About Us

Netplan has been developed from over 34 years of Nick Bruining's experience in the financial advice industry.

The Hayne Royal Commission into misconduct in the financial services industry brought to light an array of issues and changes that needed to occur within the industry.

Nick has been fighting for these changes throughout his career, with the intention of transforming the financial advice profession into one that people can trust. This has been a difficult challenge because historically financial advice was used by big financial institutions as an opportunity to sell sometimes risky investments to regular Australians. These changes, while necessary, have also made finding quality, trustworthy and reliable financial advice very expensive and sometimes simply unattainable.

After many years presenting the Retirement Masterclass to people and giving them the ability to make their own financial plans, Netplan was developed so that this knowledge could be:

  1. Shared with more people, more cost effectively.
  2. Kept up to date.
  3. Supported with other content, like articles and regular Q&As.

We hope you find Netplan engaging, educational and empowering. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to send us an email, we'd love to hear from you.

The Netplan Team.

  • Portrait of Nick Bruining

    Nick Bruining

    Senior Financial Adviser / Co-Founder

    Bachelor of Commerce (Economics and Financial Planning), FAICD Director, Diploma of Financial Planning

    Nick has more than 34 years in the financial advice industry, acting as both an adviser to individuals through the practice he founded, and also sharing his knowledge through his many roles, including:

    • Columnist/Writer The West Australian Newspaper 1999 - present.
    • Reporter/Commentator Seven Network Perth, 2013 - 2021.
    • ABC Radio, National - Monthly, Philip Clark Nightlife, 2019 - present
    • ABC Radio WA - Thursday "Money Man, Money Matters", 2003 - present
    • 6PR Commentator, 2005 - 2020
    • Author and Presenter "The Retirement Masterclass"

    Nick was one of the earliest recipients of the Financial Planner of the Year Award.

    Nick is the author of a number of best-selling books including “Don’t Panic - Why you don’t need $1 Million to retire well”, and as co-author of "Don’t Panic - Aged Care".

    Nick is an economist by education and was previously a lecturer at the prestigious Curtin University.

    He is a director and board member of the highly-regarded Certified Independent Financial Advisers Association Ltd.