ALTSeek Sentinel · Oversee

Oversight that doesn't end at the sale.

ALTSeek Sentinel provides continuous, documented oversight of your approved alternative investments throughout the holding period, watching for material changes, re-screening the people behind each program, and surfacing what matters as it happens.

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Program Monitoring · Northstar Income FundActive
AUM$412M+2.1%
NAV$9.84-1.6%
Distribution6.2%lowered
Recent activity
Quarterly report posted2 days ago
Key person change flagged6 days ago
Distribution rate lowered11 days ago
Semi-annual principal screen duein 9 days
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The problem Sentinel solves

After the sale, most alternatives go quiet.

Alternative investments are illiquid and held for years, and a great deal can change over that time: management turns over, distributions get cut, valuations are marked down, regulators take action. Yet once a position is placed, most firms have no systematic way to watch it. Problems tend to surface late, often from the client, and when an alternative investment fails, the warning signs are usually visible well before the headline.

The obligation to oversee does not end at purchase. The visibility usually does.

What Sentinel is

Continuous oversight, clearly documented.

Sentinel is centralized, ongoing monitoring of the alternative investments your firm has approved. It watches for a defined set of trigger events, periodically re-screens the principals behind each program, and tracks the numbers that matter, so material changes surface early and every observation becomes part of a documented oversight record.

Continuous oversight. Clearer visibility. A record that shows your firm was watching, throughout the holding period.

How it works

Two engines, one clear view.

Trigger-event monitoringSentinel watches for a defined set of signals across the categories that tend to precede trouble, and surfaces them as alerts so nothing meaningful passes unnoticed.
Semi-annual principal screensTwice a year, Sentinel re-screens the named people behind each program for new regulatory and litigation history, catching issues that never announce themselves.
Program metrics over timeWhere available, Sentinel tracks AUM, NAV, and distribution rates, so drift and deterioration become visible early rather than in hindsight.
What Sentinel watches

The signals that precede trouble.

Sentinel monitors across the categories that history shows matter most.

NAV & distributionsValuation markdowns, distribution cuts, and suspensions.
Sponsor & key peoplePrincipal departures, ownership changes, and signs of financial distress.
RegulatorySEC, FINRA, and state enforcement or actions.
Market & sectorSector-wide stress that raises risk across similar programs.
StructuralGate activations, redemption limits, and other structural events that change what an investor can do.
Connected to your ratings

When something serious happens, your rating knows.

Sentinel and ALTSeek Ratings work together. A serious trigger event can prompt a review of the investment's rating, so what you monitor and how it is evaluated never drift apart. Oversight feeds evaluation, and the two stay in sync over the life of the investment.

Why firms use it

See it early, and show that you did.

Oversight past the saleMonitoring continues through the entire holding period, when the most can change.
Catch changes earlyMaterial events arrive as alerts, not as surprises from the client.
A documented oversight recordShow that the firm was watching, and what it saw, over time.
The people, not just the numbersSemi-annual re-screens of program principals catch what metrics miss.
Monitor what you actually holdPrograms are added as your firm needs them, so coverage matches your real book.
Efficient enough for everythingDesigned to be low-cost, so oversight can extend to every approved program, not only the largest.
Where Sentinel fits

The Oversee stage, the one that never ends.

Sentinel closes the loop. What Search sourced, Ratings and Due Diligence evaluated, and Affirm documented, Sentinel now watches over time. It is the final stage of the lifecycle and the only one with no end date, turning a one-time decision into a program that is overseen for as long as the investment is held.

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Continuous oversight. Clearer visibility.

Sentinel gives your firm a documented, always-on view of the alternatives it has approved, so nothing material goes unwatched.

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The technology is new. The intelligence behind it is not: 22+ years of independent alternatives research from Buttonwood Due Diligence.