# kaal:claim:2959730-037

**Claim.** Blockchain enabled platforms for setting up private investment funds exert significant pressure on the existing fee structure because they generate competitive gains through fewer cost and time barriers to setting up and running a fund.

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

**Holds when.**

- platform models such as Melonport or Drago
- fund formation and ongoing portfolio operation

**Source quote.**

> Blockchain-enabled platforms for setting up a private investment fund cause significant pressure on the existing fee structure of the private investment fund industry.

**From.** Wulf A. Kaal, *Blockchain Applications and Fee Structure Developments in Private Investment Funds* (2017), VI. Blockchain-Enabled Pressure on Fee Structure, page 17

**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.** risk-and-incentives

**Keywords.** fund-platforms, fee-pressure, barriers-to-entry, melonport

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