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Buying and selling shares
Share incentive schemes: invest in your employer

Millions can benefit and there is money to be made if you follow the rules

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Claer Barrett
Prepare for a ‘trick or treat’ Budget 

Will the chancellor risk antagonising Tory voters and backbench MPs with tax changes?

Pensions
Jargon-free pensions statement criticised

Simpler annual report aims to demystify retirement savings

Name checks to begin on bank transfers

‘Confirmation of payee’ technology to be adopted by UK banks by next summer

Mortgages
First-time buyers forced further from London

Londoners end up purchasing in cheaper areas, including Thurrock, Basildon and Luton

Investment trusts
Investment trust discounts widen since Brexit vote

Some analysts think now is a good time to buy back into the sector

Inheritance
HMRC IHT income dips for the first time in a decade

House price slowdown sees growth in estate values level off

Investments
Passive funds fail to echo rising price of oil

Some vehicles linked to the commodity have even lost money this year

Adventurous InvestorDavid Stevenson
Japan — land of the rising investment prospects

Japanese equities are now trading at multiples not that different from US stocks

Pensions
Pensions lifetime allowance set to rise to £1.05m

State pension payments likely to increase by 2.6 per cent

Investment trusts
Veteran investor Terry Smith raises largest new UK investment trust
Financial Advice
Women want face-to-face financial advice

Study reveals key differences in the way the sexes manage their investments

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