Regulation

Amicus applies for banking licence

Amicus Finance plc has submitted a banking licence application to the Prudential Regulation Authority...

No systemic failure in enhanced annuity sales

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published the findings of its thematic review of...

FCA takes action against payday lender

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has banned Andrew Barry Hart, the sole director, controller...

FCA outlines diversity and inclusion commitments

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published targets for the Women in Finance Charter. The...

Master brokers “should be fully CeMAP qualified”

Fluent for Advisers has argued that all master brokers and distributors providing second charge services to...

Aviva fined £8.2m over outsourcing failures

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined Aviva Pension Trustees UK and Aviva Wrap...

MiFID II repercussions for financial advice?

LifeQuote has claimed that the recent announcement that MiFID will require all investment advice...

Call for clarification on advice remuneration

Following the Treasury consultation on redefining ‘advice’, Aegon wants the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to...

PRA outlines buy-to-let underwriting expectations

The Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) has published its expectations of firms’ underwriting standards to...

New FCA measures on focus on culture

Six months on from the implementation of the Senior Managers and Certification Regime, the Financial...

Society of Mortgage Professionals to hold BTL roadshows

The Society of Mortgage Professionals has revealed plans to deliver a CPD event programme dedicated...

Warning sounded over limited company BTL tax liabilities

The audience at last week's Association of Short Term Lenders' (ASTL) annual conference heard tax adviser...

Payday lender in £34m customer redress action

Payday firm CFO Lending is to provide over £34 million of redress to more...

10% growth in seconds market predicted

Brokers expect the value of the second charge loans market to increase by 10%...

COMMENT

PMI – an advice gap not to be ignored

The latest figures from the ABI show insurers processed a record £4 billion in individual and workplace private medical insurance (PMI) claims in 2024,...

The self-employed boom and why traditional life cover won’t cut it

There’s a shift happening in how people work and how they buy homes - especially for the self-employed and gig economy worker. Flexibility, autonomy and...

First-time buyers and buy-to-let are not rivals

As we move further into 2026, a familiar narrative is starting to reappear. It suggests that a stronger first-time buyer market will be delivered...

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...

Latest news

Mortgage Brain warns brokers over AI and password risks

Mortgage brokers are being urged to tighten up their data security practices with warnings...

Interbridge Mortgages turns to former Sainsbury’s Bank chief as new chair

Interbridge Mortgages has appointed Peter Griffiths OBE as chair, adding a senior industry figure...

Landbay adds five-year fixed cashback deals to Premier remortgage line-up

Landbay has introduced five five-year fixed-rate remortgage products within its Premier buy-to-let range, each...

Keystone’s latest rate reductions extend across new and existing business

Keystone Property Finance has introduced a further round of rate cuts across its new...

PROFILES