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              Serious Money

              • Wednesday, 1 January, 2025
                Claer Barrett
                Secrets of an airline points millionaire

                How far will you travel to collect Avios and EuroBonus points in 2025?

                An image appears to depict a stylized world map with interconnected points, a plane symbolizing travel, a calendar with marked dates, and a points tally (“Points: 102”) in the bottom corner
              • Friday, 13 December, 2024
                Claer Barrett
                Let’s put financial literacy on the breakfast menu

                Schools need to prepare pupils for the digital financial future that awaits them

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              • Friday, 15 November, 2024
                Claer Barrett
                Do I need inheritance tax insurance?

                Budget changes prompt wave of interest in life cover to avoid families scrambling to pay tax bills

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              • Friday, 8 November, 2024
                Claer Barrett
                Will women be the big losers from Rachel Reeves’ first Budget?

                National insurance increases will push up the cost of childcare and hit lower-paid part-time jobs

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              • Friday, 1 November, 2024
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                Meet ‘Generation Windfall’: coming to an estate agent near you

                Fears of tax rises at the Budget have sent the Bank of Mum and Dad into overdrive

              • Saturday, 26 October, 2024
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                What ‘Monzo millionaires’ can teach us about share options

                If you’re offered options as part of your pay package, what questions should you ask?

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              • Friday, 18 October, 2024
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                The sun is setting on traditional retirement

                Demographic changes force a rethink, but that’s not necessarily a bad thing

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              • Saturday, 12 October, 2024
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                Time to hit the pensions panic button

                Possible Budget changes would widen the gulf between public and private sector pension schemes

              • Saturday, 21 September, 2024
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                How to make better financial decisions

                Head, heart and network are all important when deciding what to do with our money

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              • Friday, 13 September, 2024
                Claer Barrett
                And the Budget changes most feared by FT readers are . . . 

                Attendees of the FT Weekend Festival are selling assets and passing on inheritances ahead of October’s Budget

              • Saturday, 7 September, 2024
                Claer Barrett
                The best investment tip of all? Start when you’re young

                Sir Douglas Flint joins calls to boost personal finance teaching in schools

              • Friday, 30 August, 2024
                Claer Barrett
                What’s the chancellor’s next move going to be with my pension?

                Fiddling with pensions taxation could blight the retirement prospects of millions

              • Friday, 23 August, 2024
                Claer Barrett
                Data is the key to supporting Britain’s poorest pensioners

                As energy bills rise, bolder reforms are needed to identify the 880,000 households missing out on pension credit

              • Wednesday, 7 August, 2024
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                Holiday car rental firms drive me round the bend

                Avoid the car crash of expensive insurance and spurious damage claims on holiday this year

              • Friday, 19 July, 2024
                Claer Barrett
                Would you turn to Reddit for investment ideas?

                It’s no surprise that social platforms are the go-to place when industry communications appear designed to obfuscate

              • Saturday, 13 July, 2024
                Claer Barrett
                How the ‘single tax’ can break financial resilience

                From housing to pensions, those living on their own face an uphill struggle to get ahead

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              • Friday, 14 June, 2024
                Claer Barrett
                Could AI make you a better investor?

                The technology is there, now regulators need to play their part

              • Friday, 26 April, 2024
                Claer Barrett
                Have you got five minutes to talk about investing?

                It is high time we normalised conversations about money

              • Friday, 22 March, 2024
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                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?

              • Saturday, 9 March, 2024
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                What women want their financial future to look like

                The Budget and International Women’s Day remind us that the campaign for equality is still far from won

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              • Wednesday, 21 February, 2024
                Claer Barrett
                Banks need to wake up to powers of attorney demands

                Research by Which? reveals huge disparity between the best and the worst

              • Monday, 5 February, 2024
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                Even the posh are turning to pawnbrokers

                Tax bills and mortgage pain increase the need for short-term finance among the well-heeled

              • Friday, 19 January, 2024
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                Why do we think we can beat the market?

                Forget get rich quick, aiming for consistency will help you get richer slowly

              • Friday, 5 January, 2024
                Claer Barrett
                Are credit card points ever worthwhile?

                The wealthier you are, the more alluring deals will be

              • Friday, 15 December, 2023
                Claer Barrett
                The money question 30-somethings are most likely to ask

                Regulatory shift means more meaningful answers will soon be possible

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