- Duration: 4 Hours
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Businesses, finding it increasingly hard to secure finance from banks, turn to their accountants for advice. But what alternatives can you suggest? The crowdfunding and peer-to-peer finance market is growing rapidly and presents an increasingly attractive option, but with such new products and services, how can you identify the right option for a particular organisation.
In this course, FT journalist Andy Davis explores this rapidly expanding market and shares the very latest information on the crowdfunding and peer-to-peer finance movement. He focuses on crowdfunding platforms in three distinct sectors of the market: business loans, short-term working capital finance and equity fundraising.
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Introduction and Background
- What is alternative finance?
- Why is alternative finance important?
- What is the size and potential size of the sector?
- How do P2P and crowd funding platforms work?
- How much can businesses typically raise from these sources?
- Are crowd funding platforms regulated?
Business Loans
- How much can businesses borrow and for how long?
- What security must a borrower provide?
- How is the borrowing rate set?
- Can borrowers use this source of funding if they already have a bank loan or overdraft?
- How does the application process work?
- Can lenders ask for additional information on borrowers?
- What happens if a borrower falls into arrears?
Working Capital
- How do invoice discounting platforms operate?
- What types of working capital finance do these platforms offer?
- How much does this type of finance usually cost?
- What information will a borrower need to provide?
- Do borrowers need their banks’ clearance to use these services?
Equity Capital
- How are the size and price of the share offer set?
- How much can businesses raise in equity capital from this source?
- How does the fundraising process work?
- What information do business owners need to provide?
- What types of business tend to use equity crowd funding platforms?
- How is the ownership structured?
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