Recently, the British Bankers Association revealed data showing deposit and lending to SMEs by postcode across Britain. This data showed a total increase in deposits from £7bn in 2011 to £126bn in 2012 and a fall in lending balances from £105bn to £100bn over the same period....
Continue ReadingStarting a new business isn't easy, as many successful people will tell you. There are several reasons as to why, but the truth is one of the main reasons new businesses fail is because of a lack of funding. This is a problem that I have faced as an...
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Lucrative deals might be just a click away for Canada’s pension funds and other institutional investors. Unlike retail investors, the country’s institutional investors can now access a wider range of investment opportunities in a more immediate and transparent manner through institutional crowdfunding—a phenomenon that allows companies to...
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Whether it's the rise of the middle class, greater transparency in the financial markets or just the Great British public's eye for a bargain, Crowd Funding for tech firms is on the rise. With the increase supported by a number of exciting new start-ups, many...
Continue ReadingGeneration Y might be a lot of things, but afraid of alternative investments isn’t one of them. A recent survey of accredited investors from iCrowd showed that the up-and-coming generation has less of their portfolios in stocks and more in alternative investments. In fact, iCrowd’s co-founder, Brad McGee, thinks...
Continue ReadingCrowdfunding is drastically changing the way entrepreneurs and artists can fund passion projects and nifty gadgets — that much is clear. More quietly, the new way of funding projects is also empowering the consumer. Instead of having only minimal say in a product’s development (through methods...
Continue ReadingVery low interest rates, stubbornly high fund management fees and tepid performance from equity markets have presented investors with a dilemma – where to invest any spare cash. One relatively recent alternative that has captured the public’s interest is crowdfunding. Broadly speaking, crowdfunding is a group...
Continue ReadingAs an investor, there are numerous reasons to invest in tech companies. Now that crowdfunding platforms such as ShareIn are highlighting the best opportunities out there, here are five of the most compelling reasons why every investor should seriously consider investing in tech. 1. Tech companies got cheaper...
Continue ReadingIn an attempt to find tools that will make my work life a bit easier, I set out to look for some new products. Instead of going to see what’s already on the market – I decided to check out what’s coming, by looking through...
Continue ReadingOnce a springboard for promising young firms, experts say the stock market largely stopped working for start-ups and small companies more than a decade ago, leaving what one investor calls a “black hole” in the business growth process. Some believe looming changes to the nation’s financing...
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