Services - Financial Advice

Financial Advice

Regardless of where you are at on life’s journey, with Spring Financial Group you’ll encounter a fresh approach to financial advice.

That’s because, instead of focusing on selling products, we focus on helping you establish your lifestyle and financial goals; working with you to develop strategies tailored to your personal circumstances and personal goals. Then, and only then, do we adopt an open approach to sourcing the specific products that we recommend, to ensure the right financial products for you.Financial Advice Resources

Financial Planning

When it comes to financial planning our focus is to work with you to achieve your lifestyle and financial goals by helping you plan and take action to create, manage and protect your wealth.

Our team of experienced advisers and technical experts work with you to analyse your current circumstances, assess and develop your goals, then develop and implement plans to help achieve your objectives. We offer a broad range of services and expertise, including specialising in residential property investments and self-managed superannuation.

Retirement Planning

Our advice on retirement planning will assist you to ensure that your assets, capital and income streams outlive you, so that you have enough to live on in retirement.

We can help you to achieve the lifestyle that you seek in retirement by providing practical and helpful advice to assist you to reduce the impact of inflation, generate competitive tax-effective returns and create an appropriate income stream in your retirement; a process we can help you with, regardless of how many years you are from retirement.

Superannuation Solutions

We can help you take control of superannuation structuring and strategies so they are properly aligned with your financial and lifestyle goals.

Whether it’s through the assessment of fund managers or helping you establish and manage your own self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF), we can assist you regardless of what stage you are in life; structuring investments and outcomes to meet your lifestyle goals in retirement. We also specialise in acquiring real estate within a SMSF.

Taxation Management

We can help you manage your taxation issues, to ensure you comply with tax legislation and only pay the amount you are required to.

We know that managing taxation issues can have a significant impact on financial outcomes. So, at Spring, our tax and accounting experts will help to make sure your affairs, assets, investments and income streams are structured in the most tax-effective manner possible. Alternatively we can work with your existing accountant or taxation adviser.

Debt Structuring & Management
We can help you secure the most appropriate loan structure and arrangements to suit your individual needs and requirements, to help achieve your investment goals.

Through our extensive network of banks and other lenders, backed by our knowledge and expertise, we can structure the most competitive loan products available on the market. And, as we are not aligned to any particular financial institution, we can ensure that the recommendations we make are unbiased and appropriate to your needs.


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When it comes to financial planning our focus is to work with you to achieve your lifestyle and financial goals by helping you plan and take action to create, manage and protect your wealth.

Our team of experienced advisers and technical experts work with you to analyse your current circumstances, assess and develop your goals, then develop and implement plans to help achieve your objectives. We offer a broad range of services and expertise, including specialising in residential property investments and self-managed superannuation.

Our advice on retirement planning will assist you to ensure that your assets, capital and income streams outlive you, so that you have enough to live on in retirement.

We can help you to achieve the lifestyle that you seek in retirement by providing practical and helpful advice to assist you to reduce the impact of inflation, generate competitive tax-effective returns and create an appropriate income stream in your retirement; a process we can help you with, regardless of how many years you are from retirement.

We can help you take control of superannuation structuring and strategies so they are properly aligned with your financial and lifestyle goals.

Whether it’s through the assessment of fund managers or helping you establish and manage your own self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF), we can assist you regardless of what stage you are in life; structuring investments and outcomes to meet your lifestyle goals in retirement. We also specialise in acquiring real estate within a SMSF.

We can help you manage your taxation issues, to ensure you comply with tax legislation and only pay the amount you are required to.

We know that managing taxation issues can have a significant impact on financial outcomes. So, at Spring, our tax and accounting experts will help to make sure your affairs, assets, investments and income streams are structured in the most tax-effective manner possible. Alternatively we can work with your existing accountant or taxation adviser.

We can help you secure the most appropriate loan structure and arrangements to suit your individual needs and requirements, to help achieve your investment goals.

