Later Life

SimplyBiz Group partners with Creative Wealth Management

The SimplyBiz Group has announced the launch of a new DB pension transfer bureau...

70 is age of financial freedom for Millennials

While true financial freedom has likely already arrived for those born on or before...

Age Partnership plans large expansion

Age Partnership is recruiting for 75 new equity release advisers to join its team...

Scottish Widows unveils Centralised Retirement Proposition guide

Scottish Widows has launched a new guide offering additional support for advisers who feel...

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In its Retirement Incomes Review, the FCA has found that consumers welcome the pension...

L&G appoints head of IFA sales for lifetime mortgages

Legal & General has announced the appointment of Rob Miles to the position of...

Shift towards ‘preretirement’ continues

The move to ‘pretirement’ – where people gradually scale back on work or change...

Continued record growth for equity release plan sales

Retired homeowners cashed in £1.25 billion of property wealth in the first half of...

Retirement Advantage appoints head of sales

Les Pick is to join Retirement Advantage as head of sales for its equity...

Greater financial and pension wealth for those who get advice

A new report has found that those who received financial advice in the 2001-2007...

FCA publishes interim review of retirement income market

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published the interim findings of the Retirement Outcomes...

“Hugely disappointing” govt decision over pensions cold-calling

The government has decided not to legislate to ban pensions cold-calling. Peta Buscombe, Conservative member...

Interest-only still issue for older homeowners

More 2 Life research has indicated that 41% of over 65 year olds with...

Pension providers team up over self-employed enrolment

Aviva and Royal London have joined forces to produce a recommendation of how to...

COMMENT

The industry needs to prepare now for Your First Home

The government’s announcement of the Your First Home scheme is genuinely positive news, and anything that boosts confidence among first-time buyers and people trying...

Why advisers can be part of the conveyancing team

There is a tendency to think the mortgage adviser’s involvement in conveyancing begins with recommending a firm and then largely ends once the client...

Why the AI revolution could be a golden age for financial advice

Every major technological shift creates the same debate: will it empower professionals to do more, or eventually replace them? Artificial intelligence is simply the latest...

Should mortgage advisers consider the emerging secondary market for life policies?

Mortgage advisers regularly help clients navigate major life changes. While much of the focus is naturally on borrowing, refinancing and insurance, there is another...

One mortgage journey no longer fits every borrower

In the mortgage market, we have lots of different ways of describing customers depending on where they are in their lives. We talk about...

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Ireland boosts Help to Buy as UK prepares new first-time buyer scheme

Ireland has increased the maximum support available to first-time buyers under its Help to...

Reeves ranked least successful of five recent chancellors in poll

Rachel Reeves has been rated the least successful of the past five chancellors in...

Teachers for Intermediaries raises new-build LTV limit to 95%

Teachers for Intermediaries has increased its maximum LTV on new-build houses and flats to...

Cambridge BS opens applications for deposit-building Rent to Home scheme

The Cambridge Building Society has opened applications for its Rent to Home property in...

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