iCapital's new Head of Content Strategy is asked to build a "messaging architecture" across private markets, structured investments, ETFs and annuities. Today the Hedge Funds, Private Markets, Defined Outcome Solutions and m+ funds pages all show the same three "Featured Articles": the CEO's Bridge episode on technology, the GCC Advisor Survey and the glossary. An advisor reading about hedge funds never sees any of the 10 hedge fund articles, and the private markets page shows none of the 28 private equity or 15 private credit pieces. The Annuities, Structured Investments and Model Portfolios pages already pull articles on their own topic, so the fix is a setting, not a rebuild.
First action
Switch the Hedge Funds page block to the hedge fund category today.
How to measure it
Clicks from product pages to topic articles
- Now
- –
- Target
- 3x
- By
- 60 days
Steps
Audit blocks
List every product and solution page and what its Featured Articles block pulls.
Digital team 1 day
Map categories
One insights category per page; note thin ones.
Head of Content Strategy 1 day
Switch the settings
Hedge Funds, Private Markets, Defined Outcome and m+ first.
Digital team 1 day
Pin the data
Latest Alternatives Decoded takeaway per asset class at the top.
Head of Research and Market Development 2 days
Fill gaps
Three defined outcome and ETF explainers, or m+ articles from mplusfunds.com.
Head of Content Strategy 2 weeks
Compliance check
Review new explainers before publishing.
Marketing Compliance 1 week
Add a next step
Each article ends with the matching product page and marketplace link.
Digital team 2 days
Measure
Article clicks and onward conversions by page.
Digital team monthly
Why it works
Point each product page's Featured Articles block at its own category (hedge funds, private equity and credit, real assets, defined outcome), with the latest Alternatives Decoded takeaway for that asset class pinned first. Where a category is thin, such as defined outcomes and ETFs (none of the 430 insight URLs covers them), commission three explainers or pull m+ articles in from mplusfunds.com. Track clicks from product pages to articles and on to marketplace access or an introductory call.
Advisors arrive on a product page with a specific question. Research on that exact strategy keeps them reading, shows iCapital's expertise and moves them toward the platform, while a generic CEO podcast sends them away. It also tells search engines and AI assistants which pages are the authority on each topic.
Ready to use
ChecklistProduct page article map
Hedge Funds -> hedge-funds category (10 articles) Private Markets -> private-equity + private-credit (43) Defined Outcome Solutions -> new defined outcome explainers + m+ articles m+ funds -> m+ explainers (mplusfunds.com) Real assets / infrastructure -> real-assets (9) Every page: pin the latest Alternatives Decoded takeaway for that asset class
Risks and how to handle them
Thin categories look empty
Show the three best evergreen pieces until new ones exist.
Older articles feature
Sort by date and refresh the pinned item each quarter.
Evidence
- Your websiteProduct pages checked October 22, 2026: the Hedge Funds, Private Markets and Defined Outcome Solutions pages, and the m+ funds page, all show the same "Featured Articles" (The Bridge Ep. 26 on technology, the GCC Advisor Survey and the Alternative Investments Glossary), while the Annuities, Structured Investments and Model Portfolios pages show articles on their own topic. The insights library has 10 hedge fund, 28 private equity, 15 private credit and 9 real assets articles, and none of its 430 insight URLs is about ETFs, buffers or defined outcomes (m+ education sits on mplusfunds.com).Source
- HiringHead of Content Strategy (SVP/MD, New York, posted September 28, 2026): build "a multi-year content strategy and scalable messaging architecture" across "private markets, structured investments, ETFs, annuities, life insurance, and evolving platform capabilities"; set "editorial standards, content governance frameworks"; and expand distribution through "SEO and answer engine optimization (AEO), paid, owned, and earned media".Source
- Your websiteAlternatives Decoded, the chart-driven guide built on iCapital platform flow-of-funds data ("evergreen funds now represent 43% of platform assets"), has editions from Q4 2024 to June 2026. The interactive chartbook pages under /ad/ are not in the sitemap, and the /ad/ archive is titled "DigiBooks Archive", has no description and carries two canonical tags, one to /digibook/ (which returns 404) and one to the homepage.Source
- HiringAlternatives Distribution, Hybrid Sales (Greenwich, posted September 3, 2026): "50+ outbound calls per day targeting financial advisors not currently active on the iCapital platform", from lists "segmented by AUM, firm type, channel, and alternative investment affinity", with "multi-touch follow-up sequences via phone, email, and digital content".Source