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Retirement Planner's round-up of the top pensions story this week.

An independent financial adviser who admitted to offending a client while drinking alcohol has been given the right to appeal an employment tribunal's decision that her sacking was justified.

A Cheshire-based financial adviser is attempting to raise £4.5m to build a ‘sanctuary' for armed services veterans and is set to climb Mount Everest to drive fundraising efforts.

Friends Life has inked a deal with FundsNetwork which will see the platform supply an ISA and fund range to retail customers within its heritage business.

Standard Life has no "firm plans" to launch its own restricted advice package for IFAs but says the model does have a place in the market.

Standard Life has unveiled the details of its platform-based auto-enrolment solution for employers.

Life settlements fund EEA has written to shareholders of the suspended traded life policy investments (TPLI) fund, ahead of an FSA consultation on the asset class.

Tech solutions provider IntelliFlo has launched a personal finance portal designed to offer a new channel of communication between adviser and client.

Life settlements specialist, PDL International is expanding into the Middle East and Asia. Rising levels of wealth due to greater economic growth in these regions is creating demand for alternative investment solutions, according to PDL International....

Growth in corporate inward investment in South Africa and the introduction of new tax policies and draft tax proposals designed to stimulate the manufacturing industry, is seeing an increase in the need for local tax expertise and cross-border advice,...