Returns on bank and building-society deposits had slumped, but solid-sounding “bonds” and “plans” offered up to five years of income at 10% or more. Tax relief is available to peer to peer lenders who: are liable to UK Income Tax on their peer to peer income If 5,000 people sign-up for the bonus that’s clearly a lot of money – but it wouldn’t buy very much TV airtime. I’m finally going to clear one of those from M&G in the next tax year, and have spent forever trying to work out how to keep under CGT allowances when selling tranche after tranche. Enjoy your meal because you totally deserve it. Now 3 units were purchased for £40 in Jan 2009…. @Nuno the rates seem pretty volatile – if you leave it for a bit it will prob get lent. Cautious borrowers should note the extra risks; even adventurous (/rich!) Just setting up a new RateSetter ISA with a fresh £1,000 should be straightforward. Hi — Well we could debate which wording is correct. Does anyone know how the £100 bonus is treated for tax purposes? Ratesetter (£100 sign-up bonus). I.E. Many retired people were tempted; in all, the Financial Services Authority (FSA) reckons that 250,000 buyers put £5 billion into such schemes. Debate: Should you count your own home in your net worth ‘number’? RateSetter is one of the new breed of peer-to-peer lenders aiming to cut out the banks by acting as a matchmaker between ordinary savers and borrowers like you and me. Could global prime property be the canary in the goldmine? Full disclaimer and privacy policy. The price is a lower interest rate, of course. As a result, I always have to send in supporting documentation (ID, utility bills etc.) @Steve – I did not have any checks when signing up. You’d lose on interest payments, but it could cover lenders’ losses on capital unless the default rate got too high. Remember this is investing, not cash saving, and money is at risk for those higher returns. You could conceivably lose money if defaults are much worse than expected. The money must be transferred over within a certain time period, which may be down to the ISA provider you’re transferring from. You’re often not giving up much of the spread for that access. Interesting article and useful sections on the risk, limiting investment to small single digits of net worth is not going to hurt anyone but I am puzzled by the economic model. Received this email from Ratesetter: If you introduce a friend to RateSetter and they register and lend $1,000 in the 1 Year, 3 Year Income or 5 Year Income lending markets, we'll give both of you a bonus $100*. To exact meaningful benefit from diversification I set a limit of around 4% as a minimum asset allocation. Not life changing but worth a look for those who invest in P2P. What RateSetter … Or is it more along the lines of dividends within an ISA and does not count towards the allowance? Their communication when you try to get explanations of how things work – the site is very minimalist with even basic info – is barely existent too. To answer my own question regarding tax status of sign-up bonus and refer-a-friend, I just used HMRC’s web chat feature to ask about these and was informed that neither were taxable. Me: I have received a £50 “refer-a-friend” payment from a company. They are a p2p … Then the £7M borrower (unsatisfied) offers implies some sophisticated (big?) — Covid-19 Update: Ratesetter is currently closed to new investors for current investors can lend as normal — Click here to sign up and receive a £100 bonus … £10) with Zopa and Funding Circle rather than very large loans with Rate Setter. Since March 2018 you’ve also been able to open a RateSetter ISA, which means you get your income tax-free. Click here to qualify for the £100 RateSetter cashback offer >> Signup for Standard (Access, Plus or Max) Investment Account >> Open a RateSetter … enjoy your meal and thanks for a great blog. 5. Nobody has lost any money with Ratesetter yet as far as I’m aware, but only a small amount of money is being released every week through its secondary market. Receive my articles for free in your inbox. Many thanks for the great stuff you’ve been sharing with us! To qualify for the £100 bonus, you’ll have to invest £1000 of your money with Ratesetter for at least one year. As Interactive Investor targets EQi, should we fear platform consolidation? I haven’t got to the bottom of how the new 1k allowance interacts with paying tax on interest in your kids accounts – if anyone has then I am all ears. Your bonus will be credited to your Everyday account and invested in the Access product within 30 working days of qualifying. @Mr_Curious — It’s only an ISA if you open it in an ISA. Few will see much back. I’ve never looked into