Not only is the remarkable performance of the UK’s small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMes) largely unrecognised, it’s a minor miracle that UK SMEs – the engine of the current recovery – are doing as well as they are, argues Nicola Horlick, CEO of Money&Co., in her latest blog in the Huffington Post. Nicola says that […]
A new survey from the Peer to Peer Finance Association (P2PFA) indicates that consumers “overwhelmingly” believe that peer-to-peer (P2P) lending should be separated from traditional cash or stocks and shares New Individual Savings Accounts (NISAs) – also commonly referred to as ISAs. Over 4,500 individual lenders were polled regarding their preferences. The data also revealed that […]
Tax returns are long done and dusted, and mow many people are looking to review their pensions and New Individual Savings Accounts (NISAs). A recent report in The Observer, with three vividly realised case studies, demonstrates the financial realties that the reforms will bring to individuals: realising the pension pot will mean a holiday, a […]
The AltFi newspaper and media website has set up the Liberum AltFi Returns Index (LARI), a peer-to-peer (P2P) benchmark of loan yields. LARI “is designed to measure the returns generated from marketplace lending,” reports AltFI. “Index values are time-weighted, published as aggregate annualised returns, measuring what an equal time-weighted exposure to every loan made would […]
It seems exciting, but is it safe? That’s the basis of the thinking that seems to inform many of the queries we receive from potential lenders and borrowers here at Money&Co. What we do is simple – we bring people and businesses together on our online platform. The people lend, the carefully vetted businesses borrow. […]