Tag: CREDIT MARKETS
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,...
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)...
Luxembourg based alternative investment funds on sharp rise
YTD, the number of private equity (PE) funds in Luxembourg with more than €1 billion in assets has doubled since 2018. In addition, the...
SMEs can’t finance growth
According to a new survey, 52% of British SMEs are unable to finance their business plan. Read more about why here. A recent research...
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...
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...
Breakit Future of credit
SME need growth credit. At the same time, the market for corporate credits has been behind in terms of technological development. Now are there...
Direct lending – most popular private debt strategy
So far, 2019 has not been a good year for the distressed debt funds. Only four such funds have closed as of mid-May having...
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...
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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)...