Peer-to-Peer lending before, other than a quick scan though various articles about it. @ magneto, p2p isn’t cash, but at that rate of return it represents an opportunity in another asset class? Not that valid, is it? . Surely you should invest it today, to reap many more meals in the future. And even if the economy turns very far south, you probably won’t lose more than a small percentage unless something very bad or criminal happens. So 300/2,000 and 3.5% interest = £370 or 18.5%. This prevented its bad loans from being defaulted to the Provision Fund. A partner or similar would be a new person I suppose? I used the automated investing which spreads it over 10 loans at the lower interest rate to be more secure. You can now open a RateSetter ISA and collect the bonus. In a worst case Covid-19 scenario you could lose some of the money invested. Thanks for using the link! So as a time-poor investor that likes to keep things simple, I’ll personally be giving it a miss for now. Funding Circle is a bit of a different beast and much more hands on. admittedly you do have to have kids though which you could argue is even worse than moving a few direct debits about. That’s important because even though no savers have yet lost a penny with RateSetter, that’s not a guarantee they will not do so in the future. For a limited time only, Ratesetter is offering you (new customers):. Did you copy out their exact response? It’s paid by RateSetter. Loki makes an interesting point regarding popularity of the product reducing rates. Obviously the same concerns as with all P2P lenders around lack of protection so people need to assess themselves and the risk of bad debts in each case. Back then you were encouraged to spread your loans widely and accept a few would go bad, reducing your return. Borrowers do pay a fee. @Naeclue — When I’ve had referral bonuses paid it’s been broken out on the end-of-year consolidated tax certificate from RateSetter as separate from interest income, but of course it’s still taxable income. If you’re going to do it check money supermarket sometimes they do even better enhanced rates through there…or get a friend with a Nationwide account to recommend you…then you BOTH get £100 ! This site uses cookies. Hi Monevator, what I would like to know is this: Not counting the ‘commission’ you have made (or re-invested), how much personal money of yours have you invested? If credit losses rose to 127% of expected losses. Returns edge down at Zopa as new investors chase higher interest rates, Zopa simplifies; scraps shorter-term loans, http://www.arbing.co.uk/higher-return-funding-circle/, https://www.taxadvisermagazine.com/article/savings-income-issues-including-bank-accounts-paying-‘rewards’, Weekend reading: British passport no longer rules the waivers, The beginning of the end of the Covid-19 crisis, Best global tracker funds – how to choose. Looking forward to it. Interested to understand as would like to invest a little more. £100 Get Bonus 6GXZ00G Ratesetter offer a £100 bonus if you sign up and invest £1,000 using the promo code / referral link (below) as part of their refer a friend scheme. RateSetter is currently offering a £100 bonus to new customers who invest at least £1,000 in any of its markets and keep it there for a year. The rates are also higher, since joining a little over three years ago I have averaged 8.9% at FC vs 5.9% at RS. Ultimately it’s a matter of personal risk tolerance. at 6.1%! Haven’t tried Funding Circle yet, may have a poke about. Expect another little reward coming your way over the weekend! Also, I know you’re only kidding but to be clear everyone must and should make their own mind up and take full responsibility for any investment. The promoter of this offer is RateSetter (a trading name of Retail Money Market Ltd), 6th Floor, 55 Bishopsgate, London, EC2N 3AS and we reserve the right to amend, suspend or withdraw the offer at any time and for any reason. It seems that I can lend £20,000 for 5 years and get 5.7%, I can borrow on the same terms at 5.9%, not much of a margin. Ha, indeed, now it’s 3.4/3.5% for the 1yr. As I say in the piece I think the place to put your money if you’re nervous is the monthly market. You can make your investment in any of our products to qualify (Access, Plus, Max) and can split the investment across more than one product if you like. Anything earned in any ISA (capital gains, dividends etc) is never taxed, and never counts towards your annual contribution. (Probably both at once – as Warren Buffett says you only see who has been swimming naked when the tide goes out.). The maximum bonus per customer under this promotion is £100. That’s it! You can send me a message. Future losses