Brian Davidson highlights the attractions of maximising pension contributions in tax year 2012/13

Retirement Planner's round-up of the top pension stories this week.

In this week's quick fire poll we ask: Age Partnership recently issued a warning about Property Protection Trusts. Are these trusts a significant problem?

LV= is reducing rates on its lump sum lifetime mortgage until Friday 12 April 2013.

Symponia has called today's social care announcement "a clever pre-Budget manoeuvre" designed to divert attention away from the ailing coalition.

Interest-only borrowers and elderly homeowners needing long-term care will drive growth in the equity release market, the Equity Release Council chairman has said.

Government must work with financial services to ensure housing equity can be released "without excessive charges or risk" and improve consumer confidence, a House of Lords committee has urged.

An online tool to promote local whole of market advice for annuity purchase has been launched by an IFA.

There could be 1.5 million self-invested personal pensions (SIPPs) by 2018 despite FSA regulation potentially contracting the number of providers in the market, according to John Moret.

In this week's quick fire poll we ask: Have you seen a surge of clients interested in investing in commercial property?