The Cambridge laboratory space market is currently experiencing a high level of demand, making it an attractive option for property investors. This demand is driven by a number of factors, including the growing number of technology companies and start-ups in the area, as well as the presence of a number of prestigious universities and research institutions.
Cambridge laboratory space.
One of the key advantages of investing in laboratory space in Cambridge is the quality of the tenant base. Many of the companies and institutions located in the area are leaders in their respective fields, and have a strong track record of success. This can help to ensure that rental income remains stable, even during times of economic uncertainty.
Another factor that makes Cambridge an attractive option for property investors is the relatively low vacancy rate. The demand for laboratory space in the area has been consistently high in recent years, which has helped to keep vacancy rates low. This can help to ensure that properties remain occupied, and that rental income remains steady.
Despite the strong demand for laboratory space in Cambridge, there are still a number of challenges that property investors need to be aware of. One of the main challenges is the high cost of land and construction. This can make it difficult for investors to find properties that offer good value for money.
Another challenge is the competition for properties in the area. Because the Cambridge laboratory space market is so popular, investors may need to be prepared to compete with other buyers in order to secure the properties they are interested in.
Despite these challenges, the Cambridge laboratory space market remains an attractive option for property investors. The high demand for space in the area, coupled with the quality of the tenant base and the relatively low vacancy rate, make it an ideal location for investors looking to invest in laboratory space.
Overall, the Cambridge laboratory space market is a great option for property investors who are looking for a stable and reliable investment opportunity. With the right approach, investors can find properties that offer good value for money, and which are likely to generate a steady stream of rental income.
Which renewables are best for retail investors in the UK?
Which renewables are best for investors ?
There are several renewable energy options that are well-suited for retail investors in the United Kingdom. Some of the most popular options include:
Solar energy: Investing in solar energy projects, such as rooftop solar panels, is a popular choice for retail investors in the UK. There are various investment options available, including buying shares in solar energy companies, investing in solar energy funds, or investing in community solar projects.
Wind energy: Wind energy is another popular option for retail investors in the UK. There are several ways to invest in wind energy, such as buying shares in wind energy companies, investing in wind energy funds, or investing in community wind projects.
Biomass energy: Biomass energy, which is generated from organic materials such as wood or agricultural waste, is also a viable option for retail investors in the UK. Investment options include buying shares in biomass energy companies, investing in biomass energy funds, or investing in community biomass projects.
Hydroelectric energy: Retail investors in the UK can also invest in hydroelectric energy by buying shares in hydroelectric companies, investing in hydroelectric funds, or investing in community hydroelectric projects.
It’s important to note that investing in renewable energy projects, like any investment, comes with risk and it’s important to do your own research and consult a financial advisor before making any investment decisions.
Additionally, it’s worth mentioning that the UK government has implemented a series of policies and initiatives to support the growth of renewable energy in the country, such as the Renewable Obligation Certificates (ROCs) and the feed-in tariff (FIT) schemes, which have helped to attract investment into the sector.
Property development in Kent, a county located in southeast England, has been on the rise in recent years. The county, also known as the “Garden of England,” offers a mix of urban and rural areas, making it a popular destination for both residential and commercial property development.
Property development Kent.
One of the most significant property development projects in Kent is the Ebbsfleet Garden City. The development, located near the town of Gravesend, is set to become a new town with up to 15,000 homes, a range of shops and services, and new parks and open spaces. The project is being led by the Ebbsfleet Development Corporation, a government-funded body established to oversee the development of the area.
Another major property development in Kent is the regeneration of the Royal Albert Dock in the town of Ramsgate. The dock, which has been unused for several years, is being transformed into a mixed-use development with residential, commercial and leisure spaces. The project is expected to bring new jobs and economic growth to the area.
In addition to large-scale developments, there are also many smaller-scale property development projects taking place in Kent. These include the conversion of historic buildings into luxury homes, the development of new housing estates, and the construction of apartment buildings in urban areas.
Despite the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the property market in Kent has remained relatively stable. The county’s proximity to London, its good transport links, and its attractive countryside make it an appealing location for both homebuyers and investors.
In conclusion, property development in Kent is on the rise and has a lot of potential for growth. The county offers a mix of urban and rural areas, making it an ideal location for a wide range of property development projects. From the large-scale Ebbsfleet Garden City project to smaller-scale developments, Kent’s property market is well worth keeping an eye on.
