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  • Saturday, 23 November, 2024
    Financial literacy
    What Generation Alpha wants to learn about money

    A sense of the challenges ahead mean primary and secondary schoolchildren are eager for financial literacy

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  • Saturday, 9 November, 2024
    Consumer trends
    Money dysmorphia: the high earners convinced they are poor

    Younger people in particular have often unfounded worries over lack of funds

  • Friday, 25 October, 2024
    Isas
    Cash Isas popularity surges ahead of UK Budget

    Investors shift into tax-sheltered accounts given uncertainty of Labour proposals

  • Thursday, 24 October, 2024
    Q&APersonal pensions
    Is it wise to take out my pension tax-free lump sum?

    Investment firms report a rush of clients looking to withdraw cash before the Budget

    Montage image of hands holding a piggy bank over a chancellor’s red box
  • Wednesday, 23 October, 2024
    Special ReportInvesting in Argentina
    The hidden billions Argentines hold outside their financial system

    Decades of distrust of the country’s currency has resulted in a ‘dollars under the mattress’ culture

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  • Friday, 4 October, 2024
    News in-depthPersonal Finance
    Why are the British so reluctant to invest?

    Millions of people have five-figure sums sitting in cash, in spite of inflation’s corrosive effects

  • Friday, 20 September, 2024
    Moira O'Neill
    Should you always ‘fill to the max’ on tax-free allowances?

    Investors are rushing to use their allotments for Isa and pensions accounts in anticipation of Labour’s first Budget

    Illustration of two figures with pound coins for heads, one with a tick on their shirt and the other a cross. Where the coins/heads intersect is the word Isa
  • Wednesday, 18 September, 2024
    UK regulator pushes banks to give savers better value even as rates fall

    FCA warns it will take action against any lenders that flout rules to protect depositors

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  • Tuesday, 17 September, 2024
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    Can Stuart Kirk double his money in eight years?

    Investment pundit Stuart Kirk shares his master plan for building wealth

  • Saturday, 7 September, 2024
    News in-depthIsas
    Where did it all go wrong for the ‘British Isa’?

    With several different product versions already available, some point to a confused market

  • Wednesday, 4 September, 2024
    Personal Finance
    ‘British Isa’ plan scrapped by government

    Investment sites welcome decision to drop new product drawn up by last Conservative administration

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  • Friday, 30 August, 2024
    Inheritance
    Inheritance tax: how to prepare for the Great Wealth Transfer

    Work out what you want to achieve and start early. The principles will probably remain the same, regardless of any changes in the autumn Budget

  • Friday, 16 August, 2024
    Moira O'Neill
    Junior Isa rich kids are sitting on pots of gold

    New data shows the wealthiest have more than £750,000 in their accounts — but you don’t have to be a millionaire in the making to enjoy the fruits of tax-free savings

  • Friday, 16 August, 2024
    Worth it?Martyn James
    Are premier bank accounts worth it?

    In the second of a new series, we review the benefits of upgrading your account — and ask the most important question

  • Friday, 2 August, 2024
    ExplainerSavings accounts
    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
    Money Clinic with Claer Barrett podcast28 min listen
    Do sneakers deserve a place in your investment portfolio?

    We examine the pros and cons of footwear collecting craze

  • Friday, 21 June, 2024
    OnlyFans executive had bank account frozen over platform’s links to adult content

    Chief financial officer Lee Taylor is latest to admit he was ‘debanked’ alongside other creators on subscription site

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  • 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, 17 May, 2024
    InterviewPersonal Finance
    Bryan Robson: ‘I was fed up of seeing mates ripped off’

    The former England football captain launches new financial advisory service for sports stars

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  • 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
    Isas
    Cash Isas surge in popularity as interest rates rise

    Gap between top-paying bonds and Isas has shrunk

  • Thursday, 7 March, 2024
    Q&AGilts
    Should I buy new or existing gilts?

    Individuals can now buy UK government debt. FT Money explores how to invest and which products stack up

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  • Friday, 23 February, 2024
    Personal Finance
    Labour’s school fees VAT threat sends a chill through parents

    600,000 UK children are educated privately. How would families cope with a 20 per cent tax?

  • Friday, 23 February, 2024
    Isas
    Free reader event: How to make the most of Isas

    Sign up for lunchtime webinar with Claer Barrett and panel on the benefits of tax-free investing

    Claer Barrett, the FT’s consumer editor
  • Friday, 9 February, 2024
    UK tax
    ‘Bed and Isa’ requests soar as CGT and dividend allowance cuts loom

    Requests to transfer assets to shelter from tax rose by 53 per cent in 2023

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