Fed hawks are on the war path, sending mortgage rates higher

Cetera Financial Group has added financial advisors Jim Tucker and Patrick Bria, along with their Tucker Bria Wealth Strategies team, which oversees about $420 million in assets under administration, the San Diego-based firm announced. The Durham, N.C.-based team joined through Cetera’s Summit Financial Networks after more than a decade at Commonwealth Financial Network, which is…

Pensioners in India include the retired government employees who are eligible for individual or family pension from the government after their tenure. In continuance from their salaries, pensioners receive a dedicated percentage of their pension payout which is aimed at mitigating inflation. However, this component, known as Dearness Allowance (DA) in salary, is called Dearness…

Firms will benefit from reduced costs and greater flexibility and find it easier to comply with the Senior Managers and Certification Regime (SM&CR), following reforms set out today by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA). The changes, which come as the first phase of a multi-stage package of reform from Government…

Fortune reported that at the start of 2020, 109,000 more women were working than men, and women in the US made up 50.4% of the labor force. Sectors that traditionally hire women, like healthcare and education, were growing, and other industries previously dominated by men were also hiring more women than ever before. Forbes reported…

Leek Building Society had updated its mortgage criteria to support a wider range of borrowers. The eight changes have been influenced by the mutual’s broker partners and apply to residential and specialist mortgage cases.  Leek Building Society has revised its income criteria to now consider child benefit, Pension Credit, Carer’s Allowance and Disability Living Allowance…