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Public ignorant of RDR, says advisers

In March 2012 Defaqto completed an online survey with 161 advisers exploring their attitudes...

NatWest broadens DA proposition

NatWest Intermediary Solutions has broadened its product offering for those who are directly authorised...

Aldermore appoints risk director

Aldermore has appointed Malcolm Workman as risk director of its asset finance business. He...

Precise and NACFB partner over transparency

Precise Mortgages has partnered with the National Association of Commercial Finance Brokers (NACFB) in...

Enness poaches pair from John Charcol

Enness Private Clients has hired two brokers from John Charcol. Shah Miah has five...

TrigoldCrystal acquired by technology firm

Technology solutions provider Avelo has acquired TrigoldCrystal. Avelo says the acquisition is part of...

AFI unveils NewBuy offering

Abbey for Intermediaries (AFI) has launched a range of NewBuy mortgages via intermediaries. The...

Upbeat outlook for house prices

House price optimism is at its highest for seven quarters, Rightmove’s latest quarterly Consumer...

FSA cancels broker’s permissions

The FSA has cancelled Mortgages UK 1970’s Part IV permission. This is because Mortgages...

We do like to be beside the seaside

During the past decade house prices have more than doubled in half of the...

Landlords remain optimistic about buy-to-let

Property investors remain positive about the outlook for the buy-to-let market, according to the...

Scottish broker fined £335,204 for insurance fraud

The FSA has fined Donald McKee Morgan, a partner in the firm of Donald...

Call for regulator to increase transparency

The Financial Services Consumer Panel has called for the government to ensure the new...

West One Loans funds takeover of Knightsbridge pub

West One Loans has completed a £1.6m deal on a pub in Knightsbridge. The...

COMMENT

Working up those income streams

Some might say the UK labour market has lost some of its confidence. Unemployment is rising, job moves have slowed, and many employers are...

Ignore the Gen Z worker stereotypes – the future is bright

The office fridge. Full of 12 types of milk, none derived from cows, and four on the work top, at room temperature. As for...

Reframe Cancer 2026 trends: prevention to take centre stage

This year is already shaping up to be one when prevention is taking centre stage. The Government recently announced the expansion of its WorkWell...

The mortgage protection gap advisers can’t ignore

The Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) consumer research findings published late last year, offered an insight into what the protection industry can expect from the...

Cashback, remortgages and adviser opportunity in 2026

A recent flood of mortgage products into the market offering cashback prove it has moved from the margins of the remortgage market to the...

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The Coventry cuts selected intermediary residential fixed rates

Coventry for intermediaries has reduced a number of residential fixed-rate products for new and...

Mortgage Advice Bureau completes acquisition of Dashly

Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) has completed the acquisition of technology and data company Dashly,...

The Buckinghamshire lowers rates across key ranges

Buckinghamshire Building Society has cut rates across a wide spread of residential and buy-to-let...

FCA finds protection market delivering good outcomes, says TPFG

The Property Franchise Group PLC (TPFG) has responded to the publication of the Financial...

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