Cairns
Astute Cairns is one of five offices under the banner of the award winning Astute North Queensland group.
Astute Cairns (known as the Head Office of the Astute North Queensland group) is a full service office providing Finance, Insurance, Wealth and Accounting services that opened in 2000. Owned and operated by John and Orla Watts, they and their team offer a full financial services suite incorporating home loans, commercial and business lending as well as equipment finance, personal loans and all types of insurance and superannuation.
We offer access to an extensive lending panel and pride ourselves on making the sometimes daunting process of obtaining finance as easy and uncomplicated as possible.
Previously known as Cairns Home Loans, Astute Cairns is home to over 10 Residential Brokers, 2 Equipment Finance Brokers and 2 Financial Planners.
Astute Cairns is part of the Astute North Queensland group that also has offices in Atherton, Ayr and Port Douglas
* Cairns Wealth and Insurance Pty Ltd T/As Astute is a corporate authorised representative (377873) of Alliance Wealth Pty Ltd | ABN 93 161 647 007 | AFSL 499221 | centrepointalliance.com.au/AW
What Our Clients Have To Say
We were recommended from friends to see Fei Chan to discuss buying investment property. He was very polite, friendly, sincere and honest. But most importantly, he has made it clearer for us on how to build our property portfolio for a better future. For that, I too highly recommend his service to others.
David Lo, Cairns
My husband and I went to Astute today, firstly met with Shae at the front reception and had a chat with her. It was lovely to chat with such a friendly happy lady who made us feel welcome.
We went upstairs and met with John Watts for some financial advice. We have known John Watts for over 10 years now, and truly admire his honesty and ‘no beating around the bush business eiquette’. We would highly recommend anyone requiring financial advice and/or a financial bank loan to not look any further than that of the ASTUTE team. J Thanks Astute….
Kymmie Corbell, Cairns
We have been using John since we bought our first house in 2008 and taken sound advice from him in all our finance dealing ever since; which has included, opening a business, building our second house and now purchasing an investment property. We trust the advice given to us and not understanding the finance world hugely rely on the knowledge given to us in making decisions. We thank Verena very much with her patience throughout each deal and her simple way of explaining the overwhelming fluff that the banks put on paper. Johns stickmen and drawings helped us immensely 🙂 We really feel like we have actually made some good friends when dealing with Astute.
Scott, Cairns
Morene Rumble helped my partner and I get our finances in order with a personal loan to start saving for a house. I would highly recommend Morene to everyone, she’s very easy to talk to, friendly and makes you feel very comfortable with any situation.
Coryn Drane, Bentley Park
We recently had an appointment with Astute to help us sort out our mortgage needs. From the moment we stepped into the building we were made to feel welcome. From Shae on the front desk to Damian during our appointment. Damian went above and beyond to help us with our needs, explaining things simply and offering further support. It all makes so much more sense when you have someone who knows what they’re talking about! Thank you so much.
Tanya Greene, Cairns
I was very impressed with the quality of service and support. Jasmin really went beyond to ensure my equipment loan went as smooth and quickly as possible which took a great deal of stress out of setting up my new business. I would highly recommend Astute’s EF team Donnie, Morene and Jasmin for any car or equipment loans.
Matthew, Edmonton
The staff in the Cairns office were amazing. The receptionist was the best I have ever encountered in a business and any staff that walked past us said hello. The entire office appears to be a very friendly, happy and vibrant workplace!