The last ten years has seen a new range of "asset-backed" financial instruments offered to investors, including loan note contracts, property bonds and other funding mechanisms.
This type of packaged investment often pays very attractive income returns, even though developers typically choose these options where other finance options are prohibitively expensive
Take care to do thorough due diligence into the background of the companies offering the scheme, the asset value against which the investment is secured, how the money is being used and what happens if things go wrong.
What are property bonds and loan notes?
How do funding opportunities work?
What are the returns from asset backed investments?
Potential advantages of alternative investments
Potential downsides of alternative investments
How do bonds and loan notes perform?
Who are funding opportunities best for?
