The 5% LTV increase applies across LiveMore 1, 2 and 3 standard interest-only products.

Ben Waugh, managing director of more2life, says a revolution has begun and is continuing in the later life lending product space.

The directory has been improved to allow Council members to showcase the full range of services they offer.

Advise Wise members can now access Comentis' vulnerability assessment tool.

The regulator will explore whether targeted support and simplified advice could better support pension savers.

The addition of Knights means the Council now has 769 member firms and 1831 registered individuals.

The firm warns that an increase in transfers will "lead to an increase in poorly informed pension transfer decisions".

Reeves said regulatory changes after financial crisis created a system which sought to eliminate risk taking "that has gone too far". 

The current average gap in pension savings at retirement shows women trailing men by about £100,000.

Darren Deacon, head of intermediary sales at Family Building Society, explores how specialist lenders are assisting older borrowers, the alternatives to the traditional equity release...