RMAR

The FSA today published its new data reporting rules for Retail Mediation Activities Return (RMAR) forms. Here is IFAonline's breakdown of the changes you need to know.

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Two mortgage brokers are among six firms that have had their permissions cancelled by the FSA after failing to submit their Retail Mediation Activities Returns (RMAR).

The FSA's latest reporting system for intermediaries, Gabriel, has been suspended due to technical glitches.

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Advisers can receive commission statements electronically and match them against their expected income after the latest launch by IFA technology provider Plum Software.

The FSA may levy an administrative charge on firms that persistently submit poorly completed Retail Mediation Activities Returns (RMARs).

The Financial Services Authority banned 151 small firms from carrying out regulated activities in 2006/07.

Last week's revelation of an IFA firm's difficulties with the Financial Services Authority, caused by a mistakenly-filed RMAR, provoked a flurry of reader responses.