We’ve said it many times before (just search against ‘Money&Co. great savings robbery’) – yield-hungry savers have a rough deal. Here’s a piece on dismal Cash ISA returns when in the relatively halcyon days when base rates were more than one per cent… Sadly, this week things got even worse. Our friends at This Is […]
One of the recurring themes of the alternative finance sector is the difficulty it has had in making a connection with small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Yesterday, we brought you news of self-funding by many in the sector. Today, we offer an excerpt from a This is Money report on the limited success of the […]
This piece on our CEO in The Mail on Sunday needs little further explanation from us. We run a couple of short extracts below. Former fund manager Nicola Horlick stopped investing in shares just before the credit crunch hit in 2007 and has not put a penny into the stock market since. Horlick, 58, currently […]
We’ve come across an interesting feature from This Is Money on how to decide on whether a peer-to-peer (P2P) investment as an alternative to cash is a good idea. Peer-to-Peer lending offers an alternative, particularly in the property space, as a viable, high return option that offers a good level of security for their funds. […]
Yesterday, ahead of the arrival of a major new loan offering on site, we looked at the income-seekers’ dilemma. Using research from the comparison site, Money Facts, we highlighted the news that the best easy-access cash accounts offer around a measly 1 per cent. But it seems there’s a better account out there – though there’s so […]
Today we look at the difficulties income-dependent savers are facing in the current climate of low interest rates. It doesn’t look like rates are going to rise any time soon. See this report from This Is Money on a recent meeting of a Bank of England committee that sets the base rate – a pilot light […]
The news outlet This Is Money sees the recent UK base rate cut plying to the advantage of debt (peer-to-peer[P2P]) and equity crowdfunding: “The peer-to-peer loans and equity crowdfunding markets are celebrating the Bank of England’s lowering of the base rate to 0.25 per cent in anticipation of an influx of new investors.“ The […]
If funding for small companies had its own weather report, it would probably be something like: “Sunny, with occasional showers.” Although some media reports indicate that small businesses don’t seem to be aware of alternative funding sources, such as the loans facilitated between individuals and borrowing companies by Money&Co., others cite evidence that funding is […]
Dear lenders and readers, we draw to your attention the following article in the online arm of The Mail: “Cautious savers are missing out on extra income because they are keeping money in accounts paying paltry rates of interest. “Research by Saga estimates that over-50s hold more than 80 per cent of their cash in […]
Thanks to our friends at This Is Money, the online arm of the Mail newspapers, for this article on the wit and wisdom (well, we would say that wouldn’t we?) of our CEO, Nicola Horlick. “In the first of our Start-Up Secrets series, multi-talented entrepreneur and investment veteran Nicola Horlick reveals who inspired her the […]