Equity release developments

What do you think were the key issues equity release providers and IFAs grappled with over the past twelve months? Haggart: Last year (2008) was a year of significant change on a number of fronts. Andrea Rozario's appointment as director general of SHIP was a significant step forward and the support all the SHIP members gave to enable this appointment to come to pass is already paying dividends. Having a stronger trade body has served us well in a year when the full impact of the credit crunch came home to roost. For the industry the issue of funding lifetime mortgage business came shar...