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

SIPP administrator Stadia Trustees Ltd has launched a bespoke SIPP with a ‘cost effective' charging structure for commercial property purchase.

Investors across Europe and the US are in flight-mode this afternoon, with US markets opening sharply lower as the weak corporate earnings season continues to plague sentiment.

A Financial Services Authority (FSA) thematic review has uncovered widespread failings among self-invested personal pension (SIPP) operators.

BT will use a combination of its existing Standard Life defined contribution (DC) scheme and the National Employment Savings Trust (NEST) for auto-enrolment.

The government's proposed reforms to public sector pension schemes will cut the average benefit for members by more than a third, analysis has found.

AWD Chase De Vere will take on no new clients worth £50,000 or less following the Retail Distribution Review (RDR), according to the group's head of communications Patrick Connolly.

Retirement specialist LV= has released its Retail Distribution Review (RDR) adviser charging strategy just nine weeks before the deadline.

The Complaints Commissioner has rejected a complaint against the Financial Services Authority (FSA) by an investor over the regulator's handling of the alleged ‘phoenixing' of an advisory business.

Schroders' head of UK equities Richard Buxton says market timing has never been more essential, with the FTSE 100 set to remain stubbornly range-bound over the medium term.