Financial advisers
in Bendigo
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Bendigo, and the people in it
Our Bendigo advisers work with people across central Victoria and the Loddon Campaspe region, including Kangaroo Flat, Strathfieldsaye, Eaglehawk, Epsom, Castlemaine, Heathcote, Elmore, Echuca and Maryborough.
Bendigo has changed more in the last twenty years than in the eighty before it. A gold-rush city that became a regional service centre, and is now one of the fastest-growing places in Victoria, with health and education as the largest employers and a steady flow of people arriving from Melbourne with a house sale behind them.
That mix produces very different conversations. Someone who has worked at Bendigo Health for twenty-five years is weighing up a defined set of super options and a pension. Someone who has just sold in Brunswick and bought in Strathfieldsaye is sitting on cash and a question about what to do with it. Both are retirement conversations, and almost nothing about them is the same.
Your Bendigo advisers
Small team, long tenure. You will deal with the same person each time, and they live here.
What we help with
Almost nobody arrives needing all five. Most people start with one and find the others matter more than they expected.
Five stages,
not five hundred pages.
The first conversation costs nothing and commits you to nothing. From there it’s a documented process, and you see the reasoning at every step rather than a recommendation landing on your desk.
Evaluation
Discovery
Strategy
Implementation
Review
At the heart of advice is the desire to make people's lives better. Compassion, support, empowerment. It is rarely ever just about money.
Find us in Bendigo
Our Bendigo office is open for appointments, and we are happy to meet by phone or video if that is easier, or to come to you if getting in is difficult.
Questions to ask your Financial Advisor in Bendigo
Do I have to go to Melbourne for good financial advice?
No. Our Bendigo advisers are part of a national group, so you get the research, technical support and investment resources of a firm with 32 offices, delivered by someone who lives locally and will still be here in ten years. There is no advantage to a Melbourne postcode.
Which areas do you cover from the Bendigo office?
Bendigo and the surrounding area, including Kangaroo Flat, Strathfieldsaye, Eaglehawk, Epsom, Castlemaine, Heathcote, Elmore, Echuca and Maryborough. If you are further out, we can meet by video or arrange to come to you.
Can I meet by phone or video instead of coming in?
Yes, and plenty of our Bendigo clients do. The advice is the same either way. Most people mix the two: an initial meeting in person, then reviews by video.
What does financial advice cost?
Fees depend on how complex your situation is and what you need. We quote in writing before you engage, so you decide with the number in front of you rather than after the fact. The first conversation is free and carries no obligation.
Do I have enough money to need an adviser?
Advice tends to matter most at moments of change rather than at a particular balance. Retiring, selling a business or a property, an inheritance, a redundancy, a separation. If you are facing a decision you cannot easily undo, that is usually the point, whatever the number.
Can you help with Age Pension and Centrelink?
Yes. Working out entitlements, how assets and income are assessed, and how a decision about super or an investment affects what you receive is a routine part of retirement advice.
Are your Bendigo advisers qualified?
Yes. All of our advisers meet the education, training and ethical standards required to give personal financial advice in Australia and appear on ASIC's Financial Advisers Register. Individual qualifications are listed on each adviser's profile.
What is a best interests duty?
It is a legal obligation to act in your best interests when giving personal advice, and to put your interests ahead of ours wherever the two could conflict. It is the reason a recommendation has to be documented with the reasoning behind it rather than simply asserted.
Do you also do home loans?
Yes, through our Bendigo lending team. Advice and lending sit in the same group, so if you are weighing up a mortgage alongside a retirement or investment decision, both conversations can happen together.