Are you a part of or a keen follower
of new asset classes such as cryptocurrencies, hedge funds, private equity and other such investments?
I have just told you that bitcoin can draw comparisons to traditional currencies like gold, but it could also end up being a
whole new asset class if decentralized applications take off.
While it is possible to present logical and compelling arguments for many theories, the truth is that cryptocurrencies are a
completely new asset class.
Early adopters
of new asset classes and liability structures typically do well, but when they become mainstream, the dynamics can be ugly, as we learned in 2007 - present.
Although litigation finance is a fast -
growing new asset class, few funding companies use data - driven practices to make investments.
Sprecher said «This is a game changing transaction,» at the time as the deal provided ICE with
new asset classes in stocks, equity options and additional European financial futures.
More regulation and some degree of security are needed to make cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin a serious
new asset class for investors, Deutsche Bank Chief Investment Officer Christian Nolting said.
Advocates say this tokenized future will
make new asset classes accessible to smaller investors and lower the costs of transacting and investing, across borders as well as within them.
The event will be a key platform to network with Canadian and US specialty finance experts, who will showcase how to thrive during periods of uncertainty and
exploit new asset classes, geographies and partnerships to better meet market needs and provide attractive risk - adjusted returns.
Part of the problem is inadequate thinking and risk aversion
about new asset classes, because they don't have loss data for assets that have been bought to securitize.
Describing as the «
first new asset class in hundreds of years,» Keiser's bullish investment stance on the virtual currency has gained serious weight as CME prepares to launch futures trading this month.
Bitcoin has had minor bubbles but it is highly incorrect to describe bitcoin itself as a bubble, because it has evolved into its own market and an
entirely new asset class.
Thomson Reuters provides transparent cross-asset insight into both traditional and
new asset classes like cryptocurrencies.
However, do not get lulled into thinking the past is a perfect road map to the future, especially
where newer asset classes are concerned.
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Werner Burger, President and COO of IFA HR, said: «With our ability to introduce international investors, partners and hotel operators, we are able to explore real value creation by
promoting new asset classes of property ownership.
Within this environment, a vital component is student housing and in certain parts of the continent it is set to emerge as an
attractive new asset class (similar to the UK and the US).
Previously awarded the Financial Times Innovative Lawyers Asia Pacific Award, our reputation for legal innovation is second to none, having advised on ground - breaking legal transactions and opening up
new asset classes for investors.
In the US, the IRS has to make this decision but it can not unilaterally give something currency tax treatment because only Congress can give this status or
create new asset classes.
Some of us spend a lot of time diversifying
into new asset classes and increasingly «sophisticated» strategies as we grow, but often forget that even the laziest (or perhaps smartest) person can quite easily capture 5 - 6 % avg returns by simply mirroring the major stock / bond indices.
Being that these commercial blanket loans are a
relatively new asset class (or at least not as well widely understood) it offers real estate professionals the opportunity to service some of their one off residential assets which many high net worth private investors plan on holding long term.
In the near future Mastercoins will facilitate the creation
of new asset classes, such as stocks or other ownership certificates, and create a variety of automated «smart contracts» (as already was explored in a 1997 paper by computer scientist Nick Szabo).
In a move that underlines the company's growing interest in the
emerging new asset class, Cboe Global Markets have requested the United States Security and Exchange Commission (SEC) to list six bitcoin - related exchange - traded funds (ETF).
Chairman Emeritus of CMEGroup Leo Melamed has said Bitcoin will become a
brand new asset class — not a currency.
Joseph Colangelo, President of Consumers» Research, told the Commission that «Bitcoin has established itself as a
significant new asset class,» stating «the SolidX Bitcoin Trust will protect U.S. consumers in a way that truly bears in mind the best interest of such consumers.»
The arrival of ether as an investment of interest to traders is also significant for the wider digital currency ecosystem, providing evidence of the claims that bitcoin could eventually spur the creation of an
entirely new asset class.
New asset classes like student housing and senior living are emerging in the commercial market, and demand for hospitality properties is expected to outpace supply.
«At the end of the day, it's for Congress, and not regulators, to decide whether new policies should be evolved for
these new asset classes,» he said.