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In this week's Retirement Planner quick fire poll we ask: The possibility of SIPP provider consolidation has fuelled industry chatter for many years but will we finally see it happen in 2012, as Suffolk Life predict?

The revised timetable of staging dates for auto-enrolment has been released by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP).

An industrial dispute between Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs (HMRC) staff and their employers will create chaos on the day of the tax return deadline, experts have warned.

UK GDP for the fourth quarter of 2011 dropped by 0.2%, a worse than expected figure that will heighten fears of a double-dip recession.

The FSA will release a platform consultation paper within the next couple of months setting out draft rules on rebates and regulations for execution-only platforms, after Deloitte completed its research into the sector.

Thurleigh Investment Managers has launched a set of risk-managed model portfolios on platform Novia.

Investors cannot be counted on to make rational choices so regulators need to "step into their footprints" and limit or ban the sale of potentially harmful products, the head of the UK's new consumer protection watchdog said.

A reference to RBS chief executive Sir Fred Goodwin having insufficient experience to run an international bank was removed from the FSA's official report into the bank's near collapse, it has been revealed.

Revenues at stockbroking, advisory and discretionary business Charles Stanley fell in the third quarter last year as a result of a quiet trading environment brought on by the depressed UK economy.

National Savings and Investments (NS&I) will reduce the interest rate on its direct saver accounts by 0.25% from today.