Regulation

Large variation in consumer vulnerability across key sectors

The latest data from the MorganAsh Resilience System (MARS) has revealed that firms using...

OMS updates Consumer Duty functionality

One Mortgage System (OMS) has announced updates to its dedicated Consumer Duty functionality on...

Managing the FCA’s later life mortgage expectations

Our sector continues to dissect September’s FCA review focused on the ‘Action needed to...

Significant minority of brokers have had more protection conversations

40% of mortgage advisers have reported that their firm has seen an increase in...

FCA takes further steps amid growth in Buy Now Pay Later

There has been a significant increase in the use of buy-now-pay-later (BNPL), according to...

SimplyBiz bolsters mortgage compliance team

SimplyBiz has announced the appointment of Simon Lovell and Kris Armstrong to its compliance...

Duty on firms to recognise impact on disabled clients

Support provider MorganAsh has warned that financial services firms must understand the financial impact...

The Right Mortgage appoints compliance manager

The Right Mortgage & Protection Network has announced the appointment of a new compliance...

Just Mortgages launches equity release licence workshops

Just Mortgages has launched a new series of workshops to help self-employed brokers secure...

Paradigm bolsters CPD Test Zone with new cybersecurity module

Paradigm has announced the addition of a new Cybersecurity test module on its CPD...

‘Emerging’ finance firms increasingly falling victim to financial crime

Over one-third of firms in emerging finance sectors admit that they have been a...

Majority of 50-79-year-olds distrust financial services providers

There is an “alarming” lack of trust in financial service providers among those aged...

HBSG issues discussion paper on improving home buying & selling process

The Home Buying and Selling Group (HBSG) has launches a discussion paper to help...

Protection Guru facilitates new critical illness example definitions

Protection Guru has announced the launch of Designed by Doctors, a series of recommended...
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COMMENT

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...

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