Author Archives: Martin Baker

A New Direction: IFISAs (And Savers) Benefit From Cash Transfers

Our friends at P2P Finance News bring the latest report of the fast-increasing popularity of the Innovative Finance Individual Savings Account (Innovative Finance ISA, or IFISA). Here’s an excerpt from the article: “One third of money placed into Innovative Finance ISAs (IFISA) on individual platforms in the previous tax year was from transfers rather than […]

Property Lending P2P: Value And Security At Lower End

There are some concerns over the property market in the UK. Of course, everything is a political football ahead of June’s General Election, but one commentator described the residential housing market as “broken”. That may be a vote-winning sound bite, but what about the investment aspects of lending? Our friends at Commercial & Bridging report […]

P2P “Can Form Stable Portion Of Investors’ Portfolios” – FT Adviser

The mainstream media is beginning to take peer-to-peer (P2P) lending seriously. Our friends at FT Adviser offer some analysis of P2P as an asset class that might be recommended to the clients of financial advisers. We reproduce excerpts from the article, with our comments. “[P2P] has reached a stage of maturity where it can be […]

We’re Back! Equity And Debt Compared – Plus Loan Latest

Hello again! We’re back after half a day offline for a technical overhaul. Thanks to readers, users, lenders, borrowers and visitors for your patience. Today, we revisit a familiar space. We often take a friendly peek over the other side of the crowdfuding fence at our equity-raising cousins.  Money&Co. does debt crowdfunding, which is the […]

Getting Through The Process Maze: Here’s How To ‘Do’ An ISA

Managing money does not come naturally to most people. It’s a finicky, often quite boring – and frequently mystifying – business. So we thought we’d try and answer a basic, very important question: How do you “do” an ISA (an Individual Savings Account)? The Money&Co. offering is an Innovative Finance ISA (IFISA) that can hold the […]

Disrupt? Collaborate? Just Keep The Crowd In Crowdfunding!

Today, we offer a view of the industry from our cousins across the Atlantic. Hedge-fund database, Hedgeco, runs a blog suggesting that Fintech is both disruptive and collaborative. “Instead of alternative finance trying to replace bank loans and venture capital, there is an emerging collaborative model where digital platforms are working alongside conventional investors. “Several […]