The parting of the ways continues. Mainstream, quoted investment trusts are systematically divesting themselves of their holdings in the peer-to-peer (P2P) alternative finance loan sector. The P2P Global Investments vehicle is the latest, with the sale of one of its biggest holdings, as reported by our friends at P2P Finance News. The gross proceeds from […]
Mainstream banking has long been playing a game of “if you can’t beat them, join them” with the alternative finance industry. Our own sub-sector of alternative finance, the peer-to-peer (P2P) credit sector, is among the most popular and sought-after. The government-backed British Business Bank is positively eager to help with credit funds for properly sourced […]
Our friends at P2PFN report some important but unsurprising news. The alternative finance sector, of which peer-to-peer (P2P) lending is an important part, is growing in importance and size. As it does so, awareness grows of companies such as Money&Co., which brings carefully vetted businesses together with lenders looking for excellent returns on capital. Financial […]
Today, we offer a glimpse of the future. Our friends at Professional Adviser – always an informative read – run a far-sighted opinion piece from a member of the crowdfunding sub-sector of the “alternative” finance community. The author believes, as we do at Money&Co., that peer-to-peer (P2P) loans are a key part of mainstream finance. […]
Congratulations to our friends at P2P Finance News, which has just celebrated its first anniversary. A recent summary piece looks at the peer-to-peer (P2P) lending sector of crowdfunding – of which Money&Co. is part – and asks if P2P has gone mainstream. Our contention is that the moment has not yet come – but it […]
Peer-to-peer (P2P) crowdfunding is entering the mainstream. We must have written that sentence in different ways more than a dozen times in the past few years. The force is undoubtedly with us, as we introduce individuals looking for a good return on capital to carefully vetted small companies seeking funds to grow. The evidence grows […]
It was only a matter of time… We’re talking about the developments at Zopa, the UK’s oldest peer-to-peer lender. The relationship between the mainstream and alternative finance sectors is a dynamic one – some might even call it fractious. Here’s the news, via our friends at The Financial Times. You may need a subscription to read the […]
Change is afoot in the world of finance. So much so, that sooner or later alternative finance will have to redefine itself (the price of success is being tagged as boring old “mainstream”). Two recent reports of this trend are worthy of note. David Prosser, a friend of this platform and a noted commentator on alternative […]
We’re delighted to report that mainstream media appear to be waking up to the increasing importance of alternative finance, with crowdfunding at its heart. Rebecca Burn-Callander writes in The Telegraph: “Keith Morgan, chief executive of the government-owned and run British Business Bank, makes the bold statement that his organisation is behind the rise of one […]