With the days shortening and the kids about to go back to school, we are preparing for the autumn rush as our investors go back to their desks. I hope you had a good summer and survived the travel chaos across most of Europe if you were traveling.
Here is a quick look at what to expect this autumn. We are taking expressions of interest now, so if any of the below are of interest please let us know and we will add you to the list.
Property Developments:
1. Lydd, Romney Marsh, TN29 9BA – 5 Residential Units
This is a great opportunity to effectively be the bank. A first charge lending opportunity where by you will fund the purchase of the site and the developer will fund the construction of the 5 timber frame properties. You will hold a first charge over the site as security. We have done a number of developments with this builder in Kent and they come highly recommended. Full valuation report should be available in the next 2 weeks.
Equity Requirement of £600,000 to buy the land. The developer will be funding £800,0000 of build costs with his own funds. Term – 12 months. Rate – 12% p.a Security – First charge GDV – £1.8m
Equity requirement of £265,000 to facilitate the purchase and development of land in
Swaffield Road into 9 dwellings, consisting of 3 town houses and 6 apartments with landscaped communal amenity space. This is combined with a senior debt package of £4m. The proposed development makes in excess of 35% POC (gross of finance), which will enviably net back to around 28%, which in the current climate given how competitive the land market is, is a very strong return.
Equity Requirement of £265,000 Term – 12 months. Rate – 14% Security – Second charge
3. Conversion of Richmond Park Hotel into serviced apartments.
The Richmond Park Hotel is ideally located close to the River Thames in this most sought after area of West London. One or a small consortium of investors are invited to fund the equity a high value asset with a GDV of £5.6Million.
Project Overview
Reduce the number of rooms from 20 to 15 Full scale refurbishment and modernisation into higher yielding serviced apartments 15 year lease to serviced apartment provider already agreed at £235,000 p.a. Ground floor consent to change to café – min £30,000 income p.a. Rooftop mobile mast generates £14,000 income p.a. Total annual income £279,000 Development capitalised at 5% giving a £5.6Million GDV Exit via refinance to add to developers Portfolio (already interest from HNW investors to purchase as an alternative with an 8% yield).
Equity Requirement of £850K Developer will be funding £130K of this with their own funds. Term – 12 months. Rate – 14% Security – Second charge.
We will once again be partnering with GCR our preferred development partners in Cambridge. Since the last two projects we did with them, they have become one of, if not the largest developer in Cambridge.
We will be offering our clients another JV planning uplift opportunity in this remarkable, fast growing, tech city. We have been promised its launch any day now so get in touch if you would like to know more.
5. Aerospace industry, plane leasing opportunity
GLOBAL JET & WETLEASING EU (G/W) have successfully done more than € 60.000.000 of ACMI (Aircraft, Crew, Maintenance and Insurance) contracts in the last 10 years. Due to increasing demand in the travel sector post Covid-19 they are now looking to lease and operate their own aircraft in 2023.
They are currently seeing a 68% increase in bookings compared to the same period last year which is a 24% above the pre-covid booking levels. This has led to a lack of available aircrafts on the market. Several contracts and opportunities were lost over the last months even if the rates are +45% higher than 2019 levels.
Going forward they would like to be in a much better and secure position to satisfy the needs of their clients. Instead of using different ad-hoc operators to complete their flight requests, G/W is looking to lease their own aircraft and complete some of these highly profitable requests themselves. G/W intends to lease one aircraft in 2023, and if the demand and sales are as expected then they intend to lease another aircraft in 2024. To accomplish this G/W requires a total investment of $1.000.000 by Q1 2023. G/W will be putting in $250.000 of their own money. The money will be used to establish an AOC (airline operating certificate) as well as pay the 3 months security deposit on the aircraft. Furthermore, it will allow G/W to cover all start-up cost.
This is a highly profitable industry since the EU introduced its canceled flight compensation scheme. Airlines are now far more motivated to reschedule flights rather than have to pay out up to 600 Euros for missed flights. With an expected return of 20-30% per annum, this should appeal to sophisticated investors with experience in the airline industry.
We are working with two of the leading developers in the Hydrogen sector to build hydrogen production facilities across Europe. With as capex of £30,000,000 plus this wont be for everybody. However if any of our larger institutional investors would like to know more more please get in touch.
