WHAT FOR

„Wealth pools are a new way of handling money and property. They allow us to create new systems for sustainable businesses beyond capitalism.“

Dr. Markus Distelberger
A wealth pool has a number of advantages, depending on how you look at this form of financing. In a nutshell:

the wealth pool gives…

  • the opportunity to invest their money in a socially responsible way.
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    We all know about the long history of the unequal distribution of money and its social consequences. Many people with wealth today would really prefer not to continue supporting these dynamics. Within the context of ethical investment, having money can easily involve a “feeling of guilt” - almost a guilty conscience, just because you have money.

    The wealth pool is an opportunity to rethink such beliefs. We could also say: „Well, I have money. I can be very useful and helpful with my money. And I don’t have to sink all of it into one project. I can also support a number of projects and see how things develop.“

    We are not talking about just people with huge wealth here. Everyone with small amounts of wealth (maybe €10,000 that are not needed immediately), can use it to support another business activity.


  • Flexibility through the ability to make short-notice payouts
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    Every time a wealth pool is created, 10% of the amount invested remains in a bank account as cash. Contributions flow into this account continuously from users and new deposits. That makes repayments possible at short notice, too.

    Once this amount has been exhausted, there are agreed waiting periods for further payouts.

    If a project comes to the point where there are not enough new investors to replace those wanting to leave, the property must be sold and will if necessary be auctioned by the trustee. In this case, the trustee, as the representative of all the investors, would enter a mortgage in the land register.


  • Safe investment
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    • Anyone placing money in a wealth pool knows what is purchased with the money and can get an idea of the planned project and the people behind it.
    • A property that serves basic human needs (housing, food ....) and is located in an area where enough people live to have a need for it is one of the safest assets.
    • The repayment of the units is usually secured in terms of value - this is often more than the usual interest on savings accounts at banks (subject to the property value also increasing at least in line with inflation). Alternatively, some projects offer small fixed interest rates as a lump sum/partial compensation for inflation.
    • If there are not enough new investors to replace those who want to withdraw, such a property can be sold or, if necessary, auctioned by the trustee on the basis of a mortgage entered for the investors in the land registry.

  • Personal involvement in businesses/projects
  • Real, long-term value in land, buildings, capital equipment
  • Deposits are hedged against inflation
  • Shareholders backed by trustee in the land register
  • Projects can be implemented independently of the capital market.
  • Management without payback pressure (because investors forego interest)
  • Management without redemption pressure (because new investors can be included in the cycle - own wealth building can be arranged depending on the options available)
  • Community-building with funders as investors in the project
  • If apartments are financed with the wealth pool, the users primarily pay the costs of depreciation (and no loan repayments in the case of pure wealth pool financing) in addition to the operating costs and tax as rent. Users in wealth pool projects therefore have the opportunity, instead of paying the otherwise higher market rent, 1. to save something themselves with the money in the wealth pool, 2. to have money left over for other interests or 3. to simply live in the project at a low rent. This basis makes it possible to establish socially mixed housing projects.
  • Due to the lower rents, the overall project has the advantage that users are more likely to build up their own savings and invest them in the wealth pool. This feeds the wealth pool's liquidity reserve in the event of repayments.
  • When they leave the project, users can also withdraw their deposits from the wealth pool.
  • This makes it easier to move out, which is otherwise often complicated in shared housing projects.