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Trustees of the Auto Windscreens Pension Scheme have secured a £30m buyout in the latest deal in a flurry of de-risking activity.

The consumer prices index (CPI) fell from 2.8% to 2.7% in August, in line with economists' expectations, as falling transport costs pushed the headline figure down.

Life expectancy at retirement fell over 2012 according to the latest update of the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries' Continuous Mortality Investigation (CMI).

Investors from across the globe are moving back to European equities after an upturn in economic fortunes, asset managers say.

The Pension Protection Fund (PPF) wants to recruit new real estate investment managers as it grows beyond its current £15bn in assets.

The Pensions Trust (TPT) has been awarded the Pension Quality Mark (PQM) Ready accreditation for the standard of its defined contribution (DC) scheme.

Animal care retailer Pets at Home has chosen Legal & General's master trust as its auto-enrolment (AE) provider.

LV= has launched the Pensions Village defined contribution (DC) communications package designed by Anthony Hodges Consulting (AHC) to coincide with the introduction of auto-enrolment (AE).

The government may extend its ban on consultancy charging in auto-enrolment (AE) schemes to vehicles set up before it announced the practice would be outlawed.

The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has said it hopes recent reform will address criticisms of the lengthiness and effectiveness of its disciplinary scheme.