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Mortgage Brain has integrated its mortgage sourcing system with Easier2Move to offer an all-in-one mortgage application and coneyancing service.

Short of a plague of locusts (which at this juncture would not come as a real surprise) there is not much more that could hit the financial services industry this summer.

Failing to refer conveyancing services when selling residential mortgages could be costing IFAs up to £61m a year, according to Easier2Move.

Homebuyers should consider the cost of valuation fees - a fee that is often forgotten amongst the myriad of home buying costs - when choosing a mortgage, according to Moneyfacts.co.uk.

The Financial Services Consumer Panel has sparked fury amongst IFAs after a call to end commission payments over the weekend.

The seemingly eternal debate of ‘fees versus commission' continues to rage, having been recently fuelled by the ABI's latest response to the FSA's retail distribution review.

The day has arrived when I reveal my true opinion of the IFA market, and having worked in this arena now for the best part of nine years there's certainly been a lot of change.

The Personal Finance Society has launched a survey into the use of wraps in the retail investment market to aid its ongoing discussions with the Financial Services Authority on wrap platforms.

IFA firm Positive Solutions is extending its adviser incentive schemes in a bid to grow the firm further.

In 1989 Colin Jackson approached coach Malcolm Arnold with what seemed like a foolhardy idea of inviting one of his biggest rivals, Canadian Mark McCoy, to become part of Arnold's coaching stable.