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The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has updated the basket of goods used to calculate inflation to include e-cigarettes, craft beer and subscriptions to music streaming service Spotify.

PP looks at a decade of cuts

The defined benefit (DB) pension scheme deficit of FTSE 350 retailers has grown 30% in the past year, according to the latest figures.

Guy Coughlan has been appointed chief financial risk officer at the Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS).

The Lothian Pension Fund has announced its deficit almost tripled to £417m over the last three years as the scheme continues to bring more asset management in house.

Drawdown products must be designed around member engagement as investment solutions "cannot be a panacea", according to RBS head of group pensions Carol Young.

There is a risk that pensioner poverty will increase after the implementation of freedom and choice from next month, according to a leading think tank.

Kate Byers and Lucy Herbert have been hired by law firm Irwin Mitchell.

More than half of company decision makers admit that they believe women of childbearing age are discriminated against because they may have a child in the future.

The Pension Liberation Industry Group has published a code of good practice for combating pension scams to help trustees dealing with suspicious transfer requests.