KPMG

Five of the UK's largest mortgage brokers have clubbed together in what they are stating is a loose coalition designed to give them better bargaining power with lenders.

A new guide covering the tax treatment of real estate investment trusts has been published by KPMG and Reita.

KPMG HAS BECOME the latest big four accounting firm to expand its operations to include fundraising for private equity firms and hedge funds, The Times has learnt.

Fears home information packs (Hip) will have a negative impact on financial intermediary business levels appear to be justified following the publication of a report from business analyst, KPMG.

Stockmarket investors may reconsider financial intermediary firms as valuable investment propositions within a few years, according to KPMG.

The life insurance industry may need to rethink its position as a study predicts wrap platforms will undermine their product assembler role.

Around 25% of companies named in the FTSE 250 index could in theory pay off their defined benefit (DB) pension deficits within a year using discretionary cashflow, claims research from KPMG.

Fifty per cent of companies named in the FTSE 100 index are theoretically able to pay off their pension deficits within a year according to research from KPMG Corporate Finance.

Thousands of endowment mortgage holders may eventually have to fall under the Financial Services Compensation Scheme, as the Scotsman reports a mortgage brokering firm has gone into liquidation which may have mis-sold these products.

Research jointly conducted by KPMG and consultancy Create has found asset management firms are intent on greater use of outsourcing and are looking to mergers and acquisitions to build skills rather than scales of business.