Independent Strategic Guidance for Institutional Alternative Investors

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Rigorous Analysis. Direct Accountability. No Conflicts.
Institutional investors managing complex alternatives typically face a fragmented advisory landscape: managers with product incentives, consultants without operating experience, gatekeepers focused on asset retention. You deserve advisors aligned entirely with your interests.

Three Core Services, One Coherent Strategy

We provide three core services:

Independent Analysis
Rigorous evaluation of fund managers, esoteric holdings, and investment opportunities. We cut through marketing narratives to surface what actually drives returns and risks. No manager relationships. No product conflicts. Just rigorous analysis.

Strategic Coordination
Your fund managers, custodians, advisors, and service providers should move toward your objectives, not in silos. We ensure alignment across your entire ecosystem: no conflicting advice, no competing incentives.

Forward-Looking Strategy
When you face complex allocation decisions or market transitions, you need independent perspective from someone who has navigated similar challenges. We provide the clarity needed to deploy capital with confidence.Forward-looking counsel on portfolio construction, rebalancing, and capital deployment in alternative markets.

Our practice is distinguished by independence (no product sales, no manager relationships), analytical rigour (data-driven frameworks and scenario analysis), and a commitment to integrating siloed advisory functions into coherent strategy.
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How we deliver value across your portfolio

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Independent Analysis
Rigorous evaluation of fund managers, esoteric holdings, and investment opportunities. We cut through marketing narratives to surface what actually drives returns and risks.
Strategic Coordination
We ensure your fund managers, custodians, advisors, and service providers remain aligned with your strategic objectives. No siloed decisions. No conflicting advice.
Forward-Looking Strategy
When you face complex allocation decisions or market transitions, we provide the independent perspective needed to deploy capital with confidence.

Founder-Led Advisory.

Institutional Rigour.

STRAD is a Founder-Led Advisory Practice

After two decades restructuring complex alternative portfolios and executing transactions exceeding $400M, Vincent Piscaer became convinced that institutional investors deserved advisors with three qualities:

  • Real, direct operating experience (not theory)
  • Complete independence (no manager conflicts, no product incentives)
  • Personal accountability (your advisor is fully invested in your success)

Rather than building a sprawling firm, Vincent structured STRAD as a boutique advisory practice deliberately designed to deliver all three. Every engagement receives direct oversight from someone who has navigated the exact challenges you face.

Vincent Piscaer brings:

  • Two decades in alternative investments and institutional advisory
  • Hands-on management and restructuring of $1B+ AUM portfolios
  • Transaction execution experience across asset classes
  • Regulatory & governance oversight: AIFMD/UCITS compliance, ESG frameworks, and institutional mandate alignment
  • MBA (Chicago Booth, High Honors), CFA Charterholder, Chief Investment Officer Program (Columbia), PMP

It's why the advice you receive carries two decades of actual responsibility for outcomes, not just theoretical knowledge.

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Vincent Piscaer, CFA, MBA
Founder & CEO
STRAD
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Beyond Standard Advisory

We understand that institutional investors need advisors aligned entirely with their interests.

Uncompromised by conflicts, guided by deep expertise, and focused on long-term value creation.

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