July 22, 2026

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Insurance

Mortgage Protection Insurance: Is It Worth Paying For or a Waste of Money?

For many families, a home is more than bricks and mortar. It is where children grow up, memories are made and financial security takes shape over decades. The thought of losing that home after the death of a loved one is enough to keep many homeowners awake at night. That fear has helped mortgage protection

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Wealth Management

Wealth management consolidator buys two Aberdeen firms

X Register for free to receive latest news stories direct to your inbox Register Fairstone has acquired two Aberdeen-based financial advice firms, City Gate Aberdeen and Albyn Associates. The wealth management group has also opened a new office in Aberdeen, which both have now relocated to. City Gate Aberdeen, led by Alan Johnston, was founded

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Energy

Linea Energy secures tax equity financing for Michigan solar project

The Watertown solar project is a 172MWdc utility-scale facility. Credit: Bilanol/Shutterstock.com. US-based Linea Energy has completed a tax equity financing with Crux for its Watertown solar project, a 172MW-direct current (MWdc) utility-scale facility in Sanilac County, Michigan. The project, operated by Linea Energy, marks the latest stage of development for the site, which is now

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Tax

Guernsey GST proposals nearing support of a majority of States

Guernsey’s only established political party Forward Guernsey has issued a statement which confirmed its three elected members, deputies Gavin St Pier, Rhona Humphreys and Tom Rylatt, would support the tax reform package. The statement read: “We are committed to supporting tax reform that better protected lower and middle-income households, broadened Guernsey’s tax base and struck

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Wealth Management

Farnham Road Hospital garden project helps patients, NHS trust says

Patients who use mental health services at a Surrey hospital are benefitting from the “therapeutic power of nature” through a gardening project, an NHS trust has said. Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS trust said its Green Roots to Recovery programme at Farnham Road Hospital, Guildford, helps patients by giving them plants and tools to tend

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Stock Brokers

Best Free Stock Trading Apps: Our 7 Top Picks of 2026

2026 Award Winner Best For: Diverse financial needs Fees: $0 for stocks, $0 for options contracts Get up to $1,000 in stock when you fund a new account. Circle with letter I in it. Customer must fund their Active Invest account with at least $50 within 45 days of opening the account. Probability of member

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Wealth Management

Comprehensive Wealth Management celebrates 25th years of delivering high-touch, holistic financial planning services in Seattle and nationwide

LYNNWOOD, Wash., July 07, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Comprehensive Wealth Management (CWM), a family-owned financial services firm offering holistic investment management and financial planning, celebrates its 25th anniversary this year. Since its founding in 2001, CWM has helped clients navigate the dot-com bust, the aftermath of 9/11, the global financial crisis and post-crisis recovery from

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Tax

​CFO Insight: How Excise Tax Impacts Cash Flow And Profitability

Ryan Padget, President of IGEN. Ryan helps CFOs transform excise tax compliance from a back-office cost into a financial control advantage. When finance leaders think about excise tax, the conversation often starts and ends with the tax team being a cost center that files the returns, meets the deadlines and avoids penalties. That framing is

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Fund

B Capital closes Ascent Fund III at $500 million

Howard Morgan, Chair and General Partner at B Capital. B Capital, an investment firm, today announced the final close of B Capital Ascent Fund III, L.P. (”Ascent Fund III” or the “Fund”) at its hard cap of $500 million in aggregate capital commitments. The Fund was oversubscribed and nearly doubled the size of its predecessor,

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Energy

Octopus Energy launches plug-in home battery

From ESS News Octopus Energy has introduced Nook, a new range of residential battery storage systems designed to expand access to home energy storage, including for apartment dwellers and renters. The lineup includes the Octopus Nook Cube, a 2 kWh plug-in battery that connects to a standard household socket and can be expanded to 10.5

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