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

Allow pension access through cash machines, says Friends Around a third of consumers want to be able to contribute to their pensions via automatic teller machines (ATMs), Friends Life has said. Consumers said they would use a facility to deposit cash and cheques or transfer funds electronically into their pensions via a hole-in-the-wall, according to Friends Life's Pensions: The Solutions report. Friends Life also said there was demand for the ability to manage a pension pot through the red button on their TV remote controls. To read more click HERE Watchdog rejects commission...

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