Family friendly — how to optimise a family business
The majority of Australia’s SMEs are family businesses, but very few seek specialist advice. As the saying goes, you can have a successful family or a successful business, but you can’t have both. So it’s a true optimist, then, who decides to run a family business. It’s estimated more than 70 percent of companies in […]
Don’t wait to innovate – how innovation could be driving your business further
Australian firms are striving to do things better despite a lack of time, a recent study concludes. The country’s biggest and smallest companies see themselves as the most innovative, according to the National Australia Bank’s Business Innovation Index. The index, compiled by NAB Labs in partnership with the University of Melbourne, surveyed more than 500 […]
AFG successfully completes $300m RMBS issue
Australian Finance Group (ASX:AFG) has today priced its AFG 2016-1 Trust Residential Mortgage Backed Securities (RMBS) issue. AFG Chief Operating Officer David Bailey said the securitisation program is an important contributor to the company’s overall growth strategy. “To execute a transaction under the terms achieved, in a market which has been relatively volatile in 2016 […]
Jump aboard the analytics train to help your business grow
Big business has been analysing consumer habits for years to boost sales and expand their customer base. Now there’s a host of powerful analytical tools available to small business too. It is an event that saw the rather dry world of business analytics make international headlines. Back in 2012 data crunchers at Target in the […]
AFG Mortgage Index – September Quarter 2016
Loans lift as new financial year gets underway Australian Finance Group (ASX: AFG) has today released its Mortgage Index for the first quarter of financial year 2017. AFG’s overall loan lodgement volume recorded a lift of 8% from the first quarter of the 2016 financial year to be sitting at a record $15.19 billion. AFG […]
AFG Competition Index – September 2016
Refinancers shop around Australians refinancing their home loans have turned to the non-majors in the past three months in their search for savings, according to the latest AFG Competition Index. AFG General Manager of Sales and Operations, Mark Hewitt explained the shift. “The non-majors have increased their share of the refinancing market from 31% to […]
Generating new business via referrals — what do I need to know?
It goes without saying that generating referrals is a great way to build your business, particularly in an industry where so much of your business comes from the word of mouth of happy clients telling their friends and family about the great products or services your provide. The best thing about referred business is that […]
AFG appoints Keiran Evans as new General Manager Commercial
Further evidencing its push into the commercial broking market, AFG (ASX: AFG) today announced the expansion of its management team with the appointment of the well credentialed industry figure Keiran Evans to the newly created role of General Manager Commercial. Mr Evans joins AFG from ANZ where he was most recently head of third party […]
Australian Finance Group Financial Results for FY2016
Australian Finance Group (ASX: AFG) reports a net profit after tax (NPAT) of $22.6 million for the 2016 financial year (FY2016), approximately 15.1% ahead of Prospectus forecast of $19.7 million and an increase of 48% compared with $15.3 million from continuing operations in FY2015. Increased profit was underpinned by increased sales of AFG branded products, […]
How do I get media attention for my business?
Paying for advertising is one way to go about getting the word out there about your business, but there are also ways of doing it that involve your time but not your advertising dollars. Working with your local media to get your name out there can be a great way to go if you have […]
