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Synchron recruits admin staff to cope with adviser demand

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 11 APR 2014
Synchron has recruited administration and compliance staff to assist with an increase in adviser applications to join the dealer group. At least 34 individual advisers have applied to join Synchron in over a month, following the group's decision to ...

Synchron pushes for providers' direct payment

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2014
Synchron and law firm Lander & Rogers are seeking to amend the Corporations Law Act to allow financial advisers to receive payments directly from providers. The licensee will be making a submission to Treasury to amend Section 911A of the Act, which ...

Advisers encouraged to use tech to boost soft skills

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 10 FEB 2014
... strengthen their relationships with clients through technology. Marketing coach and author Terry Brock will be working with Synchron advisers using apps in their smartphones and tablets that can help them build relationships. "The best risk advisers ...

Direct insurance taints consumer views on life insurance

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 4 FEB 2014
... experiences with direct life insurance companies are tainting consumers' views of life insurance in general, according to Synchron director John Prossor. Prossor said that instead of turning to advice insurance after a bad experience with direct insurance ...

Synchron in recruitment mode after grandfathering changes

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 21 JAN 2014

AFA names Rising Star finalists

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 19 SEP 2013
... The six finalists are Kylie George from Harvest Wealth (Financial Wisdom), Ravi Agarwal from MEDIQ Financial Services (Synchron), Mark Wyld from MW Wealth Management (Consultum), James Jagodnik from Stanford Brown (Genesys), Peter Khoury from National ...

Queensland adviser permanently banned

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 16 AUG 2013
A former Queensland financial adviser has been permanently banned by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) after an investigation found he provided inappropriate and unreasonable advice. ASIC's investigation found that between ...

Independent advisers more loyal to their licensees

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 6 AUG 2013
... recommendations per adviser followed by 3.1 recommendations per adviser for Australian Unity and an average of 2.9 for Synchron. Other independent groups with high internal approval were Synchron, Premium, Australian Unity, Dover and Fortnum; with each ...

Grandfathering uncertainty already affecting businesses

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 22 JUL 2013
... Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) regulations with planners hesitant to change licensees until the legislation is clearer. Synchron Group director John Prossor expressed concern over the uncertainty around grandfathering and said that since July 1, 2013 ...

Lifewise joins independent dealer group

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUL 2013
Queensland-based Lifewise Wealth Protection has joint non-aligned dealer group Synchron. Lifewise has 2,000 clients and its owner and managing director Chris Kelaart made the decision to join Synchron when he realised that "despite Lifewise now having ...