FT Money Show
Summary: The FT Money Show brings you engaging and insightful coverage of the week’s major personal finance issues. Claer Barrett and her team of FT journalists dissect the news with the help of leading industry commentators and discuss how the latest events will affect you and your pocket. The FT Money Show is produced by Lucy Warwick-Ching. You can find more personal finance news from the Financial Times on our website and listen to more episodes of FT Money Show on iTunes, Stitcher, Audioboom or Soundcloud.
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Airlines return to the skies - but they're flying in the face of the law when it comes to compensating passengers. Which pension policies will get your election vote? And is the feeling mutual? We ask whether savers with mutual societies should protest about executive pay.
The election manifestos are hot off the press - but will they leave you hot under the collar about taxes on property? The Tories plan an early sale of government stakes in the banks. And as the euro exchange rate bounces around like a beach ball, what can holidaymakers and investors do to get a better deal?
New Isa deals are already out - and 50 per cent taxpayers are being urged to take one out now. Dividends are back - so where to find the best income stocks? And how to invest in the most tax efficient way
Are complaints about ISA transfers justified? Has much further can gold fever go? And is there any way to avoid the 5 per cent stamp duty?
It's a stamp duty holiday - but who qualifies? Plus, ISAs and tax planning
Is there still time to avoid possible Budget tax rises? Can you claim more tax back? And is the sun rising on Japan?
State-funded banks are offering less competitive mortgage rates - so can you get a better deal at a building society? Buying privatised companies has proven a better bet than the FTSE since the 1980s - so what deals should you consider now? And where's the best place to put your EIS money?
The base rate has been at 0.5 per cent for a year now - so is there any point locking up your cash? The dollar strengthens against the pound, and the euro weakens - but what does it mean for your investments? And if you want to borrow a few million, what will the bank accept as security?
David Stevenson, the FT's Adventurous Investor, talks to David O’Hara of Blackthorn Focus about Aim-quoted companies and the way they treat their shareholders
Northern Rock lifts its 100 per cent guarantee for savers - so where is the best place to get a cash Isa now? And employers are stopping payments to employee pension schemes
Wealthy taxpayers are under greater scrutiny by the Revenue - so how can they protect themselves? Investing in farmland is looking like a good move for tax planning purposes - but how can you buy it? And should you be actively managing your cash investments? Our research shows that cash has done better than other studies suggest.
Will it matter to investors that Anthony Bolton's new China fund is an investment trust? Private investors' lost more than a billion pounds worth of dividends last year - so where can you turn for a reliable income? And why are mortgage lenders treating reluctant landlords differently from professional landlords?
David Stevenson, the FT's Adventurous Investor, talks to Tim Bond and Michael Dicks about investing in demographics and timing your asset switches
Will you still have to buy a pension annuity after the election? Shouldn't higher earners seeking tax relief turn to VCTs? And are cash Isas worth getting, if you only save tax on 0.1 per cent interest?
What's the future for your high-street building society? What's thh point of with-profits funds as another provfider freezes its bonus rates? And we look at the hot spots for property