The crowd wants to be shown the money… Crowdfunding is being taken more and more seriously as a medium for prime retail savings rates. Crowdfunding intelligence platform, Another Crowd, puts it this way: “Many come to crowdfunding as investors, in search of top savings rates. Deposit-account investors certainly have had a dismal time of it. […]
Food for thought at Bruton Place – with more to come around the country Following the success of our two summer lenders’ breakfasts, Money&Co. is delighted to announce four more events in London, with a series of breakfast events “on the road” to come. “The breakfast events have been really useful and interesting for us, […]
Crowdfunders to offer a slice of investment pie – but when, how? One of the great benefits of crowdfunding investment is its immediacy. Investors and lenders get to make a direct connection, via the crowdfunding platform, with the company soliciting funds. You get to see who wants money, and why. And things seemed to get […]
One of the reasons we believe Money&Co. has the best loan crowdfunding offering in the UK market, is the quality and rigour of our credit analysis. Here, Money&Co. asks questions of one of the questioners-in-chief, Toby Furnivall (pictured above, standing, at one of our lender breakfasts). Toby is a senior member of our credit analysis […]
The loan market helps our crowdfunding lenders connect to each other and trade loans In this week’s blog, Money&Co. CEO Nicola Horlick argues that our recently created loan market is a must for lenders. The loan market allows investors looking for the best returns by lending to companies to sell their loans to other registered […]
Small business need more than occasional drips of credit One of the reasons people cite for not wanting to invest in unquoted securities, whether that is shares in private companies or loans to private companies, is the lack of liquidity. Everyone wants to know that if there is an unexpected financial event in their lives, […]
What do most investors and lenders want? At Money&Co., we believe the answer is a high-quality company to lend to, and the ability to realise that investment at short notice. To talk it up in terms of financial jargon, that means a combination of asset quality, security and liquidity. The news and commentary website, citywire.co.uk, […]
Money&Co. recently featured in a column by award-wining journalist Ian Cowie (pictured above) in The Sunday Times. “The serial entrepreneur Nicola Horlick tells me about an interesting way to offer investors better returns and small firms cheaper loans,” writes Mr Cowie. “Peer-to-peer lending – a bit like eBay for savers and borrowers – is growing […]
The breakfast events have gone very well – more are planned for the autumn It was a case of standing room only at Money&Co.’s latest lender breakfast at our Bruton Place offices this week. Lenders’ very welcome interest in meeting the Money&Co. team created pressure on space in our compact downstairs meeting rooms. The debate […]
Bankers: proper pledge or pious aspiration? “Would it make any difference if bankers were made to swear an oath when they entered the profession like doctors?” asks Money&Co. CEO, Nicola Horlick in her latest blog. The answer, in the full text, is an unequivocal “no”. “ResPublica, an independent, non-partisan think tank, thinks it would. In […]