# kaal:claim:2959730-001

**Claim.** Private fund advisers' increasing use of blockchain technology, artificial intelligence, and big data is a distinct source of downward pressure on the traditional 2/20 fee structure that commentators have not examined.

**Type.** mechanism  **Support.** argued

**Holds when.**

- private investment fund industry
- period of roughly 2007 to 2017

**Source quote.**

> A factor contributing to the market pressure on the fee structure that has not been examined by commentators pertains to the increasing use of use of blockchain technology, artificial intelligence, and big data by private fund advisers.

**From.** Wulf A. Kaal, *Blockchain Applications and Fee Structure Developments in Private Investment Funds* (2017), I. Introduction, page 4

**Cite as.** Wulf A. Kaal, Blockchain Applications and Fee Structure Developments in Private Investment Funds (2017). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2959730

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**Topics.** blockchain, private-funds, innovation

**Keywords.** blockchain, fee-structure, private-funds, technology-adoption

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