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

Robert Sinclair, chief executive of the Association of Mortgage Intermediaries (AMI), has said the Financial Services Authority (FSA) has "lost the plot" over its decision to allow Tesco to sell non-advised mortgages.

Jessica Harper, a former head of online security at Lloyds Banking Group, has admitted carrying out a £2.5m fraud.

The Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) is set to move ahead with plans to allow most businesses to fight up to 25 cases per year without having to pay case fees, following support from the industry.

Auto-enrolment may not be sufficient to fund people's retirement so investors should supplement their saving in alternative ways, advisory group AWD Chase De Vere has said.

The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) is proposing to reduce the length of time it takes to process applications to register a lasting power of attorney (LPA).

Individuals who wrongly paid long-term care fees must reclaim them urgently, warns IFA firm Almary Green.

The Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) has rejected calls from industry stakeholders for claims management companies (CMCs) to be charged FOS fees and levies.

The Equity Release Council has appointed Liz Barclay and Jim Dredge as members of its standards board.