Strategy
UK-Based Peer-To-Peer Lending Product Launches ISA
The peer-to-peer lending product was launched in April 2016.
Octopus Choice, the peer-to-peer lending product distributed
by Octopus
Investments, has lanched its own innovative
finance ISA (IFISA).
The Octopus Choice ISA will allow investors to target a tax-free
variable interest rate of around 4 per cent per year on
investments within their annual ISA allowance (currently £20,000
($26,000) for the 2017/18 tax year), the firm said in a
statement.
“Over the last year, financial advisors and their clients have
shown tremendous appetite for this type of solution,"
said Sam Handfield-Jones, head of Octopus Choice. "At a
time of low interest rates, rising inflation and ever-present
stock market volatility, providing clients with an alternative
option for their investments may have never been more important
or valuable. We are thrilled that we can now help advisors
include Octopus Choice within their clients’ ISA planning and we
expect today’s launch to bolster the impressive demand we have
already witnessed for this product.”
Octopus Choice was launched in consultation with financial
advisors in April 2016, to coincide with the FCA’s decision to
broaden the scope of advisors’ permissions to include P2P
lending.