So thats a quick look at some of the exciting opportunities coming up over the next few month, if you are interested in any of these projects please click on the links or get in touch via email or call on the contacts below.
Also if you have any interesting projects you think might be suitable for Willow Rivers, please get in touch as we may be able to help fund them.
Enjoy the last days of the summer and I hope to hear from you soon.
Globacap announces the offering of Sustainable Impact Token (SIT) to support the construction of algae biomass farms.
SIT is the world’s first blockchain-based algae biomass project offering. The project will be built utilising patented sustainable technology to deliver a pioneering green investment opportunity.
Algae From Solar
Carbon credits generated by biomass projects will be tokenised as Algaecoin.
The world’s first blockchain-based algae biomass project, built on the energy-efficient Tezos blockchain, was today announced by leading capital markets technology firm, Globacap.
Developed and operated by Sustainable Impact Token (SIT), the project will support the development, construction, and operation of algae biomass farms. The initiative will use blockchain technology to bridge the gap between two of the fastest growing investor markets in the world – asset-backed finance and crypto.
Algae Biomass Plant
SIT’s algae biomass farms produce high quality, non-animal protein, based on a system powered exclusively using renewable energy. These algae farms are absorbing large amounts of carbon out of the autmosphere and a net producer of renewable energy. The SIT project is currently supporting the development of a “proof of concept” algae biomass farm in Europe using patented, sustainable technology.
Myles Milston, CEO of Globacap says, “Being part of this pioneering project marks an important milestone in our ongoing mission to enable frictionless asset creation and transferability. With Globacap, the capital raising process is completely digital, mostly automated, transparent, secure, and regulatory compliant. Our work with SIT and Tezos is transformational in the way this market can operate.”
The $5 billion algae biomass sector is estimated to grow at a CAGR of 6.3% during the next 5 years ( Quince Market Insights) and the success of the project will provide the basis to expand globally. SIT provides investors with tokens issued via smart contracts deployed on the proof-of-stake Tezos blockchain, representing their preferred shares in the project. Carbon credit generated from the algae production will also be tokenized into Algaecoin, a tokenized asset representing tradable carbon credits. “By bringing agri-tech solutions and carbon credit-backed assets into private markets and beyond, we can make significant, impactful steps towards sustaining our planet for future generations,” adds Milston.
The SIT offering was designed to enable frictionless transferability in full compliance with securities regulation through the Tezos FA2 compliant token contracts for holding and settlement. This pioneering offering links the sustainable asset-backed and crypto investment worlds together to create a compelling blockchain-enabled investment vehicle. “As solutions to the macro challenges of food scarcity and sustainable energy production continue to be a global priority, demand for investment vehicles that can also support these objectives are increasing. We are thrilled to see Globacap choose Tezos to power this unique blockchain based, asset-backed offering,” says Mason Edwards, from Tezos Foundation.
Tezos is an energy-efficient open source blockchain network powered by a globally decentralised network of users and validators. Companies and builders around the globe leverage Tezos for projects exploring the potential for blockchain to be a tool for sustainable innovation. Recently, Cambridge University announced the Cambridge Centre for Carbon Credits (4C) which is creating a trusted decentralised marketplace on Tezos where purchasers of carbon credits can confidently and directly fund trusted nature-based projects that ties together corporate funders to conservationists via automated and transparent global oracles.
Globacap is committed to driving adoption of tokenization for most asset classes and providing a means for digital securitisation to global capital markets. Blockchain technology enables previously illiquid investment to now be transacted efficiently in seconds instead of weeks, and with minimal overheads. Globacap’s mission is to bring the archaic processes behind capital markets into the digital era by offering private placement, securities issuance, securities registry management, and liquidity products.
Chairman & Founder of Sustainable Impact Token, Peter Henderson, says “Our vision is to play our part in addressing some of the real challenges of our time – how can the growing world population be fed sufficiently, nutritiously and can this ambition be achieved in a way that improves, rather than harms, the environment? We believe our approach helps on all of these fronts and know that the investor community is keen to join us on the journey.”
“We wanted to structure the offering using an innovative, transparent and secure approach. Investors are being offered an attractive return, in a real asset, but through digital technology – and they can make their investments through fiat or crypto currencies.” “Bringing to market the token offering has been amazingly smooth, which is a credit to our partners at Globacap , Tezos and Lumin Capital.”
