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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 ...

Global infrastructure goes for growth in 2017

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 2 FEB 2017
'User pay' assets will be an attractive opportunity for investors in 2017, as global economies experience a period of synchronised growth. At a Bennelong media briefing yesterday, 4D Infrastructure's chief investment officer Sarah Shaw gave a positive ...

Adviser appeals ASIC ban

EMMA RAPAPORT, JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JAN 2017
... committed a serious breach of privacy involving a number of client records. While Tindall is an authorised representative of Synchron, at the time of the incident questioned by the FPA he was licensed by Roan Financial Planning. The FPA stated it is ...

FPA expels cheating member

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 19 JAN 2017
... he said. This story has been edited after previously indicating Tindall's actions occurred whilst a representative of Synchron.

Secure your seat at Chief Economists Forum

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 13 DEC 2016
Ahead of the 2017 Financial Standard Chief Economists Forum, Principal Global Investors' Bob Baur says he is certain the US election changed the financial market's consensus narrative. "Before 8 November, the storyline was ultra-low interest rates ...

ASIC bans life insurance adviser

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 9 DEC 2016
ASIC banned a Queensland-based financial adviser for seven years. Mateen Mohammed, who was an authorised representative of Synchronised Business Services from 2010 to 2015, is alleged by the regulator to have not maintained nor understood the "duties ...

Life insurance commissions bill passes lower house

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2016
... remuneration from 2018 will be offset by higher ongoing remuneration, the change is still significant for many advisers." Synchron director Don Trapnell questioned whether the move towards a fee-for-service model that the bill seems to promote is valuable. ...

Erin Truscott named AFA Rising Star

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2016
... Peter Hodgson from ANZ Financial Planning; Cathryn Gross from The Wealth Network; AMP Financial Planning's Brent Story; Synchron's Maritza Kriel; and Gregory Adam Bloom from Yellow Brick Road. In making the announcement AFA chief executive Brad Fox said ...

AFA Rising Star finalists announced

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 27 SEP 2016
... Hodgson - ANZ Financial Planning Cathryn Gross - The Wealth Network Brent Story - AMP Financial Planning Maritza Kriel - Synchron Gregory Adam Bloom - Yellow Brick Road Erin Truscott - Financial Wisdom The winner will be announced at the AFA National ...