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Post by wiseclerk on May 19, 2014 21:27:58 GMT
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Post by andy2001 on May 19, 2014 21:31:09 GMT
The link is broken.
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Post by j on May 19, 2014 21:35:33 GMT
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Post by andy2001 on May 19, 2014 21:46:10 GMT
You'll need to subscribe to access The links been edited to work now.
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Post by james on May 20, 2014 9:13:45 GMT
This link is probably the best way to go: Peer to Peer lending - The Wisdom of Crowds . A similar approach via Google is likely to be best for all links to the FT becuase they don't impose their article read limit when a private browser window is used to follow a link via a search engine. If you use a direct link they do. |
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Post by davee39 on May 20, 2014 10:39:03 GMT
Two journalists using a long article to say very little.
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Post by JamesFrance on May 21, 2014 9:01:04 GMT
I have to wonder how soon it will be before the private investor gets squeezed out by the greater privileges granted to institutions by p2p platforms as they seek growth. We have probably had the best days now as the big fish are taking the bait in ever greater numbers. Every day there seems to be news of hedge funds and investment trusts planning to join the party.
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Post by easteregg on May 22, 2014 12:01:55 GMT
I have to wonder how soon it will be before the private investor gets squeezed out by the greater privileges granted to institutions by p2p platforms as they seek growth. We have probably had the best days now as the big fish are taking the bait in ever greater numbers. Every day there seems to be news of hedge funds and investment trusts planning to join the party. There are a number of institutions looking to make headway into the P2P arena but following discussions I've had with the bigger companies, they have all said they want to remain very much consumer focused rather than institutions. If a company were to become too dependant of institutional investors then they could very easily find themselves in trouble if those institutions pulled their money out or even threatened to do so.
It will be interesting to see what happens with Money&Co as they have some very large loans listed, and these will be dependant on institutional or high net worth individuals. When I checked yesterday the smallest loan had only been filled to 25% with only 5 days left to go.
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