Ram Ahluwalia and PeerIQ have become a significant part of the ecosystem for marketplace lending providing loan data analytics and securitization research; Ahluwalia recently talked with Crowdfund Insider about his perspective on the market; cited institutional support as a positively improving factor for lenders with securitization issuance increasing 60% in 2016; says loan originations in 2016 still reported substantial growth despite industry challenges and notes PeerIQ is working with industry participants to help develop new products for retail investors; Ahluwalia also discusses the industry’s regulatory concerns and competition from banks as well as the global market outlook for the industry. Source
