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  1. Can I delete users?

    User accounts can be deleted by opening the account, and then clicking on the Delete user  link in the menu bar. Please note that accounts can be disabled – via the  Account Settings section of the user details – as well as deleted. However, this...
  2. What are the benefits of using Synaptic Research?

    The key elements for financial advisers are clearly researching recommendations to clients, and generating documentation to support a recommendation: The key benefits to financial advisers are as follows: Speed and ease of use, but in a system wh...
  3. Manually selecting the contracts to research

    The section above describes how the grid of contracts can be filtered to remove contracts which don’t meet particular conditions. However, it’s also possible to select manually the contracts which you want to research – either instead of, or as wel...
  4.  Funds from a specific promoter and specific contract

    This video provides a walkthrough of how to conduct research using a specific fund promoter or by selecting funds linked to a specific contract. All information contained within this video is fictitious. Any resemblance to real persons, living or d...
  5. Is there a limit on concurrent users?

    Your firm may have a limit on the maximum number of people who are allowed to use the system at the same time. You will see an error message (like the one illustrated by the screenshot below) if you try to log on when the cap has already been reache...
  6. Using the same account on multiple computers

    Each user account for Synaptic Research can only be used from one computer at once. If person A logs in using an account, and person B then logs in using the same account, person A will be automatically logged out without warning. There’s a simple ...
  7. How does Synaptic deal with contract data?

    Synaptic does not just copy “brochure” text out of a contract’s Key Features document. All data is analysed, and expressed quantitatively where possible – e.g. three detailed, filterable fields rather than a single field containing brochure text. ...
  8. Can I create an audit trail?

    The audit trail records all the contracts and criteria that has been selected. It clearly shows what contracts have been excluded and what criteria selected excluded them. The audit trail is only available in the Filtering screen and can be access ...
  9. What information is in the fund factsheets?

    Fund factsheets show four types of information about a fund: Basic details such as management group, sector, and fund size. Past performance, including derived functions of past performance such as quartile rankings, alpha FE Crown ratings. Ass...
  10. Why does quote prices sometimes differ between Webline and providers?

    When you first register with Webline, any quotations you request will, by default, be requested from the insurers with 100% commission (i.e. no commission sacrificed). It is possible to set the value of commission you would like from each product p...