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The case for temporary annuities

00:01 | 17 Jul 2008 | By Matthew Craig

With life expectancy increasing every year, new pensioners don't want to be forced into a lifetime annuity. Temporary annuities allow people to test-drive their retirement and see how they like it.

Direct exploitation of the masses

00:01 | 15 Jul 2008 | By Tony Bonsignore

How will history judge the western economic ‘miracle’ of the past decade, and its subsequent collapse in the shape of the credit crisis?

Why I finally changed banks

16:11 | 10 Jul 2008 | By Chris Marshall

HSBC don’t know it yet, but I’m leaving them.

Brown and Darling bottom of the class

00:01 | 10 Jul 2008 | By Michelle McGagh

Does the government have a spare place on its financial capability action plan for Alistair Darling?

Is negative equity all that bad?

08:00 | 07 Jul 2008 | By Lorna Bourke

Unless you are forced to sell your home and crystallize a loss, negative equity is not a big deal. Most homeowners have a sufficient equity cushion and those that don't should sit tight.

How to pass on your money to your children

00:01 | 03 Jul 2008 | By Yvonne Goodwin

How much of your wealth should you pass onto your children and when? Award-winning financial planner Yvonne Goodwin offers some answers.

Why the housing boom was a disaster for Britain

00:01 | 01 Jul 2008 | By Tony Bonsignore

Only now that the bubble has begun to burst do we see the financial hangover that invariably follows such an orgy of cheap cash.

B&B deal breaches investor rules, major shareholder group warns

13:28 | 26 Jun 2008 | By Tony Bonsignore

The Association of British Insurers has warned its members that the private equity deal involved ‘breaches of sound governance’.

Where have all the good banks gone?

00:01 | 26 Jun 2008 | By Michelle McGagh

Banks have a nerve, begging to shareholders with rights issues while continuing to rip people off with exorbitant mortgage arrangement fees.

The credit crunch hits home

00:01 | 19 Jun 2008 | By Michelle McGagh

How the search for credit in the economic downturn became a fool's errand

Pensioner poverty is a national disgrace

00:01 | 17 Jun 2008 | By Tony Bonsignore

It is time for Gordon Brown to start focusing resources on helping the elderly and vulnerable.

Wedded to debt

00:01 | 12 Jun 2008 | By Michelle McGagh

One in four women are already saving for a wedding despite being unattached. Now that's financial planning.

Shrew are you?

00:01 | 05 Jun 2008 | By Michelle McGagh

The credit crunch has spawned a new economic class system, sorting the shrews from the alarmists and the penny-pinchers from the cash-flashers.

Does this government care about pensioners?

00:43 | 04 Jun 2008 | By Chris Marshall

Workers are a boon to the economy; pensioners are a drain. Why should the government care?

Why should taxpayers fund the fatties?

00:01 | 29 May 2008 | By Michelle McGagh

The government’s idea to combat obesity centres around NHS-funded drugs and stomach surgery. There must be a better and cheaper way.

Hooray for the end of Howard!

13:38 | 22 May 2008 | By Michelle McGagh

Nothing personal but I just can’t stand you. Banks need to offer fewer crooners and more credibility

It’s not easy being green

00:01 | 20 May 2008 | By Michelle McGagh

Dear reader, I try. But I’m not sure I’ll do much good …

The true cost of public sector pensions: £1 trillion

00:09 | 15 May 2008 | By Nigel Bradshaw

The real story of how much they are worth, and why the Government keeps paying them.

How to combat the huge problem of online fraud

10:50 | 08 May 2008 | By Barny Perraton

It’s simple; get a prepaid card.

Citywire and ITN launch mortgage survival video

00:01 | 04 May 2008

A Citywire/ITN production giving you expert tips on how to survive the mortgage storm

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