ESG

Effective monitoring key to becoming more sustainable

New data from Time Finance reveals that one in three businesses see effective monitoring...

TAB launches Open Banking interface

Bridging lender, TAB, has integrated Open Banking into its processes. Open Banking allows consumers to securely share...

Q&A: Matthew Cumber, managing director of Countrywide Surveying Services

BestAdvice fires the questions at Matthew Cumber, managing director of Countrywide Surveying Services BestAdvice (BA):...

OSB Group appoints ESG specialists

OSB Group has recruited two new ESG roles to support their social commitment which...

ESG regulations confusing financial advisers

More than a third of advisers are confused by ESG regulations and four in...

LendInvest launches Green bond framework

LendInvest has published a Green bond framework, aligned with the ICMA Green Bond Principles,...

Groundsure introduces climate risk microsite for conveyancers

Environmental analytics business Groundsure has launched a new climate change microsite for conveyancers. The site...

Redwood Bank appoints ESG director

Redwood Bank has appointed its first ESG director. Graham Reynolds, who has more than...

Evolution Money appoints head of ESG

Evolution Money has announced the appointment of Sue Harrison as its new head of...

ESG: how do we conduct ourselves?

This is the third (and final) article in a series looking at Environment, Social...

ESG: defining the ‘Social’

Last month we began a series of articles looking at Environment, Social and Governance...

Just Wealth launches ESG training programme

Just Wealth has improved its training programme to support its self-employed advisers’ knowledge of...

Scottish Widows to divest £440m over ESG standards

Scottish Widows is to divest at least £440 million from companies that have failed...

COMMENT

How advisers can find and secure powerful introducers to grow their business – Pt2

I hope you found my earlier article useful and enlightening and if so, please read on, as in this piece I complete the steps...

What building the future means for mortgages

Earlier this month I attended the Abundance 360 summit in Los Angeles, Peter Diamandis’s annual gathering of entrepreneurs, scientists, tech CEOs and investors who are,...

Five things brokers across the country are telling me right now

The thing I’ve always enjoyed most about working in the specialist mortgage market is the people. I’m lucky that a big part of my job...

The FCA has made the case for holistic mortgage advice

Last Thursday, the head of the FCA stood up at the JP Morgan Pensions and Savings Symposium and dropped a line that deserves more...

Technology’s biggest challenge is not the one you think

There is a version of the mortgage technology story that gets told at conferences and in trade press with some regularity. It involves platforms, disruption...

Latest news

Millions unclear on cost of credit as gaps in financial understanding persist

Millions of UK adults are using credit without fully understanding borrowing costs or how...

UK house price growth slows as London slips into decline

HM Land Registry’s latest UK House Price Index shows the average property price across...

FCA to extend conduct rules to cover bullying and harassment

Mortgage brokers, lenders and other regulated firms will have to tighten their internal conduct...

Solar and heat pump rules could push up mortgage prices

New rules forcing developers to install solar panels and low-carbon heating systems on most...

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