Market Shield Capital is creating funds employing its new, proprietary value-creating structures. Currently, we focus on creating funds which will make equity investments in various asset classes that receive a flow that varies with an index that reflects overall asset class performance.

MSC’s patented fund management system is directed towards the creation and operation of funds. Our fund structure allows for a continuous chain of responsibility and accountability. The MSC fund manager creates the investment acquisition channels, performs asset underwriting, negotiations, asset management, and disposition. Assets can be managed for fast or slow liquidation to optimize performance. Resulting liquidity can be returned to investors or re-invested in additional fund assets. The fund manager is rewarded for fund value and performance that is the sum result of these functions.
Our first fund, Multifamily Indexed Equity (MFIQ), utilizes our patented structure to make investments in multifamily real estate. The fund’s cash flows vary with local rental inflation as published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Historically, the index is 95%+ correlated with overall CPI. Our financing structure de-levers the properties with permanent capital and incents owners to out-perform their metro area rent price index. It provides MFIQ's investors with the first priority cash flow and an inflation-protected, tax-sheltered return.

Our patent, Common Index Securities (United States Patent 7155468), is for a common index fund system and method which enables investment in entities that is indexed to a common index, rather than individual company performance. For small business entities, the creation, issuance, trading and management of fund shares as a liquid investment may be accomplished with a relatively stable industry-based risk. The entities receive value from a pool and in return make payments into the pool in an amount that varies according to the index, which causes a corresponding change in the value of the shares. We invite you to refer to the patent directly for more information.

Market Shield continues to develop and commercialize its intellectual property portfolio including patents, trademarks and trade secrets related to Market Shield applications to other asset classes such as industrial, retail and office real estate, as well as energy related real estate and infrastructure project finance and other asset classes.

The company founder and CEO, Allan Weiss, has devoted much of his career to building companies that create novel risk management products and services for the real estate finance industry. In 1991, he co-founded Case Shiller Weiss, Inc. and was its Chief Executive Officer through 2004. Among other products, Case Shiller Weiss produces the S&P Case Shiller Home Price Indexes now traded on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange and Macro Securities. Mr. Weiss also co-founded and served as Chief Executive Officer of MacroMarkets, LLC. Mr. Weiss is the inventor of the patent portfolio underlying Market Shield's business.