helping you work towards long-term financial goals and objectives.
Davone Saycocie has been a Financial Adviser with SMATS Wealth since 2018. She is responsible for providing advice to both new and existing clients, helping them to work towards their long-term financial goals and objectives.
Holding a Post Graduate Diploma in Financial Planning and having attained the ASIC Financial Adviser Exam, Davone is fully qualified to provide financial advice and empower clients to make informed decisions to improve their future financial wellbeing.
Davone’s early career saw her owning and running her own business. This helped her hone her client service ethic to the exceptional standards they are today. Davone took a change of career direction into financial services in 2011 establishing new skills supporting clients and acting as a Paraplanner for a busy Sydney-based Financial Planning office. Passionate about helping clients achieve their financial goals, Davone decided to move into a Financial Advisory role where she could more fully utilise her analytical skills and customer-focus to help her clients.
As a holistic Adviser, Davone enjoys providing superannuation, retirement planning strategies, and long-term investment advice to potential and current SMATS clients, offering tailored solutions to meet each client’s unique needs. Davone is particularly adept at, and specialises in, providing advice on personal insurances such as Life cover, Total and Permanent Disability, Trauma and Income Protection insurances. Here she is able to use her comprehensive communication, analytical and interpersonal skills to assist clients protect themselves and their families should their lives take a turn for the worst.
Known for delivering high-quality advice grounded in integrity, combined with a comprehensive knowledge of financial products and services, Davone’s strong attention to detail, exceptional listening skills, and client-focused approach enable her to build lasting relationships and help individuals achieve their financial goals.
Davone Saycocie is an Authorised Representative of LFG Financial Services.
Jacqui and I have recently switched to SMATS Wealth Pty Ltd and should have done it years ago. Richard has provided invaluable advice and restructured our portfolio to maximise our returns and minimise our tax exposure as we head toward retirement.
Richard has been exceptional in providing financial advice services to myself and my partner since 2020. Unlike other financial planners I have dealt with over many years, Richard demonstrates a genuine personal commitment in attaining and maintaining a healthy financial future in our retirement.
Richard’s approachable style and simplicity was very reassuring. I would thoroughly recommend him to anyone looking to change their investment management.
Richard stands out in providing very detailed and tailored financial advice and planning, complemented by regular communication and reviews as required.
Our experience with Richard as our financial adviser has been very positive. Richard communicates clearly and tailors his approach to our needs, ensuring we understand complex financial concepts. His knowledge and experience in financial planning, superannuation, and retirement planning are extensive.
Based on his thorough understanding of our financial circumstances and needs, the investment and tax strategies Richard has recommended and implemented have proven to be successful over the past four years.
Richard has provided valuable guidance on optimising our superannuation contributions, and in creating a comprehensive retirement plan for when we return to Australia after 25 years of living abroad as expats. He builds trust, maintains open communication, and genuinely cares about our financial well-being.
Without hesitation, I would highly recommend Richard for financial planning services. He has certainly left us feeling confident in our financial future.
We found Richard clear and reliable in explaining services for our needs.
Richard has been diligent in providing pertinent financial advice to my wife and I since we retired back to Australia, having spent the best part of 30 years living and working in the UK as Australian expatriates.
Richard’s advice is easy to understand and very reliable. We find him and his staff to be friendly and always willing to help.
Due to our fairly specific financial circumstances, we needed a specialist to help us secure a happy and successful retirement. Over the years we have dealt with Richard, he has always demonstrated he is well qualified to guide us through these matters, so thank you Richard!
Richard is very prompt with his communication and we are confident in his advice.
One of the things that stood out from the first time we worked together, is that Richard made it easy for me to fully understand the financial commitment I would be making. He’s made suggestions on how I can grow my investments that make sense and are within my risk profile.
We have worked with Richard for a number of years and have found his services to be carried out efficiently, professionally and in a timely manner. Initially Richard undertook a comprehensive review of our superannuation and insurance needs, and this has been followed up regularly to keep up with changing markets and to meet our requirements.
Always personable, Richard is my go to person for all advice concerning my pending retirement, superannuation and how to invest my funds, working towards moving to a pension that will be able to support me.
Richard is very prompt with his communication and we are confident in his advice.
Richard was originally dealing with my husband while we were living overseas and since coming back to Australia has been in constant touch advising and asking our opinion on all dealings financial. He is never pushy and I appreciate his advice. I highly recommend Richard as a financial advisor and consultant.
Richard has always been great in managing our superannuation funds.
Richard has always answered any questions we have had at any time and via video call at least once a year. We believe we have greatly benefited from Richard’s financial advice during the period of time we have dealt with him.
Davone has always been very approachable with questions we have had. She is flexible with her time and contactable when needed. Davone is very happy to meet in person and give the time required to explain some of the complexities of super, pensions, tax, and the many other things. A truly lovely lady, that is very knowledgeable and helpful.
Davone is always very helpful and explains everything in detail.
Some complex subjects are put in a very understandable way and I fully appreciate her patience in helping me.
What an asset to your company.
Davone is always a delight to deal with. Very compassionate and understanding, and patient when explaining complicated insurance matters.
I value her help enormously.
Davone is a delight to deal with. She is very knowledgeable, patient and accommodating, explains things clearly and happy to come to you if you cannot go to see her.
Davone is very knowledgeable and experienced. She takes the time to explain everything to me and is very passionate about her job.
Davone was extremely knowledgeable and did everything she could to resolve my insurance issues as fast as possible!
Although Richard is based in Perth, he makes frequent visits to Sydney and is always available via telephone and video link, also via his Sydney support team. We have found his advice for our superannuation needs most detailed and tailored to our needs, a real expert who provides information in a friendly way that we can understand easily. We will not hesitate to recommend his services.
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