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[Editor’s note: This is a guest post from LendingRobot. LendingRobot is an associate sponsor and will be in attendance at...
Merger will result in the largest robo-advisor in marketplace lending; the companies will operate separately for now but the company aims to take the best of both platforms; the funds offered will be streamlined with the LendingRobot Series fund being the focus going forward; Bo Brustkern, co-founder and CEO of NSR Invest, will be leading the new entity with Emmanuel Marot, co-founder and CEO of LendingRobot, acting as a special advisor; the new entity will have $150 million in assets under management with over 8,000 clients. Source
LendingRobot has announced the launch of a new alternative lending hedge fund; Lend Academy provides details in their article; the new fund will add to the service offerings at LendingRobot which currently include aggregated marketplace lending investment accounts for both retail investors and financial advisors; the new LendingRobot Series fund will invest in online loan origination platforms and offer multiple strategies for investors with expected net returns ranging from 6.86% to 9.66%; the fund is only open to accredited investors and requires a minimum investment of $100,000; it has a 1% management fee with fund expenses of up to 0.59%. Source
LendingRobot and NSR Invest are robo-advisors in marketplace lending; the firms have now merged to become the largest robo-advisor in the space; Lend Academy discusses the history of each company and the reasoning behind the merger; discusses the unique aspects of each offering and what the go forward plan is for the merged company. Source
Building on the success of the LendingRobot Series Fund announced in January 2017, LendingRobot has launched LendingRobot Professional; the product has new advisor-focused features and functionality and can be optimized by advisors for multiple clients; it has an advisor minimum of $250,000. Source