Financial Adviser
DanHutchison.
Most of the people I sit down with are weighing up retirement, and want a plan that actually makes sense.
The plan matters because life matters.
Making a difference has been the point from the get-go.
I spent my early career as a senior analyst, including at AMP, learning how the numbers behind a plan actually fit together.
I became a licensed financial adviser and started looking after my own clients, mostly families and retirees who wanted things explained plainly.
I work alongside George at Great Advice, with my own book of clients across south east Queensland.
You only get this one life, so what are you going to do with it? That question is the reason I do this.
Who I help, and how it works.
Most of the people I sit down with are retirees and pre-retirees in their 50s and 60s.
A lot come in wanting their budget and cash flow clear before anything else, whether that is working out a retirement date or getting the household money on paper for the first time. Either way, every strategy depends on knowing what is really going on, so that is where we start.
The first meeting.
It is free, runs about an hour, and mostly it is me listening. No pressure to go any further.
A fixed fee, in writing.
If we both want to keep going, I scope the work and put the fee in writing before anything starts.
A plan you can use.
Written in plain English, with reviews that are short and actually useful.
The whole picture, not one piece.
I look at how it all fits, from super and retirement income to the Age Pension and aged care.
Most people do not arrive with a single tidy question. They want to know if they are on track and what to do next. So I start with your budget and cash flow, then work through super, retirement income, Centrelink and the rest as they apply to you, in the order that makes sense. The aim is a plan you understand, not one that looks clever on paper.
Retirement & pre-retirement
Working out when you can stop, and the income it actually gives you.
Superannuation
Contributions, consolidation, and getting your super doing its job.
Age Pension & Centrelink
How the income and assets tests affect what you can claim.
Aged care
Understanding the costs and the sensible ways to fund them.
Self-managed super
Whether an SMSF suits you, and running it properly if it does.
Budget & cash flow
Your household money on paper, so decisions are based on what is real.
Wherever you start, we begin the same way, by understanding what is really going on.
AQF Level 8 in financial planning
Akumin Financial Planning, my licensee
Passed the national financial adviser exam
Verify my advice record
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If you want your money and your retirement to make sense, let’s sit down.
Free first meeting. No obligation, and usually about an hour.
Shop 1/50 Chatswood Rd
Springwood QLD 4127
Monday to Friday
9am to 5pm
In person, by phone,
or over video
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Meet Dan.
The questions I get asked first. If yours isn’t here, the first meeting is the place for it.
Book a first meetingWhat qualifications and experience does Dan Hutchison have as a financial adviser?
I’m Dan Hutchison, a Financial Adviser at Great Advice. I hold a AQF Level 8 qualification in financial planning and I’ve passed the national financial adviser exam. I’ve worked in financial services for around twenty years, the last several as a licensed adviser since 2018. I’m an Authorised Representative of Akumin Financial Planning Pty Ltd, AFSL 232706, so you can check my record on the ASIC Financial Advisers Register.
Who does Dan Hutchison usually help?
Most of the people I sit down with are retirees and pre-retirees in their 50s and 60s, living across Brisbane’s south side, Logan and the Gold Coast. A lot come in wanting their budget and cash flow clear before bigger decisions. From there we look at super, retirement income, the Age Pension and aged care as they apply to you.
What happens at a first meeting with Dan Hutchison?
It’s free, there’s no obligation, and it’s mostly me listening. I’ll ask about your situation and what you want your money to do, then explain how I’d work with you and what it would cost before you commit to anything. It helps to bring recent super statements, any insurance, and a rough idea of your income and spending.
