless connectivity, enhancing efficiencies across the alternatives industry — streamlining investor onboarding, subscription document processing, pre-trade workflows and reporting across the lifecycle of alternative investments.

The trade integration enables seamless automation of subscription document review and remediation between Morgan Stanley, general partners and fund administrators. Leveraging iCapital’s DLT, the trade experience becomes more efficient, transparent and scalable. DLT establishes a standardized data model to connect stakeholders across the ecosystem, significantly reducing manual reconciliations and improving data fidelity.

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