The way forward

In our first survey in collaboration with Incisive Research, Retirement Planner takes a look at the equity release market and canvasses adviser opinion on this much misunderstood product. While the industry has worked hard to improve standards, equity release has been tainted by the reputation of an earlier generation of products. As a result many consumers and advisers remain wary. As well as asking advisers why they recommend equity release it was also important to ask others why they choose not to. The fact that in the past the industry has been split between lifetime mortgages, which ar...