International mortgage broker Enness Global has joined the Equity Release Council (ERC), the consumer-centric trade body.
The ERC was founded in 2012 and represents the equity release sector. It exists to “promote high standards of conduct and practice in the provision of advice on equity release, with consumer safeguards at heart”.
The trade body also aims to “raise awareness of how housing wealth can be utilised to help meet various financial challenges”.
Islay Robinson, CEO of Enness Global, said: “At Enness Global, we have witnessed the UK equity release market evolve significantly in recent years, driven primarily by changes in lender appetite, continuing rises in property prices and longer life expectancies.
“We welcome the opportunity to become active members of the Equity Release Council, reflecting our commitment to delivering the highest standards of care for our high-net-worth clients. While continuing to help them with their wider wealth needs, including accessing the property wealth they have accumulated in their property portfolios.”
Enness Global was founded in 2007 and specialises in large and international mortgages real estate finance, corporate finance, securities-backed lending, insurance and also a range of other bespoke high-net-worth services.
The firm has offices in Monaco, Dubai, Switzerland and Jersey, as well as the UK.
Anna is currently the deputy editor for Mortgage Solutions and editor for Specialist Lending Solutions. She has worked as a journalist since 2019, having secured her Gold Standard NCTJ diploma from News Associates in a fast-track six-month course.
She started her career as a report at specialist publication The Insurance Insider covering a wide range of areas before joining Mortgage Solutions and Specialist Lending Solutions in 2021.
In her role, she helps put together and structure the news agenda for the day and writes up press releases, reports, interviews, analyses and exclusives across both titles. She also commissions blogs for Specialist Lending Solutions and hosts online masterclasses and in-person events across the business.
She has been shortlisted for three journalism awards, which include BIBA Journalist and Media Awards Scoop of Year Award in 2020, Headline Money Mortgage Journalist of the Year Award (B2B) in 2022 and 2023.
Prior to being a journalist, Anna worked in ecommerce across Snow + Rock, Cycle Surgery and Runners Need websites, and before that worked at specialist financial PR firm Rostrum.
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