d

TD Waterhouse looks at direct UK market access

Service would allow retail investors to place own orders on market




d

National Grid looks to UK retail investors




d

National Grid RPI-linked 10-year sterling retail bond

Corporate bond links income and capital to inflation




d

Yorkshire Building Society’s tracker-to-fixed mortgages

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




d

Santander 123 cashback credit card

Cardholders will receive 3 per cent cashback on fuel




d

Deal of the week: The Eon Energy Fit Plan

Read the small print on ‘free’ offer




d

Deal of the week: Post Office Inflation Linked Bond

Timely relaunch allows savers to keep pace with the rising cost of living




d

Derbyshire Building Society NetSaver Issue 2

NetSaver easy access account pays 3.16 per cent on savings




d

Santander Upfront Interest Bond

Three-year savings account will pay immediate returns straight away




d

Tesco launches new RPI-linked bond

More options for savers seeking real returns




d

Santander Inflation Linked Savings Bond

Bond pays out 105 per cent on RPI




d

Gas suppliers follow EDF’s 5 per cent price cut

First big energy supplier to pass on lower wholesale costs




d

Chelsea’s five-year fixed-rate mortgage

3.19 per cent deal comes with a fee of £1,495




d

ThinCats Bond for Business

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




d

Santander 123 current account

New current account offers 3 per cent interest and cashback on bills




d

Mr & Mrs Smith retail bond launched

The four-year bond will pay 7.5%




d

Cashback for Santander mortgage customers

1% cashback for mortgage customers with 123 account




d

Lockdown is exposing the folly of reckless financial strategies

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




d

Top US pension plans eye private credit

Move to capitalise on dislocations across market stemming from coronavirus pandemic




d

Why US mortgage rates should be even lower

Uncertainty over loan forbearance prevents savings being passed on




d

Pension Regulator urged to abandon funding review

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




d

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




d

Government delays overhaul of business rates

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




d

Learning about money and rich people’s problems

Covert and overt ways to interest children in learning about money




d

Pandemic is also a test of our maths skills

As numbers and statistics come to the fore, can we boost national numeracy?




d

HMRC launches coronavirus income support scheme for self-employed

Cash from successful claims could reach bank accounts by end of the month




d

Debt relief for US consumers leaves investors flying blind

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




d

Investors festive as Wall Street’s record streak continues

Key markets simmering during the thin trading sessions around year-end




d

UK savers give investment funds a boost after election

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




d

Looking beyond the Brexit gloom

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




d

European stocks edge lower while oil climbs

Pound dips following UK chancellor’s hard Brexit remarks




d

Hedge funds calculate cliff-edge Brexit fears overdone

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




d

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

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




d

Plumbing group Ferguson considers stateside listing

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




d

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

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




d

The smart money has already been made on NMC Health

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




d

Where the fund manager consolidation narrative goes wrong

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




d

Yield-crazed investors should be wary of Hipgnosis

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




d

Private investors in trading surge as coronavirus sparks market correction

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




d

Panic-buying is just as short-sighted for investors

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




d

European regulators intervene in bid to stabilise markets

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




d

Ocado’s rise faces test in food security rethink

Competitive landscape is unclear as food delivery becomes a utility




d

Tobacco stocks should be doing better out of enforced isolation

The default product of anxious idleness has been sidelined during pandemic




d

The market may reward companies that kept things going

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




d

Latin American producers boosted by weaker currencies

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




d

Latam banks: flying down to Rio

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




d

Latin America must kick its addiction to oil-powered development

Ambitious plans for renewable energy rarely feature in government strategy




d

Weak currencies boost Latin America’s producers

From coffee to copper, exporters enjoy higher profits




d

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




d

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