DON TRAPNELL

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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People & Products

Hanna Abdullah has been appointed as head of compliance – policy and regulation, working alongside head of compliance – advice assurance, Alison Massey....

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Life/Risk

Life insurers have responded to a call to arms from Synchron to demonstrate how they are protecting customers during the COVID-19 pandemic. ...

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Life/Risk

Synchron director, Don Trapnell, said life/risk advisers are being treated unfairly under the education requirements and deserve a separate standard suited to the profess...

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Financial planning

Synchron has announced the launch of its weekly virtual catch up series to help advisers adapt and conduct business during COVID-19 pandemic. ...

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Features

Mike Taylor writes that few, if any, of the major players are arguing that the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority got it wrong with its major intervention with re...

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People & Products

The man who has been the face of risk-focused Synchron, Don Trapnell, says he is stepping back from the day to day running of the business....

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Life/Risk

Risk-focused financial planning group, Synchron has confirmed the turnover of around 20% of its advisers in the face of the new Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Aut...

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Life/Risk

Risk-focused financial planning group, Synchron has signalled its intention to lobby the Government for the retention of life/risk commissions beyond the 2022 Life Insura...

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Features

Synchron’s Don Trapnell explains why there are distinct differences between life/risk advisers and those providing holistic advice and why this should be recognised under...

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Life/Risk

Synchron director, Don Trapnell has warned that the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority’s controversial education requirements could kill the life insurance ...

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