Happy New Year! The first quarter of each calendar year is usually the busiest for financial services businesses. The approach of the end of the tax year tends to focus investors’ minds on their investments and the returns that they have received over the previous year. One thing is for certain: no-one will have been […]
In the last of his three-blog series, Money&Co.’s head of communications and content, Martin Baker, makes his final calls for 2015. His views are personal and do not necessarily represent the views of Money&Co. Here we have the final predictions from a list of ten for 2015. These last three concern the broader economic, industrial and […]
In the second of a series of three blogs, Money&Co.’s head of communications and content, Martin Baker, makes more calls for 2015. His views are personal and do not necessarily represent the views of Money&Co. Following the earlier blog with its five predictions, I have two specific calls to make on alternative finance, with […]
The following views are the personal opinions of Martin Baker, Money&Co’s head of communications and content. They do not necessarily represent the views of Money&Co. Here’s hoping you all had an excellent Christmas. 2015 certainly promises to be an exciting year for us all at Money&Co. Below I set out just some of the […]
There are signs, early ones as yet, that the young sub-sector of crowdfunding inhabited by Money&Co. is growing up. Once upon a time, crowdfunding was a vaguely trendy, catch-all term for anything from start-ups seeking equity investment, to group property investment, to a charity raise and beyond. One fellow in the United States sought money from […]
Let’s stand back and take stock… The precipitous fall in the oil price has resulted in sharp declines in share prices around the world, but the long-term effect of a lower oil price is to reduce the amount of cash in the pockets of oil producers and increase the amount available to consumers to spend. […]
This Money Matters blog is a personal view from Money&Co.’s head of content and communications, Martin Baker. Martin’s views do not necessarily represent the views of Money&Co. Lending Club is a US-based peer-to-peer (P2P) lender. It acts as a conduit for the passage of money from individuals and institutions to businesses. Some call that […]
Today we have a guest Money Matters blog from crowdfunding intelligence platform, Another Crowd. The UK arm of Santander Bank is aiming to launch an investment platform next year, which will include online guidance tools to help investors identify suitable funds without going to an adviser, according to a recent report in the Financial […]
SME growth requires more than good weather and fertiliser… In a recent report published by Barclays Bank and the Business Growth Fund, the point was made that the British are very good at starting businesses (the number of new companies created rose by 3.9 per cent in the first half of this year), but we […]
The alternative-finance way of matching borrowers and lenders is yielding exciting results Cambridge University and Nesta recently published a report entitled “Understanding Alternative Finance”. According to the report, the alternative finance market in the UK will have provided £1.74 billion during 2014 and this compares to £267 million in 2012 and £666 million in 2013. […]