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private wealth management

Build your legacy,
guided by our wisdom.

our guiding principles

Integrity, wisdom and continuity.
Chart a prosperous future with Buxton Private. From bespoke portfolio management and superannuation strategies, to life risk mitigation and visionary planning, we transform complexity into clarity. As your financial composer, we harmonise your aspirations with sound strategies, propelling you towards financial freedom. Your wealth, our expertise.

our expertise

A singular approach to achieving your financial goals.
Bespoke Investment Solutions
We design bespoke investment portfolios in support of the achievement of your objectives, using evidence-based strategies, deep industry expertise and a lifetime of experience. 
Clarity Amid Uncertainty
Whether selling a business, retiring, or making major life decisions - we simplify complexity by analysing assumptions and dependencies to provide clarity. 
Superannuation Simplified
From product selection to portfolio management, to contribution strategies, to pension; we simplify the complexities of superannuation - ensuring alignment with your requirements and your objectives.
Protecting Your Future
By understanding your tolerance for risk, educating you on mitigating strategies and supporting you in execution, we help you to relax in the knowledge your family's financial future is secure. 
Guiding Your Journey
Partner with us in your journey to wealth, leveraging our insights and objectivity.
Ensuring Your Legacy
From philanthropy to estate planning to intergenerational wealth transfer, we help ensure your legacy aligns with your values - and endures.
Paul Hanley
When it comes to leaving a legacy, we must go beyond technical expertise.
Principal Advisor, Paul Hanley aims to forge profound connections with individuals and families, partnering them in their journey to wealth. A non-practicing Chartered Accountant and qualified Financial Advisor, his lifetime of strategic leadership and lived experience is at your disposal.
Without knowing you, we cannot discern your financial direction.
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our expertise

Forge your path to enduring
wealth
with certainty.
Portfolio management
Harnessing wisdom is pivotal for long-term success.
We craft investment portfolios using efficient index funds and select actively managed equity and fixed interest funds to ensure the highest likelihood of the achievement of your objectives. Grounded in empirical research, history, and extensive private banking expertise - we prioritise investment over speculation, capturing risk-adjusted returns.
Superannuation
Today's choices shape tomorrow's retirement comfort 
We simplify superannuation by researching and optimising returns through product selection, contribution strategies, insurance, and portfolio management. Being product agnostic, we don’t establish or administer SMSF’s, provide or support property endorsements, or offer tax advice. We ensure our recommendations are bound by your objectives.
Risk management
Life insurance is vital for protecting against the financial impact resulting from loss of income due to accidents or illness - supporting you, your family, or your business. We provide in-depth education to empower you to make informed decisions about coverage - based on your circumstances, risk tolerance, and finances.
We do not sell life insurance, facilitating informed approaches to managing risk.
Planning and modelling
Whether you're changing careers, selling a business, retiring, or moving property, we're here to navigate the complexities with you, offering clarity amidst uncertainty by revealing the dependencies.
Integrated financial solutions
With our extensive knowledge of wealth management, taxation, and financial planning; and insights into the human condition - we can help you navigate your journey to wealth, working closely with your specialist advisors to develop integrated solutions.
backed by results
Creating prosperous futures,
for a select few.
50 Families
Less is More
More Focus. More Time. More Thought. More Attention.
We care for a limited number of families and their financial wellbeing. Perhaps we could create value for you and yours?
Potential. Realised.
From $250k to $50m
We advise select emerging clients, established entrepreneurs and professionals, and those with a realised financial legacy.
From Life Insurance to Philanthropy, Whether you are on your way or have already made it- let's meet.

Paul quickly understood our financial affairs on both the corporate and personal levels and was able to provide sound advice that helped us successfully implement risk and investment strategies. Paul is a true professional and has provided exceptional service thus far.

– Michele, CEO Majority Shareholder

The integrity and professionalism that Paul has displayed give us the confidence that this will be a long-term journey to be travelled jointly with Paul and the team in pursuit of the financial goals that we have planned in great detail with Paul's excellent assistance.

– Mark, Retired Senior Bank Executive

Paul and Alicia have been invaluable with their guidance and advice as we grew and sold our digital solution business, and thereafter in providing us with ongoing contextual and balanced advice to ensure that our family requirements are proactively addressed – all while building a risk-appropriate investment portfolio.

– Grant and Dee, Entrepreneurs

As a busy entrepreneur, I feel like I have the team at Buxton Private Wealth looking after me and my family's best interests around the clock. Understanding the levers to grow and protect wealth is complex. The Buxton Private Wealth team gives me comfort that all angles are being covered.

– Sean, Partner, Global Consultancy

Paul truly invests time to understand the person behind the numbers. This in-depth understanding, not only about individual risk appetite but also personal motivation, family circumstances, and future needs, has always given me complete comfort and trust that all aspects of our financial interests are covered and proactively looked after.

– Marlise, Entrepreneur

Paul and Alicia have provided me with a reliable, individual, and highly knowledgeable framework of financial advice for the past six years. Paul is very personable, always quick to respond, and is a pleasure to engage with.

– Victoria, Retiree