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LV= appoints GI partnership director

LV= General Insurance (LV= GI) has announced the appointment of Simon Hird as its...

Crisis of confidence in women approaching retirement

A new report from the Equity Release Council (the Council) and Key – Pension...

MCI Mortgage Club unveils later life sourcing

MCI Mortgage Club has introduced a later life lending sourcing platform to its members. The...

Money woes causing lost sleep

Adults are more than twice as likely to feel anxious about their finances than...

New rate reductions from the Nationwide

The Nationwide Building Society is reducing rates by up to 0.20 percentage points on a...

170,000 accounts to mature in December

Analysis by the Leeds Building Society has indicated that residential borrowers with mortgages maturing...

Residential transactions up 10% month-on-month

HMRC has issues its provisional seasonally adjusted estimate of transactions in October 2020. Its estimate...

TMA Club issues last call for virtual ELEVATE conference

TMA Club is calling on advisers to register for its 2020 ELEVATE conference as...

Pepper Money to provide single point of contact for cases

Specialist lender Pepper Money has revised its service proposition with the introduction of case...

Shawbrook grows sales desk team

Shawbrook Bank has expanded its property finance division's sales desk with the appointment of...

Aspen offers rate cut Xmas promo

Aspen Bridging is proving a rate of 0.54% on all deals completed between 24...

OU partnership offers free business courses

The government-backed Start Up Loans scheme has partnered with the Open University (OU) to...

First climate-focused ground risk assessment launches

Ground risk assessment specialist, Terrafirma, is now offering the National Ground Risk Model (NGRM):...

The South still dominates for long-term BTL investment

Aldermore’s new Buy to Let City Tracker has studied 50 cities across the country to...

COMMENT

Private credit has reached its next stage of maturity

Every lending market experiences moments that prompt uncomfortable questions. A high profile default, allegations of poor governance or a significant loss inevitably lead to...

Your clients aren’t being stolen… they’re being handed over

Let's be honest about something the industry won't say out loud. Lenders going direct aren't the problem. Brokers are. Every year the same conversation happens....

AI is changing banking but trust will define who succeeds

For the past three years, the conversation around artificial intelligence in financial services has been dominated by technology. Every week seems to bring another...

No benefit to be had from ‘wait and see’

It seems to be a recurring theme as of late, but it’s been yet another week of volatile rates. Swap rates continue to move,...

What financial services can learn from the World Cup

Look, bear with us here. What does the World Cup have to do with financial services reviews? Well, more than you think actually! This summer,...

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TPFG financial services revenue rises to £13m

The Property Franchise Group (TPFG) increased financial services revenue by 10% to £13m during...

Finance confidence improves despite economic gloom

Confidence across the finance and leasing industry improved during the second quarter despite most...

Market Harborough appoints deputy finance chief

Market Harborough Building Society has appointed Brad Nicholls as Deputy Chief Finance Officer as...

The Melton joins Mortgage Broker Tools affordability platform

Melton Building Society has joined the Mortgage Broker Tools panel, giving advisers access to...

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