To learn more about Sustainable Impact Token get in touch for a copy of the white paper by filling in the below contact form.
To learn more about Globacap, visit https://globacap.com/
To learn more about Tezos, visit https://tezos.com/
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About Globacap:
Globacap is driving the digitisation of all assets by using technology to unlock the true potential of capital markets. It has standardised the securities landscape, enabling frictionless asset creation and transferability. Over $14 billion of private share and debt instruments are digitally administered on the platform, and Globacap has now executed over $180 million of secondary liquidity in private securities with digital, automated settlement. Globacap is regulated by the FCA (Financial Conduct Authority) as an arranger and custodian and its platform can onboard investors from over 60 countries, in compliance with local regulations. For more information on how Globacap is changing the private capital markets industry, please visit globacap.com.
About Tezos:
Tezos is smart money, redefining what it means to hold and exchange value in a digitally connected world. A self-upgradable and energy-efficient Proof of Stake blockchain with a proven track record, Tezos seamlessly adopts tomorrow’s innovations without network disruptions today. For more information, please visit www.tezos.com.
Contrary to what Facebook (Meta) would have you believe the Metaverse already exists and is expanding rapidly. Decentralised projects, such as Sandbox and Decentraland, are already ahead of the curve. They will not be handicapped by Facebooks negative image or desire to collect your personal data.
How to profit from the Metaverse
How Big Can The Metaverse Be?
Bloomberg Intelligence recently estimated that the metaverse’s market size will reach USD 800bn by 2024, suggesting this could be a very lucrative area to invest in.
I write this as a Forty something property and renewable energy professional who has sourced and raise funding for projects in just about every corner of the world. I always thought funding the highest building in Outer Mongolia was the most extreme piece of real estate I would ever work on, is the Metaverse set to eclipse this?
So why has Facebook, one of the world’s largest corporations, identified this as the next evolutionary step for the internet?
They made their first major bet on this space back in 2014, when they purchased VR headset manufacture Oculus. I am sure most people have tried an Oculus headset at a trade show at some point, but how many people do you know that have gone out and purchased one for their home? Is this all set to change?
Smoke & Mirrors Or The Real Deal
Facebook are committing 10,000 people to this project and $10 Billion. That’s an incredible team and massive undertaking. However, is this a stroke of genius or desperation as the numbers of users of both Facebook and Instagram start to fall across the developed world as the below FT article outlines.
Internal documents show that the number of US Facebook users under 30 is in decline and that Instagram, which has been phenomenally popular since being bought by Facebook in 2012 for $1bn, appears to be reaching the limits of its growth among younger users in key markets, raising serious questions about the company’s future.
Will Facebook Be The Metaverse?
Personally, I don’t think Facebook will win the race to be THE Metaverse, there is too much bad blood from the mismanagement of Facebook and our data. This is reiterated by the fact they felt the need to rebrand rather than carry the world’s most recognisable social media brand into the metaverse. Also, most of our interactions in the Metaverse will be private or via Avatars so there will be less opportunity to mine our personal data and sell it to advertisers.
However, rather than provide the ecosystem itself, like they did with Facebook, they could well provide the hardware and support services, such as games, events, business communication tools, fitness tech and wearables. This could see the company stay relevant. And if you throw $10 billion at any problem you are bound to back some winners.
So the first answer to the question how to profit from the Metaverse… Buy shares in Facebook, this might not appeal to everyone given their questionable ethical practices. So we will look elsewhere for better opportunities.
Who Will Be The Metaverse Ecosystem?
The real money will be made by identifying where the Metaverse Ecosystem may come from if its not Facebook.
Research has identified two major current players, Sandbox and Decentraland. We shall discuss both their merits below.
Sandbox. https://www.sandbox.game/en/about/
With its strong emphasis on decentralisation, a key idea of cryptocurrencies, sandbox allows the use of its native token SAND in the game to implement its five functionalities: buy, trade, play, create and govern.
The Sandbox is a metaverse that offers players and creators a decentralised platform to create 3D worlds and game experiences, as well as to store, trade and monetise their creations. It is a subsidiary of Animoca Brands, which develops and publishes products in digital entertainment, blockchain and gamification.
