Mortgage distribution and packaging company Pink Home Loans, a subsidiary of Skipton Building Society, has appointed Dev Malle, 34, as its new head of operations.
Malle joins from UCB Homeloans and prior to that he had held various management positions with its parent company Nationwide Building Society.
Malle is aiming to improve service levels to ensure Pink will be in a strong position next year.
In response to the Government's disposition towards financial products with little or no profitability for the distributors, perhaps the readers of Money Marketing would be interested in the following letter which I have sent to the Chancellor of the Exchequer.I wonder if the Chancellor and the great and good at the Treasury really have any […]
Pensioners will be allowed to pass the value of their annuity to dependents upon death until age 75 according to proposals outlined in the Government's Pensions Green Paper. But before any money is passed on it will be hit by a 35 per cent tax, a level set far too high according to IFAs, who […]
Misys IFA Services is introducing a new service to help medium-sized firms become bigger regional IFA businesses.The “hub proposition” aims to provide the support that firms with 10-20 RIs need to come together to build a single bigger business.Support on offer will primarily be financial and marketing although more detailed plans are to be announced […]
Bankhall and The Exchange have signed a partnership deal that will see the latter's Exweb portal white-labelled as IFAengine for Bankhall members while Exchange users will be targeted with Bankhall services.IFAengine users will get Exweb's comparative quotation and electronic new business services as the portal moves towards electronic commission and compliance systems. Bankhall members will […]
Just a quick post to alert our followers to the fact that the new Fit for Work service is – according to the rollout map – now available in all geographical areas of England and Wales.
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Advice giant St James’s Place will block access to its investment platform for 10 days while it migrates services to a new provider. SJP tells Money Marketing that the work will affect online service ability for clients between 19 October and 29 October. A spokesman says: “SJP will carry out essential maintenance to our systems as part […]
This summer saw the S&P 500 rule headlines for enjoying the longest-running bull market in history. Yet, as per the old adage, what goes up inevitably comes down, and it is the job of advisers to manage clients’ portfolios accordingly – either directly or via the third-party investment services they use. A crude assumption might […]
There is currently no minimum qualification level, but the majority of advisers think this needs to change The role of the paraplanner is a relatively new one and its definition and responsibilities can differ hugely between firms. According to the Chartered Institute for Securities and Investment, the role can be broken down into four key […]