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              Isas

              • Friday, 10 January, 2025
                Banking & Savings
                Latest Isa rates

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              • Thursday, 2 January, 2025
                Personal Finance
                Ten things to tick off your financial to-do list in 2025

                From money-saving work perks to investments and tax planning, resolve to get your finances in shape this new year

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              • Friday, 27 December, 2024
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                FT writers and readers confess their money blunders, bad investments and inane purchases

              • Tuesday, 24 December, 2024
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              • Friday, 15 November, 2024
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                Make an appointment to hear our new ‘Investment Clinic’ podcast

                Money Clinic seeks guests who will allow experts to run the rule over their personal investment portfolio

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

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

              • Saturday, 12 October, 2024
                Moira O'Neill
                The couples’ conundrum: joint or separate finances?

                In many cases, it’s best — financially — to go your separate ways

              • 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

              • Sunday, 22 September, 2024
                Fund management
                Fidelity and Abrdn join new trade body for investment platforms

                Platforms Association aims to represent online financial sites as regulatory scrutiny increases

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              • 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
              • Saturday, 14 September, 2024
                John Lee
                John Lee: 25 years of stockpicking successes . . .  and a few failures

                The first Isa millionaire says there are only two essentials in investing: common sense and patience

              • Tuesday, 10 September, 2024
                Investing in funds
                Britons have £430bn of excess cash savings, research finds

                Report by Barclays highlights risk of potentially missing out on higher returns from investment

              • Saturday, 7 September, 2024
                News in-depth
                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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              • Tuesday, 3 September, 2024
                UK tax
                HMRC to allow fractional shares in Isas ahead of rule change

                UK tax authority reverses position as new Labour government prepares to update the law

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              • 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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              • Monday, 15 July, 2024
                UK financial regulation
                Investment bosses call for ‘radical’ Isa overhaul to boost UK equities

                AJ Bell and Hargreaves Lansdown say too much choice is deterring people from using the savings products

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              • Wednesday, 26 June, 2024
                Your QuestionsLucy Warwick-Ching
                Should I pay into a Jisa or a junior Sipp for my grandchildren?

                I want to know the best way to pass down wealth

              • 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, 24 May, 2024
                Personal Finance
                Which investment platform has the lowest fees?

                There is no ‘best’ provider — so how do you choose one that is right for you?

              • Friday, 10 May, 2024
                Isa season flows rise fivefold

                Investors plough £1.93bn into equity funds between February 15 and April 5

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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

              • Friday, 22 March, 2024
                Serious MoneyClaer Barrett
                Why I’m sticking with my passive Isa strategy

                Given the dominance of the ‘Magnificent Seven’ in global equities funds, should investors worry about diversification?

              • Friday, 22 March, 2024
                Q&A
                Need to Know: the British Isa

                Investors will have to wait to see which assets are included

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

                Gap between top-paying bonds and Isas has shrunk

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