Intelligent Finance

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Banks continued to be the cheapest mortgage lenders for existing borrowers in 2006, according to research from Defaqto.

JIM SPOWART, the man who founded Standard Life Bank and Intelligent Finance, has signed by Scottish media company SMG to head a new price comparison website, says the Daily Telegraph .

Research commissioned by Intelligent Finance suggests up to 13 million people may take out an Isa this year.

Government plans to reduce cash and equity-based Isa allowances next year could cost regular ISA savers a sum in the order of around £180,000 in lost tax-free interest over their working lives, suggests Intelligent Finance.

A roadshow questionnaire put to mortgage brokers in September suggests most are happy with new regulations, says Intelligent Finance.

Government plans to cut Isa allowances are likely to hit the one in five people using investments to help fund retirement, according to research by ICM.

Officials at Bradford & Bingley's the MarketPlace have gone on the attack against offset mortgages as still "the privilege of the wealthy" because they are substantially more expensive than variable rate deals to the average borrower.

The Advertising Standards Authority has upheld two complaints against mortgage providers, which highlight the way in which advertising or documents can be interpreted as misleading.