http://www.ft.com/personal-finance The Financial Times brings you personal finance news - including investment news, banking, tax, pensions, insurance news, as well as comment and analysis en (PICS-1.1 "http://www.classify.org/safesurf/" L gen true for "http://www.ft.com/" r (SS~~000 1)) © Copyright The Financial Times Ltd 2010. "FT" and "Financial Times" are trademarks of the Financial Times. See http://www.ft.com/servicestools/help/terms#legal1 for the terms and conditions of reuse. Tue, 09 Feb 2010 21:05:58 GMT Wed, 10 Feb 2010 10:18:16 GMT client.support@ft.com (Client Support) 15 Newspapers http://www.ft.com/rss/personal-finance http://im.media.ft.com/m/img/rss/RSS_Default_Image.gif http://www.ft.com/personal-finance http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/f6b3917a-1599-11df-ad7e-00144feab49a.html?o=%2Fpersonal-finance Trust aims to raise around £630m to invest in China Tue, 09 Feb 2010 21:05:58 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/f6b3917a-1599-11df-ad7e-00144feab49a.html f6b3917a-1599-11df-ad7e-00144feab49a http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/2/00123d26-1594-11df-ad7e-00144feab49a.html?o=%2Fpersonal-finance Older individuals will struggle to fund a comfortable retirement unless they dramatically increase their pension contributions Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:27:02 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/00123d26-1594-11df-ad7e-00144feab49a.html 00123d26-1594-11df-ad7e-00144feab49a http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/8d8c2452-14e8-11df-8f1d-00144feab49a.html?o=%2Fpersonal-finance Retailers reported the worst January sales growth in 15 years while estate agents saw the first drop in interested new buyers in more than a year, according to two surveys Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:08:19 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/8d8c2452-14e8-11df-8f1d-00144feab49a.html 8d8c2452-14e8-11df-8f1d-00144feab49a http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/9a9cf126-14e8-11df-8f1d-00144feab49a.html?o=%2Fpersonal-finance Decision not to press ahead with changes caused by reluctance to impose extra burden on the exchequer and a fear of creating winners and losers within the charity sector Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:37:57 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/9a9cf126-14e8-11df-8f1d-00144feab49a.html 9a9cf126-14e8-11df-8f1d-00144feab49a http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/2/c7479fbc-14d1-11df-8f1d-00144feab49a.html?o=%2Fpersonal-finance Thousands of pensioners may have been sent the wrong tax code following the introduction of a new computer system at HM Revenue & Customs. Mon, 08 Feb 2010 16:57:21 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/c7479fbc-14d1-11df-8f1d-00144feab49a.html c7479fbc-14d1-11df-8f1d-00144feab49a http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/477d80aa-1434-11df-8847-00144feab49a.html?o=%2Fpersonal-finance Britain’s banks and building societies warn they will have to slash mortgage lending and raise rates if the government insists on prompt repayment of the £300bn they have received in state support Sun, 07 Feb 2010 23:31:00 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/477d80aa-1434-11df-8847-00144feab49a.html 477d80aa-1434-11df-8847-00144feab49a http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/2/4a828126-1284-11df-a611-00144feab49a.html?o=%2Fpersonal-finance Wealthy investors will have more control over their retirement funds if the Conservatives win this year’s election Fri, 05 Feb 2010 18:30:51 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/4a828126-1284-11df-a611-00144feab49a.html 4a828126-1284-11df-a611-00144feab49a http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/2/c43fda3a-1280-11df-a611-00144feab49a.html?o=%2Fpersonal-finance One million Isa savers earning near-zero interest rates should switch to accounts paying 3% Fri, 05 Feb 2010 18:20:11 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/c43fda3a-1280-11df-a611-00144feab49a.html c43fda3a-1280-11df-a611-00144feab49a http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/2/36b51cf6-1281-11df-a611-00144feab49a.html?o=%2Fpersonal-finance Investors seeking income are being advised to sell gilts now that the Bank of England has suspended its gilt buy-back initiative and held interest rates at 0.5 per cent Fri, 05 Feb 2010 18:07:15 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/36b51cf6-1281-11df-a611-00144feab49a.html 36b51cf6-1281-11df-a611-00144feab49a http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/2/acb4cd72-1284-11df-a611-00144feab49a.html?o=%2Fpersonal-finance Investment trusts that focus on income stocks are once again looking attractive for investors seeking a decent yield Fri, 05 Feb 2010 18:34:09 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/acb4cd72-1284-11df-a611-00144feab49a.html acb4cd72-1284-11df-a611-00144feab49a