Personal Finance Archive

THE Coalition Government's plans to make money lessons compulsory in England come four years after the Scottish Government vowed to build a curriculum that would instil some financial wisdom in younger generations.

The Government's plan for compulsory pensions at work is threatened by a new mis-selling spectre, with employees at risk of seeing a significant proportion of their contributions disappearing in adviser charges.

One in six people have had a relationship break up around Valentine's Day, according to research by Nationwide.

The stock market never fails to surprise.

Tomorrow is the start of the Chinese New Year of the Snake, but private investors seem to see only upward ladders ahead as sentiment towards China takes a turn for the better.

SCOTTISH banks are offering current accounts which charge up to £180 a year in return for them putting a stop on any payments that would trigger charges.

BUSINESS owners are being warned to be wary of a "funding solution" for their businesses which could put their personal pensions at risk.

Investment managers hoping to lure savers from low-interest Isas are under the spotlight after a survey revealed 64 funds worth £12 billion are more than 10% adrift of the market over three years, a raft of blue-chip Scottish-managed funds among them.

CONSUMER complaints to the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) have soared more than fifty-fold over the past decade to reach a total of 265,000 new cases in 2011/12.

It is all too easy to overlook Europe at the moment.

If you are struggling with a mountain of post-Christmas debt, transferring your balance to a zero interest credit card or cheap loan can be a way of reducing your costs.

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Parents of the digital generation who have been looking for the latest electronic devices this Christmas may also wonder whether the new technologies can help children and young people learn about money.