would need to be 0.23 times larger than it predicts before investors’ interest income starts to be at risk. That’s my own £100 bonus, my partner’s £100, my £50 for referring my partner, plus another £50 for the one friend I’ve so far found who also thought it was a good idea to invest. The answer is that the interest rates on offer from RateSetter far outweigh those you’ll receive on standard savings accounts. I think they were about 4% at the time. If credit losses rose above this level, the Provision Fund would be depleted and investors would earn less interest than they expected, but their capital would be unaffected. its the dicking around with direct debits that is the nail in the coffin for me with current account tarting. If Ratesetter expanded their “sellout” feature to allow effectively active trading of customers’ positions, they would improve liquidity across maturities and at the same time they would raise their profits from the increased transaction fees. They’ve just e-mailed me asking for a colour copy of my passport or driving licence and two recent bills. Cannot raise cash instantly at the click of a mouse? Please read my disclaimer. Novice questions: It has subsequently been granted. Thanks for introducing me to a new way of investing! That said, as you say it does move around. At the end of the year you’ll get your £100 bonus along with … I wonder whether following the link from here has automatically put her in the £50/£50 refer a friend deal, rather than the £100 one? @Paul — I’ll have a look, but to be honest I am hyper picker about P2P platforms. Fine though as a fragment of a rounded portfolio of investments. . However we all know by now that bad things can happen, and every investment can fail you. As an alternative, you could switch your banking to Clydesdale and bag a £150 signing on bonus, plus earn 2% interest p/a on account balances up to a limit. I wonder if that very low rate might be an artifact of the Bank Holiday weekend? 6. As you probably know everything has been tightened up following the laws brought in to watch the flows of money (to curb funding to terrorists etc). Two things to avoid for CGT admin is funds that purchase more units with your dividends, or having a direct debit to purchase a few units a month. But that’s from memory, so please DYOR if it’s an important / material issue for you. When you think about it, would actually be rather strange (and even worrying) if the rolling market did pay near the one-year fixed rate; it would suggest something wasn’t quite right I think. Non refferal non refferal. All you need to do is to invest £1000 for minimum 1 year using my link. Just as I had thought but always best to check I guess. For example, can losses be used to offset interest gains, or be used to offset capital gains? Finally, with the bonus offer here it’s well over 10% (about 13.5% as I write) over a relatively short one-year time horizon (which reduces risk). To attract new lenders, RateSetter is currently running a time Limited Offer which pays a £100 Bonus to anyone depositing £1,000 for at least a year. . You don’t know what a significant sum is for me, and it might be a lot more or less than it is for you. I think peer-to-peer and other cash alternatives are interesting additions to our arsenal as private investors. What keeps people from signing up for the 5 year market but withdraw everything after 1 year? It’s quite difficult (though perhaps not impossible by visiting several screens and getting CSVs into Excel) to see when my money has and has not been earning interest. For the supply side though it’s not justified, as lenders are better off blending 1 and 5 yrs to achieve the same duration and much higher returns. But on the plus side, the rates are higher and they have a strong secondary marketplace where you can buy and sell loans. (We can agree to disagree on Brexit. But no, I was quoted 5.7%!!! 6. Ratesetter now give you a £100 bonus when you deposit just £1000 as a new customer – a great start to your investing journey. As an example, if they charged 0.1% per side, people would trade in the order book until the 3yr rate sat somewhere in between the 1yr and the 5yr ones. Exciting times! So after one year you’d have your 4.7% interest on your £1,000 and you’d also receive your bonus, which works out as a return of 14.7% on your £1,000. (Like right now, in fact, where it’s quoting at 3.1% versus 2.9% for one year). On the basis that “bad returns in bad times” come around from time to time I rather suspect that the peer to peer lending model may be severely tested in “bad times” and less well informed investors than Monevator readers may regard it more like a bank account. @The