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Overall lending for house purchases hit its highest level in almost a year in July, according to the latest figures from the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML).

Paradigm has kicked off a revamp of its protection offering by adding Bupa Individual Protection's proposition to its Elite protection panel.

Protection products will be ‘pivotal' to adviser firms' future prosperity, according to Sesame Bankhall.

Former Standard Life savings chief executive Geoff Towers will join Legal & General (L&G) as head of IFA sales for savings.

Tim Geithner, US Treasury Secretary, has revealed the Government will continue to guarantee mortgages to minimize the risk of housing-led recessions in future.

Tenet is stepping in to bail-out adviser firms that have been let down by "unsympathetic or unwilling" banks.

Openwork is set to unveil changes and enhancements to its provider proposition in a series of nationwide adviser road shows.

Mint Financial Services CEO, Paul Gaines, is to leave the firm next year.

Fortis Life UK has launched a new partnership with adviser network Sesame.

The European Union is set to give the go-ahead for Northern Rock to be split into two, clearing the way for a partial sale.