SYNCHRON

Financial planning

The Government is making scapegoats out of the advice industry even though it is not responsible for product failures or the vast majority of financial complaints, accord...

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Financial planning

The advice group supports many of recommendations of the white paper but has questioned the motives of the Financial Services Council and whether risk advisers should tru...

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Financial planning

Maintaining education and professional development requirements will make it hard for women to stay in the industry if they need to take time off to start a family, accor...

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Financial planning

The end of the financial year will see a greater loss in adviser numbers than usual from advisers wanting to avoid the next round of the ASIC levy....

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Financial planning

Synchron advisers and staff can receive a $100 Bunnings gift voucher if they get the COVID-19 vaccine. ...

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People & Products

Ben Donohue has been appointed state manager for Queensland, starting after Easter....

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Financial planning

Synchron has issued an urgent call for life insurers to clarify responses to the new Unfair Contract Terms regime. ...

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Features

There was support for increased standards in the financial advice industry, Chris Dastoor writes, but any goodwill was destroyed by FASEA in just a few years. Where did i...

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Features

From the implementation of the FASEA regime through to the recommendations of the Royal Commission, Mike Taylor writes, a lot had changed before the Australian Securities...

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Life/Risk

Scaled advice may reduce the cost of advice, but in the case of life/risk insurance, it may not adequately cover the best interests duty for the client....

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Life/Risk

Just 18 months out from the Australian Securities and Investments Commission delivering its review of the Life Insurance Framework a serious contradiction has emerged – s...

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Life/Risk

As the Australian Securities and Investments Commission kicks off its review of the Life Insurance Framework a new report has defended the value of life/risk commissions....

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People & Products

Former MLC Life Insurance business development manager and NextGen graduate Sarah Congdon will replace Jason Milosevski....

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Policy & Regulation

Ex-Synchron adviser Anthony Vivian Dick dishonestly used $1.1 million from his clients’ accounts which was spent on items including a $72,000 boat....

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Financial planning

Synchron’s Don Trapnell has renewed his call for specialist life/risk advisers to be held to a different level of educational requirements to advisers providing holistic ...

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