Investment and Product Advice

Investment advice

The right advice can help you make empowered investment decisions and reach your financial goals sooner.

Our financial advisers can get you on track with investment advice that includes:

  • professional risk profiling to work out the most appropriate assets to invest in
  • helping you understand risk and how to balance it to meet your financial goals
  • tailoring a diverse portfolio to make sure you get the results you want, when you want them

Investment Products

We can also recommend a range of investment products such as wrap accounts, master trusts, retail products and portfolio administration services with underlying investments including:

  • direct shares
  • managed funds
  • Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs)
  • term deposits
  • annuities

And because we hold our own Australian Financial Services license, we’re free from third-party restrictions when developing our portfolios.

Our Investment philosophy

We strive to bring you the best possible return, with a level of risk and uncertainty you’re comfortable with.

So when we recommend an investment, we’re guided by our 4 principles:

It’s Personal:

Everything we do is tailored specifically to you and your goals, needs and experiences.

It’s Researched:

Financial planning is what we do best. So we leave stock picking and investment management to the experts who can make day-to-day investment decisions on your behalf.

It’s Diversified:

We’ll ensure your investments are spread across different ‘baskets’ to reduce your risk and smooth your returns.

It’s Disciplined:

Rather than react to market movements, a smart strategy and long-term outlook can prevent the pitfalls of emotional investing. This may mean holding your hand through market volatility.

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Latest insights

Whilst there is often no single cause for market volatility, there are some conditions that can lead to it. In recent times, we have seen concerns about when interest rates and inflation, the perception of a housing market bubble, and instability in global affairs affect the ability of investors to obtain a reliable picture of the future. While these kinds of stories are not new and may not have triggered the recent stock market fall, they are some of the forces at play in the current market turmoil.
The type of concession card you may be eligible for is based on your age and circumstances. A Pensioner Concession Card (PCC) is issued to pensioners, a Low Income Health Care Card (LIHCC), is issued to someone on lower income, regardless of their age, and a Commonwealth Seniors health Card (CSHC), is available to someone who is above age pension age and doesn’t qualify for any social security payment.
The last 3 years in markets have been a challenging time, first came COVID and then the Russian invasion of Ukraine, it’s hard to see the light at the end of the tunnel. Household consumption is the primary force behind economic growth and it’s been experiencing a difficult combination of soaring mortgage rates, increased living expenses and persistent inflation. Together, these things are causing a decrease in disposable income. These strains are likely to persist for a while yet and are causing the short-term fluctuations you might be seeing in your portfolios, depending on your level of share exposure.