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National Grid RPI-linked 10-year sterling retail bond

Corporate bond links income and capital to inflation




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Yorkshire Building Society’s tracker-to-fixed mortgages

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




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Santander 123 cashback credit card

Cardholders will receive 3 per cent cashback on fuel




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Deal of the week: The Eon Energy Fit Plan

Read the small print on ‘free’ offer




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Deal of the week: Post Office Inflation Linked Bond

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




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Derbyshire Building Society NetSaver Issue 2

NetSaver easy access account pays 3.16 per cent on savings




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Santander Upfront Interest Bond

Three-year savings account will pay immediate returns straight away




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Tesco launches new RPI-linked bond

More options for savers seeking real returns




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Santander Inflation Linked Savings Bond

Bond pays out 105 per cent on RPI




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Gas suppliers follow EDF’s 5 per cent price cut

First big energy supplier to pass on lower wholesale costs




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Chelsea’s five-year fixed-rate mortgage

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




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Cater Allen plan mirrors FTSE 100

Santander private banking arm’s six-year savings product




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ThinCats Bond for Business

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




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Mr & Mrs Smith retail bond launched

The four-year bond will pay 7.5%




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Interactive Investor to return income

Online broker is revamping its charging structure




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Lockdown is exposing the folly of reckless financial strategies

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




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

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




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Top US pension plans eye private credit

Move to capitalise on dislocations across market stemming from coronavirus pandemic




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Pension Regulator urged to abandon funding review

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




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Final salary schemes seek breathing space

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




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How are you coping without your cleaner?

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




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Meet the teens who want to work in finance

Winners of the FT’s personal finance competition love learning about money




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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




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Government delays overhaul of business rates

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




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Learning about money and rich people’s problems

Covert and overt ways to interest children in learning about money




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Pandemic is also a test of our maths skills

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




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HMRC launches coronavirus income support scheme for self-employed

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




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Bonus restrictions hamper City mortgage borrowers

Lenders reluctant to count payments as affordability checks tighten




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Debt relief for US consumers leaves investors flying blind

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




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Investors festive as Wall Street’s record streak continues

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




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UK savers give investment funds a boost after election

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




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Looking beyond the Brexit gloom

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




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Pearson’s latest profit warning is a teachable moment

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




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European stocks edge lower while oil climbs

Pound dips following UK chancellor’s hard Brexit remarks




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Global stocks turn lower on China virus fears

Outbreak ripples across US, European and Asian equity markets




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

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




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Hedge funds calculate cliff-edge Brexit fears overdone

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




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

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




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Avast’s rotten week is a lesson in crisis management

Shares in security software maker dropped sharply after revelations of data harvesting




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Plumbing group Ferguson considers stateside listing

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




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

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




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Where the fund manager consolidation narrative goes wrong

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




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Yield-crazed investors should be wary of Hipgnosis

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




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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 




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Companies’ silence on virus is storing up problems

Listed businesses have been conspicuously slow in estimating disruption to operations




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Panic-buying is just as short-sighted for investors

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




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European regulators intervene in bid to stabilise markets

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




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Ocado’s rise faces test in food security rethink

Competitive landscape is unclear as food delivery becomes a utility




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Tobacco stocks should be doing better out of enforced isolation

The default product of anxious idleness has been sidelined during pandemic




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The market may reward companies that kept things going

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