b

Derbyshire Building Society NetSaver Issue 2

NetSaver easy access account pays 3.16 per cent on savings




b

Santander Upfront Interest Bond

Three-year savings account will pay immediate returns straight away




b

Tesco launches new RPI-linked bond

More options for savers seeking real returns




b

Santander Inflation Linked Savings Bond

Bond pays out 105 per cent on RPI




b

ThinCats Bond for Business

Invest in a loan to a small business, but with a manager to assess the risk




b

Mr & Mrs Smith retail bond launched

The four-year bond will pay 7.5%




b

Cashback for Santander mortgage customers

1% cashback for mortgage customers with 123 account




b

How will the UK’s ‘bounce back’ loans work?

Small businesses hope the fast-track credit scheme will be a lifeline




b

Why US mortgage rates should be even lower

Uncertainty over loan forbearance prevents savings being passed on




b

Pension Regulator urged to abandon funding review

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




b

Final salary schemes seek breathing space

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




b

Renters and self-employed hit hard by Covid-19 lockdown

A third of self-employed reported working reduced hours during the first two weeks of lockdown




b

Government delays overhaul of business rates

Move means hard-hit industries face another year of high bills




b

Learning about money and rich people’s problems

Covert and overt ways to interest children in learning about money




b

Bonus restrictions hamper City mortgage borrowers

Lenders reluctant to count payments as affordability checks tighten




b

Debt relief for US consumers leaves investors flying blind

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




b

UK savers give investment funds a boost after election

More than £1bn ploughed into equity vehicles after decisive Conservative victory




b

Looking beyond the Brexit gloom

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




b

Pearson’s latest profit warning is a teachable moment

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




b

European stocks edge lower while oil climbs

Pound dips following UK chancellor’s hard Brexit remarks




b

Global stocks turn lower on China virus fears

Outbreak ripples across US, European and Asian equity markets




b

Trainline’s investment case is at risk of hitting the buffers

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




b

Hedge funds calculate cliff-edge Brexit fears overdone

Lansdowne, Odey and Wadhwani among those betting on a revival of UK equities




b

Decarbonisation to drive ‘dramatic’ rise in cement prices, says Redburn

Production costs to rise by 61% when industry invests in carbon capture




b

Plumbing group Ferguson considers stateside listing

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




b

London market passes first post-Brexit test with £1.3bn listing

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




b

The smart money has already been made on NMC Health

The holes in the investment case were there, but not many were looking




b

Yield-crazed investors should be wary of Hipgnosis

Music royalties specialist has done well in a strong market for alt investment trusts




b

Companies’ silence on virus is storing up problems

Listed businesses have been conspicuously slow in estimating disruption to operations




b

Panic-buying is just as short-sighted for investors

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




b

European regulators intervene in bid to stabilise markets

Spanish and Italian bans on short selling follow US Federal Reserve’s liquidity injection




b

Tobacco stocks should be doing better out of enforced isolation

The default product of anxious idleness has been sidelined during pandemic




b

Latin American producers boosted by weaker currencies

Price in local currencies of commodities such as copper and coffee has surged




b

Mexico’s Grupo Lala chief to join JAB beverages arm

Mauricio Leyva to advise German family company on expanding beverages arm




b

Latam banks: flying down to Rio

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




b

Weak currencies boost Latin America’s producers

From coffee to copper, exporters enjoy higher profits




b

JBS: unreliable steer

Pressure rises on investors to blacklist companies associated with Brazilian deforestation




b

Crunch time for tycoon as Digicel bond clouds loom

Ireland’s richest man O’Brien faces struggle to refinance former cash cow’s debt pile




b

Mexico’s Pemex in deep water as debt outlook worsens

State-owned oil group faces risk of further rating downgrades and grapples with output woes




b

An inconvenient truth for Brazil’s biggest company

In contrast with many global peers, Petrobras has made scant efforts to diversify into green energy




b

Burford faces long wait over $1bn Argentina claim

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




b

Building success in a highly volatile economy

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




b

James Murdoch makes investment to combat fake news

The former Fox CEO commits millions to battle against disinformation




b

Entrepreneurship: Nubank shakes up Brazil’s banking bureaucracy

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




b

Embraer says Boeing used false claims to ditch $4bn tie-up 

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




b

Coronavirus boosts digital banking as Argentines lose fondness for cash

SoftBank-funded fintech challenger Ualá expands rapidly amid the pandemic




b

Vale launches New York front in bitter battle with Beny Steinmetz

Brazilian group alleges tycoon’s family-controlled mining arm fraudulently funnelled $500m into Manhattan real estate




b

Why I won’t be taking up a savings challenge

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




b

Tax boost for maturing child trust funds

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




b

Retired customers find it harder to break up with their bank  

Finding a good credit card deal when you’re older is more difficult