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We’re ramping up Best Interests Duty (BID) Coaching ?for brokers with the creation of BID Coach role to support our brokers as they implement BID measures into their business. The AFG BID Coach [...]

Australian Finance Group (ASX:AFG) has today announced a record-breaking quarter with more than $19.9 billion of home finance lodged by AFG brokers across the second quarter of the 2021 financial [...]

After five years as a star performer within the AFG Home Loans business, Adam Barker has been appointed to the role of State Sales Manager for Queensland and the Northern Territory at AFG. AFG [...]

Australian Finance Group has won a global award for the company’s bespoke broker learning development program and platform. AFG is one of three winners globally in the SAP Litmos [...]

Australian Finance Group Ltd (AFG) has launched Customer360, a new broker fact-find and document collection tool which is now available to all AFG brokers Australia-wide. AFG Chief Operating [...]

(ASX:AFG) The AFG Index released today shows another period of growth for AFG brokers to close out the first quarter of the 2021 financial year. More than 35,400 residential loans were lodged, [...]

Australian Finance Group Ltd’s (ASX: AFG) wholly-owned subsidiary AFG Securities Pty Ltd (“AFG Securities”) has successfully priced its inaugural non-conforming Residential [...]

AFG’s in-house lending division AFG Securities has today announced a fundamental change to its clawback structure that further enhances compliance and fairness for AFG’s 2,975 [...]

Australian Finance Group Ltd (ASX: AFG) today announces the delivery of a very successful full year operating result driven by growth in every division of the company. AFG reports net profit [...]

Australian Finance Group Ltd (ASX: AFG) has successfully priced its largest transaction to date, completing a $700 million AFG 2020-1 Trust Residential Mortgage Backed Securities (RMBS) issue. [...]

(ASX:AFG) The AFG Index released today shows the role of broker has never been better illustrated than over the past few months. The dislocation to the economy and the lives of hundreds of [...]

AFG has strengthened its broker support team with the appointment Haley Bellamy in New South Wales. Haley joins the Partnership Manager team after working for the Institute of Strategic [...]

AFG has further enhanced its commercial lender panel with the appointment of asset lender Australian Secure Capital Fund (ASCF) today. Offering fast access to capital ASCF has a suite of private [...]

If you have been thinking about building a new home or carrying out an extension or renovation, now might be the time to meet with an AFG broker and work through your options. The Federal [...]

AFG has expanded its panel with the addition of specialty asset finance lender Australian Motorcycle & Marine Finance (AMMF) to the AFG Business platform. AFG Head of Sales & Distribution [...]

As the COVID-19 crisis began to unfold, AFG’s Learning and Development (L&D) and Events programs switched direction to meet the vital learning and development requirements of the AFG [...]

Australian Finance Group is today announcing the addition of a new lender onto the AFG panel. Granite Home Loans will join the panel with a new Self-Managed Super Fund (SMSF) product, making [...]

The AFG Index released today shows the Australian lending market is beginning to feel the effects of the uncertainty of the COVID-19 pandemic. AFG CEO David Bailey outlined what the company is [...]

AFG has released a COVID-19 Action Plan Calculator to help brokers outline the options available to their customers if their circumstances have changed due to COVID-19. AFG Head of Sales and [...]

As the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic continue to take hold, AFG has rolled out a digital offering to help brokers overcome some of the challenges disrupting business operations. AFG Head of [...]

Australia’s home loan market enters 2020 with renewed confidence after new lending figures showed the low interest rate environment combined with changes to benchmark interest rate buffers [...]

AFG is strengthening its sales team with the appointment of David Vizza as State Sales Manager for New South Wales. AFG National Manager Strategic Partners and Recruitment Them Lam announced [...]

The Adviser announced their state-based finalists for the 2020 Better Business Awards. The awards celebrate the top performing brokers around the country and also the aggregator and lender BDMs [...]

Australian Finance Group Ltd (AFG) has raised the bar on transparency for the home loan market, unveiling a new standard that summarises crucial mortgage information in a consumer-friendly format [...]

AFG has today announced the appointment of Anita Lindsay to the role of Sales Manager for Western Australia. AFG National Manager Strategic Partners and Recruitment, Them Lam, said Anita’s [...]

