CAIS's biggest competitor is advisor inertia, not rival alternative investment platforms
Matt Brown · Matt Brown – Democratization of Alternatives at CAIS (Capital Allocators, EP.214) · Oct 11, 2021 · at 22:26
Matt Brown, CEO of alternative investment marketplace CAIS, explains the market dynamics and adoption hurdles facing fintech platforms in wealth management.
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“So really the big challenge isn't any kind of competition that case may have a competitor, for example, or other competitive forces. The main event is capturing the hearts and minds of the financial advisor to stop doing business the old fashioned way, which is find their own funds, use paperwork to execute it very manual to operating on a platform.”
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