Pensions

Mind the Gap

‘Mind the Gap’ is a phrase that is often seen and heard on the...

iPipeline reveals TCP LifeSystems acquisition

iPipeline has announced the acquisition of TCP LifeSystems, a software solutions provider to life...

Retire with an extra £10k p.a. by cutting back

Many people could have as much as £9,853 in additional annual income in retirement...

Mid-life savings crisis for UK workers

18% of UK workers in their fifties and sixties are unable to save anything...

Over-50s renters face £43bn retirement shortfall

Scottish Widows has wanted that over-50s renters are not saving anywhere near enough to...

Majority of workers ‘saving in the dark’

32% of workers in the UK say they have no idea what they have...

Advisers want lifetime allowance scrapping in Budget

Momentum Pensions has claimed that scrapping the lifetime allowance tops advisers' wish lists in...

Workers jealous of retirees’ pensions and lifestyles

Prudential has warned that pension savers in their final years of work are worried...

LLA calls for Pensions Wise guidance to be extended

The Later Life Academy (LLA) has provided a written response to the Work & Pensions...

Millennials not ignoring pension planning

Millennials are putting pension saving high up their list of workplace priorities, according to...

LBG acquires Zurich pension and savings business

Lloyds Banking Group (LBG) is to acquire Zurich’s UK workplace pensions and savings business...

Royal London backs national retirement income target

The Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association (PLSA) has proposed a national retirement income target...

New workplace pensions service from Scottish Widows

Scottish Widows has introduced a digital service for customers to access their workplace pensions. The...

65,000 pensioners could lose mortgage help

Royal London has issued a stark warning over government changes to mortgage payment assistance.  The...

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Income protection: the unsung hero of the cost-of-living crisis

Higher mortgage rates, rising energy costs, and continued inflation have put pressure on many household budgets. Advisers spend time helping customers find the right rate,...

Why rigid credit scoring is locking too many people out of homeownership

Some people don’t fit the mould. That’s always been true in mortgage lending. But the tools used by most lenders to assess borrowers, particularly...

What a bigger market means for brokers

The latest Interpath and BDLA UK Bridging Market Survey confirms what many brokers are already experiencing on the ground, that bridging has hit the...

How social media can bridge the protection disconnect

The latest AMI Protection Viewpoint provided a compelling snapshot of the challenges and opportunities facing the protection market. The research highlights a worrying pattern that...

Opening doors for credit-worthy but overlooked clients

It doesn’t take much these days for a borrower to feel they’ve fallen out of favour with the system. A missed payment here, a...

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Glenhawk joins The Right Mortgage lender panel

The Right Mortgage & Protection Network has added short-term property finance specialist Glenhawk to...

CHL Mortgages expands into 80% LTV buy-to-let lending

CHL Mortgages for Intermediaries has entered the 80% loan-to-value (LTV) space with a new...

Stagg Mortgage Services appoints Paul Lewis as growth director

Stagg Mortgage Services has appointed Paul Lewis as its new growth director as part...

HLPartnership adds Handelsbanken to lender panel

HLPartnership has added Handelsbanken to its lender panel as part of its ongoing strategy...

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