Debt-based securities investment plans 2014 statistic

This statistic shows the results of a survey conducted in 2014, asking United Kingdom (UK) investors in debt-based securities how much they plan to invest over the next year, in terms of both total and renewable energy projects. According to the survey, 45 percent of respondents planned to invest more in terms of total investments and 50 percent planned to invest more in terms of the number of renewable energy projects they support.

To the best of your knowledge, how much do you plan to invest in debt-based securities in the coming 12 months?

Characteristic	Invest more	Invest about the same	Invest less
Total investment	45%	37%	18%
Number of renewable energy projects invested in	50%	37%	13%

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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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