Pragmatist

Having spent the past seven years banging on about the changes needed to democratise the financial system, it's only fitting that m...

The government has announced bad debt relief for lending through P2P platforms; a consultation on whether to extend ISA eligibility to c...

Six years of financial crisis have finally produced some of the legal changes that will expose the cosy world of regulated financial serv...

An odd article on page 20 of today's FT suggests that the failure of some ventures to raise money somehow puts 'crowdfunding...

October is 'crowdfunding month' out there in the regulatory world. The European Commission is consulting . The SEC is consulting ...

What a difference a year makes. At an industry event yesterday none other than Nicola Horlick , a well-known fund manager, confirmed her...

Crowdfunding directories are becoming useful, given the wide variety of potential models, specific geographic and other constraints, an...

When Gordon Brown ( remember him ?) repeatedly proclaimed the " end of boom and bust " he was declaring his belief - along wi...

I've hugely enjoyed the documentary series tracing Dave Fishwick's valiant efforts to start a small community 'bank' in ...

Image from Parliament.uk This time he's made a submission   To the Banking Standards Commission . He's a poet and he didn...

The news that Kickstarter, a US rewards-based crowdfunding operator, has opened a dedicated UK platform is hugely encouraging for anyone...

The UK government has announced a cross-departmental working group to support the sustainable development of peer-to-peer finance (aka ...

If you have a passion for the regulatory intricacies of alternative finance, you might check out my recent posts over on The Fine Print ....