Later Life

FCA to go ahead with retirement income reforms

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is to proceed with the recommendations from its retirement...

Defaqto updates financial adviser guide following Budget

Defaqto has launched a post-Budget update of its financial adviser guide Looking forward to retirement. It...

A quarter of annuity holders would sell for a lump sum

A Populus survey for Saga of more than 2,000 annuity holders has revealed demand...

Pension reforms: advisers need to play their part

2015 is shaping up to be the year of the retiree given the intense...

Average retiree has paid over £145,000 in tax

Research from equity release adviser Bower Retirement Services has calculated that every British retiree...

Stonehaven launches lifetime deals with fixed ERCs

Stonehaven has introduced a new product range which offers customers control over any early...

More 2 life to go out on the road

Equity release lender more 2 life is hosting a series of national ‘Breakfast Roadshows’...

Bower Retirement Services acquires equity release adviser firm

Bower Retirement Services has acquired and amalgamated Sixty Plus, an independent financial adviser firm...

Society of Mortgage Professionals extend events agenda

The Society of Mortgage Professionals has extended its schedule of specialist mortgage and protection roadshows...

L&G outlines equity release targets

Legal & General has revealed that it intends to write £100m of equity release...

Majority approaching retirement not seeking financial advice

According to research by LV=, just one in four over 50s plan to seek...

Tim Gosden joins MGM Advantage

MGM Advantage has hired Tim Gosden as product manager. Tim Gosden will help manage and...

CML issues its own election manifesto

The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) has launched a new animated version of its...

New Life acquisition will boost equity release market

Acceptance can come in many different shapes and forms, particularly when it comes to...
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COMMENT

Buy-to-let

Managing cashflow and risk in today’s turbulent market

Over the past decade buy-to-let landlords have become accustomed to operating in a market where it can often feel like change is the only...

Is there such thing as a ‘typical borrower’ anymore?

What is a typical borrower? A few decades ago, it would have been a salaried employee, single source of income and, most likely, a...

Private credit has reached its next stage of maturity

Every lending market experiences moments that prompt uncomfortable questions. A high profile default, allegations of poor governance or a significant loss inevitably lead to...

Your clients aren’t being stolen… they’re being handed over

Let's be honest about something the industry won't say out loud. Lenders going direct aren't the problem. Brokers are. Every year the same conversation happens....

AI is changing banking but trust will define who succeeds

For the past three years, the conversation around artificial intelligence in financial services has been dominated by technology. Every week seems to bring another...

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Stamp Duty

Stamp duty and community ties stall downsizing

Nearly three in five over-65s have considered downsizing but stamp duty, family ties and...
Specialist

Fairfax steps down as Catalyst CEO

Catalyst Property Finance founder Chris Fairfax is stepping down as chief executive following the...
Fraud

Mortgage fraud rises across every category

Mortgage-related fraud increased across every category tracked by Cifas during the first half of...
Second Charge

West One adds 6.5x LTI residential tier

West One has expanded its residential mortgage and Extra second charge ranges with higher...

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