Through our extensive network of banks and other lenders, backed by our knowledge and expertise, we can structure the most competitive loan products available on the market. And, as we are not aligned to any particular financial institution, we can ensure that the recommendations we make are unbiased and appropriate to your needs.

Services - Investment Advice

Investment Advice

At Spring we have technical experts across all key investment groups to help ensure your investment structuring and management is tailored to your specific goals.

So, regardless of the size of your portfolio of investments, or whether you are focused on wealth creation or are in the capital-preservation stage of your life, we can assist you to balance risk to potential returns with effective structuring and management of your investments, to ensure that they are in line with your lifestyle and financial plans.

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Managed Funds

We have the experience and industry knowledge to assist you in selecting which, if any, managed investments might be right for you, with the tools to monitor their performance.

With literally thousands of managed investment funds and schemes to choose from, navigating the minefield of fees vs. performance and risk vs. reward is fraught with danger. However, as we’re not aligned with any financial institution, our recommendations are about you and your goals, not limited to the choices set by a corporate or institutional master.

Direct Equities
We can develop and help manage your direct equity investments, as part of your personal portfolio holdings or super fund; with full visibility of transactions and results.

Working with our team of experts, we can help you take control of your direct investments in shares, decide which companies to choose, when to buy and sell, or help you understand and decide whether equities are right for your circumstances and what role, if any, they should play in helping achieve your goals.

Direct Property Investments

We view property like any other asset-class; balancing risk versus reward and knowing that careful, independent product selection is critical to maximizing financial returns.

Most Australians feel comfortable with direct investment in real estate yet most financial planners overlook this asset class completely, leaving their clients to tackle this critical opportunity and associated risks.

Superannuation Investments
Whether it’s the assessment of fund managers or establishing and managing your own super fund, we can help you take control of strategies and structures to align with your goals.

For most Australians superannuation will be a vital (or even primary) source of income in retirement; therefore, for you, establishing the right structure and achieving investment outcomes can have a major impact on exactly when you are able to retire and on your lifestyle in retirement. We can help you make sure you make the right decisions at the right time.

Other Investments

Our team of experts can help you assess and decide which, if any, alternative investment types are suitable to help you achieve your lifestyle and financial goals.

We can help you assess the myriad of safe to highly-speculative investment choices available (such as shares, fixed/variable, interest-bearing, capital/partial-capital guaranteed, debentures, derivatives, bonds, deposits and other structured products), to help you decide which, if any alternative investment types are suitable to help you achieve your goals.


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We have the experience and industry knowledge to assist you in selecting which, if any, managed investments might be right for you, with the tools to monitor their performance.

With literally thousands of managed investment funds and schemes to choose from, navigating the minefield of fees vs. performance and risk vs. reward is fraught with danger.  However, as we’re not aligned with any financial institution, our recommendations are about you and your goals, not limited to the choices set by a corporate or institutional master.

We can develop and help manage your direct equity investments, as part of your personal portfolio holdings or super fund; with full visibility of transactions and results.

Working with our team of experts, we can help you take control of your direct investments in shares, decide which companies to choose, when to buy and sell, or help you understand and decide whether equities are right for your circumstances and what role, if any, they should play in helping achieve your goals.

We view property like any other asset-class; balancing risk versus reward and knowing that careful, independent product selection is critical to maximizing financial returns.

Most Australians feel comfortable with direct investment in real estate yet most financial planners overlook this asset class completely, leaving their clients to tackle this critical opportunity and associated risks.

Whether it’s the assessment of fund managers or establishing and managing your own super fund, we can help you take control of strategies and structures to align with your goals.

For most Australians superannuation will be a vital (or even primary) source of income in retirement; therefore, for you, establishing the right structure and achieving investment outcomes can have a major impact on exactly when you are able to retire and on your lifestyle in retirement. We can help you make sure you make the right decisions at the right time.

Our team of experts can help you assess and decide which, if any, alternative investment types are suitable to help you achieve your lifestyle and financial goals.

