Association of Mortgage Intermediaries
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Registration open for FSE Manchester 2014
05 Mar 2014
It's official! Registration is now open for the Financial Services Expo inaugural northern exhibition to be held at the Emirates, Manchester on 21st May 2014.
Front Events launches Northern show
04 Nov 2013
Front Events, the events company headed by James Prosser and organisers of Financial Services Expo (FSE) London, has today (6th November 2013) launched FSE North.
Who should attend?
You, the Intermediary. Whether you specialise in advising mortgages, protection, buy to let, or alternative lending, The Financial Services Expo is a free event for advisors across the UK.
Click here to register for FREE now
The Emirates Old Trafford - FSE Manchester
FSE Manchester 2014 will be held at the newly names Emirates Old Trafford' stunning £12M conference and events centre – The Point. Learn more about the Emirates Old Trafford
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About Association of Mortgage Intermediaries
As governments and regulators transition from preserving their economies following our financial crisis, AMI is been at the forefront of the debates over the new controls and regulation to be applied to the industry.
Although we are still finding our way out of the consequences and beginning the journey down the road to recovery, we have yet to see the volume of mortgages written each year increase.
Mortgage intermediaries have continued to deliver outstanding service to their customers in sourcing the most appropriate mortgages available in the market.
At the same time they have been increasingly providing valuable advice on how to protect their loved ones from the risks of death, critical illness, sickness or unemployment. Good intermediaries continue to provide excellent value to their customers.
Within the UK we have been looking at how we can deliver a mortgage industry that is more sustainable for both lenders and customers.
The Financial Services Authority has been consulting with the industry for most of 2009 and 2010 and it now appears that this will continue throughout 2011 and into 2012 before we will arrive at a series of new rules.
This Mortgage Market Review will produce the framework and environment for the next decade.
However, we are now also going to see European intervention and AMI will have be fully involved in the debates in Brussels to ensure we have a sustainable intermediary market in the UK.
AMI will continue to work alongside its European trade body partner BIPAR to promote the interest of the intermediary.
These are strong links forged over the last few years and we are ready to lead the debate on behalf of intermediaries across Europe.
Keeping a vibrant housing market in the UK, underpinned by the variety of advice and options offered by intermediaries, is an asset that has served our wider economy well up to now and needs to be nurtured.
Our new government will need to do more in support of this during the remainder of this parliament and AMI is ready to provide advice and support when called upon.
Within AMI we are particularly passionate about the need for mortgage customers always to be offered the option of advice.
Too many lender firms take customers through a process which swims, walks and talks like advice, however the customer is then asked to accept that they have not had advice.
This is less than acceptable for all, but particularly for vulnerable groups. AMI will continue to promote advice as the most appropriate and consumer focussed solution.
This is what an effective trade body is there to do; to deliver a better business environment for its members.
The AMI team continue to work with all the major lenders to ensure that an intermediary offering is still core to their approach.
They work with the regulators to ensure that the rules allow intermediaries to continue to offer advice in a constructive way.
