Ft Money Show

Should you transfer your 'contracted out' pension fund?  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Should investors start reinvesting in the US?  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Could stamp duty concessions kickstart the housing market?  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Summer is heating up savings rates again  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Has the housing market hit rock bottom?  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The winners and losers from the Santander bid for Alliance and Leicester  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

As expected the Bank of England has held base rates at 5%, so why are mortgage rates still moving all over the place?  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The rights and wrongs of bank's share issues: should you part with more cash?  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Housing market - with mortgage rates rising out of step with base rates, can it still be cheaper to buy than rent?  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week: Savings rates of 7 per cent - but is it any good if inflation is rising? Investing in India - still a good idea? How a postcode lottery is shaking up the pensions market; plus building society mergers.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Inflation - how much of a threat is it to fund investors, and what are fund managers doing about it?  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this week's show: Bradford & Bingley - is the buy-to-let lender an investment in ruins or an investment opportunity? Mortgage rates - why the best deals are to be found not on the high street but in the oak-panelled halls of the private banks; why a so-called variable annuity can actually give you more certainty in retirement; and good and bad news on managing your credit card bills.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this week's show: Happy Tax Freedom Day - the day we stop working for the government and start for ourselves - but could it be earlier in the year? Coping with redundancy; Driven to drink - how to trade wine futures; and good news and bad news on savings rates.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this week's show: unfair bank charges - will compensation ever come? Emerging markets: is it easier or safer to invest in them through UK blue chips? Volatile markets - why it's better to be in than out; and good news and bad news on cash-backs that cut the cost of travel  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this week's show: inflation is up but income tax is down - what do this week's announcements mean for borrowers and savers; House prices aren't all falling - we look at areas on the up; Pension investors - the unlikely winners in the credit crunch? And good news and bad news on making payments in euros.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Why borrowers are struggling to find standard variable rate mortgages with no fee; a positive return every month and 10% a year - Nicola Horlick on a fund manager's secrets; how to avoid 40% inheritance tax; and some good news and bad news on regular saving.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Why aren't savings rates going down? How to be a private currency trader; Asian equity markets - are they a good diversification strategy? Plus good news and bad news on Peps and Isas.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week: 50 billion from the Bank of England, but will it make any difference to mortgages? Putting property into your pension - is it still a good idea? Why we are so bad at making decisions, and what we can do about it - a behavioural psychologist explains. Plus the good news and bad news on using credit cards abroad.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this week's show: long-term fixed rates - will government action make them cheaper? Buy-to-let mortgages - are they still a good idea as house prices fall? European property - can you hedge against costly euro mortgages?  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this week's show: Mortgages - who benefits from the rate cut? Water - is it really 'blue gold' for investors? Commercial property - legal threats over fund lock-ins  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.