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I think I found the Loan Files

By now you have probably heard about some of the events that unfolded at Lending Club last month. If not, you may want to first read our May newsletter, where our CEO, Bo Brustkern provides a comprehensive debrief of the Lending Club news. As the

Posted on June 28, 2016June 29, 2016 by Zach RichheimerRead full article

Trouble in bonds backed by P2P loans? It depends.

[Editor’s note: This is a guest post from Insikt, a white label loan origination and investing platform that enables any brand to lend to its customers and gives accredited investors access to invest in consumer loan portfolios. If you’re not familiar with how a securitization works,

Posted on April 25, 2016April 27, 2016 by Zach RichheimerRead full article

Vintage Returns Analysis

MonJa, a San Francisco-based p2p investment analytics firm, recently partnered with NSR Invest to analyze the loan book of Lending Club in a new and unique way. We set out to answer two questions: What

Posted on January 6, 2016June 7, 2016 by Bo BrustkernRead full article

What does the Fed rate hike decision mean for peer-to-peer investors?

Investors have known it’s been coming all year. At nearly every FOMC meeting this year, there existed the imminent possibility of the Federal Reserve hiking the federal funds rate. Well, it’s finally here, but what does it mean for the peer-to-peer lending industry — and

Posted on December 21, 2015 by Zach RichheimerRead full article

Characteristics of Peer-to-Peer Lending Investments

For financial advisors interested in learning more about peer to peer investments, the following is a quick primer designed to provide the background of this growing alternative asset class. P2P lending is a modern financial transaction that entails individual investors lending money online to individual

Posted on December 14, 2015December 17, 2015 by Zach RichheimerRead full article

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