Impact-investeringar är redan mainstream i Norden
Intresset för nordiska impact-investeringar är rekordstort. "Vi har ett nätverk på över 500 nordiska investerare och 200 utanför Norden som vill investera i nordiska impact-bolag, start-ups och scale-ups", säger...
The great breakthrough for clean energy investments
A Stanford University study says phasing out fossil fuels and running the entire world on clean energy would cost $73 trillion but could pay for itself in under seven...
Private Debt: The new corporate bond
What is Private Debt?
Every business needs funding. Traditionally, most business owners rely on bank loans. However, in the fallout of the late-2000s financial crisis, demand for private debt has...
Impact Investing as the new normal?
Impact investing has come a long way as a widely accepted investment strategy. But with the increasingly siphoning of capital into impact investing, higher standards are urgently needed. However,...
Interested in ESG funds? Consider this first
Investing with a ESG focus (Environment, Social and Governance) apparently has many pluses. However, before you take action you should also carefully consider some potential minuses in connection with...
Vad är Alternativa finansiella investeringar?
Marknaden för alternativa investeringar är större än man kan tror. Den globala marknaden för alternativa investeringar uppgår till 10 biljarder USD i AuM (förvaltade tillgångar) och förväntas öka till...
Build Portfolio of Property
Private investors can now provide finance to small- and medium-sized enterprise developers via peer-to-peer property lending platforms, e.g. Tessin in Sweden. Different platforms offer a range of opportunities to...
Why are people not investing in startups?
Why are people not investing in startups?
In a recent survey, 57% said they have considered investing in a startup company but in the end of the day only...
Why bonds are less liquid than stocks
The bond market is an OTC (Over-the-Counter) market instead of a central exchange trading place as the stock market. The developers of corporate bond market trading, mostly broker-dealers, have...
What is alternative investment?
Institutional investors are becoming increasingly interested in alternative investments (assets) - given that the returns on conventional financial assets - listed stocks and bonds - are going to be...
Most popular news stories
Perspectives for private companies: Keys to success in competitive...
Private, non-listed companies are positive about the future. They expect their revenues, profits, productivity, and capital investment to go up in the coming year....
Swedish fintech startup receives banking license
The Swedish fintech startup Northmill, which provides cloud based financial services, has received a banking license from the Finansinspektionen (the Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority)....
New regulation in UK aiming at P2P lending
In the UK, new rules are now in place to protect retail investors in peer-to-peer lending. The new rules from the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)...
