A new survey from the Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance reveals a vital, fast-growing altfi industry. Indeed, the term “alternative” may soon be a misnomer, as the industry enters the mainstream. The news agency Reuters cites Bryan Zhang, a friend of Money&Co., and reports the findings in a news piece. We run an excerpt below. […]
Cambridge academic Brian Zhang is to play a leading role in what we at Money&Co. see as the re-positioning of peer-to-peer (P2P) lending as a mainstream asset class. The Financial Times, perhaps a little, unkindly, reports that the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has hired Cambridge Judge’s alternative-data department to “ help it understand” P2P and […]
We may not be bigger, but it seems we might be better. The UK’s peer-to-peer (P2P) lending market is fast-growing and, per capita, draws more commitment from lenders, according to a report from Business Insider. The report draws on a research document compiled by Business Insider, with supplementary data from Cambridge University and Ernst & […]
The Judge Business School of Cambridge University is a beacon of clarity and measured thought in the field of alternative finance, of which crowdfunding is an increasingly important part. Today, we offer extracts of a new report, published online. The outline features key figures at the Judge school, including Bryan Zhang, director of policy and […]
Mercator Advisory Group, a payments consultancy, has produced a new, if incomplete, report on our sector. Far more authoritative and comprehensive is the Moving Mainstream report, masterminded by leading Cambridge University academic, Bryan Zhang. This free report is available by clicking here. Bryan spoke at the recent Discovering The Power Of The Crowd conference, co-sponsored […]
The reverberations of the pan-European report on alternative finance, co-authored by Cambridge Judge Business School, part of Cambridge University, and EY, the global consulting and accountancy organisation, are only just being felt. The report has been well-received across Europe, with extensive press coverage in the FT, Bloomberg, Le Monde, Les Echos, FD and Der Spiegel […]
Today sees the publication of the promised report on the European market for online alternative finance. A number of media outlets carry news of the report, including the Financial Times (subscription required). The FT faithfully records the report’s findings that the market grew by 144 per cent last year to almost Euros 3 billion, and […]
Our research trip to Cambridge University’s Judge Business School, and interview with leading crowdfund academic Bryan Zhang Zheng revealed some exciting information, although much of it is embargoed for Monday. “Alternative finance, with crowdfunding a big part of it, is expanding and developing, and transparency is key to this,” said Bryan. “It is opening up […]
The Money&Co. team recently took the opportunity to catch up with Bryan Zheng Zhang, doctoral student at Cambridge University with an encyclopaedic knowledge of the crowdfunding market. Bryan was a leading light in the production of the latest report on our sector, which was published as a joint venture with the National Endowment for Science Technology and […]
The alternative-finance way of matching borrowers and lenders is yielding exciting results Cambridge University and Nesta recently published a report entitled “Understanding Alternative Finance”. According to the report, the alternative finance market in the UK will have provided £1.74 billion during 2014 and this compares to £267 million in 2012 and £666 million in 2013. […]