One of the more thoughtful sites on the alternative financial scene is Orca Money, a relative newcomer based in Northern Ireland. Orca has objectives very similar to our own. It seeks for transparency of data, reliable and uniform reporting standards – and it seeks to bring about a wider public and professional understanding and acceptance […]
A new loan offer is due on site soon. Strong lender interest has seen excellent progress on the two current offerings, one of which is 96 per cent filled at the time of writing, and will close tomorrow. Ahead of the arrival of the new offering, we thought we’d take the opportunity to further explain […]
We’re pleased to report the launch of a new A-rated loan offer on site. The company seeking funds for growth is a repeat borrower, seeking its fifth tranche of credit from Money&Co. lenders, who seem comfortable with the business model, and the company’s thus far exemplary track record in servicing its debt. Below, we offer […]
The working week begins with a new, B-rated loan offering. The purpose of the proposed loan is, according to the borrower, to acquire “Macrimex Limited [a fashion company – see below] for a total consideration of [£] 286,000. The purchase price includes fixtures, fittings and goodwill with the remainder of the consideration comprising working capital […]
The run up to the UK’s General Election in early June shows strong interest in the alternative finance and financial-technology (FinTech) sectors. Our friends at the Mortgage Finance Gazette report on the latest research from Livingstone, an international mid-market M&A and debt advisory firm, which “shows that the specialist lending market continued its post-referendum recovery […]
Strength and stability seem to be in short supply in today’s uncertain world. As we argued what now seems a long time ago, whether the hung Parliament sees the UK stay in Europe’s single market or not, peer-to-peer (P2P) lending is going nowhere. The business of putting together individuals seeking a good return on capital […]
Our friends at P2P Finance News offer a report of another welcome development, as peer-to-peer (P2P) lending becomes ever more widely accepted as an important and legitimate asset class. The Tax-Incentivised Savings Association (TISA) is seeking to have P2P accepted within the asset classes for self-invested personal pensions (SIPPs). We offer an extended excerpt […]
With two loan offers just closed, we have two more in the pipeline. Ahead of their debut on site, we thought we’d remind readers of some of the key points to bear in mind when making an individual loan, or building a portfolio of loans (it’s considered by many, including us, to be a good […]
The peer-to-peer (P2P) lending sub-sector of crowdfunding seems to have many birthdays. Rarely can a sector have been hailed as “coming of age” quite so often. The latest to announce P2P’s coming of age as an alternative asset class is the Financial Times. Here are some excerpts from Helen Dunkley’s piece in the FT this […]
Phew! The results are more or less in… As the great American satirist PJ O’Rourke wrote (the title of his latest tome)… How The Hell Did This Happen? So it’s time, amid the political furore of what may be just the UK’s first UK General Election this year, to go back to basics. Business will continue. […]