DUBLIN, January 29, 2015 /PRNewswire/ --
Research and Markets
(http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/hv6xc6/equity_and) has
announced the addition of the "Equity and Revenue Crowd Funding
International Regulation, Platforms and Markets" report to their
offering.
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Equity crowd funding is a fast emerging market that disrupts and
changes the current financial models of investments. Equity crowd
funding is a model that not only increases investments but also
caters for cross-border investments and attracts a global audience.
This is only the beginning and it will take an even bigger stake
out of the investment market. Within the sector are real estate,
solar and revenue platforms.
The legal position of equity and revenue crowd funding is not clear
in many countries and while some countries seek to legalize and
encourage it, regulators in some places have tried to kill it, even
though it may be legal.
In the last few months France,
Italy, India, New
Zealand, Japan, the UK and
14 US states have brought in new regulations to encourage equity
crowd funding.
Countries planning regulation to help the movement include:
USA, Australia, Canada, China, Singapore, Spain, Sweden
and Switzerland.
Countries trying to hold back the concept include: Austria, Belgium, Chile, Greece
and Israel. Actively watching to
decide which way to jump are: Denmark, Dubai, Finland, Germany, Guernsey, Hong Kong, Hungary, Ireland, Jersey, Mexico, Norway, Portugal, Poland, Russia, South
Africa, South Korea and
the Netherlands.
According to the World Bank, crowd funding generated $5.1 billion in funding transactions in 2013 and
will surpass $300 billion in funding
transactions by 2025.Not all platforms succeed, with failures in
China, USA, UK and EU countries. Over the next decade
it will grow rapidly. The European Commission sees great potential
in crowd funding. Crowd funding could expand the population of
potential investors from 2 million to over 50 million
investors.
Equity and revenue crowd funding are an increasingly popular way of
financing projects, business ideas, and real estate projects
through small contributions from a large number of individuals.
New aspects such as solar, franchising, comparison sites and crowd
funding television channels are ignored by other reports on this
sector. In 2014, $100 million of real
estate projects will be financed by US platforms.
There are hundreds of platforms and several have gone
multi-country. By 2020 it will be common for businesses and
individual to connect with businesses via websites and market wide
platforms. It allows for investment while bypassing traditional
banks and finance houses. Returns are financial, but investors also
have the benefit of having contributed to the success of an idea
they believe in.
Each of the 60 country profiles includes regulators, regulations,
upcoming changes to regulations, first platform, other platforms,
and failed platforms. Plus details of research and trade
associations, and where available- market size.
Key Topics Covered:
- Introduction
- European research
- Types of crowd funding
- Equity
- Revenue
- Real estate
- Solar
- Franchising
- Supermarkets and comparison sites
- Television channels
- Global Figures
- Europe Figures
- Global research
- How platforms make money
- European Commission
- European trade groups
- Global trade groups
- History
- Direct crowd funding
- Islamic finance
Countries-regulation and platforms, trade bodies and
research:
- Argentina
- Australia
- Austria
- Belgium
- Brazil
- Bulgaria
- Canada
- Chile
- China
- Croatia
- Cyprus
- Czech Republic
- Denmark
- Dubai
- Egypt
- Estonia
- Finland
- France
- Germany
- Gibraltar
- Greece
- Guernsey
- Hong Kong
- Hungary
- Iceland
- India
- Ireland
- Israel
- Italy
- Jamaica
- Japan
- Jersey
- Jordan
- Latvia
- Lebanon
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Mexico
- Netherlands
- New Zealand
- Nicaragua
- Nigeria
- Norway
- Poland
- Portugal
- Romania
- Russia
- Serbia
- Singapore
- Slovak Republic
- Slovenia
- South Africa
- South Korea
- Spain
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Turkey
- Ukraine
- United Kingdom
- USA
For more information visit
http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/hv6xc6/equity_and
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