We can help you assess the myriad of safe to highly-speculative investment choices  available (such as shares, fixed/variable, interest-bearing, capital/partial-capital guaranteed, debentures, derivatives, bonds, deposits and other structured products), to help you decide which, if any alternative investment types are suitable to help you achieve your goals.

Services - Risk Management

Risk Management

Spring can help you to establish ways of protecting against unforeseen circumstances and risks that might arise on life’s journey.

Central to managing risk in your financial plans is protecting you and your family’s assets, to help ensure that your goals can be achieved regardless of what twists and turns life might throw at you. Directly and through association with third-party advisers, Spring can help you develop a risk management plan to do just that.

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Risk Assessment

Spring will assist with a comprehensive needs-and-risk assessment to help you carefully select what type and level of cover best suits your circumstances and goals.

At Spring we have the expertise to find the best option and structure for your particular circumstances, selecting the right products and levels of cover, to protect your income stream when you are unable to earn an income due to illness or injury and provide for your family in case of death or disability; while maximising cost savings in the process.

Personal Insurance

We can help you manage the effects of serious illness, or even death, so that these events do not seriously jeopardise your family’s financial well-being.

As we are not aligned with any financial institution we have access to a range of products from leading providers; rather than being limited to a particular corporate or institutional offering. So, whether it’s life, trauma, total & permanent disability, income protection, or other insurance across your investment and lifestyle assets, Spring can assist.

Business Insurance

We can help you with insurance to protect your business in case you are unable to fulfil your role as the owner/partner/shareholder due to illness, disability or death.

Spring can help you develop your strategy for maximum protection, to offset reductions in revenue should something happen to you (or to other stakeholders named in the policy), or cover fixed business expenses if the revenue generating capability of your business is hamstrung by your inability to work due to illness or disability.

Estate Planning
Spring assists with developing and establishing estate plans, wills , powers-of-attorney and beneficiary arrangements, to suit your needs, requirements and desires.

Through our network of third-party specialists and lawyers, or working directly with your solicitor, we can assist with your estate planning needs, to help you provide against unforeseen circumstances and to ensure that your finances and assets are protected and dealt with in the manner you envisaged and intended.


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Spring will assist with a comprehensive needs-and-risk assessment to help you carefully select what type and level of cover best suits your circumstances and goals.

At Spring we have the expertise to find the best option and structure for your particular circumstances, selecting the right products and levels of cover, to protect your income stream when you are unable to earn an income due to illness or injury and provide for your family in case of death or disability; while maximising cost savings in the process.

We can help you manage the effects of serious illness, or even death, so that these events do not seriously jeopardise your family’s financial well-being.

As we are not aligned with any financial institution we have access to a range of products from leading providers; rather than being limited to a particular corporate or institutional offering. So, whether its life, trauma, total & permanent disability, income protection, or other insurance across your investment and lifestyle assets, Spring can assist.

We can help you with insurance to protect your business in case you are unable to fulfil your role as the owner/partner/shareholder due to illness, disability or death.

Spring can help you develop your strategy for maximum protection, to offset reductions in revenue should something happen to you (or to other stakeholders named in the policy), or cover fixed business expenses if the revenue generating capability of your business is hamstrung by your inability to work due to illness or disability.

Spring assists with developing and establishing estate plans, wills, powers-of-attorney and beneficiary arrangements, to suit your needs, requirements and desires.

Through our network of third-party specialists and lawyers, or working directly with your solicitor, we can assist with your estate planning needs, to help you provide against unforeseen circumstances and to ensure that your finances and assets are protected and dealt with in the manner you envisaged and intended.

Services - Tax and Accounting

Tax and Accounting

We can help you to keep your finger on the pulse with your financial investments, while helping you make the most of taxation benefits available to you.

Spring can assist you to keep track of all financial transactions and movements, while also allowing you to monitor the performance of your investments, to see whether you are achieving your goals and objectives. In addition, we will also help you to manage your taxation, so that you do not pay more tax than you need to, and assist with your compliance requirements.Tax and Accounting Resources

Financial Reporting

Spring can help you keep track of your assets and their performance, to make sure that all details are accurately recorded on a timely basis.

