The inflation rate dropped even further last month, taking it to the lowest level since records began, at just 0.3%.
December's figure of 0.5% had been the joint lowest since CPI was measured but it fell another 0.2% in January. Read more ...

A leading fund ratings and research group has created a guide to platforms, as it urged advisers to carry out regular and thorough due diligence. Read more ...

Today's record low inflation rate "still won't get you a sausage", says the head of a website which analyses and compares the best savings accounts. Read more ...

The growing political row over tax avoidance is "unhelpful and disingenuous" and detracts from the more important conversation of combating evasion, a financial advisory firm's chief says. Read more ...

A senior figure at the FCA has outlined three key areas of concern which still exist about advisers' charging practices following 'unacceptable' findings last April. Read more ...

One in ten ISA investors have taken advantage of the new limit since its introduction in July 2014, according to Cofunds. Read more ...

Analysis by a pensions firm about auto-enrolment has suggested a big increase in the number of people who have stopped paying into their workplace schemes after the opt-out window since the scheme launched.

A Financial Planning firm is set to offer a new telephone advice service as the pension reforms come into effect. Read more ...

A new Pensions Ombudsman is set to take the reins after his appointment was rubber stamped. Read more ...

Hargreaves Lansdown is recruiting 40 new developers, project managers and testers at its head office in Bristol as part of expansion plans for its HL Vantage investment supermarket. Read more ...