Ram Ahluwalia is the CEO and co-founder of PeerIQ, a leading data analytics provider; lenders are facing incredible challenges and...
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
Ram Ahluwalia from PeerIQ was a featured keynote speaker at LendIt USA 2017; Ram reports marketplace lending securitizations reached over $12 billion in issuance from over 75 transactions; in the third quarter of 2016 rated tranches reached a peak of nearly 25 and in the fourth quarter of 2016 rated tranches were approximately 18. Source