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With pension liberation on the rise, pension experts have called for tougher requirements from regulators. Fiona Murphy asks what they would like to see

Fiona Murphy asks what the new paper on platforms could mean for SIPP operators

MoretoSIPPs principal John Moret has called for a new regulatory framework for the SIPP market.

The SIPP industry remains divided on alternative investments with 47% of AMPS conference delegates believing they should be restricted to high net worth clients.

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

In this week's quick fire Retirement Planner poll we ask: Should we have interim capital adequacy rules for self-invested personal pension operators?

Advisers and agents selling clients investments in Caribbean villas run by Harlequin Property received commissions of up to 15%, according to a lawyer close to the situation.

The administrator of the sales arm of the troubled Harlequin Property group has racked up fees of more than £28,000 in its first ten days in the role.

Hornbuckle Mitchell has posted a 5% revenue increase and 21% growth in year-on-year earnings for 2012, announced less than a month after the firm sold a controlling stake to two private investors.

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