P2P trusts: Time to be wary or snap up opportunities?

Hardeep Tawakley  Hardeep Tawakley
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The flurry of peer-to-peer lending investment trusts unveiled over the past year and a half has attracted a significant level of interest from investors excited by the prospect of 6%-plus yields and other diversification benefits, with £1.7bn raised in 2015 alone.

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