Investors turn to alternatives
A client survey from Connection Capital shows that more that 1/3 of respondents are allocating at least 20% of their portfolio to alternative assets, up by 6% year-over-year. Moreover,...
Impact Investing – 3 hottest themes in 2020
Past years, Impact Investing grew significantly. And more opportunities have become available for investors looking to generate a positive social-environmental impact alongside strong returns. Looking into the new decade,...
Why you should reweight your portfolio
After 11 years of economic expansion, the US-bank Wells Fargo, expects lower growth in the next 12 months but no recession, with the U.S. GDP growing at 2% this...
SMEs turn to alternative finance
A new survey from business lender ThinCats shows that only 31% of SMEs under 10 years old will approach their bank first when seeking funding, compared to 61% for...
Open Ocean reaches € 92mln for 3rd investment fund
Open Ocean, an early-stage VC firm specialised in big data-oriented startups and deep tech, has established a third investment fund reaching €92 million. LPs in...
Alternative finance regulation to increase by 2021
Global regulation of alternative finance – including peer-to-peer lending, equity crowdfunding, and initial coin offerings (ICO) – will increase substantially over the next two years, according to a new...
Global sustainable investments grow to USD 30.7 trillion
In the period of 2016-2017, global sustainable investment assets grew by 34% to hit USD 30.7 trillion, according to Global Sustainable Alliance. According to the report, Europe accounted for...
Business bank plans offering P2P lending
Business banking platform Tide plans to expand into peer-to-peer lending, by allowing members to lend to other member via different instruments, according to Peer-to-Peer Finance News.
“At Tide, we have...
Funding startups – No more fees
MicroVentures, a US based crowdfunding platform, offers fee-free investing in equity crowdfunding. Considering that investment platforms traditionally take 2-5% from each investor — plus an additional fee from the...
Why professional video production elevates your pitch
In this piece we explain why your video pitch is one of the key parts of your investment case.
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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)...
