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Independent financial advisers: Canberra and ACT

SuperGuide has always recognised that financial advice can add significant value to your retirement plans, so long as it’s truly independent, free from conflicts of interest and in the best interests of the clients.

The challenge is finding it. With that in mind, we’ve been tracking Australia’s independent financial advisers since 2010 and compiled a nationwide directory to save you some of the legwork. Listed below are the independent financial advisers that are based in Canberra and the ACT.

But before we get to the list, it needs pointing out that not just any adviser can declare they are independent. There are rigorous standards that must be complied with. Click the button below to learn what defines independent financial advice.

According to ASIC, which regulates all Australian financial advisers:

Under [Section 923A of] the Corporations Act, a person who carries on a financial services business or provides a financial service is prohibited from using the terms ‘independent’, ‘impartial’ or ‘unbiased’, or any other term ‘of like import’ in relation to the business or service except where the person meets certain conditions, such as not receiving any commissions, volume-based payments or other gifts or benefits.

Many of the financial advisers listed below belong to the Profession of Independent Financial Advisers (PIFA) which requires all members to meet the following criteria:

  • No ownership links or affiliations with product manufacturers. Impartiality is impossible where an adviser has links to a product manufacturer. Ownership links create an environment where the adviser resembles, at best, a well-intentioned salesperson.
  • No commissions or incentive payments from product manufacturers. Commissions are payments made by product manufacturers to their distribution network. They create a conflict of interest between advisers and their clients.
  • No asset-based fees. Asset fees, although authorised by the client, are calculated on the volume of business an adviser places with a product manufacturer. (On this basis, advisers who receive a percentage fee from an administration platform or wrap can’t describe themselves as independent.) Asset fees are incentives that prevent an adviser from being impartial and therefore create a conflict of interest between adviser and client.


The list below includes financial advisers who are not members of the PIFA but who have signed a declaration that they only charge fees for service, and do not receive any remuneration from:

  • Commissions or trailing commissions
  • Asset-based fees for service, including trailing income or fees based on a percentage of assets under management
  • Bonuses (of whatever description)
  • Conflicted remuneration as defined in the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) pt 7.7A div 4
  • Any other form of monetary or non-monetary remuneration that could reasonably give rise to a conflict between their interests and the interests of their clients.

Canberra independent financial advisers

Braddon

Construct Wealth

15 Torrens Street

Braddon

ACT 2612

www.constructwealth.com.au

AFSL: Independent Financial Advisers Australia

Advisers
Philip Harvey team@constructwealth.com.au (02) 62693339

Kingston

Clover Financial Group

PO Box 4122

Kingston

ACT 2604

www.clovergroup.com.au

AFSL: 464629

Advisers
Naomi Horobin naomi@clovergroup.com.au 0418 972481
Saikal-Skea Independent Financial Advice

151/41 Eastlake Parade

Kingston

ACT 2604

www.saikal-skea.com.au

AFSL: Independent Financial Advisers Australia Pty Ltd

Advisers
Andrew Saikal-Skea andrew@saikal-skea.com.au (02) 61003008

Woden

Brocktons Independent Advisory

Rooftop Suite

Level 11, 1 Bowes Place

Woden

ACT 2606

brocktons.com.au

AFSL: 464629

Advisers
Susannah Kulincevic sk@brocktons.com.au (02) 61622670

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Disclosure: SuperGuide is a Corporate Authorised Representative of Independent Financial Advisers Australia. Daniel Brammall is a director of both Independent Financial Advisers Australia and the Profession of Independent Financial Advisers (PIFA).

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