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Workplace pensions
MPs back calls for new type of workplace pension

Collective defined contribution schemes offer ‘middle ground’ for savers

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Retirement
The big questions to ask before you retire

Are you and your partner on the same page when it comes to plans for later life?

Property funds
Regulator urged again to act over property funds

Two years on from the Brexit vote, no sign of reform for open-ended funds

Merryn Somerset Webb
Skip the fatalism, life’s getting better

Middle age is miserable — but for most it’s a passing phase, say official data

UK tax
HMRC seeks new access to taxpayers’ bank accounts

Proposals aim to cut the need for approval from tax tribunal

First-time buyers
Mortgage deal boost for young professionals

Clydesdale offers low-deposit scheme for dentists, doctors, lawyers and others

Josephine Cumbo
Self-employed — the pension world’s unsolved dilemma

Lessons from the electrician, plumber and chimney sweep’s plans, or lack of them

Caroline Fiennes
Charity begins with admitting we got it wrong

We need to be scientific and fearless about assessing whether proposed solutions work

Private investing
Asian dividends trump payout growth in rest of world

Experts recommend investors tap into the region as UK prospects remain uncertain

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Farmers wait for Brexit clarity before buying land

Poor weather at start of the year also blamed for market slowdown

Private investing
Hargreaves’ power to profit exposed in analyst report

Fund supermarket’s earnings ratio on investments far outstrips its rivals

Private investing
Fund platforms eye boost for shareholder rights

Hargreaves Lansdown and Charles Stanley react to calls for more investor rights

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