The current stagnation is unprecedented and is difficult to explain, says Money&Co. CEO, Nicola Horlick in her latest Huffington Post blog. “It appears that more people have been employed and they are being less productive,” she adds. “There has also been a drag on productivity as a result of the fall in the oil price […]
We’re pleased to report strong atcivity on site, with a surge of lender interest for the loan offering by Olsen Doors & Widows, a B-Rated offering with a gross yield of 11.1 per cent at the time of writing. The offering has attracted 33 per cent of its £250,000 funding target, adding more than six per […]
Crowdfunding is growing fast, but is still a young industry. One of the things we need to help us grow – especially in our sub-sector of peer-to-peer (P2P) business lending – is reliable data. Good data is needed to form accurate judgements about borrowing companies. Moreover, as P2P crowdfunding matures, lenders will need reliable track […]
Markets don’t like uncertainty, as Money&Co.’s CEO, Nicola Horlick, points out in her latest blog. “The polls continue to suggest that the election result is far from certain in the UK and this is affecting the stock market and currency markets. The FTSE 100 index fell 1.63 per cent in March and Sterling has been […]
The word spreads. Thanks to our friends at invezz.com for an enlightened article on investment choice. “For investors looking for something a little alternative, debt crowdfunding could be considered an ideal path,” writes the news platform. “A report compiled and released by Cambridge University and Nesta last year estimated that alternative finance providers made a […]
Good news from the crowd: the soft-furnishings manufacturer loan offer, with a B-rated loan and a gross indicative yield of over 10 per cent at the time of writing, has just 16 per cent more to go before reaching its £500,000 funding target. Our latest offering, Globavista, has attracted over £50,000 since launch last week. […]
At Money&Co., we really like and respect the coverage of CityA.M. Already a fine nespaper and website, it has risen to new heights under the stewardship of editor, David Hellier. But no-one’s perfect (least of all us). Below, Money&Co. CEO Nicola Horlick picks a bone (or two, or more than two, actually) with a recently […]
Our friends at CityAM are beginning to distinguish themselves as crowdfunding commentators among mainstream media. This entertaining primer, aimed at the majority of readers (the crowd-to-be) who still need basic information, focuses primarily on equity crowdfunding – that’s share investment, primarily in start-ups. “Crowdfunding is widely defined as a (usually large) group of people donating, […]
Crowdnetic, the US crowdfunding market data specialist, has launched a UK data platform, CrowdWatchUK – a move warmly welcomed by Money&Co. Crowdnetic says that it “plans to deliver the same transparency for securities-based crowdfunding and marketplace lending in the UK that it has already successfully implemented in the US”. The company recently announced strategic partnerships to provide […]
Today, we start with a look at the crowdfunding deals on the other side of the fence – equity investment. Investment in shares offered via crowdfunding accounted for “almost a fifth of all the visible equity deals in the UK during the first half of last year,” according to a Telegraph news report. “The funding […]