Damien Scott Burns
D&M FINANCIAL SERVICES PTY LTD · Ringwood East VIC 3135 · Advising since 2003
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Registration and authorisation
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- ASIC adviser number
- 000232465
- Registration status
- Registered
- Adviser type
- Financial Adviser
- Authorised by
- D&M FINANCIAL SERVICES PTY LTD · AFSL 491754Since 18 April 2017
- Principal business address
- Beaconsfield VIC 3807
- First year providing advice
- 2003
- Can provide tax (financial) advice
- Yes
- Memberships
- Financial Advice Association of Australia (FAAA); SMSF Association
- Further restrictions
- None recorded
Authorised to advise on
The product areas ASIC records this adviser as legally authorised to advise on — which is not the same as the services they choose to offer.
- Non-basic deposit products
- Government debentures, stocks or bonds
- Investment life insurance products
- Life risk insurance products
- Managed investment schemes, including IDPS
- Retirement savings account products
- Securities
- Standard margin lending facilities
- Superannuation
Conduct and compliance
- Disciplinary action
- None recorded on the register
- CPD requirements not met
- No year recorded
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Work history
SOURCE //ASIC Financial Advisers Dataset, as at 15 October 2026. Published by ASIC and shown here unchanged. Check it on ASIC's Moneysmart register
Every appointment as a financial adviser that the register records, newest first.
- CURRENTApr 2017 – presentD&M FINANCIAL SERVICES PTY LTD · AFSL 491754
- CEASEDApr 2014 – Apr 2017HNW PLANNING PTY LTD · AFSL 225216
- CEASEDNov 2012 – Apr 2014CHARTER FINANCIAL PLANNING LIMITED · AFSL 234665
- CEASEDFeb 2004 – Nov 2012AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND BANKING GROUP LIMITED · AFSL 234527
Qualifications
SOURCE //ASIC Financial Advisers Dataset, as at 15 October 2026. Published by ASIC and shown here unchanged. Check it on ASIC's Moneysmart register
Accredited Listed Product Adviser
Kaplan Professional Education · 2015
Self Managed Super Funds
Kaplan Professional Education · 2014
CFP (Certified Financial Planner)
FPA (Financial Planning Association of Australia) · 2008
Advanced Dip Financial Services (Financial Planning)
Kaplan Professional Education · 2006
Diploma of Financial Services (Financial Planning)
Kaplan Professional Education · 2006
The education level (AQF) appears only where ASIC records one. It is never inferred from a qualification's name.
About and fees
SOURCE //The adviser, last edited 15 September 2026. Written by the adviser and not checked by ASIC. Souffle checked that the adviser named here runs this profile (15 September 2026) — not what they write.
Known as Damien Burns · Counting Benas Advice
I’m Damien Burns, a Certified Financial Planner® and SMSF Specialist Adviser™, and a Director of Counting Beans Advice. I have worked in financial planning since 2004, helping successful individuals, families and business owners make informed decisions about their wealth. My role is to help clients bring structure and clarity to often complex financial circumstances. This may involve coordinating investment portfolios, superannuation and SMSFs, retirement planning, tax-effective strategies, debt, cash flow, estate planning considerations and broader wealth management decisions. For clients with significant assets, the challenge is often not simply how to accumulate more wealth, but how to **manage, protect, structure and ultimately transfer that wealth effectively**. My approach is highly personal and strategy-led. I take the time to understand your financial position, your family circumstances, your business interests and what you want your wealth to achieve over the long term. Where appropriate, we can also work collaboratively with your accountant, solicitor and other professional advisers. Through the broader **Counting Beans** group, we can also coordinate financial advice, accounting and lending to provide a more integrated view of your financial affairs. I believe good advice should give you greater confidence, simplify decision-making and ensure that the different parts of your financial life are working together. The first step is simply a conversation to understand where you are now, what is important to you, and whether we are the right fit to work together.
- Superannuation
- Self-managed super funds
- Tax strategy
- Debt management
Also offers: Retirement planning · Insurance and protection · Investment planning · Aged care · Estate planning · Cash flow and budgeting · Property investment · Small business · Redundancy
- Advice
- One-off advice · Ongoing advice
- Meets
- Online · In person · Phone
- Languages
- English
- Specialises in
- Approaching retirement · Business owner · Receiving an inheritance
- Taking new clients
- Yes
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Ringwood East VIC 3135 · Frankston VIC 3199
D&M FINANCIAL SERVICES PTY LTD · AFSL 491754
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- EMAILNOT PUBLISHED
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