The end of the tax year is approaching, and we currently have four loan auctions on site. All these loans can be held, up to £20,000, as Innovative Finance Individual Savings Accounts (IFISAs). IFISAs are explained in more detail below. Here’s the latest from the auction room: Mar-Key has a credit rating of A+, a […]
The Individual Savings Account (ISA) allows individuals to save as much as £20,000 per annum into cash deposits, shares or peer-to-peer (P2P) loans – and take the benefits of their investments tax-free. The deadline for investing is the end of the tax year, on 5th April, and we are now entering what’s known as the […]
Ahead of the “ISA season” – aka the frenzy to invest before the end of the tax year on 5th April, we offer the final instalment of our review of platform lending. Below we look at the major similarities and differences between Innovative Finance Individual Savings Accounts and (IFISAs), which allow investors to hold platform […]
Call it platform lending, marketplace lending or peer-to-peer (P2P) lending, the loans facilitated in our sector are a new asset class. The novelty of platform lending has contributed to a classic case of the syndrome known as fear of the unknown. There have been some high-profile failures in the sector. The lesson we’ve learned from […]
Our friends at Professional Adviser run an opinion piece predicting that the Innovative Finance individual Savings Account will suffer because of regulatory or governmental hostility and/or ignorance. We believe that the peer-to-peer (P2P) lending industry is already seeing a shake-out (losing the platforms that don’t have solid business practices and especially conservative risk-analysis policies). Our […]
We are not alone. Money&Co. has been in the vanguard of seeking extra security for our lenders, and focusing on property-backed peer-to-peer (P2P) loans. This means we take a legal charge on property and ensure that the loan-to-value figure offers good security. For example, in a recent string of webuyanyhomes.com loans, the loans were typically […]
News is what gets notice. The facts themselves may not be remarkable – until they are remarked upon. Witness this article from our friends at P2P Finance News. INVESTORS can earn more than five per cent by investing in the top-rated Innovative Finance ISAs (IFISAs), research claims. By spreading funds across platforms that 4th Way has […]
Hello. The new year is in, and we welcome 2019 with renewed emphasis on Money&Co.’s just-launched Portfolio Innovative Finance Individual Savings Account, which is managed by Bramdean Asset Management (an FCA-regulated fund management business). This service has already attracted significant volumes of business (in the final quarter of 2018) – and the prospects look excellent, […]
Hello and welcome to what we hope and expect will be a prosperous 2019 for our lenders and for Money&Co. Regular visitors to the site will have noticed that we have shifted the focus of our offering – which remains at its core the bringing together of small companies seeking funds to grow with individuals […]
We’re pleased to report very healthy inflows of money from cash ISAs to our own offering. More substantial sums qualify for our managed portfolio service. Given that the average return achieved by our lender is over 8 per cent gross, the difference between the annual yield on £100,000 is substantial. Cash ISAs currently bring in […]