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Getting a bonus this year? Standard Life explain how a few years of bonus sacrifice could add £40k to pension pots
In a financial journey often shaped by the ups and downs of life, decisions made now can have a lasting impact. With…
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Aviva extends industry-first AI underwriting tool to critical illness cover
Aviva is expanding its AI underwriting summarisation tool to support individual critical illness (CI) insurance applications in another industry-first innovation. The move…
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Mortgage Advice Bureau delivers record lending volumes in 2025
Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB), the UK’s leading technology-driven mortgage intermediary, has announced that the value of arranged mortgages reached £32bn in 2025.…
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Targeted Support missing later life lending | Key Partnerships
The FCA’s Targeted Support initiative misses out on the potential to include later life lending to help deliver good customer outcomes for…
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Protection Distributors Group announces new members and Meg Kirby MBE as a new ambassador
The Protection Distributors Group (PDG) are delighted to share three exciting announcements. CoverMyBubble and Omny Benefits have become new members and Meg…
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Isio Investment Management | Central Banks walk a tightrope as tough rate decisions loom
Ahead of this week’s key rate decisions from the Federal Reserve, Bank of England and European Central Bank, Ajith Nair, CIO of…
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Just Group asks, is Value Protection the ‘best kept secret’ of retirement planning?
Global economic worries combined with attractive rates have increased interest in annuities from retirees keen to secure a flow of guaranteed income…
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Rightmove: highest ever price gap between first-time buyer and second-stepper home | experts react
New analysis from the UK’s biggest property platform Rightmove, reveals that the price gap between a typical first-time buyer home and a middle-market…
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Part 2: Surviving the current market storm, with Royal London’s Trevor Greetham
In a recent episode of our IFA Talk podcast, we welcomed Trevor Greetham, Head of Multi-Asset at Royal London Asset Management, into…
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GRiD influences government decision to clarify IHT exemption for standalone death in service benefits
GRiD is pleased that the government has listened to its concerns and confirmed that benefits payable from stand-alone registered group life pension schemes…
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