Countrywide

Following 2016 thematic review

National wealth manager and adviser consolidator Bellpenny is to re-organise its management structure later this year, with current chief executive Kevin Ronaldson stepping down to become founder director.

Countrywide has announced it is to float on the stock market with an initial price of 350p per share, a figure which values the firm at about £750m.

Countrywide, the UK's largest mortgage broker and property services group, has acquired network and mortgage club Mortgage Intelligence.

Lettings agency and property service Countrywide has bought The Letmore Group, a large independent specialist rental agency in East London and Essex.

Searching for new clients and replacing lost income topped an RBS poll assessing mortgage brokers' most pressing concerns.

Mortgage brokers are broadly optimistic about their business prospects for the next 12 months, research from RBS Intermediary Partners (RBS IP) shows.

Wealth management group St James's Place saw pension sales almost double last year after new regulations governing retirement savings were introduced, says the Daily Telegraph .

SHARES IN companies preparing to be involved in Home Information Packs took a nasty knock after a government U-turn on what the packs will contain.