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Business & Development
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The Paraplanner Club partners with Fundment to expand free mentoring
The Paraplanner Club, the UK’s free mentoring community dedicated to supporting current and aspiring paraplanners, has partnered with Fundment to transition to…
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Advice firms risk being left behind without operating model overhaul, warns white paper
Technology alone will not solve advisers’ capacity and profitability challenges, authors argue Most advice firms aren’t failing. But they are running out…
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Moneybox expands retirement offering as it launches new pension drawdown service
Moneybox, the award-winning wealth management platform, has today announced the launch of pension drawdown for its Personal Pension customers, enabling them to…
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FE fundinfo reveals the industry’s top 10% of fund managers 2026
FE fundinfo, a leading financial data company connecting the investment industry across the UK, Europe and Asia Pacific through its Nexus platform, today…
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AJ Bell adds intelliflo zerokey to suite of time-saving adviser tools
AJ Bell Investcentre is pleased to announce an integration with intelliflo zerokey, adding to its suite of time-saving adviser tools. The integration…
Economy
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Five reasons to be cheerless about inflation
Sarah Coles, head of personal finance at AJ Bell, examines why steady inflation in May should not be mistaken for a return…
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Experts react as inflation holds steady at 2.8%, though future rises remain likely
UK inflation has held at 2.8% in the latest figures from the Office for National Statistics, defying expectations of a rise. The…
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Fed set to hold US interest rates as investors focus on Warsh’s first Fed meeting
The US Federal Reserve is widely expected to leave interest rates unchanged on Wednesday, but investors’ attention will be centred on new…
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Why 2.8% inflation won’t trigger a BoE rate cut this Thursday
With the Bank of England widely expected to freeze the base rate at 3.75% this Thursday, many borrowers are left wondering why…
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PIMCO Washington Watch: What is in the fragile-but-welcome MOU with Iran? Plus, more AI restrictions are coming
Libby Cantrill, head of public policy at PIMCO, examines the fragile but politically significant memorandum of understanding between the US and Iran,…
Insurance and Protection
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No savings safety net for one in five UK adults, Exeter data shows
The Exeter has released new data from its Consumer Health and Finance Tracker showing that one in five UK adults have no…
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VitalityLife pays a total of £149m in protection claims in 2025
VitalityLife has today published its protection claims statistics for 2025, revealing that it paid out a total of £149 million in protection…
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Why protection matters before, during and after a claim
The value of protection extends well beyond claims payments. In the following exclusive, Julie Godley, Director of Intermediary, Retail Protection at L&G,…
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Healix Health reveals persistent gender gap in workplace health claims
A persistent gender gap in workplace health claims continues to emerge, despite growing employer investment in health and well-being support. New data…
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Group risk claims surge to record £2.69bn
Employers who offer their employees group risk benefits (employer-sponsored life assurance, group income protection and critical illness) saw 68% of their absentees…
Mortgage & Property
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Pepper Money partners with Covecta to boost broker AI decisions
Pepper Money, one of the UK’s leading specialist mortgage lenders, has selected Covecta, the agentic AI platform built exclusively for financial services, to…
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Experts weigh in as ONS HPI records 3.8% house price growth
The latest ONS House Price Index has revealed that UK house prices increased by 3.8% annually, highlighting the continued resilience of the…
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The Mortgage Works delivers further rate cuts across buy-to-let ranges
The Mortgage Works is, from tomorrow, cutting rates by up to 0.26 percentage points on selected two, three and five-year fixed rate…
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Mortgage brokers “more important than ever” in uncertain market
Mortgage brokers are becoming increasingly vital to current and future homeowners navigating today’s changing economic landscape, according to research released today by…
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conveybuddy data challenges purchase slowdown narrative as instructions rise sharply
Conveyancing distributor, conveybuddy, has today released new market data showing a significant rise in purchase-related activity between May and June, challenging suggestions…
Regulation & Complaince
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Aviva receives FCA approval to deliver targeted support
Aviva has received regulatory approval from the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to provide targeted support to its customers. This marks an important…
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Simpler climate reporting rules could save firms £20m annually
Investment firms could save around £20m a year under new proposals from the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to simplify climate reporting for investment products. The…
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UK companies are leaving millions of pounds exposed and underperforming, new research suggests
UK businesses could be losing tens of thousands of pounds a year in missed interest while leaving large sums of cash potentially…
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Stablecoin regulation must not be delayed, and must balance risk mitigation with innovation
Today, the cross-party House of Lords Financial Services Regulation Committee has published its report, ‘Stablecoins: waiting for regulation’. The report concludes that…
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AJ Bell finds advisers divided over FCA’s proposed simplified advice changes
The FCA has recently proposed changes to the pensions and investment advice rules with the aim of widening access to regulated advice.…
