Today, as our latest A+ property-backed loan offering closes, we look at what the future holds. Our communications director, award-winning journalist and author, Martin Baker, is writing a follow-up to his highly acclaimed first book of satirical financial essays, A Fool And His Money. Getting Fooled Again? asks whether the financial world is making the same […]
We’re pleased by the demand for the latest webuyanyhome,com loan offering on site. We’ll let the demand speak for itself (subject to risk warnings, see below). But today we take a peak over the crowdfunding fence at equity investment, where Proactive Investors report encouraging news via research commissioned by leading equity platform, SyndicateRoom. SyndicateRoom’s CEO, […]
We’re very busy behind the scenes here, looking to launch a property-backed Innovative Finance Individual Savings Account (IFISA). Regular visitors to our site will be aware of this, and the anticipated influx of cash that IFISA launches will precipitate. Meanwhile, the really big beasts in crowdfunded peer-to-peer (P2P) lending are vying for the title of […]
The specialist media outlet Property Reporter runs a feature on a new property-related launch. We don’t comment on the detail. Suffice it to say that we see this as evidence of a fast-expanding market that many find very attractive. Watch this space for news… Meanwhile: “Online mortgage lender, LendInvest, has announced that it has launched […]
Our friends at AltFi take a look at yields in thee peer-to-peer (P2P) lending sector. As regular site visitors and registered lenders will be aware, Money&Co. facilitates P2P loans for carefully selected business borrowers. The average gross return achieved thus far by Money&Co. lenders is just over 9.1 per cent. The AltFi article looks at […]
Today, we review a thoughtful comment from our friends at AltFi: “In a time such as this – with depressed savings rates and a great deal of uncertainty in the markets – one might imagine that peer-to-peer/marketplace [P2P] lending would be seen as something of a silver bullet for financial advisors. Some of the leading platforms have […]
We’re pleased to see it’s not just crowdfunding that’s getting its act together and forming bodies to establish and enforce good practice (our trade organisation of choice is the UK Crowdfunding Association). Our friends at Bridging & Commercial bring news of alternative lenders coming together in their own interest, and the interest of the small […]
The alternative finance industry is only just beginning to get the kind of coverage and commentary it deserves. One of thee most interesting from the mainstream media is Anthony Hilton. While we don ‘t always agree always with what6 Mr Hilton says, his views are always pithily expressed, and his arguments tend to be based […]
Our friends at BusinessZone predict some game-changing events in our peer-to-peer (P2P) crowdfunding sector. Without wishing to be too Delphic, our experience of the marketplace makes us think they may be on to something. Here’s an extended excerpt from a good piece of reporting. “Peer-to-peer works by creating a marketplace for investors to loan money directly […]
The market in which we operate, the peer-to-peer business lending (and now also property-secured lending) sector is maturing. The unqualified early optimism of some has been replaced by a more measured view, as some companies falter and others prosper. See below an excerpt from a recent report in The Times (subscription required). “In peer-to-peer […]