MI Capital Research Ltd (MICAP) Information

MICAP Alternative investment schemes have been popular for many years and with the range of investment offers becoming ever more diversified, MICAP’s aim is to demystify the concepts and bring transparency to an ever growing and more crowded market. The unique MICAP FUND-FINDER enables advisory firms to save valuable time and research the 'whole of market' with ease and confidence when selecting alternative investment vehicles most suited to the financial goals and risk tolerance levels of their clients. Currently, MICAP covers alternative investments benefiting from EIS, SEIS, VCT and BPR (IHT) government tax incentives. MICAP’s unique Fund Finder is a comprehensive and searchable database populated with lots of useful data on the investment offers available, including often 'difficult to uncover' or 'buried' data on fees, tax criteria, subscription criteria etc. The easy-to-use online search and selection tools, supported by powerful analytics and ‘compliance friendly’ outputs, have been designed to assist the advisor when advising on alternative investments, saving hours or even days of work. The MICAP Fund-Finder also helps advisors to provide an audit trail of the selection process, helping them to meet their compliance requirements. MICAP’s unique Portfolio Builder facilitates the advisor to create balanced and diversified portfolios for review and comparison by their clients. MICAP provides high quality due diligence and research reviews, rating investments with its own proprietary scoring and risk categorisation system facilitating timely comparison on a like for like basis. MICAP empowers anybody with an interest in EIS, SEIS, VCT and BPR investments, from advisors to investors and from product designers to fund raisers. Bridging the gap between Product Providers, Advisors and Investors, MICAP provides clarity and independent research on all the main types of alternative investment available.