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Daniel Lanyon

About Daniel Lanyon

Daniel Lanyon is Editor of AltFi Investor, extensively covering professional investment in the alternative finance space. He was formerly a senior and award winning journalist at FE Trustnet covering the world of financial markets and asset management. Having attained a degree in economics, he went on to work as a journalist at several of the world’s leading media organisations including The Times, BBC and Reuters covering economics, business and politics.

Direct lending funds most popular for alternative credit investors, finds survey

September 5, 2016 1:34 pm Published by Leave your thoughts

A survey of investors by Elian shows those invested in the broad alternative credit space are most bullish on direct lending over other strategies on a two year view. Direct lending is the most popular of different strategies among European institutional investors over the next two years, according to new research into alternative credit funds.…


Institutional Investors Increase Presence in Marketplace Lending Space

April 12, 2016 1:33 pm Published by Leave your thoughts

The second annual survey by Richards Kibbe & Orbe and Wharton FinTech reveals that half of all institutional investors surveyed hold investments in marketplace lending. Global law firm Richards Kibbe & Orbe and Wharton FinTech – a firm focusing on education, career development and idea promotion in FinTech – today released their second annual survey on the marketplace lending industry, entitled: “2016 Survey of U.S. Marketplace Lending”.