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The Characteristics of Capital

in the
Marketplace Lending World
Dan Ciporin
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Marketplace Lending: Historical Landscape

2005

2008

2011

Zopa incorporated
in UK as first P2P
marketplace

Lending Club
receives SEC
registration

Arcadia/Eaglewood
the first dedicated
platform funds

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

TODAY
the cycle
starts to turn?

2013

2014

2015

2008-2012

2012-2016

Retail/HNW
individual capital
focus

Institutional capital floodgates


open: structured credit funds,
securitization market

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2016

MPL Funding Is Now Largely Institutional Hedge Fund Based


U.S. Annual Origination Volume by Loan Type ($ Billions)
Institutional-driven Growth

$12
$12,000,000,000

$9,000,000,000

$10

Retail-driven Growth

$8
Whole
Loans

$6
$6,000,000,000

$4
$3,000,000,000

$0

$2
Fractional
Loans

$0
2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013
$

Source: Orchard
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2014
$

2015

Institutional Bias Is Actually Much Stronger


Institutional Only

Retail + Institutional

<10

500+

originators

originators
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When the Cycle Turns,


What Was Once Strength Becomes Weakness
US ABS Issuance
Volume in Past 15 Months ($ Billions)

$30

$23

$15

$8

$0

Source: Asset Backed Alert


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As Clearly Evidenced in Recent MPL Securitizations


Weighted Average Spread (bps)

600
500
400
300
200
100
CHAI 2015-PM1; 8/5/2015

CHAI 2015-PM3; 12/18/2015

Source: Bloomberg, PeerIQ Research


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A Lesson Legacy Players Have Learned


$ Billions
$200

$100

$150

$75

$100

$50

$50

$25

$0
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
Debt

$0
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
Debt

Deposits

Source: SEC filings


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Deposits

Including Even the Most Institutional of Players

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Reliance on One Capital Source Is Foolhardy,


Especially When It Is an Intermediate Source
RETAIL
Wire Houses
RIAs
Broker/Dealers
Self-directed Investors
Bank Deposits

INSTITUTIONAL

$34T

$37T

Retail

Institutional

$ $
$

$ $
$
$ $ $ $ $

HEDGE
FUNDS
$ $
$ $$
$ $

2015 Marketplace Lending


Source: Cerulli Associates & US Treasury
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Banks
Pension Funds
Insurance Companies
Foundations/Endowments
Sovereign Funds/Others

Which DIRECT Capital Sources Fuel Future Growth?


RETAIL
Wire Houses
RIAs
Broker/Dealers
Self-directed Investors
Bank Deposits

INSTITUTIONAL

$34T

$37T

Retail

Institutional

$ $

$ $
$
$ $
$
$ $
$
$ DIRECT $

INVESTMENT
$ $
$
$

$
$ $
$ $

$ $
$
$

2015 Marketplace Lending


Source: Cerulli Associates & US Treasury
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Banks
Pension Funds
Insurance Companies
Foundations/Endowments
Sovereign Funds/Others

Institutional Capital is Efficient

Time to Scale Retail >


Time to Scale Institutional

Year 1 2009 Year 22010 Year 32011 Year2012


4
Year2013
5
Year
6
2014
Retail
Institutional
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Year
7
2015


However Institutional Capital Is Fickle

Great Recession

30%

Bull Market

23%
15%
8%
0%
-8%
-15%
-23%
-30%
1/1/11

1/1/12

1/1/13

FDIC Deposit Growth

1/1/14

1/1/15

1/1/16

HF Net Flows % of AUM

Source: FDIC & SS&C GlobeOp Capital


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1/1/17

Retail Capital is Sticky and Enormous

$8T

$5M+ 1M 0.8%
$1M - $5M
$500K - $1M
$100K - $500K

5M
7M
23M

5%

$12T

6%

85M

120M US Households

34%

70%

$4T

18%

10%

$34T in Investable Assets

Source: Phoenix Global Wealth Monitor (2015)


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$20T:
Presumed
Accredited
Investors

14%

$5T

19%

$6T
<$100K

24%

$15T:
Presumed
Non-Accredited
Investors

However Retail Has Higher Costs

Institutional

Retail Direct

1 year payback

4 month payback

Source: Canaan Partners analysis


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Capital Diversification Is the Answer in Different Flavors of Volatility


and Cost
Higher

Cost

SelfDirected
Investors
Retail
Investors

Asset allocation
investors
Financial
Advisory
Channels

Institutions

Opportunistic
Investors
Hedge
Funds

Lower
Lower

Volatility

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Higher

New Diversified Capital World Winners

Technology and
Product

Credit
History

Secondary
Market
Regulatory
Embracers

Brand
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Secondary Market Key to Every Mature Market


Liquid Secondary Market

Equities

Bonds

$
FX

Secondary
Market

ABS
Commodities

Derivatives

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New Diversified Capital World Winners

Technology and
Product

Credit
History

Secondary
Market
Regulatory
Embracers

Brand
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Technology and Product

RETAIL

INSTITUTIONAL
Regulatory Requirements

UI / UX

Data Analytics

RIA & Custodian Integration

Order Execution Infrastructure

Principal Protection

Reporting / Portfolio
Management Tools

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Integration With RIA Workflow

RIA

Independent RIA Daily Workflow

OR

CUSTODIAN

PORTFOLIO
MANAGEMENT
SYSTEM

TURNKEY ASSET
MANAGEMENT
PLATFORM

ENABLING
SERVICE
PROVIDERS

Marketplace
Lender

Marketplace Lenders Must Build it on Their Own Or Integrate with RIA Technology
Source: Lend Academy
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New Diversified Capital World Winners

Technology and
Product

Credit
History

Secondary
Market
Regulatory
Embracers

Brand
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New Diversified Capital World Winners

Technology and
Product

Credit
History

Secondary
Market
Regulatory
Embracers

Brand
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Embrace The Regulator

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New Diversified Capital World Winners

Technology and
Product

Credit
History

Secondary
Market
Regulatory
Embracers

Brand
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Brands Represent Trust

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Co-opetition, Competition and Acquisition?


GAFA

MPL

BANKING

FINTECH
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The Evolution of the Capital Base Is Clear


Total MPL Capital Base

Introduction

Emergence

Maturity

Scale

Individuals
Small institutions

Individuals
Small institutions
Hedge funds

Individuals
Small institutions
Hedge funds
Banks
Closed end funds

Individuals
Small institutions
Hedge funds
Banks
Closed end funds
Mutual funds
ETFs
Insurance companies
Pension funds

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Winners

Will bridge between both


institutional and retail
capital

Will leverage brand,


history, technology,
regulatory comfort and
secondary liquidity

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Marketplace Lending: A New Asset Class For All Capital Needs

Will create a new asset class across


all capital sectors

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Thank You

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