AFG WA State Christmas Celebrations 2017
With the end of 2017 fast approaching, it’s a time to reflect on the achievements and challenges throughout the year for our state team and members, and head into 2018 with optimism and passion for the industry we’re part of. Last week, approximately 350 WA brokers and AFG head office staff celebrated the successes of […]
AFG QLD State Christmas Celebrations 2017
The broking industry faced several challenges this year, but with the end of 2017 fast approaching, it’s time to reflect on the achievements of our team and re-charge ready for a successful 2018. Earlier this month, we celebrated the year with our brokers and AFG state office staff in several locations across QLD and NT: […]
NSW / ACT Champion Awards & Christmas function
Thank you to everyone who attended the AFG NSW and ACT 2017 Awards Night and Christmas function on Thursday 7th December at Doltone House, Hyde Park. We would like to take this opportunity to congratulate all of our award finalists and ultimate winners in each category for the 2017 year. It has been an amazing year […]
Andre Eikmeier, Vinomofo – AFG National Broker Conference 2017
Andre Eikmeier is an Entrepreneur, Co-Founder and Joint CEO of Vinomofo, one of Australia’s fastest-growing companies and a leader in innovation, disruption and culture. Andre spoke to our brokers earlier this year at our National Broker Conference in a talk titled Road to vino – how Vinomofo survived and conquered. Andre shared the failures, triumphs and […]
Training Update – December 2017: Curating Content for Social Media
A few months ago we sent you our first training module in a series of learning and development topics aimed to educate and help future proof your business. That module was based on commonly asked questions of our marketing team regarding social media. We hope you found the Introduction to Social Media training video of interest. What training we have coming up The […]
Dr Catriona Wallace, Flamingo – AFG National Broker Conference 2017
Speaking at our National Broker Conference earlier this year, Dr Catriona Wallace, Founder and CEO of FinTech company Flamingo, highlighted the key customer experience trends. Catriona provided our brokers with practical, useful actions related to navigating this new paradigm. Customer experience has moved beyond personalisation to individualisation – where customers not only want a personalised offer […]
Borrower beware: the hidden costs of buying a new home
You’ve done the hard yards and saved a deposit, hunted down the right property and bartered a better price. The Sold sticker is all but slapped on the for sale sign. Then you realise there’s more than the agreed price to consider. If a car has on-road costs, then you might say property comes with […]
Women in Broking: Amber Linzner, AKL Finance Group in Victoria
Last, but by no means least, in our Women in Broking series, we interview Amber Linzner, Founding Director and Senior Mortgage Advisor of AKL Finance Group, in Melbourne, VIC. What inspired you to pursue a career as a mortgage advisor? When I started as a mortgage advisor’s personal assistant 11 years ago my aim was […]
For 2017’s final announcement RBA has opted to leave the official cash rate on hold at 1.5%
We’ve come to the final rate news for 2017, in what has certainly been a jam packed year. We like to share today’s rate announcement and the thoughts on why the Reserve Bank of Australia has made this decision. The Reserve Bank of Australia decided to once again leave the official cash rate unchanged at […]
Cosi De Angelis, ANZ – AFG National Broker Conference 2017
Cosi De Angelis, General Manager Commercial Origination at ANZ spoke about cybercrime at our AFG National Broker Conference this year. With business and consumer interactions moving to digital formats, there is a world of opportunities before us. Unfortunately, this also brings increased risks and vulnerabilities for organisations regardless of their size. Digital development is making it […]