Our team of accounting staff are highly qualified and up to date with current legislation and practices. Using latest technology and software they will ensure, that your accounting records are efficiently and effectively prepared, to allow you to understand and gauge your investments and their achievements through comprehensive financial reporting.

Taxation Management

We can help you manage your taxation issues, to ensure you both comply with tax legislation as well as capitalise on taxation benefits available to you.

Taxation is a complex area of legislation however managing tax issues can have a significant impact on financial outcomes. Our tax and accounting experts will help to make sure your affairs, assets, investments and income streams are structured in the most tax-effective manner possible. Alternatively we can work with your existing accountant or tax advisor.

Tax Return Preparation & Lodgement

Spring’s qualified accounting staff are experienced in a range of taxation matters, to allow you to comply with the requirements of the ATO without paying more tax than you need to.

Spring can assist you with the preparation of income tax returns (for companies, trusts, self-managed superannuation funds, partnerships and individuals) business activity statements) and compilation of financial and other information required to comply with requirements of the ATO, lodging directly on your behalf, accurately and on-time to avoid penalties and fines.

SMSF Specialists

Spring’s qualified staff can assist you in complying with legislation and capitalising on the tax effective benefits available through a Self Managed Superannuation Fund.

We can assist with a range of SMSF services; assisting you with your questions and making recommendations, re-structures, establishments, upgrades, compliance, administration (maintaining accounting records, reconciling member’s accounts, commencing pensions, actuarial certificates, arranging independent audits), lodgements with ASIC and the ATO.

Corporate Compliance

Spring’s qualified and experienced staff attend to all ASIC and Corporations Act requirements relating to trading companies and corporate trustees of SMSFs.

Our services ensure companies comply with legal and statutory requirements, including updating ASIC of changes to company details (such as addresses, officeholders, shareholdings), review Annual Company Statements and attending to formal requirements required under the Corporations Act (such as minutes, notices and resolutions).


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Spring can help you keep track of your assets and their performance, to make sure that all details are accurately recorded on a timely basis.

Our team of accounting staff are highly qualified and up to date with current legislation and practices. Using latest technology and software they will ensure, that your accounting records are efficiently and effectively prepared, to allow you to understand and gauge your investments and their achievements through comprehensive financial reporting.

We can help you manage your taxation issues, to ensure you both comply with tax legislation as well as capitalise on taxation benefits available to you.

Taxation is a complex area of legislation however managing tax issues can have a significant impact on financial outcomes. Our tax and accounting experts will help to make sure your affairs, assets, investments and income streams are structured in the most tax-effective manner possible. Alternatively we can work with your existing accountant or tax advisor.

Spring’s qualified accounting staff are experienced in a range of taxation matters, to allow you to comply with the requirements of the ATO but not paying more tax than you need to.

Spring can assist you with the preparation of income tax returns (for companies, trusts, self-managed superannuation funds, partnerships and individuals) business activity statements and compilation of financial and other information required to comply with requirements of the ATO, lodging directly on your behalf, accurately and on-time to avoid penalties and fines.

Spring’s qualified staff can assist you with complying with legislation and capitalising on the tax effective benefits available through a Self Managed Superannuation Fund.

We can assist with a range of SMSF services; assisting you with your questions and making recommendations, re-structures, establishments, upgrades, compliance, administration (maintaining accounting records, reconciling member’s accounts, commencing pensions, actuarial certificates, arranging independent audits), lodgements with ASIC and the ATO.

Spring’s qualified and experienced staff attend to all ASIC and Corporations Act requirements relating to trading companies and corporate trustees of SMSFs.

Our services ensure companies comply with legal and statutory requirements, including updating ASIC of changes to company details (such as addresses, officeholders, shareholdings), review Annual Company Statements and attending to formal requirements required under the Corporations Act (such as minutes, notices and resolutions).