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 […]
2015/2016 VIC/TAS Member Award Winners
A year of excellent achievement was celebrated by all at the 2016 Vic/Tas Member Excellence Awards. Over 400 were in attendance at the Grand Ballroom, Sofitel on Collins, making it the biggest Vic/Tas Member Award Ceremony to date. 2015/2016 was a busy and eventful year for our brokers and the industry, the achievements of […]
2015/2016 SA AFG Awards
Thank you to all those who attended the 2015/2016 SA AFG Awards. SA Champion Loan Writer Leon Spadavecchia – Afirm Financial SA Champion Business Assured Home Loans For a list of all the finalists and winners, please scroll to the end of this post. Next year all AFG members will be invited to the AFG National Broker […]
2015/2016 NSW/ACT AFG Awards
Thank you to all those who attended today’s 2015/2016 NSW AFG Awards. For a list of all the finalists and winners, please scroll to the end of this post. Next year all AFG members will be invited to the AFG National Broker Conference in Sydney. It is destined to be one of the biggest broker […]
Twice the industry recognition, two years in a row
We are very proud to share with you the awards received by AFG at the recent Australian Broking Awards. AFG was awarded Technology Platform of the Year and Broker Marketing Platform of the Year. Our investment in technology is one of our key business differentiators and one of the key reasons behind our growth in […]