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Abbey for Intermediaries has revealed plans to distribute all of its core retail financial products through brokers and confirmed its much-speculated entry into the buy-to-let sector.

Nationals round-up: Star fund managers were under the microscope while RPI-linked bonds made a return. There was also a closer look at inheritance tax and the buy-to-let market.

Three men, including a financial adviser and an estate agent, have confessed their involvement in a buy-to-let property scam worth more than £1m.

Providers are hailing it as a solution to pensioner poverty but retirement planners are taking a more cautious approach to using equity release in this way. Maryrose Fison takes a closer look at what advisers need to consider when advising on these products....

Partnership has launched an equity release product offering better rates for those suffering from conditions such as diabetes or cancer.

Annuity and equity release provider Just Retirement has more than doubled the maximum initial loan amount available from its equity release product.

Dev Malle, sales and marketing director at Personal Touch Financial Services, discusses why buy-to-let has become such an important part of the UK market.

The FSA's consultation paper on the mortgage market review (MMR) does not go far enough to ensure consumers are provided with a full range of equity release options, the Society of Equity Release Advisers (SERA) says.

Demand for equity release products will surge in the coming years as the baby boom generation begins to retire, says Almary Green.

Equity release sales jumped 22% in the first half of 2010 to £454.99m compared to same period last year, according to Key Retirement Solutions (KRS).