Regulation

HLPartnership appoints head of supervision

HLPartnership (HLP) has expanded its compliance team with the appointment of Trisha Hanratty as...

PRIMIS and TMA to hold virtual CeMAP courses

PRIMIS Mortgage Network and TMA Club will be offering a range of Certificate in Mortgage...

Tenet boosts client vulnerability support for advisers

Tenet Compliance Services (TCS) has strengthened its support for Directly Authorised advisers by introducing...

SmartSearch appoints new CEO

SmartSearch has announced the appointment of Guy Harrison as its new CEO. Harrison (pictured) is tasked with...

Pepper cleared to integrate Optimum Credit

Pepper Money has been given regulatory approval to complete its integration with Optimum Credit. Under...

FCA fines HSBC Bank plc £63.9m

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined HSBC Bank plc (HSBC) £63,946,800 for failings...

FCA seeks to improve financial services compensation framework

The FCA has published a Discussion Paper aimed at maintaining a compensation framework that...

New mortgage and protection network targets self-employed advisers

A new, mortgage and protection network launched last month. Abundance Network was founded by Ravi...

PIMFA calls for FCA to make better use of data in supervising ARs

PIMFA, the trade association for wealth management, investment services and the investment and financial...

FCA calls for stronger requirements on AR oversight

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has launched a consultation on improving the appointed representatives...

Businesses “wasting hours checking documents”

SmartSearch research has suggested regulated businesses are "wasting" hours processing physical documents for ID...

FCA wants ban on debt packager referral fees

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has issued proposals banning debt packager firms from being...

Stonebridge’s CAR performs 800k checks in first six months

Stonebridge has announced its Check, Action & Resolve (CAR) system has surpassed over 800,000 checks...

AMI’s concerns remain despite FSCS levy reduction

The Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) levy forecast for next year has been reduced...
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COMMENT

Comment

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...

What building the future means for mortgages

Earlier this month I attended the Abundance 360 summit in Los Angeles, Peter Diamandis’s annual gathering of entrepreneurs, scientists, tech CEOs and investors who are,...

Five things brokers across the country are telling me right now

The thing I’ve always enjoyed most about working in the specialist mortgage market is the people. I’m lucky that a big part of my job...

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Virgin Money raises selected mortgage rates by up to 75bps

Virgin Money is increasing selected purchase, remortgage, buy-to-let and product transfer rates from Thursday...
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Property sector must embrace long-term reform to withstand global shocks, says OPDA

The Open Property Data Association (OPDA) has called on the government to adopt a...
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Rent rises hold steady as UK house price growth slows

Private rents across the UK rose at the same annual rate in February, while...
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Movera reports rise in completions as expansion gathers pace

Home moving group Movera has reported a sharp increase in activity across its conveyancing...

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