As I write this Sandbox has just received $93 million form Softbank to continue its development. The Sandbox Crypto coin used within the Metaverse has risen 24% today alone. Sandbox Coin can be purchased on the Binance Exchange.
There are two ways to invest in Sandbox’s growth, one would be to buy SAND coin, the other is to buy land within the Metaverse itself. This, like all land speculation is highly risky but can have enormous upside. The Land parcels which can be seen here (Map of LANDs and the Game Metaverse (sandbox.game)) will be registered on the Ethereum network as an NFTs (Non Fungible Tokens). This secures your asset in the metaverse to you and you only.
Like Sandbox, this platform is not controlled by any central entity or company. It is a decentralised virtual reality world that allows you to monetize the content created through tools such as the simple Builder tool and some SDKs for the more experienced. This Metaverse is already well established, they have recently thrown a number of high profile parties and a list of upcoming events can be seen here. https://events.decentraland.org/
Land parcels as you can see are priced in Ethereum and are already commanding substantial amounts. Personally I think they are trading at too much of a premium for novice investors. The more sensible play would be to accumulate some to their crypto currency MANA.
MANA is the currency of Decentraland. With it, you can buy or rent parcels of virtual land, known as LAND, which work through a smart contract based on the ERC-721 standard that is approved and stored in the blockchain by Ethereum.
The Final Play
So how to profit from The Metaverse? For me, all of the above are sensible ways to access the Metaverse and back a runner in this very early race. If one of the above were to become the major player in this space the upside potential in huge. But none of this is guaranteed, we may not have even seen the Metaverses final ecosystem yet. It may yet be superseded by a new player much like Netscape was.
There is however one constant that seems to be running through all of these runners and riders, they are all using NFTs powered by Ethereum.
Willow Rivers has long been a big fan of the Ethereum network, although expensive, it is proven. For me, the simplest and most diversified way to invest in the Metaverse is to buy or mine Ethereum.
So basically, it’s Ethereum vs. Facebook in a race to create a compelling Metaverse.
Open vs. Closed.
Transparent vs. Opaque.
Permissionless vs. Permissioned.
Community Owned vs. Zuck Owned.
My bets are placed. Let’s build a better future together.
If you have any questions or would like to discuss any of the above please get in touch via www.willowrivers.com
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Unless you have been living under a rock for the last few weeks, you will have seen that the markets have been spooked by the prospects of higher inflation. This has come about due to the post Covid bounce we predicted back in January, in our Roaring 20s article. https://willowrivers.com/the-roaring-20s-are-back/ This latest article looks at how to profit from inflation.
Just in case you don’t know what inflation is. I have borrowed a definition from Robbert Kiyosakis website: The simple definition of inflation is when prices rise and the purchasing power of a currency drops. It means that you can buy less with your money than you used to be able to. Simple!
So we are all getting poorer. Our money goes less far and this is bad news unless our income is linked to inflation.
Luckily there are ways of beating this. Some assets perform better than others in an inflationary environment and we are lucky enough to have a number of these on our books here at Willow Rivers Wealth Ltd.
How to profit from inflation
Long-term (since 1950) correlation between inflation & various financial/real assets.
So lets first look at what not to do!
The worse thing you can do, is hold all your net worth in cash in an inflationary environment. You are effectively making a negative return. With some analyst stating inflation could pass 5% this is a very real threat.
The boom on the back of the rapid vaccine rollout is starting to take shape and many assets and commodities are getting swept up in the rapid recovery. None more so than in the construction industry:
Inflation in building materials will lead to higher prices for construction and thus higher property prices down the line. Added to this, demand for property is rising as people come out of look down and look to improve their living standards.
So the first and most obvious place to look when trying to beat inflation in the property market. Inflation is also a good time to use leverage. One can buy a property with a buy-to-let mortgage and buy an appreciating asset with a 25% deposit but see capital appreciation on the full value of the property. If you fix in your mortgage rate for several years you should be able to see steady capital appreciation and rental growth, while your fixed interest costs remain the same. A very crude example of this would be a if a 100,000 pound flat appreciates by 10% and you have invested 25,000 you have made a paper profit of 40%. (10,000/25,000 x100) comfortably beating inflation. There are obviously other costs to take into account but even when these are added you should still be well clear of any inflation.
