Savings

National Savings & Investments (NS&I), has lurched from one disaster to another this year. Ruth Jackson-Kirby looks at what's gone wrong.

If you're looking for any sort of return from a savings account, forget the high-street, says Ruth Jackson-Kirby. Here's where you'll get the best rat…

There are plenty of ESG funds to choose from – but what about your day-to-day saving and spending needs? We look at the best ethical current and savin…

National Savings & Investments (NS&I) has slashed its interest rates. There are now much better deals for your savings elsewhere, says Ruth Jackson Ki…

The first child trust funds are maturing in September, says Ruth Jackson-Kirby. But what should teenagers do with the money?

As investors in restaurant chain Chilango's burrito bonds face losing all their money, MoneyWeek’s warning to steer clear of mini-bonds proved prescie…

State-backed National Savings & Investments is ready to accept much more money and offers some of the highest interest rates.

Interest rates on cash Isa accounts are too low and stocks do better over the long term. Consider a stocks and shares Isa instead.

The withdrawal penalty on lifetime individual savings accounts has been cut in an attempt to help struggling savers.

Investors have been seduced by the high interest rates on mini-bonds, but they’re not as safe as they seem.

If you give your children or grandchildren fashionable toys for Christmas they’ll soon forget about them – so put some money to work for them instead.

Fraudsters have been targeting savers by offering unrealistically high interest rates on cash Isas.

Your offspring may have a child trust fund tucked away. If so, their money is being consumed by fees

Negative interest rates could spark the next financial crisis. And central bankers could end up the object of the public's wrath, says Merryn Somerset…

Agreeing to lock up your cash can boost the interest rate on your savings significantly. Ruth Jackson-Kirby reports.

Housing minister James Brokenshire has suggested you should be able to raid your pension savings to fund the purchase of your first home. You shouldn'…

Almost a million savers could face punitive tax charges on their pension contributions because they have unwittingly triggered a substantial reduction…

Private banks have long been surrounded by an air of prestige. But is the service they provide worth the extra cost?

The real risk to your finances is not Brexit, says Merryn Somerset Webb, it's that the mismanagement of Brexit could lead to a Corbyn government. So h…

Should you sign up to Active Savings, Hargreaves Lansdown’s new product aimed at “time-poor” savers?

Far more cash Isas are set up than stocks and shares Isas, says Marina Gerner. That's odd given the higher returns from stocks in the long run.

If you have any money left over once you’ve used up your tax-free allowances, you could consider a junior Isa for your children. But keep an eye on no…

Once considered too risky for an Isa, Aim shares can offer some valuable tax benefits to adventurous investors.

If you can stomach the risk involved in backing a company in its early stages, consider VCTs, the EIS and the SEIS. Generous tax breaks are on offer.