Perth Brokering a Better Future Roadshow
Another day, another fantastic roadshow! Thanks to all our Western Australian brokers and industry partners for joining us. A massive thank you to all our Residential and Commercials Partners and our Co-Major Partners ANZ, Commonwealth Bank, NAB, Westpac and St George Banking Group.
Adelaide Brokering a Better Future Roadshow
What a day! A huge thank you to all our South Australian brokers and industry partners who joined us for the Adelaide leg of our Brokering a Better Future Roadshow. Thank you to all of our event sponsors and lender contributors, and a special thanks to our Co-Major Partners ANZ, Commonwealth Bank, NAB, Westpac and […]
AFG signs strategic alliance with neobank Volt
We’re excited to announce a strategic alliance with Australia’s first neobank, Volt, including a $15 million investment providing AFG with a 7.6% shareholding in Volt Corporation Limited based on Volt’s current series raising amount of $85m. Key elements of the strategic alliance include: A white label AFG Home Loans Volt-funded digital mortgage product, available to […]
Expanding our broker support team
As brokers diversify and business lending becomes a part of many brokers’ daily remit, we’re expanding the scope of AFG Home Loans Business Relationship Managers to help brokers navigate commercial lending. To support the growth, we’ve recently appointed Karlee Butcher to join the Sydney team as AFG Home & Commercial Loans – Business Relationship Manager. […]
AFG successfully completes upsized RMBS transaction
Australian Finance Group Ltd (ASX: AFG) wholly-owned subsidiary AFG Securities Pty Ltd has successfully priced an upsized A$750m Residential Mortgage Backed Securities (RMBS) issue. The AFG 2021-1 Trust $750 million issue of Australian prime residential mortgages is AFG Securities’ 11th issue since 2013, taking the total paper issued to the market by AFG Securities to […]
MFAA Excellence Awards 2021 Finalists
It’s been another outstanding year for AFG brokers nationwide with an impressive number of state finalists in the MFAA Excellence Awards in 2021. See the list of finalists below: NSW 2021 Finalists COMMUNITY CHAMPION AWARDNathan Smith, Birdie Wealth NEWCOMER AWARDNathan Moore, Shore Financial REGIONAL FINANCE BROKER BUSINESS AWARDAshleigh Pakis, Panache Financial Mortgage Specialist YOUNG PROFESSIONAL […]
Housing leads the way
Australia’s housing market continues to lead the country’s economic recovery with Australian Finance Group (ASX:AFG) brokers lodging a record $20.6 billion in home loan applications for the third quarter of FY21. This represents a 3.79% lift on the prior quarter and a significant 34.32% increase on the same period last year. AFG CEO David Bailey […]
The Adviser Better Business Awards 2021 Finalists
It’s a testament to our brokers’ hard work and dedication that so many are nominated as state finalists in The Adviser Better Business Awards in 2021. See the list of finalists below: NSW 2021 Finalists BEST CUSTOMER SERVICE (INDIVIDUAL)Fane Levy, Shore FinancialJoel Wyld, Peasy BEST FINANCE BROKERFane Levy, Shore Financial BEST LENDER BDM (NON-BANK)Joseph Khal, […]
International Women’s Day
At AFG, we’re celebrating this year’s International Women’s Day theme of #ChooseToChallenge by highlighting the achievements and challenges overcome by women in finance. Get to know some of our industry’s best and brightest and how they started building their careers in finance – their wisdom and advice is sure to inspire you. Katrina Rowlands – […]
The announcement that stops the nation, cash rate decreased to 0.1%
As the country tunes in for the 2020 Melbourne Cup, the cash rate decision for November has been announced and rates have been cut. In response to the economic impact being caused by the COVID-19 crisis, the RBA reduced the cash rate by 0.15% to a new record low of 0.1%. In making this change […]
