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Fri, 25 May 2012 18:49:37 GMT Thu, 31 May 2012 10:19:11 GMT client.support@ft.com (Client Support) 15 Newspapers http://www.ft.com/rss/personal-finance/advice-comment/serious-money http://im.media.ft.com/m/img/rss/RSS_Default_Image.gif http://www.ft.com/personal-finance/advice-comment/serious-money http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/7854f910-a67c-11e1-aef2-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fpersonal-finance_advice-comment_serious-money%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Expect uproar over the merger of Serps, says Matthew Vincent Fri, 25 May 2012 18:49:37 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/7854f910-a67c-11e1-aef2-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fpersonal-finance_advice-comment_serious-money%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 7854f910-a67c-11e1-aef2-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/41b8933a-a00f-11e1-90f3-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fpersonal-finance_advice-comment_serious-money%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct So why are the tax codes so wrong? A simple answer is that the UK has too many codes and rules Fri, 18 May 2012 17:58:07 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/41b8933a-a00f-11e1-90f3-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fpersonal-finance_advice-comment_serious-money%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 41b8933a-a00f-11e1-90f3-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/779504a0-9b7f-11e1-b03e-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fpersonal-finance_advice-comment_serious-money%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct The price of insurance against financial discomfort has risen by about 300 per cent Fri, 11 May 2012 19:11:23 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/779504a0-9b7f-11e1-b03e-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fpersonal-finance_advice-comment_serious-money%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 779504a0-9b7f-11e1-b03e-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/48bc1f38-95f3-11e1-9d9d-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fpersonal-finance_advice-comment_serious-money%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Who makes the best decisions? The FA or fund managers Fri, 04 May 2012 17:45:26 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/48bc1f38-95f3-11e1-9d9d-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fpersonal-finance_advice-comment_serious-money%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 48bc1f38-95f3-11e1-9d9d-00144feab49a http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d1d666cc-9079-11e1-8adc-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fpersonal-finance_advice-comment_serious-money%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Why did traders spend Monday afternoon selling equities – other than a lack of Dutch courage? 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Thu, 05 Apr 2012 17:48:56 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/23e1d838-7f19-11e1-a26e-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fpersonal-finance_advice-comment_serious-money%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 23e1d838-7f19-11e1-a26e-00144feab49a http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a9755c40-7a78-11e1-9c77-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fpersonal-finance_advice-comment_serious-money%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct So you’ve stocked up on petrol. Now, what about your tax-efficient investments? Fri, 30 Mar 2012 17:57:35 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a9755c40-7a78-11e1-9c77-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fpersonal-finance_advice-comment_serious-money%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct a9755c40-7a78-11e1-9c77-00144feab49a http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/6ed2dcb4-7502-11e1-a98b-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fpersonal-finance_advice-comment_serious-money%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct When is a tax not a tax? Answer: when it’s ‘the granny tax’ Fri, 23 Mar 2012 19:22:35 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/6ed2dcb4-7502-11e1-a98b-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fpersonal-finance_advice-comment_serious-money%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 6ed2dcb4-7502-11e1-a98b-00144feab49a http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/4125f1c0-6f71-11e1-b368-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fpersonal-finance_advice-comment_serious-money%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct How much will banks charge? Depends who’s askin’ Fri, 16 Mar 2012 19:09:03 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/4125f1c0-6f71-11e1-b368-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fpersonal-finance_advice-comment_serious-money%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 4125f1c0-6f71-11e1-b368-00144feab49a http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/f6af68a0-6a03-11e1-b54f-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fpersonal-finance_advice-comment_serious-money%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct If funds, as whole, don’t perform badly, their overall return is worth having Fri, 09 Mar 2012 19:42:38 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/f6af68a0-6a03-11e1-b54f-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fpersonal-finance_advice-comment_serious-money%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct f6af68a0-6a03-11e1-b54f-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a44ee826-6484-11e1-b30e-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fpersonal-finance_advice-comment_serious-money%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct What do fund managers do all day? Far too much Fri, 02 Mar 2012 19:36:10 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a44ee826-6484-11e1-b30e-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fpersonal-finance_advice-comment_serious-money%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct a44ee826-6484-11e1-b30e-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/1abd4d74-5efc-11e1-a087-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fpersonal-finance_advice-comment_serious-money%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Whose money is it anyway Fri, 24 Feb 2012 19:40:40 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/1abd4d74-5efc-11e1-a087-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fpersonal-finance_advice-comment_serious-money%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 1abd4d74-5efc-11e1-a087-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/74159db6-58c3-11e1-b9c6-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fpersonal-finance_advice-comment_serious-money%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct It is not just estate agents that people are seeking to bypass. The providers of financial services are now in the line of fire Fri, 17 Feb 2012 18:48:28 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/74159db6-58c3-11e1-b9c6-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fpersonal-finance_advice-comment_serious-money%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 74159db6-58c3-11e1-b9c6-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/901d3c14-5402-11e1-8d12-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fpersonal-finance_advice-comment_serious-money%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct For most of us, risk and reward have been in imbalance for too long Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:14:15 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/901d3c14-5402-11e1-8d12-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fpersonal-finance_advice-comment_serious-money%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 901d3c14-5402-11e1-8d12-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/6579dc1c-4e83-11e1-8670-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fpersonal-finance_advice-comment_serious-money%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct At last, the paradox of charge disclosure can be resolved Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:10:17 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/6579dc1c-4e83-11e1-8670-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fpersonal-finance_advice-comment_serious-money%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 6579dc1c-4e83-11e1-8670-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/7664079e-48f4-11e1-974a-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fpersonal-finance_advice-comment_serious-money%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Fund managers and index trackers engage in a war of statistics Fri, 27 Jan 2012 18:56:52 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/7664079e-48f4-11e1-974a-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fpersonal-finance_advice-comment_serious-money%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 7664079e-48f4-11e1-974a-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/59356996-4378-11e1-9f28-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fpersonal-finance_advice-comment_serious-money%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct FT Money readers can send a message to policymakers Fri, 20 Jan 2012 18:15:09 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/59356996-4378-11e1-9f28-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fpersonal-finance_advice-comment_serious-money%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 59356996-4378-11e1-9f28-00144feab49a http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/2a656a72-3dfa-11e1-91f3-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fpersonal-finance_advice-comment_serious-money%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Resolution to devise transparent, fair charges Fri, 13 Jan 2012 18:55:45 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/2a656a72-3dfa-11e1-91f3-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fpersonal-finance_advice-comment_serious-money%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 2a656a72-3dfa-11e1-91f3-00144feabdc0