Majors lose focus as all eyes on Canberra. Competition Index – December 2017
AFG has today released Competition index figures for the final quarter of 2017. Once again, Australia’s major lenders have taken a hit with their market share now down to a post-GFC low of 62.57% of the mortgage market. The majors lost ground in all categories since the time of the last AFG Competition Index, including […]
AFG VIC State Christmas Celebrations 2017
2017 has been an eventful year for the broking industry, and with the year coming to an end, it’s time to take a step back and reflect on the achievements and challenges experienced by our state team and members. Earlier this month, approximately 300 of our brokers in VIC, and AFG state office staff celebrated […]
AFG SA State Christmas Celebrations 2017
2017 has been an eventful year for the broking industry, and with the year coming to an end, it’s time to take a step back and reflect on the achievements and challenges experienced by our state team and members. Earlier this month, our SA brokers and AFG state office staff celebrated the successes of the […]
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 […]
Mortgage brokers in the mix
AFG (ASX: AFG) has today called on the banking Royal Commission to recognise the significant inquiries that have already been conducted into the mortgage broking sector and the important role mortgage brokers play in the Australian lending market, as the government outlines the inclusion of mortgage brokers in the scope of the banking Royal Commission. […]
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 […]