Getting to know

Colby Atkinson

Financial Adviser | Gold Coast & Ballina

B. Comm (Financial Planning, Accounting), Cert IV (Finance & Mortgage Broking)

Colby Atkinson heads up our Ballina and Gold Coast offices with our partner advisory Essential Wealth & Retirement. Colby has 8 years of experience in providing holistic financial advice. He holds a Bachelor of Commerce with Majors in Financial Planning and Accounting. He also holds a Certificate IV in Finance & Mortgage Broking.

Colby is a knowledgeable and hardworking adviser that has recently joined the Essential Wealth & Retirement Team based in Gold Coast & Ballina. He enjoys working with everyone from mum and dad investors to high net wealth individuals and everyone in between, including medical professionals.

Colby always puts his clients’ interests first and enjoys helping them achieve what is most important to them professionally, personally and of course, financially.

  • Areas of Expertise

    Colby has worked with clients from all over Australia, including those that come from different cultural backgrounds, occupations, and socio-demographics. This experience has helped shape a thorough understanding of the diverse set of needs that clients have based on their own unique set of circumstances. Colby has particularly worked with medical professionals.

  • Experience

    Colby has 8 years of experience in providing holistic financial advice. He holds a Bachelor of Commerce with Majors in Financial Planning and Accounting. He also holds a Certificate IV in Finance & Mortgage Broking.

    He enjoys working with everyone from mum and dad investors to high net wealth individuals and everyone in between, including medical professionals.

  • What’s your favourite thing about being part of the MWS team?

    Everyone here is committed and forward thinking. There are no passengers and all staff are working hard towards a common goal; to provide a fantastic service to our clients.

  • What do you wish people knew about financial planning?

    That you do not need to be rich to get started and the earlier you stop procrastinating and take the leap, the better your future will be.

  • If you could give one piece of advice to yourself from 10 years ago, what would it be?

    Be excited for what is to come but appreciate what you have.

  • What's your weirdest office habit?

    I have been working from home pretty much exclusively for the past 3 years, so hard to say really.

    But, I tend to write nearly everything down so people might find that a bit weird?

CLIENT TESTIMONIAL

Ben and the team have been such an asset to our wealth building journey. They’re always readily available for help and advice, specific to our particular scenario. It has been a pleasure working with this team and look forward to many more interactions in the future.

Erika D
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Having come from a planner where we were very disappointed, it has been a refreshing change dealing with Ben & the team at MWS. They are responsive, helpful, go above and beyond to answer questions and most importantly we have found it easy to understand the finance speak and to actually understand what our money is doing. Thanks for a great experience so far!
Rochelle
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Guy and the team have given us peace of mind and confidence in our financial future. They keep us engaged and informed, make it easy for us to ask questions and provide us with tangible results in our regular reviews. We would recommend them to anyone.

Michael E
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Nikki and the team have proven invaluable to my financial control and wealth management, I would highly recommend the team at My Wealth Solutions to anyone in any financial situation. 11/10

Ethan M
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Excellent service! My girlfriend and I were looking for ways to maximise returns to make to most out of our money. We needed someone with more knowledge in the financial sector than ourselves who we could bounce ideas off and come up with strategies that we hadn’t thought of. Ben and the team at My Wealth Solutions have done exactly that. They have been available for us to ask questions and have been patient with their explanations making sure we understand.

Russell D
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Robert Creaton and his skilful team helped me and my wife through the process of financial planning by guiding us to take the right steps. I would recommend Robert and My Wealth Solutions to anyone who wants to secure their future without any stress.

Amit M.
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We’ve had a great experience at My Wealth Solutions. The team has been very professional and they send updates so we can track how we are going. Robert has made us feel comfortable about our financial future.

Kylie F.
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Ben and his team at MWS are very easy to communicate with and they take the time to explain the nuances involved in financial advice as well as being transparent with costs associated, which is refreshing and trustworthy.

Andrew P.

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