On this week's FT Money show we discuss investment trusts and the different ways investors can use them in their portfolios. Presenter Emma Agyemang, FT Money reporter, talks to Jason Hollands, managing director at Tilney Group and Moira O'Neill of interactive investor about how listeners can invest alongside the wealthiest families. Plus, the dividend heroes - which offer the most consistent income and are they still a good option for investors? And finally, Merryn Somerset Webb tells listeners why she thinks investment trusts have a better chance of lasting a lifetime compared to other assets.

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Could Isas overtake pensions as the UK's tax-saving vehicle of choice? The tax benefits of pensions have been steadily eroded over the past decade but at the same time, Isas have been coming into their own. Most people approaching retirement today will rely on a combination of pensions and Isa income. In this week's show, FT Money Show presenter Claer Barrett takes a break from covering the coronavirus and what it means for your money, and interviews the FT's Money Mentor columnist about why investors like Isas so much and how these investments compare to pensions. 

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Reduction is second in under a month as country braces for an extended coronavirus lockdown

Experience with other outbreaks could compensate for poor healthcare infrastructure

These governments desperately need financial breathing space to fight the pandemic

Pandemic could set back the fight against malaria by 20 years, with Africa hit worst

A self-effacing intellectual who rose to the very centre of power

Continent has limited confirmed virus fatalities but experts warn it is too early to draw conclusions

Plea for increased humanitarian help has gone unanswered and funding is set to be cut further

Leaders acted swiftly as they watched richer countries’ health systems crumple

IMF and other international institutions cannot lend to Harare because of debt arrears

Secret burials, overflowing hospitals and dead MPs, as president takes refuge in home village

Use of community health workers to identify cases draws heavily on experience battling tuberculosis and HIV

Putting women on boards was just the first step

‘Descours and his team have put ‘Charles Heidsieck’ back in the champagne mainstream’

Commerce department investigation could lead to new tariffs on transformer parts

Vice-president makes suggestion even as number of deaths across the country spikes

Data give snapshot of shifting battlegrounds ahead of November’s presidential election

Unanimous decision finds that two former Chris Christie aides did not commit a federal crime

Democratic candidate wrestles with new realities as he tries to close cash gap with Trump

Can Jessica Anthony’s parody nail the challenge of satirising US political life?

US cable company enjoys rising demand for high-speed internet but movie business suffers

David Rhodes to report to Rebekah Brooks as group seeks to challenge BBC’s broadcast dominance

Silver Lake’s Jio stake, Amazon VP quits in protest, new MacBook Pro

Study shines light on ‘near impenetrable’ £100bn market

Finance minister also says companies cannot pay dividends while receiving government money 

Bank of England marks its 325th anniversary with exhibition of objects reflecting changing world of payments

Ahead of the Budget, chancellor Sajid Javid has some tough choices to make

US liberals’ favourite TV host on polarisation, the primaries and staying sane

Group seeks to ‘protect capital structure’ as uncertainty swirls over Covid-19 impact

With an hour of season to go, three of the nine teams were all in with a chance of winning

The holder of this title until now would, for me, have been Muhammad Ali

Global property portals report big increases in Chinese inquiries

Office providers warn chancellor that companies will go bankrupt without relief

Region’s ‘Pink tide’ leaders see chance of revival as inequality and public health concerns take centre stage

Macri tries to shore up confidence amid market worries over prolonged political instability and $101bn owed

The Conservatives vowed to bring in a new state aid system to protect British industry after Brexit, as the party finesses its message to Leave voters ahead of election day.

The Labour and Conservative parties are making a final push on key issues — border security and rail fares — as the election campaign nears the home stretch. Brexit concerns are also bubbling again.

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Korean electronics group draws on lessons from past epidemics to tackle coronavirus crisis

Heavy redemptions during coronavirus-induced sell-off  spark concerns

European Commission and MEPs warn regulator over watering down Priips performance scenarios decried as misleading

Different approaches to paying for investment research exacerbated by pandemic

With its candidate favourite to win, Law and Justice party was insisting poll should go ahead on May 10

Measures to ease lockdown will be costly and difficult in practice, particularly in hospitality trade

Chamonix’s cable car back in business after two months, albeit with strict social-distancing measures

The race for the US Democratic presidential nomination is hotting up with a huge field of 23 candidates all hoping run against Donald Trump in 2020.  Courtney Weaver has focused in on one of the candidates, Kamala Harris, and she talks to Neville Hawcock about how the campaign for the Democratic nomination is shaping up. Read Courtney's article here

Contributors: Josh Noble, weekend news editor, Neville Hawcock, acting deputy editor, FT Weekend Magazine, and Courtney Weaver, Washington correspondent. Producer: Fiona Symon

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NSO, an Israeli company whose spyware hacked WhatsApp, has told buyers its technology can now collect a targeted individual’s data stored in the cloud, according to people familiar with its sales pitch. Its tech is said to use industry-wide authentication techniques that have, until now, been thought to be secure. Malcolm Moore discusses the implications with Mehul Srivastava and Tim Bradshaw.

Contributors: Malcolm Moore, technology news editor, Mehul Srivastava, Tel Aviv correspondent, and Tim Bradshaw, global tech correspondent. Producer: Fiona Symon

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Thanks to its links to Shakespeare and his players that were until recently a well kept secret, a deprived suburb of Liverpool is to house a new playhouse. Local investors have high hopes that it will woo some of the tourists that flock to Stratford-upon-Avon and Shakespeare’s Globe in London. Andy Bounds went to Prescot to speak to some of the project's supporters.

Contributors: Andy Bounds, Enterprise editor and North of England correspondent. Producers: Fiona Symon and Persis Love

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The FT's Sue-Lin Wong spent several months with members of Hong Kong's youthful pro-democracy movement and their supporters. She tells Andreas Paleit what she learnt about their hopes and fears for the future.

Read Sue-Lin's magazine story here

Contributors: Andreas Paleit, companies desk editor, and Sue-Lin Wong, South China correspondent. Producer: Fiona Symon

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