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Japanese sun rises

BENJAMIN ONG | TUESDAY, 17 OCT 2017

"Here comes the sun, here comes the sun, And I say it's all right..." - The Beatles The rally that propelled the Nikkei-225 index to its highest level last week lingers. On 11 October, Japan's benchmark equity market index rose by a mere 0.28% but its ...

Research house and advice group partner

JAMIE WILLIAMSON | TUESDAY, 10 OCT 2017

... research and consulting services from Lonsec Research. Lonsec's iRate platform will be rolled out to advisers licensed by Synchron, providing Lonsec's full suite of financial product research in addition to specialised investment consulting services ...

Advisers flock to non-insto licensees

ALEX BURKE | SUNDAY, 1 OCT 2017

... are Merit Wealth, GPS Wealth (recently acquired by Easton Investments), Dover Financial, Interprac, Capstone, Akambo, Synchron, Politis, Unison Wealth Management and Hunter Green. Overall, the largest licensees are AMP Financial Planning, Charter Financial ...

Currency trend is not our friend

BENJAMIN ONG | MONDAY, 11 SEP 2017

Only one thing is certain about floating exchange rates, they float...up and down. A currency's direction would be easier to predict if, and only if, it does not stir up reactions in the macro-economy and central bank policy responses. Take for example ...

Remembering Gerry Porter

JAMIE WILLIAMSON | MONDAY, 31 JUL 2017

... representing AFA members and building the AFA community," Nowak said. In addition to his work with the AFA, Porter was a Synchron adviser for 16 years and served as Queensland state manager for the dealer group from 2005, retiring from the position in ...

AIA launches flexible premium structure

KARREN VERGARA | MONDAY, 1 MAY 2017

... kids to school or satisfying a particular business need." AIA worked closely with advice partners, in particular with Synchron director Don Trapnell, to test and develop the new feature. The premium structure is available on life cover as well as linked ...

Former BTFG manager joins Synchron

KARREN VERGARA | WEDNESDAY, 12 APR 2017

Financial advice group Synchron appointed a former BT Financial Group manager to help expand its national footprint. Adelaide-based Sheridan Wright is the new South Australia and Northern Territory state manager and prior to her appointment was the ...

What a drag

BENJAMIN ONG | FRIDAY, 3 MAR 2017

Along with household consumption, exports were the biggest contributor - both adding 0.5 percentage point -- to Australia's faster-than-expected 1.1% expansion in the fourth quarter of last year (expectations were for a 0.7% gain), that took the annual ...

Synchron vows to end yearly renewables

ALEX BURKE | THURSDAY, 2 MAR 2017

Synchron director Don Trapnell provided an update on his group's partnership with AIA Australia, announced just over a year ago, saying it will end "the industry's love affair with yearly renewable premium rates." Trapnell argued that Australia is the ...

Don't follow consensus: Baur

JAMIE WILLIAMSON | FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2017

If you want to understand the US and global economies and where they're going, you've got to think outside the box because sometimes the most obvious realities are the hardest to see. That was the key message from Principal Global Investors' chief global ...

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Australian Unity to shed 195 roles

MATTHEW WAI

Australian Unity is reducing its workforce by 195 positions due to underperformance stemming from delays in government support for its Home Health platform and the integration of several businesses.

Count shutters limited-advice business, slips in size ranking

MATTHEW WAI

Count Financial has reportedly wound up its restricted SMSF/limited-advice service, losing some 26 advisers on the Financial Adviser Register, latest data shows.

First Super recruits head of investments from Prime Super

MATTHEW WAI

First Super has appointed a new head of investments, replacing Chris Artis, who was in the position for the past three months on an interim basis.

BMO eyes Euroz Hartleys' capital markets business

KARREN VERGARA

Euroz Hartleys confirmed it is in discussions with Canada's BMO Financial Group for a potential sale of its capital markets business for $145 million.

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