Regulation

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%...

FCA signals Mortgage Market Study launch

The Financial Services Authority (FCA) is to formally launch its Mortgage Market Study towards the...

TMA outlines regional roadshow offering

TMA Mortgage Club is rolling out a series of regional roadshows with a number of mortgage...

PMS partners with TML

PMS Mortgage Club has become the latest distributor to partner with The Mortgage Lender...

Society of Mortgage Professionals outlines roadshow schedule

The Society of Mortgage Professionals has confirmed the schedule for its second series of 2016...

CA vows to continue leasehold reform campaign

The Conveyancing Association (CA) has stated that it will continue with its campaign to...

COMMENT

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...

Reframe Cancer 2026 trends: prevention to take centre stage

This year is already shaping up to be one when prevention is taking centre stage. The Government recently announced the expansion of its WorkWell...

The mortgage protection gap advisers can’t ignore

The Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) consumer research findings published late last year, offered an insight into what the protection industry can expect from the...

Latest news

Clydesdale Bank hikes selected residential fixed rates

Clydesdale Bank is increasing a range of residential fixed rate products across purchase, remortgage...

Aberdeen tops UK rankings for single homebuyer affordability

Aberdeen is the most affordable city in the UK for single people looking to...

Mortgage arrears set to hit record lows despite rate shock

Mortgage arrears are forecast to fall further over the next two years even as...

Family BS launches 100% LTV fix backed by family security

Family Building Society has entered the 100% LTV arena with the launch of an...

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