There’s been a huge amount of interest in crowdfunding from banks and other big investors. So much so, in fact, that it’s often said that crowdfunding is in danger of losing the crowd. Campden FB, a web offering aimed at family offices (the administrators and managers of rich families’ private wealth) highlights the opportunities for […]
Meteor? What meteor? Just when we were beginning to think that all those comparisons between bankers and dinosaurs might be a little overdone… The Memo, a US intelligence platform, runs a story pegged to the launch of a new book – Bye Bye Banks? The copy and attached table make for a shocking read – even […]
John Longworth, director general of the British Chambers of Commerce, laments the lack of funding available to SMEs on the This Is Money personal finance platform. He has a point: “All too often, we see our fastest growing, most dynamic companies – those with the potential to become global champions – reaching a plateau or […]
“Asset classes traditionally financed by banks or big institutions, and previously deemed too long-term, illiquid or risky for retail investors, are now being packaged up as listed funds and traded on stock markets, where portfolio managers can buy them – leading to their possible presence in your Isa or self-invested personal pension (SIPP)),” writes Judith […]