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2014: A year in questions

June

23. Which Lincolnshire-based adviser announced his retirement from the industry after a 44-year career?

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24. Which specialist mortgage lender suspended all interest-only mortgage lending because of “increased complexity” of underwriting the loans?

25. Which specialist mortgage lender floated on the London Stock Exchange in June?

26. According to research by Anchor, people need to save how much money a year over their working life to fund the “perfect” retirement lifestyle?

27. Dean Mirfin, director of Key Retirement Solution, said pensioner property wealth is at a new record high of how many billion pounds?

July

28. Why was a NatWest banking officer, who sold details of wealthy customers to crooks running a £400,000 fraud, spared jail?

29. Precise Mortgages has lifted the maximum age limit on its buy-to-let mortgages from 75 to what age?

30. How much did Old Mill pay its staff in bonuses after reporting growth of 14.2 per cent in the first six months of 2014?

31.What is the percentage of mums who have no income protection in place according to a report by Aegon UK?

32. According to figures from Iress, annuity sales plummeted by what percentage in June, compared to June 2013?

August

33. What region of the UK is the least expensive, according to a report by the Northern Ireland repossessions taskforce?

34. Inheritance tax revenues rose by what percentage in this financial year from the year before?

35.Which major city has become the millionaire capital of the world, according to Andrew Amolis of New World Wealth?

36.Co-op Bank posted a pre-tax loss of how much in the first half of 2014?

September

37. Which is the least easily affordable local authority in England, according to the Trades Union Congress?

38. What percentage of FCA workers earn more than £100,000 a year, according to data revealed by a freedom of information request?

39. How many people in the UK are spending most of their net income on housing according to the Resolution Foundation?

40. Which area in South West England was deemed the best place to retire, according to a study by Prudential?

October

41. How much was the UK’s fund management worth at the end of 2013, according to data from TheCityUK?

42. According to research by Prudential, what was the percentage of women who said they would hide the full extent of their debts from their partner?

43. Payday lending complaints are averaging how many new cases a month, according to the FoS?

44. Equity-release lending soared to how much in Q3 2014, according to the Equity Release Council?

November

45. Name the chief executive of Saffron Building Society who resigned for undisclosed reasons.

46. The Isle of Man’s Treasury proposed extending the qualification for full state pension to how many years?

47. Bupa reached a four-year agreement with which healthcare provider in a bid to control the end cost for consumers?