Later Life

Key Retirement to offer retirement options proposition

In February Key Retirement will introduce a new Retirement Options service. This follows a...

The message advisers need to take into battle

The phrase ‘second line of defence’ has been used a lot lately, particularly in...

Bridgewater supports upcoming Equity Release Club events

Bridgewater Equity Release will be in attendance at the forthcoming Equity Release Club training and development...

Pensioners increasingly using unsecured credit

The latest Pensioner Debt Index from the Equity Release Council shows unsecured debt among...

Realities of state pension survival not clear to all

Only 12% of over-40s surveyed by Opinionmatters for Partnership said that they would survive...

New equity release road shows for 2015

The Equity Release Club is to hold a series of training and development road...

Tenet to expand its master class programme

Attendances at Tenet’s 2014 training & development events have risen by over 30% following...

Brokers should offer a more holistic retirement advice service

It would appear that Chancellor George Osborne has spent the last couple of years...

FCA publishes annuities sale findings

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published the findings of its thematic review into...

Major improvement in over-55’s finances

Britain’s over-55s have seen their income jump by 21%, and their total savings typically...

Many MPs sceptical of State Pension’s future

Research conducted by YouGov on behalf of workplace pensions provider NOW: Pensions reveals that...

Lasting Powers of Attorney “essential for equity release”

Reports of recent research conducted by LV= have shown that 48% of all equity...

Need to renovate behind much equity release borrowing

Funding home improvements is the leading reason for people to unlock cash from their...

Jon King joins Bower Retirement Services

Equity release adviser firm Bower Retirement Services has announced the arrival of Jon King...

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

Accord cuts all residential new business fixed rates by 0.10%

Accord Mortgages is reducing every fixed rate in its residential new business range by...

Skipton raises maximum income multiple to 6x

Skipton Building Society has increased the maximum loan-to-income multiple available through its LTI Booster...

AI used by more than half of consumers considering complaints

More than half of consumers who made or considered making a formal complaint about...

BetterHome Group UK appoints Anthony Glasgow as chief operating officer

BetterHome Group UK has appointed former Connells Group executive Anthony Glasgow as chief operating...

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