Telegraph: Crowdfunding Boon For Pensioners

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The mainstream media is slowly coming round to the notion that alternative sources of finance may not be so alternative after all. The Telegraph runs a feature on the potential impact of peer-to-peer (P2P) and peer-to-business (P2B) finance on the pension reforms announced in the last UK Budget.

The argument runs that loans with an average 6 per cent income from P2P (more accurately, P2B) can replace annuities. Pensioners who wish to avoid annuities, which provide a lifetime income guarantee, but force customers to sacrifice control of the money in a pension, may well want to look at crowdfunded options.

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The Telegraph article states that although investors have thus far used P2P/B loans to grow money more rapidly than through bank savings accounts, new reforms to give the over-55s access to their entire pension pots in retirement could initiate a huge flow of money into P2P/B investments from retired pension savers who require an income.

According to the article’s author, this is because the reliable flow of interest from P2P/B lending offers a less risky payment stream than investing in shares.

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Tags: P2B, P2P, pensions

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