Rhino: Ratesetter T&C prohibit multiple refer-a-friend sign-ups via different email addresses – I quote: “1. More flexible than a 5 year savings bond, but it would be galling to take the explicit hit on less attractive loads. are the legal lender at the time when its agreed that the loan has gone bad. The sign up, deposit and matching took less than 5 minutes to process. If credit losses rose even further and exceeded 231% of expected loses, investors would start to lose capital, which means that they would get back less money than they put in. And importantly, of the 66,942 investors who’ve lent money with RateSetter not one has yet lost a penny of their investment. Plus lower tax rates. As for your £1,000 investment, you can put it into any RateSetter market, which range from a rolling one-month option to a five-year lock-up. ….this should be interesting. There’s clearly excess demand to borrow for >3 years and excess lending supply for 3 yr maturity (more so than 1 or 5 years). That would get the message home. That’s in addition to the … I saw 3+% when I last looked, which was either over the weekend or just before. of the sort that is becoming increasingly hard to find in our paper-free world. @R Lee — The risk is not “unlimited” either, but I’m wearing my diplomatic hat today. TI, thanks for the recommendation, if I like what I read on their site, you’ll be receiving that referral bonus from me. The thought I’d like to share is simply that you can do better than the 14% ‘return’ being offered by RateSetter and for less risk, which seems slightly misleading to me when described in this way. Will ponder an edit! Every lender has received the rate they expected. Depends what you want to use this vital tax wrapper for”. I just had about enough of getting lovely 0.35% from Halifax on my savings so this is a timely reminder to act. A bit basic but if anyone can clear this up I’d appreciate it. After seeing this low rate for lending, I was tempted to apply for a loan (to put against my offset mortgage), figuring that even after Ratesetter takes a cut, I would still be able to borrow for around 1% or so. Just to let you know, I used your offer and invested in RateSetter for a year. Thanks for reading! Also, one might only have say 1-3% in a single P2P platform, but have 4-10% spread in total across multiple platforms. I see that if I refer someone to RS they get £50 and I get £50. These platforms are built on the premise that they can forego most of the margin of a bank to the benefit of lenders/borrowers, and still make a profit. I don’t think I have touched my Ratesetter account since setting it up over three years ago. They supposedly offer 12% guaranteed interest, which seems too good to be true..? In 2010 RateSetter set-up a ‘Provision Fund’, which is funded by charging all borrowers a risk-adjusted fee. Update in Spring 2020: As a result of the ongoing Covid-19 crisis, all peer-to-peer lenders are having liquidity problems – in other words investors are not able to immediately get their money out even from so-called ‘Instant Access’ or similarly branded accounts. ISAs are worth it just to avoid paperwork, let alone saving tax. In theory, there is security over the properties and the platform taking an initial loss similar to Ratesetter loss provision, but there’s always a concern. Should I try reducing that to less than 33% to reduce risk? i would assume you get your 1k then the 200 then you start paying tax at your marginal rate, but as i’m well aware, to assume often makes an ass of u and me. RateSetter is a trading name of Retail Money Market Ltd (Company No. That has to be the fastest and easiest method of contacting HMRC that I ever encountered…, @Charlie — Interesting. You can still refer friends to RateSetter and earn ‘referrer’ bonuses… Essentially, I’ve set up a deal with RateSetter. If I had just £1k (or £10k for that matter) the last thing I’d do is put it all in P2P. Time wasting is maybe a bigger issue – and it takes time to become informed about P2P lending platforms. Wasn’t the case with me this weekend…. The really obvious thing we all forget when borrowing money, If you want to make easy money, do something hard, How to check your credit score for free in the UK, Why you must get out and stay out of debt. the wheeze i was most happy with was getting 3+% on childrens cash accounts, with a limit of 50k per account. Are you sure about the £100? That’s the price of that liquidity potential. I’ve done my best job of explaining the pros and cons of the platform to you, but it’s up to you to make your mind up. If you pay attention to the rolling market rate you’ll find it moves around a lot. Interest I assume is taxed as normal interest