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The Pension crisis
Multimedia feature exploring dilemmas facing individual savers and offering potential solutions to the pensions timebomb
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Try the latest FTMoney Gym virtual workout to learn about Insurance. Other workouts will teach you about spread bets, covered warrants, CFDs & ETFs
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Fund screener
Use the FT’s screener to search for funds by risk, performance and star rating
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Simon Weston: Raising a Million
Simon Weston, 48, joined the Welsh Guards at the age of 16 and served in Berlin, Northern Ireland and Kenya before being deployed to the Falkland Islands.
Gordon Roddick: My First Million
These days, the Body Shop co-founder puts his agricultural and business know-how to use in promoting fair trade and “difficult philantrophy”
Peter Alliss: My First Million
The BBC’s ‘Voice of Golf’ paid off his mortgages and passed his properties to his family – but he thinks inheritance tax is “disgraceful”
My First Million: Len Goodman
The ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ judge was advised to take up ballroom dancing after he got injured playing football – and he has now earned £1m from his TV work
My First Million: Gerald Ronson
Gerald Ronson, 70, left school at 14 to start work with his father in the furniture business. He went on to found property development company, Heron Group, in 1956.
My first million: Mark Gardiner
Mark Gardiner, 47, and his business partner Paul Maddison won £22.5m in the National Lottery in June 1995.
My First Million: Colin Jackson
The world-champion athlete turned commentator started a pension when he was 21, but now prefers to invest in property and solid gold watches
My First Million: Jack Vettriano
The Scottish artist has seen his works sell for up to £750,000, but his parents didn’t realise he had become a millionnaire
Raising a Million: Sir Ranulph Fieinnes
The explorer has climbed Everest at the age of 65, walked to both poles and run seven marathons on seven continents – raising £15 for charities
My First Million: David Baldacci
For three years, the thriller writer spent six nights a week working on his manuscripts, with no success – but then became a millionaire overnight when Time Warner accepted Absolute Power
