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FSA claims strengthened stress testing regime

The FSA is now requiring firms to improve their stress testing capability, enhance their...

Tories slammed over EPC policy

Conservative shadow housing minister Grant Shapps has been dubbed "out of touch"" with the...

Brits working hard to go green

Latest research from The Co-operative Bank suggests that UK households are slowly 'greening' their...

L&G expands panel and launches new mortgage range

Legal & General Mortgage Club has added Newcastle Building Society to its panel of...

Increase liquidity, AMI urges government

The Association of Mortgage Intermediaries (AMI) has called for more Government support to encourage...

Pause in rental inflation

There has been a lull in the rental boom witnessed over the summer, according...

PMS distribute new HRBS lifetime tracker

Hinckley & Rugby Building Society and PMS have launched a new lifetime tracker product. The...

Bank of England maintains Bank Rate

The Bank Rate has been held at 0.5%. The Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee...

Brokers can benefit from PBR pensions confusion claims specialist

MD Pension Solutions believes the pre-Budget report adds further confusion to the pensions horizon. Chancellor...

Bridging stalwart returns to sector

Former sales and marketing director of Cheval, Mark Posniak, is to return to the...

Brain gets the Edge

Mortgage Brain has acquired the Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) of the EdgeV2 software platform...

Cattles’ auditor quits

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP has resigned as the auditor of Cattles plc. The embattled lender has announced...

New asset management firm launches

A new independent asset management company called Asset 1st has launched, to provide specialist...

Haart advert banned

Haart Estate Agents have been told by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) to ensure...

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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