Are you a saver concerned about interest rates and yields? Nicola Horlick’s latest blog addresses these issues directly: “If US rates rise, what impact will this have on the UK? Many are predicting that UK interest rates will start rising from the end of the first quarter of 2016. However, the UK is more dependent […]
There’s constant talk of peer-to-peer (P2P) crowdfunding becoming part of “mainstream” finance. And behind the talk there’s a growing body of evidence. Here, Citywire reports on the latest move from P2P Global Investments, a quoted investment vehicle that invests in Money&Co.’s P2P sector, and is now set to become part of a major stockmarket index. […]
The Daily Mail looks at the exciting developments for the peer-to-peer lending market in last week’s Emergency Budget. We agree with both the headline – New Isa means tax-free interest from peer-to-peer investments fuelling the lend-to-save boom – and the words of caution offered by Christine Farnish, chair of the P2P Finance Association at the […]
Today, we contemplate the closing of the latest loan auction tonight, and allow ourselves a moment of congratulation. Congratulations to our lenders, who are currently achieving a gross rate of return of just over 9 per cent. Congratulations also to our borrower, Real Engineering (Yorkshire) Ltd (pictured)., which is getting funds for growth. As this […]
CityA.M. today looks at our sector of the crowdfunding market. Harriet Green sets the context: “Alternative finance grew by 168 per cent in the UK last year, according to a report by Cambridge’s Judge Business School. While the oft-vaunted equity crowdfunding saw volumes totalling £83m in 2014, debt-based lending, via crowdfunding and peer-to-peer (P2P) platforms, […]
Change is the name of our game. The Fund Forum International at the Grimaldi Centre in Monaco calls itself the largest fund management forum in the world. Money&Co.’s CEO, Nicola Horlick, used to be a high-profile manager in the traditional business of asset management. Yesterday, she spoke at the opening conference session, and startled a […]
Feeling disruptive? If so, you may be interested in Kyle Caldwell’s article in the Telegraph, which looks at share plays offering investors a way into “disopruptive” sectors. One section features challenger banks and P2P lenders, where fund manager Neil Woodford’s holdings in Atom Bank (a pure online banking play with no “frills” such as branches!) […]
Thanks to the Mail on Sunday and our friends at Alternative Business Funding for helping us share the good news about crowdfunding, and the process of bringing individuals and businesses together. “Money&Co, the crowdfunding platform run by City ‘superwoman’ Nicola Horlick, is among 17 new companies joining small business finance website alternativebusinessfunding, taking the total to […]
We welcome Holly Black’s article in The Daily Mail today. It is a balanced piece on equity crowdfunding and bonds issued by companies looking for growth. It doesn’t address peer-to-peer (P2P) business lending – our sub-sector of the market – which is already the biggest and fastest-growing part of the crowdfunding universe. But that gives […]
Would it be rude to say: “Been there. Done that – ages ago?” A specialist finance media platform has swallowed a PR line from a peer-to-peer lender, which “has introduced a new range of industry-leading withdrawal options to make investors’ money work more efficiently… “Investors will be able to arrange to receive a monthly income and […]