Later Life

Advise Wise launches referral hub to broaden adviser support

Later life sourcing platform Advise Wise has launched a new Referral Hub designed to...

Royal London protection sales rise 17% as new business approaches £1bn

Royal London has reported strong growth in its protection business during 2025, with new...

Pure Retirement founder to become chair as leadership transition begins

Pure Retirement chief executive Paul Carter is preparing to step into the role of...

The growth is there. Now we must close the gap

The latest UK Finance Later Life Lending Update for Q4 2025 should give every...

Later life borrowing gathers pace as standard mortgages eclipse equity release

Lending to borrowers aged over 55 rose sharply at the end of 2025, with...

Beverley Building Society launches RIO Lifetime Discount Mortgage

Beverley Building Society has expanded its later life proposition with the launch of a...

Saffron broadens FTB access and adds 5yr fix for lending into retirement

Saffron for Intermediaries has expanded first-time buyer eligibility across its owner occupied range and...

Air sets out Consumer Duty blueprint for later life lending advice

Air has published a new report designed to help advisers evidence later life lending...

The continued evolution of the later life lending market

Later life lending has moved well beyond being an occasional enquiry about equity release...

LiveMore integrates with Twenty7tec affordability tool

LiveMore has integrated its affordability assessment into Twenty7tec’s RESEARCH tool in a move designed...

Pure Retirement expands adviser support with new white label marketing resources

Pure Retirement has broadened its Marketing Toolkit with a new suite of white label...

Financial firms warned over gaps in tackling domestic and economic abuse

Financial services firms are failing to ask the right questions about domestic and economic...

FCA signals lighter touch as Rathi warns of ‘modest distress’ from mortgage easing

The chief executive of the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has confirmed a decisive shift...

Canada Life UK posts double-digit sales rise

Canada Life UK has reported a 17% rise in total sales for the year...

COMMENT

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...

No benefit to be had from ‘wait and see’

It seems to be a recurring theme as of late, but it’s been yet another week of volatile rates. Swap rates continue to move,...

What financial services can learn from the World Cup

Look, bear with us here. What does the World Cup have to do with financial services reviews? Well, more than you think actually! This summer,...

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Mortgage industry cycle challenge raises £26k for children and homelessness charities

Mortgage industry leaders have raised £26,002 for two charities after cycling 472 miles from...

MTD pressure prompts 22% of landlords to consider quitting

More than one in five UK landlords have considered leaving the rental market as...

MortgageMatch launches AI-ready broker directory

MortgageMatch.org has launched a consumer-facing platform designed to make finding and comparing mortgage brokers...

Virgin Money cuts new business rates and ups buy-to-let PT rates

Virgin Money is to reduce a range of purchase and remortgage fixed rates while...

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