Property development.
By developing houses and projects now, you can build at the current prices and sell at the new rate of inflation in 6 to 12 months time. We offer a number of property developments around the county all with market beating returns of 15%+. We use a JCT contract https://corporate.jctltd.co.uk/products/about-our-contracts/ which fixes the price of the build at the front end and avoids any uncomfortable surprises for the investor. Get in touch to find out about our latest development opportunities around the county. More details at www.willowrivers.com
Commodities
You can trade commodities on all the usual platforms such as Etoro and IG. Oil, Copper and Timber are already showing excessive growth, but just about any commodity used in the building process will see substantial growth over the next couple of years.
Renewable energy with inflation linked returns.
We have been developing renewable energy projects for over ten years now. Feed-in-tariffs linked to inflation are a thing of the past now, however we are still building private projects with a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA). The power generated from wind, solar or geothermal is sold back to the business below and the contract is fixed for 20 to 30 years with an inflation linked kicker to the price. We are able to generate 10% to 15% pa returns which will rise in line with inflation. Get in touch to find out what projects we have available for investors. Projects start from 20,000 pounds to 25m. www.willowrivers.com
Farmland and Forestry
UK Farmland will also appreciate again. The combination of the security land ownership offers, zero inheritance tax and yields linked to commodity prices will attract both UK and international investors alike. We work closely with a number of UK land companies and can help with forestry and agricultural land investment.
Three weeks into 2021 and it seems like a good time to take stock and have a look at what’s happening in the world of investments and wealth management this year.
With Christmas being a very low-key affair and people not being allowed to travel, things seemed to go back to normal much earlier than usual.
Brexit was finally put to bed without too much disruption and the virus continues to burn like a smouldering peat bog, flaring up each season. But with a vaccine on horizon for most and the worst fears of Brexit out the way, business confidence is definitely on the rise. Are the Roaring 20s are back ?
Roaring 20s are back
Property
We have seen an electric start to our property developments in Kent and Cambridge.
Our first offering, a small 2 bedroom timber framed house was funded in the first week of the year and it looks like we have secured 3 investors for our larger development of 4 terrace houses.
We have secured two more projects, another Kent and one in Sussex. Due to the fast nature of these deals they rarely make it to the website. So if you are interest in development opportunities, please get in touch and we will add you to the list. They are all very straight forward. We secure projects with full planning and developer finance in place. All we require is the equity to close the deal. We manage all contractors and you receive 15% pa during the build. Your security is a second charge against the asset after the bank. The average project length is 8-12 months.
Biomedical
The Cambridge biomedical sector goes form strength to strength as the AstraZeneca vaccine gets a global roll out. This has really highlighted how important the Cambridge Biomedical Campus is and our Cambridge biomedical fund is perfectly positioned to make the most of this over the next few years, click here to find out more and request a brochure. The fund has full HMRC approval so can be used for tax planning under the EIS and SEIS schemes.
Renewable Energy
We are still seeing lots of interest in our renewable energy opportunities. Our Geothermal project in Hungary continues to perform year after year and generates a genuine 12% net PA for our investors. Click here for more details. We are also working on new solar and gas CHP projects throughout the UK. If you are looking for renewable energy assets do let us know as we can source just about all asset types including energy storage.
Crypto
We saw considerable increases in the price of all major crypto assts over the Christmas period as predicted here back in November. Bitcoin got a bit crazy towards the start of the year and some of that froth has since blown off. The price has stabilised around the $30k mark and will likely start to increase again once the new US government makes its stance clear on crypto assets. You can’t stop people investing in crypto but you can certainly make it more difficult. The UK recently banned leveraged investments in crypto for retail investors and its not impossible other countries will follow suit. That doesn’t meant to say demand is falling, just slowing down for a bit. Large corporate entities such as Greyscale continue to accumulate very rapidly and we expect this trend to continue and prices to rise due to the finite supply of bitcoins.
Now is not a bad time to be buying the dip before the next move higher later this year.
Along with our FPGA mining rigs we will also be offering GPU mining to profit from the rising price price of Ethereum and the demand for DeFi (Decentralised Finance) https://blog.coinbase.com/a-beginners-guide-to-decentralized-finance-defi-574c68ff43c4 .
