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Post by Ton ⓉⓞⓃ on Dec 31, 2023 14:47:16 GMT
There's a thread on the main p2x board that may be of interest as it does mention SoMo and the Appropriateness Test which is being updated for all platforms
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Post by Ton ⓉⓞⓃ on Dec 31, 2023 14:42:44 GMT
There was a consultation which I believe comes into effect Jan/Feb 2024(?) the main upshot being that there will be no "easy" self-cert option any more The easy or simply self-cert option being something on the lines of, "I have invested in two or more unlisted business in the last two years" or similar Does this mean we will have to provide proof of earnings/wealth to every P2P company in order to invest ? Just one more source of personal data to be leaked or targeted by criminals. Looks like my P2P portfolio might be reducing rather than increasing next year.
We should be grateful to the government / FCA for trying to protect the hapless, witless or financially inept before they invest anything in P2P as beyond that point they are frigging clueless and impotent regarding protecting anybody. When I tried to sign into SoMo a few days ago, a screen came up that looked like the Appropriateness Test screen but, none of the options seemed to apply to me. I half checked out the business Angels option, there was a box where you inputted the name of the Angels you belong to. I'm not a member of any Angels so it doesn't apply. Something like this might be how it works with HNW-ers I ended up clicking the option, "None of these Options Apply to me" it also implied that I would have to leave the site. So I thought I might be leaving p2p altogether, but the next screen (which I've pasted a few posts above) said that I had already gone through the Appropriateness test with SoMo and I just had to sign the form at the bottom. And where it said SoMo this was a box where "Social Money Ltd" had been typed in. So perhaps if I'd been a Biz Angel their name would've been in that box When I originally went through the New Appropriateness Test questions they tended to circle around the basic idea that I would not be covered by FCA, FOS, FSCS. This is true as most (if not all?) are unregulated mortgages/bridging loans to biz not individuals on SoMo. Please correct me here, I might be wrong The appropriate test I went through was about a month ago or more, so this is as best as I can remember
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Post by Ton ⓉⓞⓃ on Dec 27, 2023 21:30:38 GMT
Here's their reply to me on hitting "none of the above"
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Post by Ton ⓉⓞⓃ on Dec 27, 2023 20:34:00 GMT
There was a consultation which I believe comes into effect Jan/Feb 2024(?) the main upshot being that there will be no "easy" self-cert option any more The easy or simply self-cert option being something on the lines of, "I have invested in two or more unlisted business in the last two years" or similar
Ed.
Link to FCA site showing their thinking and the results of the consultation mentioned above
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Post by Ton ⓉⓞⓃ on Dec 21, 2023 15:22:32 GMT
Scott on the support forum is now reporting this as fixed Hopefully everyone can get online now.
The post above is from The Support Forum, these are the guys who host our site - Incidently they are on Version 6, we're currently on Version 5, at some point they plan for everyone to upgrade to Version 6 but this plan is undated and has been hanging around for several years, while they keep working on it.
As you can see the "Skin" looks completely different to what we're used to here - hopefully when they bring out Version 6 they will allow us to keep our old Skin. When I say skin I just mean how the forum looks, where the buttons are etc.
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Post by Ton ⓉⓞⓃ on Oct 24, 2023 17:35:43 GMT
Concerning the question you pose above
I think your earlier discussion is here
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Post by Ton ⓉⓞⓃ on Oct 11, 2023 19:53:32 GMT
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Post by Ton ⓉⓞⓃ on Feb 27, 2023 21:46:34 GMT
Looks as if Zopa & AJBell are in some sort of partnership as I've received an email from AJB but with Zopa in the subject line, anyone else?
Somewhat sus as one of the first things it says is, click this link to make a password ...
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Post by Ton ⓉⓞⓃ on Feb 23, 2023 13:19:53 GMT
If anyone was in any doubt about finger pointing
And when you point a finger at others; there are three fingers pointing back at you
Ignoring the thumb ...
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Post by Ton ⓉⓞⓃ on Feb 21, 2023 20:44:25 GMT
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Post by Ton ⓉⓞⓃ on Feb 7, 2023 23:08:27 GMT
The first Leopard has arrived but there's clearly been some misunderstanding about the size of the tanks that the Germans were going to supply. Negotiations will have to start again no doubt
The German defence minister, Pistorius, hands the Ukrainian defence minister, Reznikov, the first Leopard
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Post by Ton ⓉⓞⓃ on Jan 26, 2023 21:58:19 GMT
That's from 2021. The German numbers from Der Spegiel are current, from the report commissioned by Pistorius? in preparation for the decision. Spanish numbers are just A4s as an example. They also have 200+ A6ES, a country specific upgrade that differs from everyone else's version. Conformity within the L2s provided will be potentially as big an issue as different tanks. Potentially the Leopards would form a brigade with a battalion of each L2 variant Abrams + Bradley's another group, and use Challengers as independent 'heavy' platoon much like the Germans used Tigers.
I had this idea the Abrams would be coming from the manufacturer? So I thought atleast a year for them to start to get there in small numbers
But it's still "tanks-giving day" in Ukraine (From Jake Broe's youtube channel)
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Post by Ton ⓉⓞⓃ on Jan 25, 2023 20:57:35 GMT
So, I've made some changes to the layout of the forum, as platforms have changed their status With LC above, this move is simply a reaction to their inactivity, I'm not aware of any notice of closure. Any platform can be more back to where they came from if we need to.
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Post by Ton ⓉⓞⓃ on Jan 25, 2023 20:54:25 GMT
So, I've made some changes to the layout of the forum, as platforms have changed their status With LC above, this move is simply a reaction to their inactivity, I'm not aware of any notice of closure. Any platform can be more back to where they came from if we need to.
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Post by Ton ⓉⓞⓃ on Jan 24, 2023 16:21:56 GMT
Any other platforms that need moving will take place shortly
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