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The regulator has warned it will look to increase the financial penalties it charges to firms in breach of regulatory rules, its latest fee consultation has revealed.

The AMI says procuration fees must remain a remuneration option when the FSA sets its final rules for the mortgage market next month.

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Old Mutual Global Index Trackers has launched an ETF based on the emerging markets with zero fees for a limited period.

Three years and more than 1,100 days on from Callum McCarthy's infamous Gleneagles speech, in which he set plans for the RDR, the issue still hugely divides the financial services industry.

The RDR represents a bad deal for consumers, according to a former FSA consultant.

Just one in three advisers expect their business revenues to be mostly generated from fees after 2012, according to research.

The abolition of factoring as part of the RDR is the biggest worry among IFAs, according to a report from NMG Financial Services Consulting.

Sesame has rolled out the latest phase of its RDR support programme, an academy to help advisers adapt their business to the new regulatory environment.

Product providers will face additional regulatory requirements if they offer convenient advice payment facilities to consumers, the FSA suggests today.