Pensions

Moderate retirement lifestyle now costs £32,700 a year

A "moderate" retirement lifestyle now costs £32,700 a year for a one-person household, according...

Call for later life lending advice silos to be broken down

Industry figures have called for closer links between mortgage advisers, wealth managers and later...

Property wealth set to play bigger role as pension savings fall short

The growing reliance on defined contribution pensions is likely to increase the role of...

As leadership battle brews, could later life lending emerge as a defining policy issue?

The runners and riders are anticipating a leadership challenge to unseat Labour’s first Prime...

Air to host later life lending growth summit

Air will host a Growth Summit next week to help advisers respond to change...

Brokers told not to wait for FCA review before reassessing later life lending advice

Brokers should reassess how they approach older borrowers now rather than wait for regulatory...

Rising costs push more retirees back into work, Standard Life finds

A growing number of retirees are returning to work as the financial realities of...

Parental support for adult children is reshaping retirement plans

Three in five parents with children aged over 18 are providing financial support, with...

L&G creates chief customer officer role to unify service across retirement divisions

Legal & General has appointed Sarah Spooner to a newly created chief customer officer...

The FCA has made the case for holistic mortgage advice

Last Thursday, the head of the FCA stood up at the JP Morgan Pensions...

Targeted Support may encourage more savers to seek financial advice

Nearly half of independent financial advisers believe the Financial Conduct Authority’s new Targeted Support...

Key Equity Release teams up with Pense to broaden later life advice

Key Equity Release has entered a partnership with pension specialist Pense as it looks...

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...

Canada Life UK posts double-digit sales rise

Canada Life UK has reported a 17% rise in total sales for the year...
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The money sitting in your back pocket that you keep forgetting to pick up

Let me give you a number. Almost half of UK mortgage holders would struggle to meet their payments within six months of losing their...

Smart Data can solve the UK’s homebuying bottleneck

For many of us, buying a home remains one of the most stressful and frustrating experiences we will ever undertake. Despite advances in digital banking,...

The 1.8 million problem nobody’s talking about

There's a number that should be keeping every mortgage firm owner awake right now. 1.8 million. That's how many fixed rate mortgages are expiring...

Lenders urged to do more as purchase market slows

High street lenders - including TSB, Lloyds, Santander, and NatWest - have all been reducing rates and making changes to their product ranges over...

The cost of knowing less

There is a particular kind of risk in financial services that rarely announces itself with drama. It does not arrive as a crisis event,...

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