Has the arrival of blockchain technology tapped the potential for new game changers in the traditional investment market? Thomas Schneider, CIO at BrickVest discusses some of the advantages that blockchain technology is bringing to the financial market.
The current traditional investment market is controlled by a small, elite group composed of very large banks, insurance companies and private equity firms.
These firms act as gatekeepers and determine who is included in the close-knit group and conditions for investors to access real estate listings in the retail, professional or institutional markets.
The lack of transparency, high complexity and low competition in the traditional investment environment are particularly attractive to financial gatekeepers as they can exploit them to their advantage.
However, this imbalance is set to come to an end (or at least get vigorously shaken up) in the near future. With the arrival of digitisation comes new forms of transactions within the old, dusty finance and investment markets....