Pensions

Gender pensions gap investigated

When life expectancy is taken into account, the basic ‘gender pensions gap’ could be...

RPI reform “could cost £122bn”

The Association of British Insurers (ABI) has calculated that government proposals to reform the...

LiveMore Capital launches with Air Mortgage Club

Air Mortgage Club has announced the addition of specialist mortgage lender, LiveMore Capital, to...

Retirement finances of comfortable households less hit by Covid

LV= has studied how the finances of the UK’s households have been affected by...

Covid-19 to delay 1.5m workers’ retirements

1.5 million workers aged 50+ say they will delay their retirement as a direct...

Momentum adopts e-signatures

Momentum Pensions is now accepting electronic signatures for all its pension and investment forms...

New retirement report highlights problems of changing housing market

The Pensions Policy Institute has warned that increased renting could see future pensioners struggle...

Sizeable proportion of pensioners staggering retirement

A number of pensioners are opting for a staggered retirement and working part-time before...

Brits nervous about their finance futures

Fewer than one in 10 people are very confident they will be comfortable when...

Female entrepreneurs fail to save for retirement

The number of female entrepreneurs in the UK has reached an all-time high at...

Scottish Friendly completes “landmark” book acquisition

Scottish Friendly has completed its acquisition of life and pensions policies from Canada Life. The...

Pension withdrawal for buy-to-let could cost thousands

Savers should consult an adviser before raiding their pension to purchase property, Royal London...

Pension-led Funding joins FIBA lender panel

The Financial Intermediary and Brokers Association (FIBA) has announced the appointment of Pension-led Funding,...

L&G inks introducer deal with Prudential

Legal & General’s Retail Retirement division has signed a new introducer agreement with Prudential. ...
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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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Building Societies

The Cambridge relaunches interest-only fixed rate mortgages

The Cambridge has relaunched a selection of fixed rate mortgage products, including interest-only options...
Building Societies

Vernon BS adds free legals to selected remortgage deals

Vernon Building Society has partnered with Optimus to introduce a free legals service on...
Buy-to-let

Paragon launches tailored buy-to-let service for complex cases

Paragon Bank has launched a Tailored service to support buy-to-let mortgage applications that fall...
valuations

Castle Trust Bank adds AVMs to buy-to-let applications

Castle Trust Bank has introduced automated valuation models on eligible buy-to-let cases as part...

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