Welcome to Foundation Financial Advice

Who We Are

Conveniently located in the heart of Melbourne, Foundation Financial Advice is an FPA Professional Practice which helps clients like you maximize their financial position, ensure no opportunities are missed and provide an obtainable pathway to wealth. We help you achieve your goals on a fee for advice basis, so you can focus on enjoying life and not worrying about financial problems.


Foundation Financial Advice was established by Peter Tribolet, a Master’s degree qualified CFP® Practitioner with over 15 years of industry experience. Peter is also an SMSF Specialist Advisor, Registered Tax (Financial) Adviser and Accredited Aged Care Professional™. After successfully working in Private, Public Sector and Non-For-Profit environments Peter wanted to establish a Financial Planning Practice which delivers the kind of transparent, comprehensive Financial Advice that people really deserve. The same advice he would expect if he were a client.

Well renowned across Victoria’s Public and Emergency Services, Foundation Financial Advice are Defined Benefit experts. We take great pleasure in optimizing formula driven benefits to ensure our clients always get the best possible outcome from these funds.

We have successful experience in advising clients to add significant value to their wealth across all types of Superannuation and Retirement Planning. Satisfying clients across Public Sector Funds (such as ESSSuper Defined Benefits and the ESSS DB, PSS or CSS), Industry Super, Private Funds and sophisticated Self-Managed Superannuation (SMSF) strategies.
Further areas of speciality include, but are not limited to; Personal Insurances to protect your wealth and your family. Wealth building, gearing and Investment Management so you can build multiple incomes and have your money work for you. Debt Reduction and Recycling to own your home sooner. Social Security (Centrelink, Disability Support and DVA) and Work Cover strategies (post claim) to ensure you obtain everything you are possibly eligible for.

We also help clients to establish Budgeting, Salary Packaging and Tax effective strategies so you can protect your cashflow efficiently. Structural advice about Direct Property and Debt (loans) for diversification. Foundation Financial Advice is a specialist provider in expert Aged Care Advice to ensure as your loved ones or you, enter the frailty years appropriately positioned with choice, informed and with dignity.

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