Update on Equity Release qualification and permission
Towards the close of 2016, the FCA released a Consultation Paper (CP16/24) looking at the possibility of investment and pension firms without mortgage permissions being able to advise on the equity release market provided they had an adviser who passed either a standalone qualification or a top-up to existing pension and investment qualifications.
Darlington BS join SimplyBiz Mortgages panel
SimplyBiz Mortgages has announced that Darlington Building Society has joined its lender panel.
Aileen Lynch: Changes to FCA debt counselling permissions
On 20 March, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) produced a regulatory publication to inform firms that held 'debt counselling' activity they are likely to hold the incorrect limitation, writes Aileen Lynch.
"Those in glass houses should not throw stones"
As I read first the regulator’s Sector Views paper and then Emma Ann Hughes’ article “Why you are better value for money than the regulator”, published on the 21 April, a well-known saying came to mind – one featuring glass houses and stones.