income, but what about the £100 bonus? On a related note, I am having to detail a long list of capital gains and losses this year to HMRC because of a forced takeover of one of my legacy ex-ISA holdings, and I really do wish I could give the job to the person who suggested here recently that the £5K dividend allowance meant people should no longer use stocks and shares ISAs (for absolutely zero gain in not doing so, incidentally) to ferret out all the data required over many years of required etc. 1 year figure not even given If you invest £10,000 in the 5-year-market at 5.7% annualised returns but withdraw all the money after 3 years, do you still get 5.7% return for year 1, year 2 and year 3? Your slightly troll-ish sounding comment seems to presume some particular high or low sum would be interesting, but it should have nothing to do with your own situation whatsoever. New Customers receive £100 RateSetter bonus when they join RateSetter and invest £1000 or more using links here on ObviousInvestor.com. I have been using P2P since 2009 and since then have achieved a return of 5.81% (after fees and bad debts). RateSetter Review Main Points - 8 Minute Read What does RateSetter do? Cheers! Less than a week ago I lent in the 5 year market (after clicking through Monevator’s link!) that the above guidance would come into affect. I’m not going to labour the point on risk further. Thank you for the helpful post, I signed up using your referral link, mainly because Monevator has been a huge help with sorting out my financial life. I invested £1000 (I’m not rich) for 1 year at market rates (not the high risk ones). @Jonny — Well yes, you know me too well… , @Palanglot — Yes, it’s £100 to you. @ Bruno – I tried with them for a while because it sounded good, but your money can wait [so not earning] for periods when there are no loans, as there are generals few available. Over £2.5 billion has now been lent through the RateSetter platform. This offer is now closed, though if you took advantage and are waiting for the £100 bonus to be credited twelve months on, that will (of course) still be honoured. Hence the name “precipice bonds”: your capital can fall off a cliff.”. True, this very attractive potential return does not come without some risk. I’ve had to do it a couple of times with other banks / financial companies though. I believe Zopa introduced its SafeGuard fund because at some point losses could not be set off like this, and then a couple of years ago reverted to its old model because HMRC guidance changed. I’d expect other investments like equities and corporate bonds would also be taking a pummeling. The 3 yr bid-offer is 2%/2.2% and the 5 year is 4.6%/4.7%. Review: Ratesetter updated 29 October 2019. But as always I am not prescriptive nor responsible for others’ actions, and readers will need to make up their own minds. More worrying is that they recently changed the way the protections operate, allegedly to be better regulated, so that if any loan goes bust the parent company aren’t directly backing it. When putting money into the riskier alternative options, I only invest a low single-digit percentage of my net worth with any particular platform. Note: Terms and conditions apply with transfers, so check the small print. Anyone else get this that followed Monevator’s link? These things aren’t either/or for me, diversification is the name of the game. Cheers The Great Escape and any other who chose to sign-up via my link. Future losses would need to be 1.48 times larger than predicted before investors’ initial investment starts to be at risk. You invests your own money and takes your choice. The money has been lent anyway, so I hope its fine.. thanks for finding out about the tax position – thats better than I expected. What would happen if losses did exceed the RateSetter projections? It seems there’s a lot of lenders at the moment that have pushed rates down across maturities. Total Deposits: £ 1,000 Total Withdrawals: £ 0 Total Income: £151.31 RateSetter is currently offering a £100 bonus … At least this way RateSetter can precisely calculate the return on its investment. Each to their own though. . Like all peer-to-peer lenders, RateSetter will be aiming to scale as quickly as possible. Of course I wouldn’t expect you to do third-party support – I don’t believe I asked for any? However, looking at the overall picture, my interest earned to date is £5.72. For instance, I have used both RateSetter and Zopa, I’ve invested a little in mini-bonds and retail bonds, I have money with NS&I, and I have taken advantage of high interest rates and cashback offers with accounts like Santander 1-2-3 to boost my returns. This illustration is summarized