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Average pension savings mean a £208,000 shortfall

Retirement savers are targeting an average annual income of £13,100 from their private pension...

Clydesdale Bank hit with £20m PPI fine

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has imposed its largest ever fine for failings relating...

Tory Right to Buy plan could cost taxpayers £20bn

The Conservative Party manifesto will be launched today, with a headline pledge of extending...

Roz Cawood joins Lendinvest

Lendinvest has announced that Roz Cawood has joined as national account manager. She joins from...

New bridging report launched

Bridging finance participants have launched a new report highlighting the latest trends shaping the...

Help to Buy 2 deposits reach 10-month high

February saw a 10-month high in average deposits for house purchases using the Help...

FTB valuation activity up 40% year on year

Latest research from Connells Survey and Valuation reveals that March 2015 witnessed the strongest...

Rates continued to fall over past six months

There has been a widespread drop in mortgage rates for all main product types...

Tesco Bank cuts mortgage rates

Tesco Bank has reduced the mortgage rate on a number of products by up to...

Profits up at Target Group

Target Group has posted a more than doubling of its profits for the 2014...

PMS launches with Newcastle BS Intermediary Services

PMS members now have access to Newcastle Building Society Intermediary Services’ (NBSIS) range of...

Trio of new fixes from the Teachers

Teachers Building Society has launched three new fixed rate teacher mortgages. The deals, available for...

Robert Sinclair to present at V Loans webinar

V Loans is to hold a webinar with the Association of Mortgage Intermediaries’ chief...

Equity release adviser acquisition shelved

Bower Retirement Services has revealed that its acquisition of Sixty Plus, an independent financial...
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COMMENT

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Ignorance, not cost, still the biggest barrier to protection sales

During 2024 CIExpert commissioned Opinium to speak to 5,000 consumers – a mix of genders and ages – regarding critical illness (CI) insurance. The aim...

The protection gap that runs all the way up the ladder

The property ladder is usually talked about in terms of deposits, equity, and affordability but recent research reveals a less visible truth; moving up...

Why landlords will continue to play a central role in meeting housing demand

This month’s Spring Statement may not have delivered dramatic housing announcements, but the data released alongside it paints a clear picture about the continued...

Debt awareness is as important for advisers as for clients

Debt Awareness Week, beginning on 16th March, provides a timely opportunity for reflection. The early months of the year have long been associated with...

Market may be overreacting to conflict-driven rate fears

Financial markets could be overreacting in the early days of the conflict as they take a second rate cut off the table this year. The...

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Clydesdale Bank to raise selected residential and buy-to-let rates

Clydesdale Bank will increase a range of residential and buy-to-let fixed rates from Friday...
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Virgin Money to raise selected mortgage and buy-to-let rates

Virgin Money is increasing a range of residential, remortgage, buy-to-let and product transfer rates...
Appointments

Teachers appoints Simon Potter as chief financial officer

Teachers Building Society has appointed Simon Potter as its new chief financial officer and...
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Protection gap persists with seven in 10 unaware of IP and CIC

A lack of consumer awareness continues to hold back the protection market with around...

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