Regulation

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...

MorganAsh partners with FWD Research to support firms with vulnerability requirements

MorganAsh has teamed up with FWD Research to further assist firms in meeting the...

SimplyBiz’s Consumer Duty event sees over 1,500 bookings

SimplyBiz has reported that its upcoming virtual Compliance Clinic, focussing upon Consumer Duty Annual...

The DPS to host free landlord webinars on disputes

The Deposit Protection Service (DPS) has created a series of free online webinars to...

Paradigm Consulting partners with Xpress Mortgages

Paradigm Consulting, the providers of support services to advisory firms, has announced a new...

Rosemount appoints new Appointed Representative

Rosemount Financial Solutions (IFA), the independent mortgage and protection network, has announced the appointment...

SmartSearch secures investment to match growth plans

SmartSearch, a UK provider of digital compliance and anti-money laundering (AML) software, has signed...

“Trillions” could find home in back books before July 2024

$2.6 trillion (£2.4tn) in a cash pile of investors’ money could be used to...

SmartSearch teams up with LSEG Risk Intelligence

SmartSearch, a provider of anti-money-laundering (AML) and digital compliance software, has partnered with LSEG...

Paradigm publishes new Consumer Duty video and e-book

Paradigm has launched its latest Consumer Duty eBook and a new video providing information...

Advisers’ Sustainability Group reveals membership

The Advisers’ Sustainability Group (ASG), recently established by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to...

Client vulnerabilities being missed by lack of technology

MorganAsh has warned that those firms that haven't integrated technology to complete essential vulnerability...

Comentis introduces equity release mental capacity assessment

Comentis, the duty of care assessment company, has launched a new mental capacity assessment...

COMMENT

Commonhold reform: Devil in the detail

The government's language on leasehold reform remains forthright. Ministers speak of, “bringing the feudal leasehold system to an end,” of returning power to homeowners...

Managing cashflow and risk in today’s turbulent market

Over the past decade buy-to-let landlords have become accustomed to operating in a market where it can often feel like change is the only...

Is there such thing as a ‘typical borrower’ anymore?

What is a typical borrower? A few decades ago, it would have been a salaried employee, single source of income and, most likely, a...

Private credit has reached its next stage of maturity

Every lending market experiences moments that prompt uncomfortable questions. A high profile default, allegations of poor governance or a significant loss inevitably lead to...

Your clients aren’t being stolen… they’re being handed over

Let's be honest about something the industry won't say out loud. Lenders going direct aren't the problem. Brokers are. Every year the same conversation happens....

Latest news

Hope Capital expands Shawbrook funding facility

Hope Capital Property Finance has increased its committed funding facility with Shawbrook Bank to...

Pivotal linked to Beneficial Network deal

LSL Property Services is understood to have agreed a deal involving Beneficial mortgage network...

London leads rental growth as supply shortage keeps rents high

London recorded the strongest monthly increase in average rents as demand continued to outstrip...

TMG reports record monthly MetLife submissions

TMG recorded its highest monthly submission volume with MetLife, exceeding its previous record by...

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