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

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Eight in ten pensioners expect the value to their pension will decline due to inflation, according to AXA Wealth.

LV= has seen 25% growth across its retirement business over the first half of 2012.

The number of people saving through a workplace pension scheme has dropped 15% since 2007, with just a quarter of workers actively saving for retirement.

Two pension liberation schemes, which extracted £18m from retirement funds, have been taken to the High Court after intervention by The Pensions Regulator (TPR).

Equity release advances have increased to the highest level in two and a half years according to the Equity Release Council (ERC).

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

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