Later Life

SortRefer offer introducers workplace pension solutions

Online referral service SortRefer has launched a new facility which allows intermediaries access to...

Couples failing to talk about retirement finance

Just 32% of people over the age of 40 who live with their spouse...

MiFID II repercussions for financial advice?

LifeQuote has claimed that the recent announcement that MiFID will require all investment advice...

Call for clarification on advice remuneration

Following the Treasury consultation on redefining ‘advice’, Aegon wants the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to...

Call to raise retirement lending awareness

More 2 Life is urging advisers to enter the lifetime lending sector and make unlocking equity part...

Equity release lending at highest level for over a decade

The autumn 2016 Equity Release Market Report from the Equity Release Council has reported growth of...

Most post-pension freedoms retirees remain cautious

9% of new pensioners overspent or believe they will overspend in their first year of retirement,...

L&G backs £1bn in East London investments

Legal & General has backed investments of over £1 billion in East London in...

OneFamily joins L&G later life panel

Legal & General Mortgage Club has added OneFamily to its direct to lender Later Life...

Under-35s prioritise deposit saving over retirement planning

Saving for a deposit is three times more important than saving for retirement for...

£1tn now in retirees’ property wealth

Retired homeowners have seen their property wealth break through the £1 trillion barrier for...

Bank Rate should be -1%, claims think tank

Think tank the International Longevity Centre – UK (ILC-UK) has calculated that the base rate...

Advisers don’t want easier access to equity release

Nearly two-thirds of attendees in a seminar focusing on equity release at this year’s...

More 2 Life invests in staff and service

More 2 Life has increased staff numbers by 53% over the past 18 months and...

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...

Latest news

Paragon appoints Cockerill as mortgages commercial director

Paragon Bank has appointed Simon Cockerill as commercial director of mortgages as it looks...

Net zero rules targeted in housebuilding shake-up

The Conservatives have pledged to strip as much as £50,000 from the cost of...

Tories put stamp duty abolition at heart of housing shake-up

The Conservatives have pledged again to scrap stamp duty as part of a housing...

Target Group adds Carla Stent to board

Target Group has appointed Carla Stent as a non-executive director, adding further financial services,...

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