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The Assetz Capital platform is no longer open to investment from individual investors. No new investments into peer-to-peer loans are possible and, as a result, no new funds should be deposited. The existing loan book relating to the Retail platform is now in run-off and this will, over time, deliver the return of capital to investors. Full information can be found here . Existing Retail lenders can still log in, view information regarding their account and loan holdings and operate their account in accordance with the information regarding the run-off provided on the link above. Please see this important message regarding the currency of the information on the pages on this website.

Important Announcement - When one door closes, another one opens

Important Announcement - When one door closes, another one opens

 
When we first set up the Great British Business Account (GBBA) and the Green Energy Account (GEA) the market was a little different to today. For one, there were more substantial renewable energy subsidies (FITs) available for newly constructed wind turbine projects than now. These FIT subsidies have since been cut and unfortunately the development pipeline of new turbines to produce green energy has dramatically reduced meaning we have no material loan flow into that account at present.
 
In the general secured business loan market, we have targeted slightly lower risk and priced transactions and as a result have had to pass on slightly lower interest rates in order to compete effectively in the marketplace – this has cut off loan flow into the GBBA at its current 7% gross target payable rate.
 
It’s because of these changes in the market – all of which are beyond our control – that we have temporarily paused new investment into the GEA and permanently ceased it into the GBBA Series 1. We have plans to deliver new loan flow into the GEA and hope to be able to reopen the account at the current 7% target rate during 2018.
 
However, in respect of the GBBA Series 1, as investors are currently queuing up to invest in this account and we’re unable to provide sufficient investment opportunities to meet demand (which is not a position that we or you wish to be in) we have decided to replace the popular GBBA Series 1 with a new Series 2 account.
 
The new GBBA Series 2 account will be made available during Wednesday 20th December 2017 at a slightly lower gross target interest rate of 6.25% per annum. The GBBA Series 2 has been designed to deliver a very similar profile of loans as the original, but more tailored to market conditions to allow a greater number of loans to qualify for the account.
 
For those already invested in the existing accounts, you will of course be able to request to cash in your investment in either account as this instruction will list these loan units for sale though our secondary market as normal. Alternatively, you can wait until the loans mature and continue to enjoy the current target rates of interest you are already receiving in those accounts, assuming the loans continue to perform normally.
 
If you currently have cash awaiting investment into the existing accounts, you are of course able to withdraw that cash from the queues for those accounts at any time, if you wish.
 
Very soon, any interest or repayments coming back into the GBBA Series 1 from existing loans will automatically be returned to your cash account although we hope to be able to offer an option to move this cash to GBBA Series 2 in the near future if you wish this to happen.
 
Pausing the GEA and moving the GBBA to a new Series 2 rate has been a difficult decision, but one that we feel is right in both the short and long-term.

- December 16, 2017

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