Taken from The Independent 15 May 2017 Since 2015, 45 councils across the UK have used civic crowdfunding to plug gaps The building on the corner of Union Street in Plymouth had been empty since the mid-1980s when one year, at their annual street party, residents decided to do something about...
Continue ReadingFresh Research Just Released TORONTO, ON December 13, 2016 – The National Crowdfunding Association of Canada (NCFA Canada) and partners are pleased to release a ground-breaking report on the state of the alternative finance crowdfunding industry in Canada. Crowdfunding is on its way to being...
Continue ReadingToday the FCA published its interim feedback to the call for input to the post-implementation review of the FCA’s crowdfunding rules in Feedback Statement (FS16/13). Overall the UK Crowdfunding Association believes that the issues raised in the FCA’s interim feedback statement are a question of better...
Continue ReadingCrowd Funding London Crowd Funding London will bring together all of those concerned with Crowd Funding: the funding platforms, the leading specialist lawyers, the accountants, brokers and introducers. It’s not simply a lot of very bright people in very grey suits, you will also hear from...
Continue ReadingToday the first comprehensive pan-European benchmarking of alternative finance has been published by the new Centre for Alternative Finance at University of Cambridge Judge Business School and professional services organisation EY. It shows that the European online alternative finance market grew by 144% last year to nearly...
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http://www.businessagent.com , the UK's first debt and equity crowdfunding aggregator has announced the appointment ofStephen Hazell-Smith as Chairman, an appointment that founder Sacha Bright sees as a major landmark in the company's evolution. 'We're very proud and excited to welcome Stephen on board. As well as bringing his immense experience and insight to the...
Continue ReadingThe European Commission has published its Green Paper on "Building a Capital Markets Union" with a deadline for consultation responses of 13th May 2015. The main areas that the Green Paper seeks to address are: improving access to financing for all businesses across Europe and investment...
Continue ReadingUK Crowdfunding Association publishes ‘The Millionaire’s Club’ list The UK Crowdfunding Association (UKCFA), the trade association representing more than 40 crowdfunding platforms in the UK, operating across equity, loans and donations, has today announced the list of those equity crowdfunds which have raised £1million or more...
Continue Reading04.02.15 We welcome the FCA’s review of the crowdfunding and their conclusion that they see no need to change their regulatory approach to crowdfunding, either to strengthen consumer protections or to relax the requirements that apply to firms. Investment based crowdfunders have been working under FCA regulations,...
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