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4 days ago | 
moneymarketing.co.uk | Momodou Musa Touray |Ian McKenna |ian mckenna |Darius McQuaid |Lyndon White
Aviva has unveiled a new suite of technology enhancements, developed in partnership with FNZ, aimed at improving the adviser experience on its platform. The innovations follow last month’s launch of Aviva’s Onshore Bond and are now live with a select group of adviser firms ahead of a broader rollout later this year. Central to the new developments is Aviva Analytics, a sophisticated management information (MI) tool that will be housed in a redesigned Adviser Hub on the Aviva Adviser Platform.
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2 weeks ago | 
mortgagestrategy.co.uk | Kimberley Dondo |Roger Baird |Lyndon White
This week’s top stories include April Mortgages unveiling a long-term 100% LTV home loan, and Gable Mortgages introducing five-year deals with 0% deposit. Explore these and other key developments below. April Mortgages launches long-term 100% LTV home loan April Mortgages launched a long-term 100% loan-to-value home loan called the No Deposit Mortgage. Offered on 10- and 15-year fixed terms, it allowed borrowing up to 4.49 times income, with no early repayment charges.
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2 weeks ago | 
moneymarketing.co.uk | Dan Cooper |Faith Liversedge |Lyndon White
L&G’s group protection business has announced upgrades to its critical illness cover (CIC). This includes the addition of new conditions which the provider says is making it easier for intermediaries to compare against the options available for their clients. The changes also reflect advances in medical diagnoses and will support an improved experience for employers and their employees and policy administration.
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3 weeks ago | 
moneymarketing.co.uk | Momodou Musa Touray |Lyndon White
Platform technology giant FNZ has appointed two senior executives to support its ongoing global expansion and long-term client strategy. Cornelia Coman joins as group head of Europe, while Tom Chard steps into the newly created role of group head of growth. Both will sit on the company’s executive committee and report to Roman Regelman, group president at FNZ. Coman brings more than two decades of experience in financial services, having held senior leadership roles at ING Bank and NN Group.
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4 weeks ago | 
moneymarketing.co.uk | Chet Velani |Dan Cooper |Lyndon White
When we talk about improving financial resilience in the UK, the focus is often on solving the advice gap and making regulated financial advice more accessible. The Financial Conduct Authority’s advice guidance boundary review aims to address this, including the proposed introduction of targeted support, which would fill the gap between regulated advice and generic guidance. Currently, there’s a regulatory grey area here, and many providers are wary of overstepping the line.
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1 month ago | 
moneymarketing.co.uk | Momodou Musa Touray |Dan Cooper |Lyndon White
The Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) has said institutions and individuals must be held accountable for decisions made using artificial intelligence (AI). The CII made the call recently in recommendations submitted to the Treasury Select Committee (TSC). It said institutions should be held responsible for decisions made by the algorithms that they use, “even if it is not feasible to explain in detail how the algorithms produce their results”.
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1 month ago | 
mortgagestrategy.co.uk | Becky Bellamy |Lyndon White
Nationwide will reduce rates by up to 0.25% on its first-time buyer and home mover ranges, with the lowest rate now under 4%. The rate, effective tomorrow, is available on both the two-year and five-year fixed rate products. For existing and new customers moving home, the lender has lowered selected two-, three-, and five-year fixed rate products up to 95% loan-to-value (LTV).
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2 months ago | 
mortgagestrategy.co.uk | David Burrows |Becky Bellamy |Lyndon White
Offa, the Islamic property finance fintech, has appointed Naseer Ahmed as managing director of bridging & development finance. Ahmed brings more than 20 years of experience within the banking and finance industry including key roles in bridge and development financing. In his new role at Offa, he will focus on helping clients and brokers to achieve their funding requirements without compromising their faith or ethical beliefs.
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Mar 4, 2025 | 
moneymarketing.co.uk | Dan Cooper |Chris Jones |Claire Trott |Lyndon White
Abrdn has announced it is changing its name back to Aberdeen to “remove distractions”. The asset manager has put the vowels back in after its controversial – and much mocked – rebrand in 2021. The news was revealed in the firm’s annual results, published this morning (4 March). “We will deliver by looking forward with confidence and removing distractions’,” CEO Jason Windsor said. “To that end, we are changing our name to Aberdeen group plc.
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Feb 14, 2025 | 
mortgagestrategy.co.uk | Roger Baird |David Burrows |Lyndon White
The cost of living is forecast to rise to between 2.8% and 2.9% when official data is released next week, driven by higher energy costs and tariff threats from US President Donald Trump. Inflation is set to lift from 2.5% when the Office for National Statistics publishes its January reading on Wednesday, as the UK economy reacts to domestic price and wage pressures as well as a more uncertain international trading environment.
