Tag Archives: risk awareness

Two New Loans On Site Yielding 7%, 10% – Filling Fast

We’re pleased to report two new loans are available on site. Demand is high, and they’re filling fast. Would-be investors must understand the risks of investment before committing cash (see notices on Home page, in FAQs, foot of this page and elsewhere on site). Loan Rated A, Yield 7% Mar-key Marquees Limited first borrowed money […]

A Little Managed-Portfolio Something For The Week End?

We thought we’d offer a little something for the week end, with a reminder of the attractions of our managed portfolio service, where all the loans are selected for you and come gift-wrapped, so to speak. Clients of the Money&Co Portfolio Service have access to loans with a typical fixed return of 7%, without the […]

Education, Not Ignorance, The Key To Birth Of New P2P Asset Class

The arrival of the peer-to-peer (P2P) sector as an accepted asset class is beset by two related problems: image and ignorance. P2P providers have offerings whose quality is decidedly variable when subjected to risk analysis. The yields typically look nice and shiny – but are the investments safe? The image problem occurs because some of […]

P2P Loans A ‘Must-Have’? Only If Investors Understand Risk…

Peer-to-peer (P2P) loans have had a tough time in the court of public opinion recently, following the high-profile failure of P2P platform, Lendy. While that’s a disaster for the investors in those loans, there’s an attractive argument that it’s a good thing for the industry generally. The thinking is that the strong will survive. The […]

High-Street Robbery Latest – Cash ISA Providers Restrict Investor Choice

The news for Cash ISA (Individual Savings Account) investors keeps getting worse. A year ago in February, we did a bit of number crunching. See an extract from our report from that time: Cash ISAs – Depressing, Dismal – Or Daylight Robbery? Our objective was to calculate the average return on Cash ISAs. Bear in […]

Welcome New TISA Initiative Puts P2P Under The Microscope

The peer-to-peer (P2P) sector is coming under the microscope in the wake of the failure of one platform, and the apparent fraud of some high-profile, unregulated offerings. The unregulated offerings were nothing to do with P2P, but the dire consequences for investors have certainly focused minds on alternative investments. The latest body to have a […]

Managed Portfolio Service – Property-Backed 7% Target Yield Could Be Yours

As reported yesterday, Money&Co. has asset-management permissions from the Financial Conduct Authority – a quality that’s pretty much unique in the peer-to-peer (P2P) sector. Aside from the high level of transparency required on a regulatory level, there’s a substantial business benefit: our ability to offer a proper managed portfolio service. Below we set out the […]