Welcome to episode 16 of our #MortgageAdvice series with Gordon Reid, Business Development Manager, The London Institute of Banking & Finance and John Somerville, Head of Financial Services, The London Institute of Banking & Finance. In this special episode Gordon and John discuss the upcoming ⁠Mortgage Conference⁠ hosted by The London Institute of Banking & Finance, and delve deeper into why attending the conference will help advisers, what you can expect to hear from our speakers and what to look out for on the day! As always they aim to inform, interest, educate and entertain on ..read more

Welcome to episode 15 of our #MortgageAdvice series with Gordon Reid, Business Development Manager, The London Institute of Banking & Finance and guests Charlotte Allen, Chief Compliance & Risk Officer, Key Group and Julie Pardy, Director of Regulation and Market Engagement, Worksmart Ltd. In this episode Gordon and his guests discuss whether the the mortgage industry is prepared for the consumer duty, which aspects of the consumer duty should advisers be focusing on in the next few months, and what skills will advisers need to further develop to comply with the consumer duty. As alway ..read more

Welcome to episode 14 of our #MortgageAdvice series with Gordon Reid, Business Development Manager, The London Institute of Banking & Finance and guests, Sarah Tucker, Founder & Managing Director,  The Mortgage Mum and Dave Woodbridge, Regional Sales Director,  PRIMIS Mortgage Network.  In this episode Gordon and his guests discuss the greatest opportunities for mortgage advisors looking to expand their business, standing out in a competitive marketplace and how respective networks are offering support to advisors.  As always they aim to inform, interest, educate an ..read more

Welcome to episode 13 of our #MortgageAdvice series with Gordon Reid, Business Development Manager, The London Institute of Banking & Finance, Adam Tyler Executive Chairman of FIBA Ltd and Vic Jannels, CEO of The Association of Short Term Lenders. In this episode Gordon and guests discuss LIBF’s new training programme, the Level 3 Certified Practitioner in Specialist Property Finance (CPSP). They discuss the areas of specialist property finance covered, who the programme is aimed at, and what it will look and feel like, amongst other things. As always, they aim to inform, interest, educate ..read more

Welcome to episode 12 of our #MortgageAdvice series with Gordon Reid, Business Development Manager, The London Institute of Banking & Finance and Gemma Bennett, Mortgage Broker, The Mortgage Mum. In this episode Gordon and Gemma discuss the importance of looking after your own wellbeing, why they think it’s important to be talking about the wellbeing of mortgage advisers in the current market, and how to support advisers at this time. As always they aim to inform, interest, educate and entertain on all things mortgage related. For more information on our CeMAP qualification go to our ..read more

This episode is a follow-on to a webinar run by our Centre for Governance Risk and Regulation on making sense of the ESG ratings and benchmarks. Andrew Cunningham, Chairman of the Editorial Board, Centre for Governance Risk and Regulation, Kasia Chodurek, LIBF Next Gen faculty member, Interim Head of Distribution for 'FarmWorks' (Kenya), Oliver Beroud, founder of LIBF's Centre for Governance, Risk and Regulation and Visiting Professor, LIBF and Vitaline Yeterian, Senior Vice President, DBRS Morningstar dive deeper into the topic and answer some of the questions that we didn’t have time for dur ..read more

*The Mortgage Conference was rescheduled due to a national train strike in 2022. This podcast was recorded on 12/10/22 therefore some of this content may now be out of date. The new date for The Mortgage Conference is Wednesday 19 April 2023.* Welcome to episode 11 of our #MortgageAdvice series with Gordon Reid, Business Development Manager, The London Institute of Banking & Finance and Julie Pardy, Director of Regulation, Worksmart Ltd. In this special episode Gordon and his guests discuss the upcoming Mortgage Conference hosted by The London Institute of Banking & Finance, and delve ..read more

This episode is a follow-on to a webinar run by our Centre for Governance Risk and Regulation on Financial institutions, financial crime and regulation. Andrew Cunningham, Chairman of the Editorial Board, Centre for Governance Risk and Regulation, Derek Leatherdale, Managing Director, GRI Strategies, Dr Viri Chauhan , Managing Director , Themis and Katarina Cook, Fund Manager, Brewin Dolphin dive deeper into the topic and answer some of the questions that we didn’t have time for during the session. If you’d like to watch the webinar then go to https://www.libf.ac.uk/news-and-insights/webinars ..read more

Welcome to the ninth episode of our #MortgageAdvice series with Gordon Reid, Business Development Manager, The London Institute of Banking & Finance, Karla Edwards, The Protection Parent, Richard Kateley, Protection enthusiast, and Andrew Wibberley, Director, Alea Risk. In this episode they aim to inform, interest, educate and entertain on all things mortgage related. They discuss why Income Protection is such an important product for mortgage advisers to consider when discussing their customers’ protection needs, look at the advantages and disadvantages vs other protections on the market ..read more

Welcome to the eighth episode of our #MortgageAdvice series with Gordon Reid, Business Development Manager, The London Institute of Banking & Finance, Sonya Matharu, Senior Mortgage Broker, The Mortgage Mum, Clare Beardmore, Head of Broker and Propositions, Legal & General Mortgage Club, and Kay Westgarth, Head of Sales, Standard Life. In this episode they aim to inform, interest, educate and entertain on all things mortgage related. They discuss how mortgage advisers can make the most of the industry events which they attend. For more information on our CeMAP qualification go to  ..read more