business and finance

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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Santander 123 current account

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




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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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Cashback for Santander mortgage customers

1% cashback for mortgage customers with 123 account




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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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Why US mortgage rates should be even lower

Uncertainty over loan forbearance prevents savings being passed on




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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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The smart money has already been made on NMC Health

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




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Where the fund manager consolidation narrative goes wrong

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




business and finance

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




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Latin American producers boosted by weaker currencies

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




business and finance

Mexico’s Grupo Lala chief to join JAB beverages arm

Mauricio Leyva to advise German family company on expanding beverages arm




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Latam banks: flying down to Rio

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




business and finance

Latin America must kick its addiction to oil-powered development

Ambitious plans for renewable energy rarely feature in government strategy




business and finance

Weak currencies boost Latin America’s producers

From coffee to copper, exporters enjoy higher profits




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JBS: unreliable steer

Pressure rises on investors to blacklist companies associated with Brazilian deforestation