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

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has said discretionary portfolio management should not be exempt from VAT.

Hargreaves Lansdown has licenced Staffcare to enhance its corporate wrap by adding total reward statements, flexible benefits and auto-enrolment administration facilities.

Sesame Bankhall Group (SBG) is to raise its adviser charges for firms by more than 50%.

Conservative big-hitter David Davis MP has given a cautious welcome to the Financial Services Authority's (FSA's) Arch Cru redress scheme, although he has warned it may be harsh on financial advisers.

The Government is at risk of forgetting the poorest in the long-term care funding debate according to new research.

Newton is to launch a Managed Income fund to retail and institutional clients, giving investors a single port of call for access to strategies run by Tineke Frikkee, James Harries, Jason Pidcock and others.

Three trade unions have joined forced to launch a campaign against government proposals to increase the UK state pension age to 68.

A man convicted of insider dealing has been ordered to pay more than half a million pounds in a confiscation order.

Peter Smith, head of investment policy at the Financial Services Authority (FSA), is leaving the regulator.