There is a quiet voice of calm amid the furore surrounding the triggering of the Brexit process last week. Editor of Money Week, Merryn Somerset Webb, deals with the political backdrop at some length, and then asks what might this mean for an individual’s financial planning. The answer is pithy: “It will, for example, remain […]
Our friends at Money Week and Alt Fi are running a series on mutual funds invested in peer-to-peer (P2P) loans. This is the first, and deals with performance, mandates, discount/surplus to NAV in some detail. “Using numbers from investment trust analysts at Numis, we can clearly see from the various detailed tables below that […]
There may be P2P lending gold in them there hills… via NISA tax reforms The crowdfunded peer-to-peer (P2P) lending market is “fascinating”, according to commentator Ed Bowsher of Money Week. “The government is now consulting on plans to allow P2P lenders to place their loans within an Isa wrapper. This is great news for all […]
This is what used to be known in steam-age journalism as a “picture story”. It’s all about looking at the image – usually of an impossibly cute baby animal. In this case, it’s Money&Co. CEO, Nicola Horlick, whose blog comments were reprised in the Metro newspaper, distributed to commuters across the UK. The offers […]
Financial publisher MoneyWeek has just published its research into crowdfunding. Its report is unremittingly positive. This echoes our view that crowdfunding is the way forward for both lender and borrower. But readers are reminded that, exciting as P2B investment is, there are always risks for lenders – even after our rigorous credit analysis. MoneyWeek editorial […]