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Average first-time buyer mortgage payment up 61% since last election
A new first-time buyer study from the UK’s biggest property website Rightmove has revealed that the average first-time buyer mortgage payment has…
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Less than 1% of top UK board roles held by women of colour
A report released today, Hidden Truth: Diversity & Inclusion in the FTSE All-Share, reveals a remarkable lack of diversity across the four positions…
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Couples must understand their legal and tax status as record 9 in 10 cohabit before marriage
The Office for National Statistics has revealed a post-Covid recovery in marriage rates. There were 246,897 marriages in England and Wales in 2022,…
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UK interest rates held at 5.25%| But why? Reaction from across the industry
It’s no surprise to IFA Magazine readers that, yet again this month, the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has decided…
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Disappointment for mortgage and property markets as UK interest rates held at 5.25%| Reaction
The hopes of mortgage and property experts have been dashed yet again. News is now out that the Bank of England’s Monetary…
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Aegon revolutionises £12bn workplace default fund to include private markets & enhanced ESG integration
Aegon has announced plans to significantly evolve its largest workplace default, the £12 billion Universal Balanced Collection fund, introducing innovative private market…
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Where are the lines of responsibility when recommending MPS solutions? The Timebank’s Damian Davies has some strong views
Where are the lines of responsibility when recommending MPS solutions? It’s an important question and one which The Timebank’s Damian Davies believes…
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Manifestos compared: what the main political parties have pledged on tax and personal finance
With the main political parties having set out their positions on a range of tax, pensions, and savings issues ahead of the…
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Plugging the advice gap: Truly Independent’s Katie Brinsden tells us why it matters and what we can do about it
In this, the first of a brand-new series of articles for IFA Magazine, Katie Brinsden, managing director at the national, directly authorised…
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Liberté, Egalité, Volatilité! | A few thoughts on fixed income from MFSIM’s Benoit Anne
Liberté, Egalité, Volatilité. As Benoit Anne, Managing Director – Investment Solutions Group of MFS Investment Management, explains in the following analysis looking…
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