 Charles Badenach Principal & Private Client Adviser, Main Street Financial Solutions Pty Ltd Charles Badenach is a principal and private client adviser for the Main Street Financial Solutions, licensed by Integrity Financial Planners. He is a former winner of the Financial Planning Association Pre-Retirement Planning award and AFA Excellence in Education award. He previously worked in the legal profession with a major law firm and has been admitted as a practitioner of the Supreme Court of Tasmania and the High Court of Australia. Badenach is an associate member of the Financial Planning Association of Australia and the Law Society of Tasmania.
CHARLES BADENACH | THURSDAY, 23 AUG 2018 For many advisers their biggest concerns currently are the impending changes to adviser education standards and the fallout from the Royal Commission, with the inevitable legislative changes coming next year. Read more CHARLES BADENACH | TUESDAY, 13 AUG 2013 The former winner of the Smileys scholarship talks to Financial Standard about social media and how entering the competition helped him realise his social goals. Read more CHARLES BADENACH | MONDAY, 9 JUL 2012 This case-study looks at the financial advice given to Tim (20) who when he was just eight years old suffered severe injuries from a car accident in which his mother was killed. While a police investigation into the accident found the other driver negligent. ... Read more CHARLES BADENACH | MONDAY, 1 AUG 2011 Devastated by her parents' deaths and falling victim to scam artists had left Jenny* feeling isolated and uneasy about her financial inheritance. Financial planner Charles Badenach helped her rebuild her finances and see the potential in what she ha ... Read more CHARLES BADENACH | MONDAY, 27 SEP 2010 Peter*, 54, first sought financial advice during a difficult period of his life, after suddenly losing his wife to cancer. During this period of time, he found it difficult handling his financial responsibility while managing his own emotional stress. ... Read more PAGE: 1 |
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