Press releases for May 2010

01 June 2010

1st June 2010: The quality of coverage ranks higher than price amongst brokers when recommending insurance policies to clients, according to specialist general insurance provider Assurant Intermediar...

27 May 2010

27th May 2010: Specialist general insurance provider, Assurant Intermediary, has urged the Competition Commission to provide greater clarity in its final recommendation in July regarding the proposed ...

27 May 2010

Linx FS has today (Thursday 27th May) announced the launch of Shoebox, a free online consumer platform which allows mortgage and protection advisers access to a number of new income generating opportu...

27 May 2010

Bridgewater Equity Release, the home reversion specialist, has today (27th May 2010) announced it is to host equity release broker forums in both Stoke on Trent and Plymouth during June. The Stoke ...

26 May 2010

Seung Minn achieves 1st decile performance on 3 year anniversary Stock picking is key to the manager’s outperformance against benchmark Seung Minn celebrates his third anniversary at the helm o...

26 May 2010

The Source has now extended its household insurance quote guarantee from 30 to 90 days for all quotes generated through its Source Online panel quotation system. Mick Cairns, Source Head of Sales, ...

26 May 2010

MD Pension Solutions has forged a strategic affiliation with Y3S Debt Rescue to provide free pension advice to their direct clients. The link up with Y3S Debt Rescue will enable client’s access to ...

26 May 2010

Complete Mortgage & Loan Services Ltd has bolstered its sales team with the addition of two business consultants. The appointments consist of Brian McDermott and Martin Garfoot. Brian and Martin ar...

24 May 2010

Annuity Direct targets the big firm retirement scheme arena as Pensions Regulator becomes more vocal about open market option. Increased interest from Trustees seeking the highest annuity rate for ...

24 May 2010

Mortgage Brain, the market leading mortgage technology solutions provider, is pleased to announce that the roll-out of its new sourcing system – the revolutionary ALL NEW MortgageBrain – is going to p...

24 May 2010

Conveyancers who pay referral fees provide a faster and higher quality service and charge lower fees to clients, than firms who don’t pay referral fees, is the conclusion reached by an independent res...

24 May 2010

Paradigm Mortgage Services, the mortgage partnership proposition, has today (24th May 2010) added Kensington and its entire range of mortgage products to its lender panel. From today, Paradigm memb...

20 May 2010

Leading specialist insurer implements new Information on Demand solution to improve efficiency and save business costs 20 May 2010 – HCC International, a leading specialist international insurer,...

19 May 2010

Analysis from paaleads.com, moneysupermarket.com’s lead provider, reveals that April saw the highest number of consumers looking for purchase mortgages in 2010 so far. Remortgage volumes are still ...

18 May 2010

Mortgage Brain, the market leading mortgage technology solutions provider, has announced a partnership with Viva Costa International to give intermediaries instant access to its overseas mortgage prod...

18 May 2010

An affordable compliance solution addressing HM Treasury’s Sanctions List requirements Professional Office Ltd. the provider of virtual secretaries, personal assistants and other office services h...

18 May 2010

Paradigm Mortgage Services, the mortgage partnership proposition, has today (18th May 2010) made a further addition to its lender panel with the inclusion of National Counties Building Society. Thi...

17 May 2010

6 in 10 advisers report an increase in the time spent talking with clients 6 in 10 advisers now spend more of their efforts on financial planning than on investment selection Half of advisers sa...

17 May 2010

The Mortgage Alliance (TMA) has teamed up with Halifax Intermediaries to offer directly authorised brokers the chance to win a Red Letter Day to the value of £600. To be in with a chance of winning t...

14 May 2010

Daniel Uzan appointed to head Real Estate Finance team Commercial Real Estate has undeniably experienced a rocky ride in recent years. Nevertheless, boutique wealth manager London & Capital - wh...

13 May 2010

Perspective Financial Group Ltd, the consolidation vehicle for IFA firms, has today (13th May 2010) announced the appointment of Robert Paget as its new Group Analyst Manager. Paget joins Perspecti...

13 May 2010

LINK LOANS ANNOUNCES RATE REDUCTIONS Secured loans lender, Link Loans, has announced rate reductions on all of its products that are available for LTVs from 51% to 75%, with rates for loans below 5...

13 May 2010

37% fall in gross arrears/40% fall in late arrears since February 2009 peak Specialist lender, CHL Mortgages, has today (13th May 2010) revealed further improvements in early and late arrears acros...

12 May 2010

All Types of Mortgages Ltd (AToM), the specialist mortgage packager/distributor is pleased to announce the appointment of Peter Turner as director of its commercial business division. AToM’s commer...

11 May 2010

OPM Fund Management (‘OPM’) confirmed today that its Fixed Interest Fund (managed by Chief Investment Officer, Tony Yousefian) and its Property Fund (managed by Ross Henderson) are now both available ...

11 May 2010

May 11th 2010 LeadPoint, the world’s first lead exchange marketplace, today announced the launch of a new interface designed to help lead buyers maximise their return on investment from lead generat...

11 May 2010

The latest figures from Mortgage Brain’s Monthly Product Analysis show encouraging signs once again as it reports that the number of mortgage schemes increased during April to represent an overall pro...

11 May 2010

TMA has formed a strategic partnership with Home Searcher to offer DA brokers exclusive access to become an online property marketing company. The link will enable DA brokers to have full access to...

10 May 2010

Paradigm Mortgage Services, the mortgage partnership proposition, has today (10th May 2010) added Saffron Building Society to its lender panel. From today Paradigm member firms will be able to acce...

10 May 2010

The Consulting Consortium (TCC) has joined forces with learning specialist Intellego to form a partnership to ensure firms will have access to all the relevant training and compliance tools to tackle ...

07 May 2010

Secured loans lender, Link Loans, has announced the launch of Baby Loans. This new product specifically targets customers who may currently be using a more expensive unsecured option or a credit card ...

06 May 2010

Are YOU currently complying with the Financial Sanctions legislation? The answer from most people is likely to be no or "what legislation?!!". To view this document please download the pdf below.

06 May 2010

Mortgage Brain, the market leading mortgage technology solutions provider, has announced a series of National Launch Events for its brand new sourcing system, which will take place at a number of majo...

06 May 2010

AIFX, the UK’s only subscription-based FOREX trading training provider, has today (6th May 2010) launched a new service for its traders allowing them to share details of their trades with the AIFX tra...

05 May 2010

Paradigm Group, the support services business for IFAs, mortgage brokers and its own ARs which includes Paradigm Partners, Paradigm Mortgage Services and Paradigm Financial Advisers, has today (5th Ma...

04 May 2010

First UK-domiciled, actively-managed Brazil OEIC, from the company that runs the only UK-domiciled BRIC fund To be managed by award-winning1 emerging markets manager Michael Konstantinov Allianz...