in the following chart: Provision Fund figures correct as of 1st August 2018. Like I said, just seeing if she is a “one-off” or not. RateSetter is a trading name of Retail Money Market Ltd (Company No. But long running ones like 1% on a debit card are taxable. Many many thanks and keep up the brilliant work. I think it adds a very small amount, in real world terms, although as you suggest it could well be not worth the effort from a personal hassle/time factor. Authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (Ref. Thanks for that pleasant information. But obviously not entirely! Could be worth a tentative punt come the new tax year, when the IF ISA comes in. 4. Refferal £100 bonus. And ultimately the jury is still out on that. In an ISA the income you earn is tax-free. @The Investor – Have you or anyone here had a look at Saving Stream? Your bonus will be credited to your Everyday Account and invested in Ratesetter’s Access product within 30 working days of qualifying. :-\ ). The £100, as far as I can tell, is due to appear in my account at the end of the year. Over 21s only. T’s & C’s apply. New investor offer: £20 bonus when a new customer deposits £10 into a Ratesetter account. Hi all, My referral bonus of £100 is due in mid June after my one year anniversary - is there a way to get this withdrawn straight away rather than invested (could I increase my … I’d welcome any comments from those more knowledgeable to help me understand. I think this means you have to hope the provision fund is still adequate to cover it, but your money is locked up for the duration of the investigation. Consider yourself warned, and read the company’s extensive material if you want to know more. My last investment trust purchase was on a 5.8% yield, but this should also provide some capital & dividend appreciation over the years. you seem to taking an unlimited risk for a limited upside of 4% over one year? Random checks). Still, RateSetter and Zopa were young/small once I guess. Please do check out some of the best articles or follow our posts via Facebook, Twitter, email or RSS. 722768).© RateSetter … Perhaps literally sometimes. Is that taxable, please? 5 year Matches last 24 hours: 315 That’s the whole point of this article. This morning she received another email saying that her £50 has been matched in the monthly market. I’ve only felt very confident about half a dozen of them, and used fewer. This would mean some loss of interest. In this instance, it may take longer than expected for investors to receive their money back and access to funds may be restricted. HMRC: no it wouldnt be taxable unless it became a regular payment. That’s foolish. @Hari — The rates move all over the place constantly, so I’d be wary about drawing too much in the way of conclusions from two spot quotes. It currently projects this to rise to 3.33%. Greater size will improve its margins and enable it to continue to meet demand in both the savings and loans market. I was just wondering whether any other of your readers had experienced the same thing. Monevator is a place for my thoughts on money and investing. If you lose money, the authorities will not bail you out like they would for up to £85,000 with a High Street bank savings account. If you invest £1000, Ratesetter will credit £100 to your account. It does seem a bit of a lottery. Next post: The Pension Protection Fund (PPF), Previous post: Weekend reading: British passport no longer rules the waivers. They tell me that I still have 1 month to qualify for the £100 bonus, so I guess if I am not at the front of the queue by then, I should lower the rate I am asking for in order to get the bonus, right? I 100% accept that P2P isn’t for everyone but the elephant in the room that people saying “do this *instead*” are ducking is all these wheezes (including the RateSetter one) are hugely capital constrained. You can request to withdraw your money at any time (subject to the Investor Terms). @TI, Interesting article, and one that’s got me too considering investigation P2P lending. I say in the article that I don’t invest more than low single digit percentages of my net worth into any such platforms. I’ve ignored taxes here because everyone’s tax situation is different. Nice article! 2-Can I go through process again with another £1000 and get a second £100 bonus and so on? Finally, in a doomsday scenario with very high default rates, capital could be eroded. Well, for a £100 bonus on £1k, I’ll give it a punt for a year. Having said the above, I do agree that @The Investor deserves a meal out or two on us readers – perhaps we instead switch to Clydesdale and send him £50?! 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