May 11, 2012

What price happiness? About £20,000

Matthew Vincent

Insurance against losses is expensive, says Matthew Vincent

May 4, 2012

Fund managers more than a match for the FA

Who makes the best decisions? The FA or fund managers

Apr 27, 2012

Infinite perils of pin-wielding monkeys

Fund managers lack Dutch courage

Apr 20, 2012

How MPs woke up to the plight of pensioners

A tax change could be proposed that would free billions for older savers

Apr 13, 2012

Pensions dressed in Emperor’s new clothes

“Defined ambition” pensions sound a lot like double Dutch

Apr 5, 2012

Do you put your eggs in the right basket?

Would you buy shares just because everyone told you to?

Mar 30, 2012

Get more mileage out of your Isa choice

So you’ve stocked up on petrol. Now, what about your tax-efficient investments?

Mar 23, 2012

Is granny’s retirement really so taxing?

When is a tax not a tax? Answer: when it’s ‘the granny tax’

Mar 16, 2012

Is someone telling porky pies on interest rates?

How much will banks charge? It depends who’s askin’,

Mar 9, 2012

There are benefits to being truly average

If funds, as whole, don’t perform badly, their overall return is worth having

Mar 2, 2012

Wealth managers need time management

What do fund managers do all day? Far too much

Feb 24, 2012

Commission ban is a game of consequences

Whose money is it anyway

Feb 17, 2012

Are the days of the middle man numbered?

Financial services providers in the line of fire, writes Lucy Warwick-Ching

Feb 10, 2012

Only the professionals are turned on by risk

For most of us, risk and reward have been in imbalance for too long

Feb 3, 2012

Clearer fund fees – the philosophy is simple

The paradox of charge disclosure can be resolved

Jan 27, 2012

When average hides a multitude of sins

Fund managers and index trackers in war of statistics

Jan 20, 2012

A new ally in the war on fund fees

Readers can send a message to policymakers

Jan 13, 2012

Fund fees stretch my new year resolve

Resolution to devise transparent, fair charges

Jan 6, 2012

Resigned to not-so-great expectations

If you can’t manage funds, at least manage expectation

Dec 16, 2011

A ray of hope at a meagre festive season?

You’re more likely to find the God particle than good news

Serious Money

Serious Money Matthew Vincent is the personal finance editor of the Financial Times. In this role, he edits the Weekend Money section and presents the FT Money Show podcast, as well as writing for the daily newspaper and FT Wealth magazine.

He was previously editor of Investors Chronicle, where he presented the award-winning online video The Market Programme, and launched the BBC-FT standalone magazine ‘How to be Better Off’. He began his career on the consumer finance magazine Moneywise, which he went on to edit for five years, and has since written columns for The Spectator and presented TV programmes for BBC2.

E-mail matthew.vincent@ft.com

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