Equity release

Partnership Assurance has overhauled its board with the announcement of two new appointments and the departure of Robin Phipps and Marisa Cassoni.

Pure Retirement, a new equity release provider, has launched to market with its Pure Drawdown Plan, a high loan-to-value lifetime drawdown scheme.

Fiona Murphy goes through the results of this month's Inquiry and asks advisers how the market has developed.

Pure Retirement equity release products to follow

Lifetime mortgages are not the only option for clients. Chris Prior highlights the case for home reversion

Players such as banks and building societies could re-enter the equity release sector. Fiona Murphy asks industry players if this would be a good thing for the industry.

A telephone advice service offered by Aviva - originally believed to be a casualty of the provider's decision to exit advised sales in May - was in fact pulled months earlier after an audit flagged concerns over the quality of advice given to customers....

Intermediaries have helped boost the equity release market by 29% over the past two years, figures from the Equity Release Council have revealed.

Chris Prior highlights the issues advisers need to discuss with clients considering equity release

Chris Prior highlights the issues advisers need to discuss with clients considering equity release