Regulation

Preparing for an EPC policy reversal

The new Labour government has begun outlining its commitment to improving the energy efficiency...

Recruiting the FCA way

For advisers looking to expand their business, choosing the right people to join the...

Paradigm Consulting launches new SDR e-book

Paradigm Consulting has announced the launch of a new e-book focused on the new...

CA to host Client and Matter Risk Assessments webinar

The Conveyancing Association (CA) is to hold a webinar for member firms focused on...

CA launches Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act summary guide

The Conveyancing Association (CA) has published an in-depth guide detailing the key sections of...

MBE London and FIBA Summit programmes published

Mortgage Business Expo (MBE) has issued the programme for this year’s MBE London event. The...

SimplyBiz to hold monitoring focussed event

SimplyBiz has announced more Consumer Duty support for advisers with a second ‘Compliance Clinic’,...

FCA fines HSBC £6.2m for TCF failings

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined HSBC UK Bank plc, HSBC Bank plc...

CA highlights ‘scope creep’ to parliamentary committee

The Conveyancing Association (CA) has stated that increased responsibilities placed upon conveyancers in recent...

Access FS appoints compliance director

Mortgage and protection firm Access Financial Services has appointed Jeremy Lock to the role...

RAW Capital Partners appoints head of risk and compliance

RAW Capital Partners has appointed a former Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) supervisor as its...

Advise Wise updates research PDF for compliance and audit

Advise Wise has announced the release of its improved research PDF document. The sourcing...

Trade body opposes FCA’s ‘name and shame’ plans

The Association of Short Term Lenders (ASTL) has opposed proposals by the FCA that...

Top questions asked by brokers on mortgage fraud

Kirsty Jefferies, financial crime manager, intermediary and solicitor panel, Coventry for intermediaries, and Andrew...

COMMENT

Complexity is rising and broker enablement has never mattered more

 For many years, success in the mortgage market was built off efficiency. If a broker understood the mainstream lending landscape, packaged cases well and kept...

Industry pushes to build next generation of home valuers

According to RICS, the average qualified surveyor is in their mid-fifties. Couple this with new entrant numbers failing to keep pace with retirements, and...

Supply side continues to drive the change agenda

Regulatory change is no longer something firms respond to periodically. It is now a permanent feature of the landscape. Whether it is capital treatment...

Searching for sunny uplands

There is a growing sense, shared quietly in boardrooms and rather less quietly over kitchen tables, that the UK has lost a degree of...

How advisers can find and secure powerful introducers to grow their business – Pt2

I hope you found my earlier article useful and enlightening and if so, please read on, as in this piece I complete the steps...

Latest news

Family BS expands fixed rate range across core lending lines

Family Building Society has launched a refreshed range of fixed rate products spanning owner-occupier...

HLPartnership hires Toby Miles from Legal & General for recruitment role

HLPartnership has appointed Toby Miles as recruitment manager, joining the mortgage and protection network...

Mortgage Brain unveils major CRM Brain update shaped by broker feedback

Mortgage Brain has released its most extensive update to CRM Brain, introducing new functionality...

Consumers put greater trust in B Corp certified financial providers, says Cumberland

More than half of consumers say they would feel more confident in their bank...

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