Pensions

Scotland and Wales lead confidence rankings for working into later life

Workers in Scotland and Wales are the most confident in Britain that they could...

New podcast aimed at advisers navigating mortgage and wealth convergence

Twenty7tec has launched a new podcast series designed to support advisers as mortgage and...

Britain’s post-war generation reaches 80 with longer lives and new financial pressures

The first wave of babies born after the Second World War turns 80 this...

Growing uncertainty leaves UK adults rethinking long-term finances

Rising economic and political uncertainty is prompting a significant number of UK adults to...

INDUSTRY REACTION: Equity release lending rises 11% in 2025

The equity release market recorded its strongest annual growth in recent years, with total...

Advisers look beyond product sourcing as platforms support later life advice

New research suggests advisers are increasingly using sourcing platforms as broader advice tools rather...

Equity release largely absent from retirement planning

Equity release is still largely missing from retirement planning conversations, research from Canada Life...

Most homeowners rule out downsizing as a retirement strategy

Fewer than one in five people expect to move to a smaller home in...

Rising inheritance tax receipts sharpen focus on later life planning

Inheritance tax receipts have climbed to £5.8 billion in the first eight months of...

AdvisoryAI launches free tool to help advisers interpret Budget 2025

AdvisoryAI has built a free Budget Analyser to help advisers understand how the Autumn...

AUTUMN BUDGET: Treasury summary

This is the executive summary from the Treasury's full Budget document. This Budget takes the...

AUTUMN BUDGET: Salary sacrifice cap to be introduced

Rachel Reeves has announced plans to change salary sacrifice arrangements for pension contributions. The chancellor...

Survey reveals cost of living pressures and tax fears weighing on mutual’s members

Concerns over the cost of living and the prospect of tax rises continue to...

Later life lending must become ‘mainstream priority’, following FCA reform speech

Will Hale, chief executive of Key Advice & Air, has urged the mortgage industry...
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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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Halifax retains top spot in broker satisfaction survey

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Hinckley & Rugby adds visa mortgage products to offering

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NatWest strengthens broker support with intermediary team expansion

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