Identifying the risks of crowdfunding With the market recently hitting £10bn, crowdfunding is no longer a small fish in the big finance pond. But as the sector expands, it’s also becoming more complex. Some say crowdfunding operates on the fringes of mainstream finance. The phrase “accident waiting to happen” is one I still hear regularly from the old-school finance brigade. [...]
The UK alternative finance industry is still not transparent enough Alternative finance is very diverse – something we should celebrate as an industry. But as the sector scales up and attracts more mainstream investors, platforms have a job on their hands to help those investors, and these days their advisers, work out where we fit into portfolios and where we sit on the risk curve. [...]
