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CrowdBureau Launches P2P Lending and Equity Crowdfunding Price and Total Return IndexNEW YORK, Feb. 11, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- CrowdBureau Corporation, a financial technology company and index provider, announced the launch of the CrowdBureau® Peer-to-Peer Lending and Equity Crowdfunding Index (tickers: CBP2P and CBP2PTR). The Index is the first of its kind marketplace lending index that benchmarks the price and total return performance of the peer-to-peer lending and securities-based crowdfunding ecosystem and designed to enable the creation of tradable financial instruments. Amplify ETFs has licensed the index as the underlying methodology for an exchange traded fun that offers traders and investors exposure to this fast-growing industry. The index, which consists of U.S. listed securities, has been back casted to December 31, 2017 and is calculated in real time. To be eligible for inclusion in the index, companies must operate in one of the following four segments that comprise the peer-to-peer lending and equity crowdfunding ecosystem as defined by CrowdBureau: (1) Peer-to-peer lending and equity crowdfunding platforms; A total of 36 companies are tracked in the index as of December 31, 2018. Key facts
"The industry is maturing as more platforms are adopting and complying with the regulations of their respective countries. As of February 8, 2019, the index total return performance is up 21.03 percent year-to-date after rebounding strongly following a low reached during the market pullback on December 21, 2018. The index is positioned to bring increased transparency, liquidity and distribution to this maturing industry," said Kim Wales, the chief executive officer of CrowdBureau. Ms. Wales is an industry pioneer and subject matter expert on securities-based crowdfunding whose work contributed to the final rules of the U.S. JOBS Act, 2012 and other international regulatory frameworks on securities-based crowdfunding, equity and debt. To keep the market updated on the performance of the index and the P2P lending industry, CrowdBureau produces proprietary weekly and monthly research that can be downloaded at www.crowdbureau.com. For information on how to license the index and family of indices, visit www.crowdbureau.com, call +1.212.736.6884 or email [email protected]. About CrowdBureau Corporation CrowdBureau Corporation provides data, analytics, asset and risk management tools that encapsulate domestic and international regulatory mandates for the peer-to-peer lending and securities-based crowdfunding industry. Marketplace P2P lending and securities-based crowdfunding platforms, regulators, financial institutions such as banks, traders, and money managers rely on CrowdBureau's suite of products. Logo - https://mma.prnewswire.com/media/819902/CrowdBureau_Logo.jpg SOURCE CrowdBureau Corporation |