Adapting to investor desires
The House Crowd’s founder and chief executive Frazer Fearnhead explains how the platform is shifting its focus in response to investor demand… THE HOUSE CROWD started life in 2012 as the world’s first...
View ArticleThe secret of successful risk mitigation
Frazer Fearnhead, founder and chief executive of property development-focused peer-to-peer platform The House Crowd, reveals his highly effective approach to risk management… Risk mitigation runs...
View ArticleCalls for standardised P2P reporting structure to boost transparency
The peer-to-peer lending industry needs a centralised, third-party reporting structure to provide investors and financial advisers with sufficient transparency, stakeholders have suggested. The FCA’s...
View ArticleProperty platforms to benefit from new market certainty
Property-backed peer-to-peer platforms will benefit from the certainty that has returned to the housing market in the aftermath of the December General Election result, new figures and industry...
View ArticleIFISA inflows set to surge despite new regulatory restrictions
Innovative Finance ISA (IFISA) inflows are expected to accelerate as this ISA season approaches, despite the new marketing restrictions imposed by the City regulator. An informal straw poll conducted...
View ArticlePlatforms believe FCA should not label P2P loans as high-risk investments
Although peer-to-peer platforms recognise parts of the sector are high-risk, they believe it’s unfair and unhelpful for the City regulator to label P2P as a high-risk investment. Earlier this week the...
View ArticleCalls for the industry and regulator to work together more closely
The industry needs to work more closely with the regulator in a year where confidence in the sector has to be rebuilt, Carl Davies (pictured), chief operating officer of The House Crowd, has claimed....
View ArticleOctopus Choice predicts drop in IFISA inflows as advisers opt for general...
Octopus Choice has forecast a year-on-year decline in Innovative Finance ISA (IFISA) inflows, as financial advisers prefer its general investment account. Unlike most P2P platforms, Octopus Choice has...
View ArticleIndustry calls for greater FSCS protection for P2P investments
PEER-TO-PEER investments – including money put into Innovative Finance ISAs (IFISAs) – should be covered by the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) in the same way as stocks and shares ISAs,...
View ArticleMore education is needed on what the FSCS covers
Investors need more education on what the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) covers, peer-to-peer platforms and financial advisers have claimed. P2P investments are not currently FSCS...
View ArticleP2P platforms reassure investors after FTSE fall
Peer-to-peer platforms have reassured investors that the huge drop in the FTSE 100 this morning (9 March) will not affect them. The FTSE 100 dropped by a massive 8.4 per cent this morning, the fourth...
View ArticleLeave it to the experts
The House Crowd’s Frazer Fearnhead explains why he thinks the auto-invest model represents the future of peer-to-peer lending “History has proven that only a very small percentage of stock pickers can...
View ArticlePlatforms fear the impact of the coronavirus on the property market
The coronavirus could undo the ‘Boris bounce’ effect on the property market, property-backed peer-to-peer platforms and estate agents have warned. The housing market has been buoyant over the past few...
View ArticleIndustry reacts: P2P would survive a possible recession
The peer-to-peer industry would survive a possible coronavirus-caused recession, platforms have claimed. Amid fears for the global economy, several P2P platforms have told Peer2Peer Finance News that...
View ArticleHistoric rate cut means more misery for savers
Savers face more misery after the Bank of England (BoE) slashed interest rates to a record low of 0.1 per cent in response to the ongoing economic downturn caused by the coronavirus pandemic. This...
View ArticleThe House Crowd investors warned projects may be delayed by coronavirus
The House Crowd has urged investors to avoid “losing their heads” as the coronavirus pandemic plays havoc with market confidence. Carl Davies, chief operating officer for the peer-to-peer lender, said...
View ArticlePicking the right Innovative Finance ISA
Frazer Fearnhead, founder and chief executive of The House Crowd, explains what investors should look for when choosing their tax-efficient product SINCE THE INCEPTION of the Innovative Finance ISA...
View ArticlePropping up pension investing
On a chilly February evening in Manchester, investors, financial advisers and property developers met to discuss a new type of property investing. Kathryn Gaw reports from The House Crowd’s latest...
View ArticleInvesting for your retirement
Frazer Fearnhead, chief executive of The House Crowd, explains how property-backed peer-to-peer investing can help you save for your retirement… Pension investing is probably the most important...
View ArticleWhen innovation meets uncertainty
Michael Lloyd explores the latest emerging trends in the peer-to-peer property sector, how regulation continues to affect platforms, and what the future holds in these uncertain times… Property-backed...
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