The FT looks at tough times. As reported here consistently, regulation, Brexit uncertainty and all manner of nonsense mean that no-one has it easy just now. “But what about the retail investors? Those with money trapped inside the stricken Woodford Equity Income fund may well fesel misled. But the industry will assert that no investment […]
The UK start-up revolution shows no sign of ending, according to a recent report in The Financial Times. The newspaper cites various sources in stating that “last year nearly 660,000 companies were established, up from 608,000 in 2015, according to the Centre for Entrepreneurs, a think-tank. This year it looks likely that the record will […]
As our sector of alternative finance matures, so does the regulation and oversight. The the peer-to-peer (P2P) business lending sub-sector of crowdfunding is where we operate, and, with the advent of the Innovative Finance Individual Savings Account (ISA) a lot of attention has rightly been devoted to P2P. It’s right because companies such as Money&Co. […]
The peer-to-peer (P2P) lending sub-sector of crowdfunding seems to have many birthdays. Rarely can a sector have been hailed as “coming of age” quite so often. The latest to announce P2P’s coming of age as an alternative asset class is the Financial Times. Here are some excerpts from Helen Dunkley’s piece in the FT this […]