Alts Custodian today announced the launch of its new Private Markets Portfolio Construction and Modeling Platform, providing financial professionals with a method to evaluate alternative investments as part of an investor’s overall portfolio rather than in isolation.

The platform allows users to build an alternative-investment sleeve using multiple private-market offerings, adjust allocations, and compare the resulting portfolio against its traditional public-market baseline. It evaluates portfolios across multiple market environments, including economic scenarios, Monte Carlo simulations, and severe market stress.

Key Features

Users can analyze expected outcomes, potential downside, and liquidity requirements through different market cycles. The tool focuses on measuring how specific allocations affect return, liquidity, and risk before capital is deployed.

Strategic Expansion

This launch expands Alts Custodian’s offering into an integrated private-markets platform spanning investment research, due diligence, portfolio construction and modeling, and custody and administration. The firm works with financial advisors and private-market investment managers to facilitate the evaluation, integration, and administration of alternative investments within diversified portfolios.

The Board of Directors of First Custodian Fund approved the unaudited standalone financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2026, on August 13, 2026. The company reported a net loss of ₹11.33 lakh, compared to a net loss of ₹20.52 lakh in the corresponding quarter of FY25.

Total income for the quarter stood at ₹2.44 lakh, down from ₹-2.12 lakh in Q1FY25. This change was driven by a decline in net sales/income from operations, which fell to ₹0.81 lakh from ₹1.03 lakh. However, other operating income improved significantly to ₹1.63 lakh, reversing the negative balance of ₹-3.15 lakh recorded in the prior year period.

Financial Performance Overview

The company’s total expenses decreased to ₹13.77 lakh from ₹18.40 lakh in the previous quarter. Key expense movements included:

Finance costs remained stable at ₹0.12 lakh, slightly down from ₹0.18 lakh. Depreciation and amortisation expenses increased marginally to ₹2.73 lakh from ₹2.68 lakh. There were no exceptional or extraordinary items recorded during the period.

What the Numbers Show

The narrowing of the net loss is attributable to both revenue-side improvements and cost containment. While core operating income declined, the reversal in other operating income contributed positively to total income. Simultaneously, the company reduced its operational burn rate, with employee benefits and other expenses contracting by over 20% each. Despite these improvements, the company continues to operate at a loss, with total expenses exceeding total income by ₹11.33 lakh.

The results were reviewed by the Audit Committee and approved by the Board. Paresh D. Shah & Co., Chartered Accountants, issued a limited review report stating that nothing came to their attention to suggest the financial statements do not comply with applicable accounting standards or SEBI LODR Regulations. The company operates within a single business segment: Stock Broking & Trading in shares.