CU Investment Solutions

What CU Investment Solutions does

CU Investment Solutions is an Overland Park, Kansas-based broker-dealer and registered investment advisor that provides securities execution, asset-liability management, and investment supervisory services exclusively to corporate credit unions and the natural-person credit unions they serve. The firm is structured around three product groups: the Financial Sales Group executes buy-and-sell transactions in government agency, asset-backed, mortgage-backed, and mortgage-derivative securities; the Corporate Agent Program is a licensed dual-employee brokerage model that lets credit unions offer marketable securities nationwide without operating their own FINRA/SEC-licensed broker-dealer; and the Corporate Strategies Group delivers fee-based investment supervisory services, NCUA Part 704-aligned risk reporting with proprietary NEV stress-testing and balance-sheet modeling, and project-based consulting on capital structure, asset allocation, and investment policy.

The underlying technology stack is a domain-specialized financial modeling platform — not a software product — built around an NCUA Part 704-compliant stress-testing framework that projects net economic value under interest rate, yield curve, volatility, quality spread, and prepayment scenarios using multiple discounting curves and interest-rate processes. CU Investment Solutions monetizes through three streams: transaction fees on broker-dealer execution, recurring/advisory fees for ongoing supervisory and risk reporting engagements, and professional services fees for consulting projects. Distribution is primarily through the Corporate Agent Program channel partner motion, supplemented by direct relationship-based sales and a 14-office US footprint supporting nationwide coverage. The firm has held its regulatory registrations continuously since founding in 1998 and is audited annually with financial statements filed with the SEC.

Name

CU Investment Solutions

Legal name

CU Investment Solutions LLC

Website

https://cu-isi.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1998

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

CU Investment Solutions is an SEC-registered broker-dealer and Kansas-registered investment advisor providing securities execution, asset-liability management, NEV stress-testing, and consulting services exclusively to US corporate credit unions and their member credit unions.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Corporate Credit Union Investment Services

NAICS

Portfolio Management and Investment Advice (523940), Securities, Commodity Contracts, and Other Financial Investments and Related Activities (523)

SIC

Security Brokers, Dealers & Flotation Companies (6211), Investment Advice (6282)

akta.pro primary industry

Fee-Only Advisory (FSAEAAAL)

Keywords

• Broker-dealer services
• Investment advisory services
• Asset-liability management
• Risk reporting services
• Credit union consulting

Headquarters

HQ city

Overland Park

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices14 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Broker-Dealer Services: Provides brokerage opportunities for credit unions through the Corporate Agent Program, enabling credit unions to buy and sell marketable securities including government agency, asset-backed, mortgage-backed, mortgage derivative securities, and corporate bonds.
2. Fee-Based Services (Corporate Strategies Group): Provides fee-based investment supervisory services, risk reporting, and consulting to corporate credit unions. Services include portfolio design, trade execution, investment allocation, collateral surveillance, portfolio monitoring, and risk attribution.
3. Consulting Services: Consulting engagements for corporate credit unions facing unique or complex projects, including risk-management reviews, asset-liability model evaluations, credit risk management policies, capital structure analysis, capital plans, investment policy reviews, asset allocation, and portfolio structuring.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

CU Investment Solutions provides broker-dealer and investment advisory services to corporate credit unions, enabling them to buy and sell marketable securities (U.S. Government Agency, Treasury, mortgage obligations and corporate bonds) without operating their own FINRA/SEC-licensed broker-dealer. Through its Corporate Agent Program, Corporate Strategies Group and Financial Sales Group, the firm delivers investment supervisory services, NCUA Part 704-compliant stress-testing and risk reporting, consulting, and trade execution.

Product overview

CU Investment Solutions operates as a unified financial services platform serving corporate credit unions, organized into three product groups: the Financial Sales Group (facilitating buy/sell execution of government agency, asset-backed, mortgage-backed, and mortgage-derivative securities), the Corporate Agent Program (a licensed dual-employee brokerage model enabling credit unions to offer marketable securities nationwide without self-operating a broker-dealer), and the Corporate Strategies Group (a fee-based suite of four sub-products—Investment Supervisory Services, Risk Reporting, Consulting, and Reports—delivering total balance-sheet asset-liability management and investment advisory services). The three groups are complementary: Financial Sales Group handles securities execution, Corporate Agent Program provides the regulatory licensing framework, and Corporate Strategies Group delivers the analytical and consulting overlay.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Corporate Agent Program A brokerage program that employs licensed dual employees representing corporate credit unions to offer marketable securities including U.S. Government Agency, Treasury, mortgage obligations, and corporate bonds. It enables credit unions to access these instruments without operating their own FINRA/SEC-licensed broker-dealer, and is targeted at corporate credit unions seeking nationwide brokerage coverage.
• Corporate Strategies Group A fee-based suite of investment supervisory services, risk reporting, consulting and reports offering a total balance-sheet approach to asset-liability management and investments for corporate credit unions. The group bundles policy design, investment allocation, collateral surveillance, portfolio monitoring and risk attribution services for the firm's enterprise credit-union clients.
• Financial Sales Group A securities sales group that provides buy-and-sell execution of government agency, asset-backed, mortgage-backed and mortgage derivative securities for credit union clients, supporting the firm's broker-dealer execution and trade execution capabilities.

Named customers2 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• TruStage (CUNA Mutual Group): Large, diversified financial services provider to the credit union system (insurance, investment, brokerage) — overlaps with CUISI in investment and brokerage services but operates at much broader scale across multiple product lines.
• Conduent: Large financial services and business process outsourcing provider serving banks and credit unions with technology and operations support — adjacent in the financial services ecosystem serving depository institutions.

Direct peers

• Catalyst Corporate Federal Credit Union: Corporate credit union offering investment, correspondent, and advisory services to its member credit union network, including balance-sheet management and investment product execution comparable to CUISI's offerings.
• Corporate Central Credit Union: Corporate credit union providing investment, liquidity, and correspondent services to member credit unions — a directly comparable institutional competitor in the same buyer segment.
• Alloya Corporate Federal Credit Union: Corporate credit union that provides investment, ALM, and brokerage-related services to member credit unions — competing with CUISI for the same institutional buyer set in the corporate credit union ecosystem.
• Members Capital Advisors: Investment advisor specializing in credit union balance-sheet management, ALM modeling, and investment portfolio strategy — offering overlapping fee-based advisory services to a similar credit union client base.
• Mid-Atlantic Corporate Federal Credit Union: Corporate credit union providing investment, correspondent, and liquidity services to natural-person credit unions — competing in the same corporate credit union service market.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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