{"id":195084,"date":"2016-07-18T17:36:39","date_gmt":"2016-07-18T14:36:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bondora.com\/blog\/?p=3765"},"modified":"2016-07-18T17:36:39","modified_gmt":"2016-07-18T14:36:39","slug":"weekly-industry-news-roundup-18-07-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goandgrow.eu\/en\/blog\/weekly-industry-news-roundup-18-07-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekly industry news round-up 18 July 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last week we saw a number of positive signs for the industry coming from the US. LendingClub seems to have sorted out its troubles with Jefferies Group and Moody&#8217;s has removed warning&#8217;s from Citigroup Inc. securitization of Prosper loans. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goandgrow.eu\/en\/peer-to-peer-lending\">Peer-to-peer lending is also getting more coverage<\/a> in traditional financial press in the UK with multiple articles in Financial Times and City A.M. This week we have also included a section with mentions of Bondora. Enjoy!<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Interview with the head of The Peer-to-Peer Finance Association discussing the current state of the industry and regulatory changes<\/strong><br \/>\nP2P body chief denies FCA delays damaged industry (13.07.2016, FT Adviser)<\/li>\n<li><strong>News on positive developments in LendingClub&#8217;s relationship with Jefferies<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2016-07-14\/jefferies-lendingclub-said-to-eye-revival-of-scuttled-bond-sale\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jefferies, LendingClub Said to Eye Revival of Scuttled Bond Sale (14.07.2016, Bloomberg)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Moody&#8217;s has decided to remove its downgrade warning from securitization of Prosper loans<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/moodys-decides-against-downgrade-for-prosper-marketplace-loan-deal-1468615790\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Moody\u2019s Decides Against Downgrade for Prosper Marketplace Loan Deal (15.07.2016, Wall Street Journal)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>A review on how asset managers have jumped into peer-to-peer lending and what challenges might still be ahead<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/next.ft.com\/content\/c287a8d2-43a0-11e6-9b66-0712b3873ae1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Asset managers run risks in the rush into peer-to-peer loans (17.07.2016, Financial Times)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Discussion on how and why peer-to-peer lending has still not expanded in the independent financial advisers market<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cityam.com\/245486\/alternative-finance-industry-and-16-trillion-wealth\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">How are the alternative finance industry and the $1.6 trillion wealth management market approaching each other? (14.07.2016, City A.M.)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Mentions of Bondora over the past week<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>In Estonian. An interview with Bondora CEO P\u00e4rtel Tomberg on the risks in the industry<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.aripaev.ee\/aripaev-eetris\/2016\/07\/11\/aripaev-eetris-kuidas-mojutab-kriis-bondora-investoreid\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8220;\u00c4rip\u00e4ev eetris&#8221;: kuidas m\u00f5jutab kriis Bondora investoreid? (11.07.2016, \u00c4rip\u00e4ev)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>A light interview with our CEO on Bondora in general and how the company was started<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.financezweinull.de\/finterview-bondera\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">FINTERVIEW: BONDORA (11.07.2016, Finance Zweinull)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>In Czech. One of our customers talks about the very positive Bondora portfolio performance and track record<\/strong><br \/>\nBONDORA P2P P\u016eJ\u010cKY, RECENZE, ZKU\u0160ENOSTI O V\u00ddKONNOSTI INVESTICE (15.07.2016, Blog: mladyinvestor.cz)<\/li>\n<li><strong>In German. Another investor talks about his 44 months with Bondora and why he believes 10-12% returns on Bondora are realistic<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/p2p4oktaeder.blogspot.com.ee\/2016\/07\/bondora-doppelt-oder-nichts.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bondora &#8211; doppelt oder nichts? (12.07.2016, Blog: p2p4oktaeder)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last week we saw a number of positive signs for the industry coming from the US. LendingClub seems to have sorted out its troubles with Jefferies Group and Moody&#8217;s has removed warning&#8217;s from Citigroup Inc. securitization of Prosper loans. 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