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Dealer group restructures leadership

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 4 FEB 2020
... long-serving executive director hand over the reins. Don Trapnell will be stepping back from day-to-day involvement in Synchron. He has dedicated more than five decades to the life insurance and financial advice industries, and has led Synchron for more ...

Chief economist update: Coronavirus has gone viral

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 JAN 2020
It's gone viral! The coronavirus that is, and it is sending shivers in equity markets around the world, from New York to Rio and ol' London town. The financial markets' fear is palpable. The VIX index - the "fear gauge" - jumped to reading ...

Adviser moves show industry upheaval

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 5 NOV 2019
... Bendigo advisers on its books in July, 33 have ceased. Just 20 elected to join Bridges, Morgans picked up three, and Synchron picked up two as did Financial Services Partners. One went to Australian Unity Personal Finance, one to Industry Fund Services ...

No room for policy mistakes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 22 OCT 2019
In its world economic update for October, the International Monetary Fund said that the global economy is in a synchronised slowdown. Growth for 2019 was downgraded again to 3%, its slowest pace since the global financial crisis. "This is a serious ...

IMF predicts bleak Australian outlook

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 OCT 2019
The International Monetary Fund has predicted Australia's economy will weaken a full percentage point in 2019 down to 1.7% growth from 2.7% last year. In its latest World Economic Outlook report, the IMF warned of a "synchronised global slowdown" to ...

Chief economist update: Synchronised forecasts for a synchronised slowdown

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2019
"Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water..." - Jaws The history of the US-China trade negotiations has followed a pattern ever since it began in 2018 - rhetoric from both sides building hopes for a deal only to be followed by escalating ...

NEOS Life partners with insurance tech firm

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 AUG 2019
NEOS Life has partnered with a global software firm to support its underwriting, sales and administration functions. NASDAQ-listed Ebix has deployed several functionalities for the start-up in just nine months. This includes implementing an adviser ...

AMP advisers to fight BOLR changes

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 12 AUG 2019
... AMP-imposed restraints of trade, work in the financial services industry for at least three years?" Commenting on the move, Synchron chair Michael Harrison described AMP's new strategy as a return to the dark ages. "And it's a state of affairs that ...

Managed accounts hit milestone

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JUL 2019
... groups associated with non-institutionally owned licensees at the end of March represented 1860 advisers. Those groups are Synchron, Merit Wealth, Interprac, Capstone, and Shaw And Partners Limited. The number of advisers in non-institutional AFSL groups ...

ASIC FAR, advice industry contract

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 17 JUN 2019
... before its announcement to exit personal advice and sell advisers to Viridian Advisory. Over the same period, the likes of Synchron, Capstone and Akambo and Infocus made gains. Among the bigger players, ClearView, IOOF, TAL and State Plus also gained ...