DeFi is set to transform the finance and banking sector over the next few years. I wont go into too much detail here, but expect to hear a lot more about this space in the coming months.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
For those looking for more explosive growth potential in the technology sector, our AI Fund is just the ticket. Achieving 214% over the past 4 years this collection of the 42 most exciting AI stocks globally, is chosen using AI then approved by a panel of AI experts. Click here to find out more and request a brochure.
Predictions
So to conclude, 2021 is going to be a very busy year, we see exceptional opportunities in the property development sector due to pent up demand form Covid-19. Crypto and DeFi will change the way we do business and finance. The UK will be one of the early winners from it”s advanced biomedical sector and the rapid rollout of the vaccine.
We see a great many positives in 2021 and we hope you will join Willow Rivers Wealth for the ride during the return of the ‘’Roaring 20s’’.
There seems to be a great many historical events unfolding at the same point in time, we look at some investment ideas for 2021
It’s only when you stop to write a blog or spend some time to reflect that you realise this is history in motion. As I write this, Donald Trump, the president of the United States of America is calling the election rigged and is questioning the validity of the result. This undermines so many things and erodes trust in just about everything.
No matter what your stance on Bitcoin, it’s independent nature has to have some allure as even the president calls into question the system itself. This recent Twitter thread by Raoul Pal explains it’s long term potential very well and why we should all be holding some Bitcoin.
Brexit negotiations are nearing the end game, with neither party willing to budge and a no deal Brexit is looking increasingly likely. The EU is also threatening our energy security as part of the deal.
We have not even mentioned the virus and its ”cure” announced last week. The timing of which also occurred right after the election. The markets took the news with great gusto. Pfizer was up almost 16% on the day at one point.
So what does all this mean for investors??
The Pfizer cure is only 90% effective and has only had a limited trial, however as I write this Moderna (MRNA) has just announced a vaccine with a 95% success rate, which ironically was fast-tracked by the Trump administrations funding.
This has also seen another stock market move higher, along with oil prices and Bitcoin.
So should we be out on the streets throwing a party and celebrating the end of perhaps the worse year in many peoples lives? Possibly!
However things are going to get worse before they get better, the time lag in producing the vaccine and the onset of winter flu seasons means many more will sadly die and our health systems will be stretched. We will have to endure a miserable winter and a lockdown Christmas before we can get out on the streets.
Green Shoots
Spring 2021 will be a time of great prosperity as months of pent up demand are released in an investment boom not seen for some time.
And although now may not seem like the time, now is when you should be planning for this. We have compiled a quick to do list ready for 2021.
It will be interesting to see how the treasury manages this post investment boom. They have obviously run up massive debts during the pandemic and as such will be keen to recoup this. One such suggestion has been to tax drivers on a pay per mile tax, which seems rather unfair, another will be to raid business. What ever they choose lets hope its done in such a way as not to strangle growth.
So keep your head down for a few more months, get your house in order and prepare for the good times again in the spring. If you have any questions or would like any suggestions on how best to play the above please get in touch and we will gladly give you a free consultation.
We have been very bullish about the prospects of the Cambridges property market and our latest development here is nearly fully funded.
We selected the development due to it’s close proximity to the Biomedical Campus and the AstraZeneca building.
Money continues to flow into the Biomedical Campus, the government has just committed another £120 million for a new cancer research hospital right next to the AstraZeneca building and a short walk from our development. This will create more jobs and demand for accommodation in the area.
Cambridge Biomedical Campus
New Cancer Research Centre Cambridge
Off the back of our time spent in Cambridge we have been introduced to a Biomedical Enterprise Investment Scheme Fund. The fund has been designed to find and invest in early stage biotech companies, with an emphasis on Artificial Intelligence in Cambridge.
The Cambridge based office has a wealth of experience in angel investing and Cambridge Biomedical start ups and they already have a good track record of picking winners.
We are very pleased to be working with them and hope our clients will too.
EIS Relief available
The fund will invest in SEIS and EIS qualified companies. EIS/SEIS is a tax relief scheme created by the UK Government to encourage investment in seed-stage startups and businesses.
If eligible, you can claim back up to 50% of the value of your investment in the form of income tax relief. Therefore, if you make an investment of £100,000, you can save £50,000 in income tax.
The combination of tax relief and arguably the worlds most important industry in the wake of Covid-19 makes this a very compelling investment.
