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Want to run AIFA?

The Association of Independent Financial Advisers (AIFA) has given further details of the process...

COMMENT: CGT won’t scare off landlords

Budget measures over Capital Gains Tax won't hit buy-to-let, says Guy Garrard, head of...

OPINION: It’s imperative for professionalism to improve

It's time to improve standards argues Kevin Paterson, sales and marketing director, Assurant Intermediary The...

Charity backs FSA’s arrears and SRB plans

National debt charity Consumer Credit Counselling Service (CCCS) has welcomed the policy measures announced...

AMI supports approved persons plans

The Association of Mortgage Intermediaries (AMI) has backed the FSA's plans to make all...

Tenants fuelling rise in eviction advice

Debt charity the Consumer Credit Counselling Service (CCCS), has seen a "dramatic"" rise in...

New shared ownership product from the Leeds

The Leeds Building Society has launched a new shared ownership mortgage product for first...

Banks want G20 action over regulation

UK banks have urged the Prime Minister to push for global consensus on the...

FLA wants consumer credit plans clarified

Consumer borrowing levels in April was lower than the same time last year, according...

Proof HIPs held back the housing market: Agency Express

Agency Express says its latest Property Activity Index clearly shows that Home Information Packs...

Intensive supervisory approach remains: Sants

FSA chief executive Hector Sants has warned firms that the FSA's intensive supervisory approach...

Improve mutuals’ prospects, CML tells govt

The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) wants the government to consider capital issues alongside...

Banking Manifesto launched by Which?

Which? has published a Banking Manifesto which it wants to help rebuild trust between...

One MPC member wanted to increase bank rate

There was a dissenter within the Bank of England Monetary Policy Committee at 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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