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It's our quick-fire round-up of the stangest retirement and pensions news this week...

LV= will allow its SIPP customers to use Barclays Stockbrokers' execution-only trading platform to invest their pension assets.

Threadneedle will close down its retail defined contribution (DC) pension business and will advise all investors to move their pension products to Legal and General (L&G).

A mother and daughter kept the corpse of a grandmother hidden in an upstairs bedroom and stole her state pension, a judge ruled.

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) may extend the rules of the Financial Assistance Scheme (FAS) to insure pension schemes exempt from the Pension Protection Fund (PPF).

Aegon has launched three new unit-linked guaranteed offshore bonds as part of a boost to its at-retirement proposition.

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has issued a warning to consumers over pension reciprocation plans (PRPs) and other pension unlocking schemes.

HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has launched a consultation into proposals designed to incentivise people to leave part of their estate to charity.

A pampered pooch whose eccentric owner bequeathed her $12m has died aged 12, ending one of the weirdest cases of contested inheritance ever.

The government has set a date for the second reading of the controversial Pensions Bill.