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Teachers Building Society launches market-leading notice cash ISA with 5% interest | Personal Finance | Finance
Teachers Building Society (TBS) has launched a new 180-day notice cash ISA account paying a market-leading five percent interest rate.
The account offers unlimited withdrawals subject to 180 days’ notice and pays the highest rate the society has on offer on a cash ISA.
David Leek, commercial director at Teachers Building Society, commented: “Our variable rate notice cash ISAs offer market-leading rates whilst giving savers the ability to access their funds if they need to.
“Rewarding savers has always been a priority for us, and we’re delighted to be offering rates of up to five percent.
“By trusting us with their money savers are supporting our mission to help teacher first-time buyers with smaller deposits take their first steps on the housing ladder.”
Mr Leek added: “We welcome saving applications both from within the teaching community and from those outside it who want the feel-good factor of knowing that as well as earning a great rate their funds are supporting a strong social purpose, not just lining shareholders’ pockets.”
Founded in the 1960s to help teachers get their first foot on the housing ladder, the mutual offers saving accounts to borrowers of all professions to support funding low-deposit mortgages to teachers so they can buy a first home.
By choosing to save with the Teachers Building Society, account holders are said to be “directly helping” teachers buy homes, something it thinks is a reason for savers to “feel proud”.
At the same time, the society is increasing the Annual Equivalent Rate (AER) on its popular 120-day notice cash ISA account to 4.75 percent. Existing as well as new account holders will benefit from the increase.
Both the 120 and 180-day notice cash ISAs offer unlimited withdrawals subject to the respective notice periods, meaning savers who want the flexibility to access their accounts.
Savers can open the accounts with a minimum deposit of £1,000 and up to £250,000 can be invested overall.
Other providers offering competitive interest rates on 180-day notice cash ISAs include Loughborough Building Society, which is also offering an AER of five percent, followed by Marsden Building Society with an AER of 4.45 percent.
For 120-day notice ISAs, the Teachers Building Society is topping the board with its 4.75 percent rate, also followed by Loughborough BS at 4.75 percent, then Chorley Building Society at 4.3 percent.
Commenting on the market, Alice Haine, personal finance analyst at Bestinvest, said: “Thankfully, the gap between the top savings rates and CPI inflation is narrowing which means people’s savings are being eroded far less quickly.”
However, she noted: “Not all savings accounts are equal so don’t assume your lender has applied the best rate they can to your existing savings account. High street lenders in particular have come under fire in recent months for failing to pass on interest rate rises to their customers.
“Thanks to a crackdown from the Financial Conduct Authority, banks and building societies must now apply interest rate rises more rapidly to customer accounts. Making major lenders more accountable for their poor performance is a positive move but savers would be wise to continue shopping around for the best deals on the market to find the most competitive rate.
“Particularly as the best savings rates are often found at smaller, challenger banks and newer online operators.”
Mumbai:
The Indian equity benchmark indices opened higher on Friday amid positive global cues, as buying was seen in the IT, pharma and auto sectors in the early trade.
At around 9.27 am, Sensex was trading 265.3 points or 0.33 per cent up at 80,066.81 while the Nifty added 89.85 points or 0.37 per cent at 24,336.55.
Nifty Bank was down 222.85 points or 0.40 per cent at 54,978.55. The Nifty Midcap 100 index was trading at 54,980.80 after increasing 10.95 points or 0.02 per cent. Nifty Smallcap 100 index was at 16,903.30 after declining 60.20 points or 0.35 per cent.
According to market watchers, “after a positive opening, Nifty can find support at 24,200 followed by 24,100 and 24,000. On the higher side, 24,500 can be an immediate resistance, followed by 24,600 and 24,700.
“The charts of Bank Nifty indicate that it may get support at 55,000 followed by 54,700 and 54,500. If the index advances further, 55,500 would be the initial key resistance, followed by 55,800 and 56,200,” said Hardik Matalia, Derivative Analyst of Choice Broking.
Meanwhile, in the Sensex pack, TCS, Tata Steel, Maruti Suzuki, Eternal, ICICI Bank, SBI, HDFC Bank, Infosys, M&M and Tata Motors were the top gainers. Whereas, Axis Bank, Tech Mahindra, Nestle India and IndusInd Bank were the top losers.
