{"id":83556,"date":"2026-08-18T09:11:34","date_gmt":"2026-08-17T23:11:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/?p=83556"},"modified":"2026-08-18T09:11:34","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T23:11:34","slug":"amafa-welcomes-three-advisers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/2026\/08\/18\/amafa-welcomes-three-advisers\/","title":{"rendered":"AMAFA Welcomes Three Advisers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Boutique licensee AMAFA<\/a> has welcomed three financial advisers to its national network, hailing from Queensland, Melbourne and the Gold Coast.<\/p>\n

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Ben McNeil.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The company says Benjamin McNeil<\/strong>, who joins Queensland-based MB Financial Group, Thaveesh (Tav) Palapathwala<\/strong> and his Melbourne-based practice, Obsidian Wealth Management, and Martin Wajda<\/strong> and his Gold Coast practice, Wealth Technology Financial Planning, have joined the national network.<\/p>\n

AMAFA says Benjamin (Ben) McNeil is based in Maroochydore, Queensland and brings more than seven years\u2019 experience in financial advice to Queensland-based MB Financial Group<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Thaveesh (Tav) Palapathwala of Obsidian Wealth Management<\/a> has almost a decade of experience in financial advice and has built a reputation for tailored advice across financial planning, wealth creation, retirement and long-term investment.<\/p>\n

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Thaveesh Palapathwala.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Martin Wajda of Wealth Technology Financial Planning<\/a> is based on the Gold Coast, and has been helping individuals and families make financial decisions since 2010.<\/p>\n

AMAFA National Operations Manager Mario Finocchiaro<\/strong> says the firm is committed to partnering with advisers who place professionalism, integrity and strong client outcomes at the centre of what they do.<\/p>\n

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Martin Wajda.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cAll three advisers embody these qualities and we welcome the opportunity to support them and their practices.\u201d<\/p>\n

Finocchiaro says AMAFA aims to help advisers deliver advice clients can rely on. \u201cOur approach is built around robust systems, well-defined standards and giving advisers the framework to perform at their best.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Boutique licensee AMAFA has welcomed three financial advisers to its national network, hailing from Queensland, Melbourne and the Gold Coast. The company says Benjamin McNeil, who joins Queensland-based MB Financial Group, Thaveesh (Tav) Palapathwala and his Melbourne-based practice, Obsidian Wealth Management, and Martin Wajda and his Gold Coast practice, Wealth Technology Financial Planning, have joined […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":83567,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[249,6,7734],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-83556","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-appointments","category-dealer-groups","category-featured"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83556","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=83556"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83556\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":83568,"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83556\/revisions\/83568"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/83567"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83556"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=83556"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=83556"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}