RWA sponsors fundraising Music for Midsummer concert June 26, 2020Jackie Ambrosini Ruth Whitehead Associates are sponsoring a virtual concert on Friday June 26 at 8pm to celebrate midsummer and raise money... Read More
The charity Ruth founded donates art boxes to schoolchildren June 23, 2020Jackie Ambrosini ALL 232 pupils at St Matthias School in Stoke Newington have received beautiful art boxes brimming with pens, paints and... Read More
Ruth on how Covid-19 will affect new advisers May 18, 2020Jackie Ambrosini Newer advisers will be hit hardest by the financial impact of the coronavirus crisis due to their reliance on new... Read More
Ruth’s views on open banking May 1, 2020Jackie Ambrosini Digital financial advice service OpenMoney has partnered with open banking platform Moneyhub to offer its clients access to a wider... Read More
Ruth on the effect of long term mortgages on brokers June 24, 2019Jackie Ambrosini Mortgage brokers could see a decline in the number of clients needing advice as more and more consumers opt for... Read More
Ruth on the importance of reading the small print June 24, 2019Jackie Ambrosini Brokers have stressed the need for mortgage advice as new research showed nearly a third of consumers do not read their... Read More
Ruth on fair promotion of all mortgage firms May 17, 2019Jackie Ambrosini The Association of Mortgage Intermediaries has criticised the government for inadvertently "promoting" one adviser firm over the rest of the... Read More
Ruth on the importance of seeking mortgage advice May 10, 2019Jackie Ambrosini Advisers have accused the Financial Conduct Authority of doing a ‘complete 180’ regarding its stance on mortgage advice. This came... Read More
Ruth on lottery-style group saving start up April 23, 2019Jackie Ambrosini Following recent research highlighting the plight of the first-time buyer saving for more than a decade to achieve their deposit... Read More
Ruth on battling to right the wrongs of the finance industry October 12, 2018Jackie Ambrosini When Ruth Whitehead Associates managing director Ruth Whitehead says she is “proud to be anti-establishment, especially the financial services establishment”... Read More
Ruth’s view on bridging loans September 21, 2018Jackie Ambrosini FT Adviser Research commissioned by bridging lender Market Financial Solutions, found 52 per cent of borrowers used a mortgage or remortgage... Read More
Ruth urges gender pay gap transparency in all firms November 15, 2017admin FT Adviser. The Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) is encouraging firms in the insurance and financial advice sectors to start disclosing their... Read More
Ruth on the value of mortgage brokers November 7, 2017admin FT Adviser. The gap between mortgage affordability for men and women is at its smallest since the financial crisis, figures... Read More
Ruth on mortgage affordability gap between the sexes September 15, 2017admin FT Adviser. The gap between mortgage affordability for men and women is at its smallest since the financial crisis, figures... Read More
Ruth on the ‘buy-to-let mis-selling scandal’ July 10, 2017admin BT Lifestyle. As buy-to-let rules get tighter, landlords have been forming limited companies to try to cut tax bills. But... Read More
Ways to open up the residential market June 1, 2017admin FT Adviser. A property investment fund has called on the next government to exempt buyers of new build properties from... Read More
Ruth says the FCA should help the financially excluded more March 27, 2017admin FT Adviser. House of Lords committee has proposed that the remit of the Financial Conduct Authority be broadened to give... Read More
Non-discriminatory IFAs are more successful says Ruth December 15, 2016admin FT Adviser. IFA firms that pursue a positive non-discriminatory attitude to gay and female clients have a better chance of... Read More
Concerns that critical illness software risks quality for speed April 14, 2016admin FT Adviser. CI Expert will roll-out its rapid analysis critical illness cover tool with L&C Mortgages, but concerns have been... Read More
Ruth urges more pension equality for women December 10, 2015admin FT Adviser. Nearly 47,000 people have signed a parliamentary petition calling for fair transitional arrangements for women born on or... Read More
Ruth on chronic under-funding in the NHS November 20, 2015admin FT Adviser. Chronic under-funding and the national living wage will cause a loss of 37,000 beds in Britain’s care homes... Read More
Ruth on the record number of working women aged 50-64 November 12, 2015admin FT Adviser Older women are more likely to be in employment than at any time in the past 30 years,... Read More
IP and CI non-existent for HIV-positive people October 16, 2014admin FT Adviser. Insurance provision for people living with HIV remains limited, Chris Morgan, lead adviser at Unusual Risks Mortgage &... Read More
Mortgage lenders call for review of lending rules May 7, 2014admin FT Adviser. The partner at Moore Blatch Solicitors in Southampton said: “[Labour’s proposal] risks creating a supply shortage, which in... Read More