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After logging in and selecting Analyser, you will be prompted to select a client Synaptic Analyser uses client details throughout the journey. Before using Analyser it is mandatory to select or create a client. If your client details are already...
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The fund universe functionality is used to control the total funds that can be used within the applications within the system. It has two modes, inclusion and exclusion. These modes are mutually exclusive i.e. the selection has to be one or the oth...
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Before using Analyser, you must first select a client. Once a client has been selected Analyser is launched from the add button on the Retirement Income Goals page, from selecting the Analyser tab from the top ribbon, or by selecting New Retirement ...
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The Sectors tab shows all the sectors in which any of the contracts offers a linked fund. Synaptic offers a choice of two sector definitions, FE (Financial Express) or IMA/ABI/AIC. The latter provides the well-known but less detailed sector defin...
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As described in the User Guide, Synaptic guarantees to store research on the system for at least 30 days. This is a minimum contractual requirement – it doesn’t mean that Synaptic will delete research on the 31st day and, at the moment, Synaptic has...
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Synaptic’s comprehensive market research can be used to establish panels and/or lists of approved products. Panels can be based on either of the following two things, or a combination of them: A manual selection of approved contracts. ...
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The Stats tab lists a variety of statistics about contracts: financial strength, investment flexibility in terms of linked funds and sectors, plus own-charge and premium information about contracts (depending on the type of product). Examples of t...
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As well as (or instead of) filtering the grid of contracts, you can also manually select which contracts to include. This is particularly useful for comparing a specific set of contracts rather than the whole of market – e.g. product provider compet...
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If the incorrect currency is showing on your Comparator reports, this is usually caused by the language settings within your browser. If using Internet Explorer, navigate to Internet Options> Languages: For Language settings within Chrom...
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Your research is automatically stored on Synaptic’s servers. These are both resilient and secure, but we recommend that you download PDF reports etc. describing your research for your own backup purposes. However, please note that your research its...