Investment in debt-based securities 2014 statistic

This statistic shows the amounts invested into debt-based securities platforms within the United Kingdom (UK) alternative finance market, according to a survey conducted in 2014. Of respondents, 26 percent invested less than 250 British pounds in debt-based securities in the UK.

How much have you invested in debt-based securities to date?

Characteristic	Share of respondents
Less than 250	26%
250-500 GBP	12%
500-2000 GBP	23%
2000-5000 GBP	18%
More than 5000 GBP	21%

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Release date

November 2014

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Region

United Kingdom

Survey time period

March to September 2014

Special properties

Investors*

Supplementary notes

The source adds the following information: "Through debt-based securities lenders receive a non-collateralized debt obligation, typically paid back over an extended period of time".

* The source clarifies the methodology as follows: "Four stages of research activity were carried out from March to September 2014. (1) Stage one involved collecting primary transactional data directly from alternative finance platforms. (2) Stage two consisted of designing and distributing model-specific questionnaires to survey funders and fundraisers of alternative finance. In total 15,658 users were surveyed. (3) Stage three conducted in association with ACCA and PwC included two external national surveys to understand the level of awareness among consumers of alternative finance. 2,007 consumers and 506 SMEs were surveyed. (4) Stage four was the industry-wide tracking survey among UK crowdfunding associations and P2P associations to gather industrial figures for year 2014. Transactional data was collected for quarters one to three of 2014."

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