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Challenger bank to reach 75% of broker market
by Francesca Krakue • 7 Oct 2016
The CEO of Bank of Queensland has emphasised that growing the broker channel is one of the challenger bank’s main... READ MORE
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Non-major ‘shines a light’ on growing wealth opportunities
by Francesca Krakue • 7 Oct 2016
With brokers poised to vie for the title of the country’s best commercial writer, ING DIRECT has partnered with the... READ MORE
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Nearly 80% of brokers believe rates will hold until 2017
by Reporter • 7 Oct 2016
Around four-fifths of brokers think that the Reserve Bank of Australia will hold the cash rate at its current... READ MORE
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Regional bank ‘enhances’ home loan offering
by Reporter • 7 Oct 2016
Adelaide Bank has announced an ‘enhanced’ service and product offering for the home loans offered under AFG’s... READ MORE

Brokers facilitate 14% rise in mutual’s loan portfolio
by Reporter • 6 Oct 2016
A leading mutual bank has seen its housing loan portfolio swell by 14.2 per cent to $4.3 billion in 2015/16, thanks in... READ MORE
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Lending changes present brokers with ‘golden opportunity’
by Francesca Krakue • 6 Oct 2016
Brokers remain “ideally placed” to give people a pathway to “financial choice and freedom” amid the APRA... READ MORE
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Home loan rate cuts diverge from RBA hold
by Francesca Krakue • 6 Oct 2016
“Competition to get new customers” has resulted in lenders making nearly 200 cuts to home loan rates in the past... READ MORE
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Brokers continue to play important role for alternative lender
by Francesca Krakue • 6 Oct 2016
The third-party channel remains “very important” to alternative lender Keystart, one of its executive managers has... READ MORE

Commercial lending ‘too dynamic and complex’ for NCCP
by Reporter • 5 Oct 2016
A broking industry body has warned that business loans “are not easy” and are “too dynamic and complex” to be... READ MORE
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Calling Australia’s best commercial writers
by Francesca Krakue • 5 Oct 2016
Are you Australia’s best commercial loan writer? If you think you are the country’s most prolific commercial broker... READ MORE
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Specialist lender launches online investment platform
by Francesca Krakue • 5 Oct 2016
La Trobe Financial has announced the launch of a new platform that will offer customers the opportunity to invest... READ MORE

RBA keeps cash rate on hold
by Tim Neary • 4 Oct 2016
The Reserve Bank of Australia has delivered the decision of its monthly board meeting. READ MORE

Major bank introduces broker client advisers to ‘remove conflict’
by Reporter • 4 Oct 2016
Big four bank NAB has said that it is aiming to remove channel conflict through a new system that will see “customer... READ MORE
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APRA ‘should move with prudent haste’ to even playing field
by Reporter • 4 Oct 2016
The CEO of a leading building society has said that the federal government’s implied support of the four major banks... READ MORE
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Brokers will be first to receive new home insurance offering
by Reporter • 4 Oct 2016
Non-major lender ING DIRECT has announced that brokers will be the first to access its new home insurance and contents... READ MORE
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ASIC review ‘unlikely to result in strategic shift’
by Francesca Krakue • 4 Oct 2016
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission's review into broker remuneration is unlikely to result in... READ MORE

Nearly two-thirds of SMEs would pay a fee for service
by Reporter • 3 Oct 2016
Sixty-three per cent of small- to medium-sized businesses would pay a fee-for-service for a finance broker, a new... READ MORE
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Regional bank positions itself for broker channel growth
by Francesca Krakue • 3 Oct 2016
Bendigo and Adelaide Bank plans to roll out a new lending platform to its brokers “as a first priority”, as it... READ MORE
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Financial advice company launches broking business
by Francesca Krakue • 3 Oct 2016
Anthony Landahl, the general manager of Principal Edge Financial Services, has launched a mortgage broking arm of the... READ MORE
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Aged care loans tipped to become mainstream

by Francesca Krakue • 3 Oct 2016
The demand for aged care finance will “dramatically increase” over the coming years as the Australian population... READ MORE

Major bank offers ‘trail for the life of the customer’
by Reporter • 30 Sep 2016
Brokers using the new NAB products launched under the Broking for Life campaign will get trail ‘based on the life of... READ MORE
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Broker commissions ‘highest they’ve ever been’
by Francesca Krakue • 30 Sep 2016
Upfront commissions totalled almost $1.2 billion over the past year driven by a “strong urge amongst lenders to use... READ MORE
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‘Fast turnaround times’ drive surge in mutual’s portfolio
by Reporter • 30 Sep 2016
Consistent and fast turnaround times, customer satisfaction and “high integrity” have helped Australia’s largest... READ MORE
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Brokers ‘critical’ to ME’s growth plans
by Reporter • 30 Sep 2016
Industry super fund-owned bank ME has said that brokers are providing over half of their home loans, and are... READ MORE

‘Huge opportunity’ for brokers to target SMEs
by Reporter • 29 Sep 2016
There is ‘huge opportunity’ for brokers to tap into commercial lending for small- to medium-sized businesses,... READ MORE