The Investment division of IMS Group

We deploy principal capital
where larger firms cannot reach

IMS Capital Management is the investment management arm of IMS Group. ICM gives the partnership flexible, institutional-grade access to private credit, primary private equity, secondaries, GP stakes, and structured opportunities. Anchored by the family-office network, operated on the IMS Labs enterprise technology stack.

The market gap

A family-office market, underserved.

Traditional GP arrangements offer limited transparency and lock-up terms misaligned with principal preferences, while building in-house investment teams is costly, slow, and rarely justified at family-office scale. The deal flow and access that matter most remain gated by relationships few principals can reach on their own.

ICM was formed to close that gap. The model delivers institutional infrastructure as a service, underwrites every position on AI-driven systems at a fraction of traditional cost, and offers deal-by-deal flexibility with full GP alignment to every principal in the partnership.

$5.4T

Total addressable market

Global family-office AUM by 2030 (UBS Global Family Office Report).

$1.2T

Serviceable market

Family-office capital actively targeting private markets and alternatives.

$50B

Obtainable market

Tech-enabled platforms positioned to capture share of the digitising allocation channel.

10,000+

Family offices globally

The pool of principal-led capital that the partnership model is designed to serve.

The mandate

A platform to deploy capital flexibly, with institutional-grade governance.

ICM enables family offices and institutional partners to participate in private capital strategies on their own terms. Three structural commitments define how the platform operates.

  • i.

    Deal-by-deal
    participation.

    Family offices and partners choose exposure on a per-transaction basis. No traditional fund lock-up, no all-or-nothing commitments. Participation is structured around the principal’s own conviction on each opportunity.

  • ii.

    Institutional-grade governance.

    The flexibility of deal-by-deal participation is paired with institutional-grade governance, transparency, and reporting. Full visibility on fees, performance, and risk on every transaction.

  • iii.

    Technology-driven underwriting and diligence.

    Every transaction is underwritten on IMS Labs technology, where AI-driven pattern recognition, automated diligence, and proprietary data ingestion together compress time-to-decision by more than sixty percent.

Where ICM deploys capital

Six strategies, one integrated platform.

Direct mid-market credit positions with structural edge.

Direct private credit positions across the US and European mid-market, with a focus on advantaged structures where the family-office network and tech-driven underwriting create natural edge.

Sourced through the partnership, underwritten on the IMS Labs Cortex platform.

Geography US & Europe
Vehicle Direct origination
Target gross IRR 10–12%
Position size $20–100M
Markets US & Europe

Selective mid-market primary positions.

Selective primary positions in mid-market private equity opportunities sourced through the partnership and underwritten on the ICM platform.

Geography Global
Vehicle Co-invest sleeves
Target net IRR 18–22%
Position size $10–50M
Vehicle Direct / Co-investment sleeves

Secondaries underwritten on the underlying.

Private equity secondaries underwritten with AI-driven diligence on the underlying portfolios. Built around discreet structures and partnership-grade governance.

Focus US blue-chip
Target net IRR 15–18%
Discount band 12–25%
Focus US blue-chip

Platform enhancement for established managers.

Strategic GP-stake positions in established managers where ICM’s technology, capital, and family-office distribution can enhance the underlying platform. We build aligned partnerships, not passive equity.

Geography US & EU
Stake range 10–30%
Income Fees + carry
Focus US & EU

Special situations where complexity is the opportunity.

Structured opportunities and special-situations transactions where mathematical rigour and disciplined analysis unlock value other capital cannot underwrite. Bespoke structures, principal-led governance.

Focus Multi-jurisdictional
Target gross IRR 12–18%
Deal size $30–150M
Structures Bespoke, multi-jurisdiction

Investing in the new frontier of the financial system.

Institutional-grade exposure to the digital asset class — regulated venues, tokenised real-world assets, and sovereign-backed digital strategies. Structured for principal capital, governed to institutional standards.

Focus Sovereign-backed
Anchor capital Sovereign-backed
Strategy Risk-on & risk-off exposures
Structure Institutional vehicles

The model

We lead through direct funds, and partner through accelerant GP stakes.

ICM operates on a dual-track model. Sponsoring its own vertical funds in advantaged segments, and partnering with established managers to enhance their platforms with IMS technology, capital, and our family-office network.

  • i. Direct approach

    Sponsoring vertical funds

    ICM sponsors its own vertical funds in advantaged private credit, secondaries, and special-situations segments. Strategies where the Group’s technology-first approach and family-office network create natural competitive advantage.

  • ii. Accelerant approach

    Partnering with established managers

    ICM takes strategic GP-stake positions in established managers whose platforms can compound on IMS Labs technology, family-office distribution, and operating capital. The partnership is built to grow the underlying business, with operating involvement at every level rather than passive equity ownership.

Portfolio

Three strategies, anchored by the partnership.

Anchored in IMS Group

Three Group advantages, channelled through one investment platform.

  • i. Network

    A family-office ecosystem at scale.

    ICM is anchored by the Group's network of multi-generational family offices, spanning next-generation principals and established legacy capital across eight markets.

  • ii. Technology

    Operated on the IMS Labs enterprise technology stack.

    Underwriting, diligence, and portfolio intelligence run on IMS Labs technology. Investment decisions combine our proprietary technology stack with partner expertise to solve the hardest operational problems across the Group.

  • iii. Pedigree

    Investment and operating excellence.

    Our investment team is led by operators who have built businesses, not just allocators reading research. IMS pairs investment pedigree with operational execution.

Across the Group

Three sister divisions on one platform.