Avant Financial Services is a West Australian owned and operated financial planning business. Avant specialises in providing a complete financial planning service for all your individual and business financial planning needs.

Avant offers the experience and sophistication of a large, institutional firm, with a level of attention and client service only a boutique, employee-owned financial planning company can provide.

We understand that each client has their own unique needs and that by consulting with us they give us their trust and confidence. In return we ensure a full understanding of their position before carefully considering the options available and making any financial planning recommendations.

The quality of our service and attention to your individual financial planning requirements can only be fully appreciated by first-hand experience. We hope to be given the opportunity to provide that experience.

Striking a Balance: Budget 2012 - Avant's May newsletter looks at the 2012 Budget. As always there are winners and losers, with changes to superannuation, tax thresholds and small business tax concessions. May 2012.

Why has the Australian sharemarket been underperforming? - Senior Colonial Analyst, Belinda Allen discusses why the Australian share market has underperformed when compared with most international share markets. April 2012.

The pain in Spain and other annoyances - AMP's Shayne Oliver states that Spain, which accounts for 11% of Eurozone GDP, is a far bigger concern for Europe than Portugal and Greece which both acccount for 2% of Eurozone GDP. April 2012.

Today's cost of living: it's a mixed bag - Most of us talk about rising prices for life’s essentials like housing, petrol, gas and electricity, food and clothing. Our impression may be that the cost of living is constantly rising. Avant's April newsletter looks at some recent research which suggests that, when higher wages and better quality goods and services are considered, the cost of living may have actually fallen over the past 20 or 30 years. We look at how we are changing the way we spend our money, and where household cost pressures remain. April 2012.

What's the risk of another mid-year growth scare? - AMP's Shane Oliver shares his thoughts and concludes that whilst risks clearly remain there is a good chance that after two disappointing years shares will surprise on the upside. March 2012.

Jobs, redundencies and unemployment; where is Australia heading? - News of job cuts is sharing the headlines with the debt crisis in Europe and domestic political machinations. Avant's March newsletter looks behind the job stories to what really matters. March 2012.

Identity Theft - Some simple measures we should all take in order to prevent becoming a victim of id theft. Also provides information on getting a free copy of your credit file.  

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