In the last trading session, Dow Jones in the US added 1.23 per cent to close at 40,093.40. The S&P 500 climbed 2.03 per cent to 5,484.77 and the Nasdaq added 2.74 per cent to close at 17,166.04.
In the Asian markets, Jakarta, Bangkok, Seoul, Hong Kong, China and Japan were trading in green.
According to analysts, US markets extended their rally on Thursday as investors snapped up hard-hit technology stocks, helping boost the S&P 500 out of correction territory.
The foreign institutional investors (FIIs) bought equities worth Rs 8,250.53 crore on April 24. However, domestic institutional investors (DIIs) sold equities of Rs 534.54 crore on the same day.
(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)
Mumbai:
Indian equity markets are trading in the red as tensions soar between India and Pakistan over the Pahalgam terror attack in Kashmir. Sensex, the 30-share BSE benchmark, has crashed over 1,000 points and is now trading below the 79,000-mark. Nifty, the NSE index of 50 shares, fell below 24,000 points.
The markets went up in early trade, driven by a global rally and fund inflows, but the momentum got lost thereafter, and it gave up the initial gains.
The markets are also upset by unimpressive March quarter earnings by Axis Bank, the third-largest private sector bank of the country. The bank’s shares have fallen 4.65% after reporting a decline in quarterly profit from Rs 7,130 crore in the year-ago period to Rs 7,117 crore.
Besides Axis Bank, major laggards include Bajaj Finance, Bajaj Finserv, Tata Motors, and Tech Mahindra. On the gaining side are TCS, Infosys, Reliance, HCL Tech, HDFC Bank, and ICICI Bank.
At least 26 civilians were massacred by terrorists in a tourist hotspot known as ‘Mini Switzerland’, leading to both countries pulling out their diplomatic staff and suspending visas issued to the other nation’s citizens. (Follow live updates here)
The latest flare-up at the Line of Control was speculative firing by Pakistani troops, which is being seen as an attempt to provoke the Indian side. Indian troops retaliated effectively against the firing from multiple Pakistani posts.
As Indian equities braced for the impact, global equities, including the Asian markets, were charting in the positive territory. South Korea’s Kospi index, Tokyo’s Nikkei 225, Hong Kong’s Hang Seng, and Shanghai SSE Composite were all in green.
Similar trends were seen in US equities, too. Last evening, Nasdaq Composite closed 2.74 per cent higher. S&P 500 jumped over 2 per cent and Dow Jones Industrial Average surged 1.23 per cent.
Mumbai:
Equity benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty declined in early trade on Thursday amid profit-taking after a seven-day rally and muted trend in Asian markets.
The 30-share BSE benchmark declined 242.01 points to 79,874.48 in early trade. The NSE Nifty went down by 72.3 points to 24,256.65.
In the past seven trading days, the BSE benchmark gauge zoomed 6,269.34 points or 8.48 per cent and the Nifty jumped 1,929.8 points or 8.61 per cent.
From the Sensex firms, Eternal, Bharti Airtel, ICICI Bank, Mahindra & Mahindra, HCL Technologies, Reliance Industries, and HDFC Bank were among the laggards.
IndusInd Bank, Tech Mahindra, Nestle, Bajaj Finance, Axis Bank, and Tata Motors were among the gainers.
In Asian markets, South Korea’s Kospi index, Shanghai SSE Composite, and Hong Kong’s Hang Seng were trading lower while Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 quoted in the positive territory.
US markets ended sharply higher on Wednesday. Nasdaq Composite jumped 2.50 per cent, S&P 500 surged 1.67 per cent and Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 1.07 per cent.
Global oil benchmark Brent crude climbed 0.12 per cent to USD 66.20 a barrel.
Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs) bought equities worth Rs 3,332.93 crore on Wednesday, according to exchange data.
The BSE benchmark jumped 520.90 points or 0.65 per cent to settle at 80,116.49, the highest closing level since December 18, on Wednesday. The Nifty rallied 161.70 points or 0.67 per cent to 24,328.95.
(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)
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