Monthly Archives: September 2017

AltFi And P2P Must Get Asset Class Message Out To IFAs

The alternative finance sector still faces a fight to get its message out, and to be accepted as a “respectable” asset class – especially by the financial intermediaries who advise individual investors. Persuading Independent Financial Advisers (IFAs) is an important next step, it seems. Our friends at P2P Finance News report on a survey by […]

Alternative Finance Taking Centre Stage – Plus Loan Offer Latest

Our friends at P2P Finance News report the latest figures from Honeycomb Investment Trust (a quoted company that invests in other companies). This part of an accelerating trend that is bringing alternative finance – including peer-to-peer (P2P) business lending, a sub-sector of crowdfunding – to the centre stage of mainstream finance. “HONEYCOMB investment trust has […]