James Robert Esselmont
SHADFORTH FINANCIAL GROUP LIMITED · Melbourne VIC 3000 · Advising since 2005
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Registration and authorisation
SOURCE //ASIC Financial Advisers Dataset, as at 10 September 2026. Published by ASIC and shown here unchanged. Check it on ASIC's Moneysmart register
- ASIC adviser number
- 000315436
- Registration status
- Registered
- Adviser type
- Financial Adviser
- Authorised by
- SHADFORTH FINANCIAL GROUP LIMITED · AFSL 318613Since 1 October 2025
- Principal business address
- Melbourne VIC 3000
- First year providing advice
- 2005
- Can provide tax (financial) advice
- Yes
- Memberships
- Financial Advice Association of Australia (FAAA)
- 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 discretionary account (MDA) services
- 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 10 September 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.
- CURRENTOct 2025 – presentSHADFORTH FINANCIAL GROUP LIMITED · AFSL 318613
- CEASEDJul 2016 – Sep 2025CONSULTUM FINANCIAL ADVISERS PTY LTD · AFSL 230323
- CEASEDMay 2012 – Jul 2016WESTERN PACIFIC FINANCIAL GROUP PTY LTD · AFSL 224662
- CEASEDJun 2007 – May 2012SHADFORTH FINANCIAL GROUP LIMITED · AFSL 318613
Qualifications
SOURCE //ASIC Financial Advisers Dataset, as at 10 September 2026. Published by ASIC and shown here unchanged. Check it on ASIC's Moneysmart register
FPC002B - Ethics and Professionalism in Financial Advice
Kaplan Education Pty Ltd · 2019 · Bridging Course - Ethics
Margin Lending and Geared Investments
Kaplan Education Pty Ltd · 2010 · Certificate (AQF 1-4)
Self Managed Superannuation Funds
Kaplan Education Pty Ltd · 2009 · Certificate (AQF 1-4)
Certified Financial Planner (CFP)
Financial Planning Association of Australia Limited · 2008 · Professional Designations
Advanced Diploma of Financial Services (Financial Planning) FNS60404
Tribeca Learning (Aust) Pty Limited · 2007 · Advanced Diploma (AQF 6)
Diploma of Financial Services (Financial Planning) FNS50804
Tribeca Learning (Aust) Pty Limited · 2006 · Diploma (AQF 5)
Master of Business Administration
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology · 2004 · Masters Degree (AQF 9)
Graduate Diploma in Applied Finance and Investment
Securities Institute · 2001 · Graduate Diploma (AQF 8)
Bachelor of Economics
Monash University · 1996 · Bachelor Degree (AQF 7)
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SHADFORTH FINANCIAL GROUP LIMITED · AFSL 318613
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