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

Positive Solutions has been hit by another senior exit after recruitment director Martin Brown left the firm with immediate effect.

Providers will scramble to buy distribution ahead of the Retail Distribution Review (RDR) and will buy up IFA businesses "left, right and centre", delegates at this year's Institute of Financial Planning (IFP) conference heard today.

There is no longer any "good reason" why clients should pay above 40 basis points (bps) for access to a platform, an analysis of the market has concluded.

Firms offering restricted advice are spreading "propaganda" about the apparent difficulties of meeting the Financial Services Authority's (FSA's) new independence rules, according to consultant David Severn, a former head of investment business policy...

Retirement Planner readers can claim a 10% discount on fees for the forthcoming Henry Stewart SIPPs and Retirement Options conference.

LV= has confirmed its deadline for gender specific annuity business so advisers can take action ahead of the EU gender directive.

Accredited Financial Planning firms are to be offered wider professional indemnity insurance (PII) cover, including full legal liability, under a deal arranged by the Institute of Financial Planning (IFP).

Two marketers acting on behalf of claims management companies have been fined £250,000 by the Information Commissioner's Office, in the first case of its kind.