Fixed rate that applies in years three to five has been cut

NetSaver easy access account pays 3.16 per cent on savings

Bond pays out 105 per cent on RPI

Pension funds need to spend less time on ESG and get back to basics

Covid-19 pandemic increases problems for retirement schemes already in deficit

Companies running defined benefit pension schemes ask regulator to extend payment holidays

James Max, the FT columnist, takes questions from readers about the misery of household chores

Covert and overt ways to interest children in learning about money

Forbearance and federal support programmes disguise how badly Americans have been hit

Mike Mackenzie’s daily analysis of what’s moving global markets

UK-based education company is still more value trap than takeover candidate

Tickets website has to navigate an overhaul of UK rail’s supporting infrastructure

Loss would be a blow to London market and unpalatable to some UK-based fund managers

Smart meter group’s IPO boosts hopes of fundraising uptick after lacklustre 2019

Optimism, not pessimism, could spark future takeover offers for UK investment houses

As world markets take a turn for the worse, investors use ETFs as they hope to profit from any bounceback 

Listed businesses have been conspicuously slow in estimating disruption to operations

Market is full of cautionary tales about investors betting on familiar stocks

The default product of anxious idleness has been sidelined during pandemic

Political goodwill for Spire Healthcare could act as a tailwind once virus impact eases

Future of finance: Brazil’s main Latin rival for the attention of emerging market fund managers is Mexico

Investor group led by the CofE launches database to track tailings dams after Brazil disaster

Case linked to 2012 nationalisation of oil company proves tricky for litigation funder

One of Latin America’s top real estate developers puts some of his triumphs down to luck

Activist investor has almost quadrupled his stake in battered US oil producer

The fintech company aims to disrupt other Latin American markets with its smartphone-based services

This inaugural ranking of the region’s businesses by revenue growth rate reveals the dominance of the US and technology — the top-ranked company this year is an augmented reality and video game developer

Technology bolsters US dominance of the list, but coronavirus fallout looms large

Brazilian jet maker to seek damages from US group, which counters it is within its rights to terminate deal

SoftBank-funded fintech challenger Ualá expands rapidly amid the pandemic

New rules require banks to stick with a single rate after introductory deals

Putting aside £100 a week is just a pipe dream — and what would it achieve anyway?

New rules allow savings to go straight into an Isa without affecting the annual allowance

Young people may face many challenges, but they also have many wealth creation opportunities

Over 400,000 teenagers will be eligible to claim funds from later this year

Learning how to budget is a vital skill to master at the beginning of a career

Current rates from the state-owned savings bank

Up-to-date deals from banks and building societies

US job gains since financial crisis wiped out. Switzerland faces sharpest economic contraction since 1974. UK and eurozone business activity hit by historic collapse this month as lockdowns choked Europe’s biggest economies.

New daily cases of Covid-19 around the globe rose by the lowest amount in 12 days as 73,858 diagnoses were confirmed on Sunday, bringing the total to 2.93m

A live blog from FT.com

Concerns over climate change led the chemicals veteran to dramatically transform Syngenta

Deal to create one of world’s biggest chemicals groups beset by management clashes

New York company wins bidding against Kerry for nutrition and biosciences unit

Mark Cutifani says polyhalite a ‘very differentiated’ product to potash

Iodine producer rejects Brexiter’s coronavirus play as ‘probably not very educated’

Amid charges of greenwashing from activists, the private company is investing in football, cycling and other ventures

Products vital to combat coronavirus could become more expensive and scarce

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At the start of the year, it looked like Europe would be in for a “Summer E-Scooters / E-Bike War,” as both regional startups and U.S.-backed unicorns vied for the pockets of city commuters. Consolidation came when German startup Circ was taken over by U.S. competitor Bird at the start of the year. Still on […]