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The brokerage brand has announced the expansion of its franchisee training program as part of plans to triple its franchisee business.
Resolve Finance has announced plans to expand its Future Franchisee Partner (FFP) program in 2025, as part of a broader aim to triple its franchisee business over the next six years.
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Launched in 2018, the FFP program employs aspiring franchisee owners as trainee brokers to operate under the Resolve Finance banner while they participate in structured training and mentorship.
The FFP program has already supported 30 successful participants to transfer to franchise ownership, according to Resolve Finance, and the brokerage brand hopes to expand this in coming years.
A Resolve Finance spokesperson confirmed the brokerage brand plans to expand from roughly 80 to 220 franchisees over the next six years, with 60 per cent of this intake expected to come through the FFP program.
Sandy Paravizzini, Resolve Finance’s general manager of distribution, said: “Our mentor program plays a pivotal role in setting up our people for success as they embark on their journey as franchise owners. This milestone [30 successful partnerships] reflects our unwavering commitment to nurturing talent and fostering entrepreneurship within our organisation. This is akin to teaching someone to fish, so they can feed themselves for their lifetime.
“We provide consistency where it makes sense, but support personalisation to build a successful mortgage broker franchise whether they start their franchise journey as an employee, as new to industry or more straight into a franchise from a background in banking, sales, or areas outside the financial services.
“It’s this agility that comes with a dedicated team that really helps our brokers thrive.”
More brokerages looking to build the next generation
Resolve isn’t the only brokerage that’s been offering brokers new development pathways in recent months.
In October 2024, Sydney brokerage Flint announced the launch of its director model. Under the model, brokers have an opportunity to effectively sub-aggregate through the Flint brand.
Brokers retain legal ownership of their clients, strategic partners, and trail book, but the model lets them harness Flint’s brand, support, and systems.
At the time, Flint’s owners, Christian Stevens and Chris Bates, told The Adviser the structure was designed to “remove the challenges of running your own business and the (often-unspoken) opportunity cost of distractions to a broker’s business growth”.
Other broking groups, such as Empower Wealth and Entourage Finance, have been merging or acquiring broking businesses, while aggregators such as AFG recently announced it would start taking equity stakes in brokerages, too.
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