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Broker’s permissions revoked by FSA

The FSA has cancelled the permissions of Jim Fanning, trading as James Fanning Financial...

£5k up for grabs

Bibby Financial Services is offering a £5,000 cash prize in a prize draw. The draw,...

Focus powers next step for HSBC’s financial planning system

HSBC Bank plc has gone live with the second major phase of its wealth...

Target wins Credit Suisse servicing deal

Credit Suisse has appointed financial outsourcing provider, Target Loan Servicing, to manage and service...

Fall in fixed rate popularity at an end: John Charcol

The market share taken by remortgages (including product transfers) increased for the third month...

Brown admits recovery at crossroads and reveals Budget date

Gordon Brown has confirmed today that the date of this year's Budget will be...

ANALYSIS: understanding the Ombudsman

Bob Young, managing director of Capital Home Loans, explains why the Financial Ombudsman Service...

Fortis proposes new name

Announcing its 2009 year end results, Fortis (Insurance UK) has reported record premiums and...

Stonehaven &quottemporarily&quot suspends new lifetime mortgage lending

Lifetime mortgage provider Stonehaven has "temporarily"" suspended all new lending.

Northern Rock 3-month arrears level rises to 4.28%

Northern Rock has posted a pre-tax loss of £257 million for 2009. However, this...

Perspective launches corporate solutions division

Perspective Financial Group has launched PFG Corporate Solutions, a specialist division providing advice to...

Supply outstripping demand: RICS

The net balance of new instructions outpaced buyer interest for the second consecutive month,...

FSA bans another broker over unpaid fees

Another broker has had his permissions cancelled by the FSA for failing to pay...

Phoebus scoops award for pricing model

Phoebus Software has won the Outstanding Pricing Model Award at the recent Global Business...

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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