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

Wealth manager Helm Godfrey has launched iRetire, a retirement advice service.

LV= has launched a personal pension with a 0.25% annual service charge, with additional investment management charges.

Solvency II will force all remaining defined benefit (DB) pension schemes to close and could lead to significant job losses as UK companies fold, lobby groups have warned.

Deputy prime minister Nick Clegg and Treasury secretary Danny Alexander will meet with David Cameron and George Osborne today to demand more tax on high earners' pensions.

Prime Minister David Cameron has warned of a pensions "apartheid" between the public and private sector if reforms are not pushed through for public sector workers.

Clients can qualify for enhanced annuity rates for a range of conditions these days, including obesity, high blood pressure and previous medical treatment.

The Bank of England's decision today to pump an extra £50bn into the UK economy is likely to drive annuity rates down further, insurers have warned.

The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has banned three pension scheme trustees for life after uncovering "serious and persistent" breaches of investment regulations and legislation.

In this week's Retirement Planner quick fire poll we ask: NAPF has proposed the government create a nationalised annuity brokerage system to ensure retirees use the OMO. Do you think government intervention would be a good thing?