Crowdfund Insider: Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance launches global research

The Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance at Cambridge Judge Business School has launched its annual research initiative seeking to obtain data on the alternative finance industry globally. Bryan Zhang, Executive Director of the Centre, said: “We suspect that more and more platforms will pursue an international strategy and service investors and fundraisers across the region. In the UK, we are likely to see further consolidation in terms of the number of platform operators but significant growth in terms of volume. With policy initiatives to encourage SME-access to finance and data-sharing initiatives, the service provided to end-users is likely to develop in encouraging ways.”

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