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Totals lent to date (12th May 2016)

Last post: May 13, 2016

Assetz Capital add a 30 day access account to their portfolio with a fixed rate of 4.25% pa... Funding Secure investors raise capital to build a record breaking speed boat… Returns at Ratesetter take a dip, is supply outstripping demand?

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Totals lent to date (28th April 2016)

Last post: Apr 29, 2016

Ratesetter overtakes FundingCircle by lending more than them in the past fortnight… ThinCats list a £3.5 million loan which they claim is the largest ever on a P2P platform that is not secured by property.

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Totals lent to date (14th April 2016)

Last post: Apr 15, 2016

FundingCircle offer Tablets (computer hardware rather than pills!) to those who make significant investments before 16th May… Assetz Capital believe they are the first P2P Platform to assist a stock market company to raise finance.

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The Nanny State Postpones the Secret Investor's Christmas

Last post: Apr 8, 2016

Like a child desperate for Santa Claus to arrive, the wait for the Innovative Finance ISA (IFISA) seems to have been never ending. The countdown to 6th April is over at last but… it’s not Christmas for me yet because none of the platforms I am active on have received the go ahead from the Funding Conduct Authority (FCA) to act as ISA Managers.

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Totals lent to date (31st March 2016)

Last post: Apr 1, 2016

On your marks… get set… wait! 6th April was supposed to be the start date for the Innovative Finance ISAs (IFISAs) but the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) have only given the authority to offer such products to a small number of platforms – none of these are the major names… So the anticipated influx of funds from Cash ISAs will be delayed.

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Totals lent to date (17th March 2016)

Last post: Mar 18, 2016

In this week’s budget, Chancellor George Osbourne announced that investors will be able to save up to £20,000 per year in an Innovative Finance ISA from April 2017, up from the 2016 limit of £15,240… FundingSecure continue to set new records for activity on their site… Assetz Capital review their investor decision making processes.

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