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Annual growth slows, but house prices remain up on last year
Property prices grew by +0.3% annually in March (vs +1.6% last month) with house prices up +2.0% on previous quarter. Average house…
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200,000 sign petition for vote by MPs on WASPI compensation for State Pension changes
A petition calling for an urgent parliamentary debate on compensation for the WASPI women has reached 200,000 signatures in less than two…
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Government should explore offering greater Individual choice on state pension age
Pension provider Aegon is urging the Government to explore offering more choice over when people can start claiming their state pension. The…
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FOS Increases Complaint Level Predictions as Performance Continues to Improve
The Financial Ombudsman Service has today published its final plans and budget detailing the next phase of its transformation, whilst confirming the…
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More than a million LPAs registered in 2023, ‘record’ statistics show
More than a million people applied for lasting power of attorney last year, the highest annual total on record. Family court statistics show…
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OMS integrates with Source Insurance to enhance GI user experience
One Mortgage System (OMS), the seamless single-input enquiry to completion processing platform for brokers, has announced a full application programming interface (API) integration…
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Plan 100 becomes 60th CISI Accredited Financial Planning Firm
Plan 100 becomes 60th CISI Accredited Financial Planning FirmTM East Sussex based Plan 100 has achieved the prestigious CISI Accredited Financial Planning…
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Podcast #77: Later-life finance options for clients. With Standard Life Home Finance’s Kay Westgarth
Helping older clients to raise finance is becoming an increasingly important part of the advice process. Our guest on IFA Talk today…
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NS&I launches British Savings Bonds – reaction from AJ Bell’s Suter
Laura Suter, director of personal finance at AJ Bell, comments: “The chancellor announced the launch of the new savings bonds in the Spring…
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LGIM launches new Short-Term Alternative Finance Fund
Fund to sit on newly launched European RAIF platform in push to offer investors short term strategy Legal & General Investment Management…
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