Sekond launches research platform for semi-liquid alternatives

Sekond has launched a new Research Platform for RIA research and wealth management teams, aiming to help them evaluate, monitor and explain semi-liquid alternative funds with more confidence. The Boston-based company says the platform is built to reduce reliance on manager marketing materials and raw SEC filings as firms expand access to private credit, real estate, private equity and infrastructure strategies.

Why it matters: - Semi-liquid funds have become a main gateway for wealth advisors to offer alternatives to clients. - Research teams still face a heavy lift: vetting crowded fund lineups, monitoring approved products and explaining complex strategies to advisors and clients. - Sekond is pitching a data layer that could make alternative-investment adoption easier inside wealth firms.

What happened: - Sekond launched its Research Platform on November 10, 2026, in Boston. - The platform is designed for RIA research and wealth management teams evaluating semi-liquid alternative investments. - Sekond said the new offering is meant to help teams recommend alternative investments in semi-liquid funds with confidence. - The company will attend the RIA Edge Private Markets Conference, November 9-11, 2026, at the Four Seasons in Austin, Texas.

The details: - The Research Platform is part of Sekond’s broader alternative investments intelligence platform. - The platform is designed to help teams find, monitor and communicate about semi-liquid funds on their product shelf. - Sekond says the platform brings verified insights from a comprehensive semi-liquid dataset directly to research teams. - Users can explore available products, build watchlists and create product shelf lists. - The platform offers hundreds of metrics on demand for custom views that update automatically with real-time information. - Sekond said one-click exports into Excel and an MCP server are part of the platform’s workflow for AI analysis. - Sekond tracks more than 500 semi-liquid funds and their underlying holdings. - The platform covers returns, illiquidity, risk and transparency. - On returns, the platform compares funds with peers and benchmarks. - On illiquidity, the platform shows when clients may be able to get money out. - On risk, the platform examines what could go wrong in the future. - On transparency, the platform shows what clients are actually investing in. - Sekond also said the platform is available for Advisor Enablement inquiries at sales@sekond.co. - More information is available in the company's announcement.

Between the lines: - The launch targets a structural problem in alternatives research: firms often rely on sponsor materials or raw SEC filings instead of a centralized independent dataset. - That dependence can slow due diligence and make it harder for advisors to explain alternatives clearly to clients. - Sekond is positioning verified data and automation as the answer to that bottleneck.

What's next: - Sekond is likely aiming to deepen adoption among research teams as more wealth firms expand alternatives offerings. - The company’s conference presence suggests it is using industry events to drive advisor and research-team sales conversations. - The broader test will be whether the platform reduces the time and complexity of approving and monitoring semi-liquid funds.