If you are looking for a financial advisor in Perth, you have probably noticed that there are a lot of choices out there. Financial advisors are bound by a concept called “duty of care.” The concept of having a “duty of care” is communicated in many different ways by statutes involving the provision of financial…
The Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) cited a recent Government document as confirmation that all Australians need professional financial advice. As a firm that has provided financial planning help in the Perth area since 2005, we have always felt that a good financial planner can make a difference in anyone’s future. 2015 Intergenerational Report…
We have more than 40 years of combined experience in providing financial planning to the Perth area, but even we were surprised when we found a little-known research paper authored by Kym Irving from the Queensland Institute of Technology in 2012. The article was subsequently published by Australasian Accounting Business and Finance Journal in their…
Retirement planning is one of our specialties. We have more than 40 years of combined experienced helping Perth residents get the most out of their retirement years. Our financial planners can work with you to devise an individual plan that can help you develop and meet a specific set of goals. This can help ensure…
If you work with a financial advisor in our Perth office, one of the first things you will probably be asked to do is to figure out your monthly expenses. There is also a pretty good chance that your financial planner will advise you to create a budget. Knowing monthly income and expenses is one…
Financial advisors in Perth are nearly ubiquitous. There are seemingly so many financial planners around that we can get “placed on the back burner” by many. As a result, people who have worked hard to make a good amount of money may just be letting their money sit in bank accounts and making a minimal…
Since we offer both mortgage consulting and financial planning, we are in a unique position to observe the Perth property market. Our financial planners see property investment from a lot of different points of view. Since everyone’s financial situation is different, we can’t give any individual advice on a blog such as this one. But…
A self managed superannuation fund (SMSF) is great for some people, but inappropriate for others. Our financial advisors have over 40 years combined experience in the Perth area. One of the things we have learned at Approved Financial Planners is that no person’s financial situation is the same as another’s. Consequently, you will need an…
For most Perth financial planners, estate planning is a touchy subject. As with life insurance or disability insurance, nobody wants to think about the unthinkable happening to them. Most people see death as something that will happen “later” and disability as something that happens to someone else. Sadly, the cold, hard fact is that a…
We provide a full range of financial planning services to our Perth clients, but one of the first things we will probably ask about is your level of debt. At Approved Financial Planners, we have a firm belief that the road to effective financial planning begins with taking charge of your debt level and your…
