by Jayne West | Aug 26, 2022 | Client Coverage
Just Mortgages has established a series of broker focus groups to help the firm understand the needs of advisers and assist them in expanding their scope. Brokers from across the UK with different experiences and backgrounds will be organised into groups of 12 to...
by Jayne West | Aug 23, 2022 | Client Coverage
Connect for Intermediaries and LiveMore Capital have announced a new distribution partnership. The move expands LiveMore’s distribution as it continues to lend to the 50 to 90 and above age group. LiveMore has now been in the market for two years and stated that it is...
by Jayne West | Aug 12, 2022 | Client Coverage
The regulator’s new Consumer Duty rules put much emphasis on vulnerable clients – which firms will have to be fully cognizant of, writes Andrew Gething. At the end of July, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) set out its plans for implementing Consumer Duty...
by Jayne West | Aug 12, 2022 | Client Coverage
By Paul Brett, managing director intermediaries, at Landbay For many years, there has been a debate over whether longer-term fixed-rate mortgages would be a good option for more borrowers. The basic argument is that, in fixing their rate over five or 10 years,...
by Jayne West | Jul 21, 2022 | Client Coverage
By Martin Cheek, Managing Director, SmartSearch As fears of renewed Russian offensives put Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine back on the news agenda, the sanctions against Putin and Russia which followed the war have never gone away. Before the invasion, Russia was...
by Jayne West | Jul 13, 2022 | Client Coverage
Mortgage and protection broker, Access Financial Services (Access FS), has agreed an exclusive tie with Vitality in order to strengthen its training of brokers who are inexperienced in the protection space. This will form part of Access’s academy that trains brokers...
