Pensions

DAs not happy with FSCS funding position

A new survey from TMA Mortgage Club has found that Directly Authorised advisers (DAs)...

Regulator publishes pension redress methodology update

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has announced proposals for updating the methodology used to...

Budget 2017: tax clampdown on overseas pensions

The full Budget statement saw a further tax clampdown on overseas pensions, which it...

40% of over-40s ignorant about cost of saving for retirement

New research from Saga Investment Services has found that, despite the government’s pension freedoms giving us...

Warning sounded over “disappointing” retirements

Latest statistics from the Office for National Statistics show a ‘worrying rise’ in the proportion of...

Committee calls to end the triple lock

The Work and Pensions Committee has published research on the trade-off between the State...

Working into late seventies could become necessity

Those people who plan a ‘flexible’ retirement, reducing their working hours in later life...

Retirement debt back on the rise

Prudential has found that the proportion of people retiring in debt this year is at...

TMA wants fight against “unfair” FSCS levy 

TMA Mortgage Club is calling on brokers to respond to a consultation paper from...

ABI wants digital cold-calling ban

The Association of British Insurers (ABI) wants the government to take the ban on...

Protection ‘rules of thumb’ out of date

A new report from Aegon, and actuarial firm EValue, has found that economic conditions as...

Tax returns a trigger for pension planning

Aegon believes today's self assessment deadline is a trigger for the self-employed to think...

Research project looks at ‘undersaving’

A research project by Royal London, in partnership with YouGov, has identified a possible financial...

Post-crunch high for retirement income

Those looking to retire this year are expecting to live on an average annual...
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Beyond the Robo-Adviser: why the future of mortgages is ‘Human Plus’

The fintech industry is obsessing over a binary choice: the traditional human broker or the fully automated 'robo-adviser'. But as we navigate the complexities...

Ceasefire boosts sentiment more than mortgage market

What goes up must come down, but for mortgage rates the drop will be notably more gradual than the sharp increase triggered by the...

A surge today, but what comes next for advisers and conveyancing?

March has provided a very clear example of how quickly this market can move when lenders feel the need to take action, with widespread...

Technology adapts so you don’t have to

20 years ago, many brokerages looked and operated in very similar ways. Typically small, local business, many firms focused solely on standard residential mortgage...

Rental barometer shows strength, but March changes the tone

Looking at our recently published Q1 2026 Rental Barometer data in isolation, there is clearly a strong and positive story to tell. Average rental...

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