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Male stereotypes persist in financial adviser sector

The financial adviser industry is still perceived as a male-dominated industry, a new UK-wide...

Lenders to aggressively seek business

Intermediaries and their clients can expect a very competitive end to 2013 with lenders...

Evidence for industry to be upbeat

The Nationwide Building Society’s chief economist has suggested we are witnessing the ‘turning of...

Quality not numbers vital to social media strategy

Brokers have been urged not to treat social media as simply a ‘numbers game’...

FCA to issue discussion papers on mortgage T&Cs

Speaking at the Financial Services Expo (FSE) yesterday, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)...

Home extenders falling foul of insurance policies

In a bid to avoid the hassle and cost of moving, 90% of homeowners...

Aegon publishes breast cancer CI stats

Aegon UK is sharing previously unpublished figures on breast cancer claims in 2012, as...

Rightmove witnesses significant Help to Buy spike

The first full day after David Cameron’s surprise Help to Buy announcement saw traffic...

Ombudsman Services signs up another firm to redress scheme

Reallymoving.com has joined Ombudsman Services' redress scheme. This means that customers booking their house move...

Hinckley & Rugby teams up with TenetLime

Hinckley & Rugby Building Society’s mortgages are now available to TenetLime. TenetLime’s appointed representatives and...

Mortgage Brain reveals details of new sourcing system

Mortgage Brain has announced the development of MortgageBrain Anywhere, an online mortgage sourcing system. Due...

New landlords insurance product for The Source

The Source has added Landlord’s Choice to its buy-to-let insurance panel. It said the move...

Another new secured lender unveiled

Loan master broker Promise Solutions has announced the launch of another new secured lender, Finsec...

Magellan wants government to help those denied finance

New lender Magellan Homeloans has urged the government not to forget those homeowners most...

COMMENT

The conveyancing power of sales-ready packs

Conveyancing is stressful – and I'm not just talking about the poor customer experience. From a turnaround time of around eight weeks back in...

Cloud is not about where you host technology, it’s about how

When lenders talk about cloud, the discussion often begins – quite reasonably – with control. Where will the data sit? How will resilience be...

AI, mortgages and the human need we can’t ignore

There is lots of talk about technology with cloud-native and artificial intelligence just some of the buzzwords of today’s dinner parties and conferences. There is...

PMI – an advice gap not to be ignored

The latest figures from the ABI show insurers processed a record £4 billion in individual and workplace private medical insurance (PMI) claims in 2024,...

The self-employed boom and why traditional life cover won’t cut it

There’s a shift happening in how people work and how they buy homes - especially for the self-employed and gig economy worker. Flexibility, autonomy and...

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Thameside Associates extends decade-long Stonebridge tie as it gears up for expansion

Mortgage and protection firm Thameside Associates has renewed its partnership with network Stonebridge as...

Vic Jannels takes on non-executive chair role at BDLA

Vic Jannels has been appointed non-executive chair of the Bridging & Development Lenders Association,...

Wealthy Advisers Club sets out speaker line-up for April London conference

The Wealthy Advisers Club has confirmed the date and speakers for its 2026 London...

Financial firms warned over gaps in tackling domestic and economic abuse

Financial services firms are failing to ask the right questions about domestic and economic...

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