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  • Friday, 2 August, 2024
    Explainer
    What does it mean to be a building society member?

    Mutuals grow to hold a 23 per cent share in the mortgage market

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  • Tuesday, 9 July, 2024
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    Do sneakers deserve a place in your investment portfolio?

    We examine the pros and cons of footwear collecting craze

  • Friday, 21 June, 2024
    Moira O'Neill
    Should you really open the Bank of Mum and Dad?

    ‘Nepo-investors’ are on the rise, but will they spend wisely?

  • Friday, 22 March, 2024
    Investing in funds
    Isas: the nation’s tax-free favourite turns 25

    The tax-sheltered investment scheme provides a lifeline for millions of savers

  • Wednesday, 20 March, 2024
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    Cash Isas surge in popularity as interest rates rise

    Gap between top-paying bonds and Isas has shrunk

  • Saturday, 30 December, 2023
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    Four ways to sort out your financial life in 2024

    New year resolutions to revolutionise your relationship with money

  • Thursday, 9 November, 2023
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    Five ways to fix the Isa regime

    Ahead of the Autumn Statement, here’s my wish list for reforming tax-free saving and investing

  • Friday, 3 November, 2023
    Challenger banks look to exploit higher savings rates

    Newcomers offer more attractive deals than incumbents in a bid to win market share. Will savers respond?

  • Tuesday, 10 October, 2023
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    Why Mohamed El-Erian favours cash over equities for now

    Top economist reveals his personal investment strategy on the FT’s Money Clinic podcast

  • Friday, 29 September, 2023
    Moira O'Neill
    Investing for income in the ‘new normal’

    Cash savings rates are attractive, but may not pay off in the long term

  • Friday, 29 September, 2023
    Isas
    How to make Isas even nicer

    The chancellor is ‘open to ideas’ about reforming tax-free accounts, so what could investors expect?

  • Friday, 22 September, 2023
    UK politics
    Hunt plans Isa overhaul to boost share ownership

    Treasury looks to simplify tax-free savings regime and weighs new allowance for investments in UK companies

    Jeremy Hunt and an ISA application topsheet
  • Friday, 4 August, 2023
    Serious MoneyClaer Barrett
    Grandparents: give the gift of investment education

    As inheritance tax bills rise, pass on your financial savvy as well as your cash

  • Thursday, 11 May, 2023
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    MPs extend campaign over low savings rates

    As base rate rises to 4.5%, some high street banks offer less than 1% on easy access accounts

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  • Friday, 21 April, 2023
    Serious MoneyClaer Barrett
    The dash for cash savings is a new experience for many UK customers

    If you rediscover the savings habit, don’t let higher taxes be the sting in the tail

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  • Friday, 14 April, 2023
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    After the easy money: a giant stress test for the financial system

    Central banks are caught between tackling rising prices and ensuring stability but their actions hold risks for investors and borrowers

    Two businesspeople strain on a rope to prevent the Bank of England edifice toppling into a chasm while others are helped out of the hole
  • Thursday, 30 March, 2023
    Serious MoneyClaer Barrett
    Isa season this year is a stampede

    Changing tax rules and rising interest rates boost demand, but banks’ customer service has slipped

  • Wednesday, 15 March, 2023
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    Boost for savers as NS&I targets cash deposits

    Government increases fund targets of £7.5bn for 2023-24

  • Tuesday, 14 March, 2023
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  • Friday, 10 March, 2023
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    Cash Isas buoyed by rise in interest rates

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  • Friday, 10 March, 2023
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  • Friday, 24 February, 2023
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  • Wednesday, 8 February, 2023
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    UK banks have rarely had it so good (and it won’t last)

    From July, there will be more scrutiny of how actively they shepherd customers towards better interest rates

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  • Wednesday, 25 January, 2023
    NS&I raises rates on junior Isas

    Interest also increased on adult accounts

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  • Tuesday, 27 December, 2022
    Personal Finance
    Money Clinic podcast: What’s your financial new year resolution?

    Experts pass on financial planning tips for the year ahead

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