Australian Finance Group Ltd (ASX:AFG) has successfully priced its $500 million AFG 2019-2 Trust Residential Mortgage Backed Securities (RMBS) issue after once again receiving strong [...]

Home loan activity has rebounded strongly in the September quarter, with interest rate cuts and an active property market driving record mortgage volume, according to the AFG Index released [...]

Australian Finance Group (ASX: AFG) today announced co-founder Kevin Matthews will retire from his position as a Non-Executive Director after more than 25 years with the business. Mr Matthews [...]

After an extensive search, AFG has appointed well known industry figure Damian Percy to the role of General Manager AFG Securities. AFG CEO David Bailey announced the appointment to staff today. [...]

AFG today welcomed the certainty provided for the mortgage broking sector by the Australian Government’s Royal Commission Implementation Roadmap. In setting out details for the way forward for [...]

Australian Finance Group (ASX:AFG) has delivered a solid full-year profit, with its earnings diversification strategy mitigating challenging regulatory and economic conditions. AFG has today [...]

Australian Finance Group Ltd (ASX:AFG) has entered into a binding conditional implementation deed to merge with the mortgage aggregation business of Connective Group Pty Ltd. Connective has a [...]

The first glimpses of recovery are emerging in the Australian mortgage market, with the AFG Index released today revealing an increase in lodgements for the first time in a year. Non-major [...]

Australian Finance Group has reshaped its executive team in preparation for the heightened industry and regulatory engagement required in the post-Royal Commission environment. Reflecting [...]

Fresh evidence of the fragile state of Australia’s home loan market emerged today, with new figures revealing national lending activity has slumped to the lowest levels in five years. The [...]

Australian Finance Group Ltd (ASX:AFG) has successfully priced its $500 million AFG 2019-1 Trust Residential Mortgage Backed Securities (RMBS) issue after receiving strong oversubscription. On [...]

Today industry, government and consumers came together at Parliament House for a forum discussion about issues affecting the housing industry, including changes to broker remuneration and the [...]

AFG is expanding its current partnership with iSelect and has entered into a joint operation agreement with iSelect to help them provide an improved customer experience and to further enhance the [...]

Australia’s home loan market is enjoying record levels of competition driven by mortgage brokers, with new lending data released today revealing the market share of non-bank lenders is [...]

AFG today said the ACCC’s Residential Mortgage Price Inquiry report has provided damning evidence of the major banks “synchronising” interest rate increases, underlining the [...]

AFG has launched a campaign designed to highlight to Australians and our key policy makers the important role mortgage brokers play in providing competition to the big four lenders. This campaign [...]

Last Friday AFG provided?our response?to the Royal Commission’s Interim Report. We are of the view that the erosion of public confidence in the major banks and their failure to meet [...]

AFG Mortgage Index figures released today show the country’s lending in a holding pattern with first home buyers the only category of buyer to record an increase for the first quarter of [...]

The Royal Commission into Misconduct in the Banking, Superannuation and Financial Services Industry was released on Friday 28th September. AFG will respond to the Commission’s call for [...]

ASX: AFG has today announced its annual results for the 2018 financial year (FY2018). Strong organic growth has seen AFG deliver profit growth of 10.4% in FY2018. The company reports an annual [...]

Today, the Mortgage Broking Industry Group* (MBIG) has launched The Value of Mortgage Broking, a report by Deloitte Access Economics. This report demonstrates the value that our industry brings [...]

Today’s quarterly AFG Mortgage Index figures (ASX:AFG) show it is ‘business as usual’ as a vibrant mortgage broking industry delivering choice and competition to the market continues to be [...]

The AFG Competition Index released today shows further evidence of a structural shift in the Australian lending market as non-major lenders again seize market share from the majors. Non-major [...]

Australian Finance Group Limited (ASX: AFG) is pleased to announce that it has entered into a binding agreement to make a strategic investment of 30.4% (fully diluted) of Think Tank Group Pty Ltd [...]

The release today of the AFG Mortgage Index (ASX:AFG) highlights that the ongoing regulatory intervention into the sector is potentially stifling growth in mortgage applications. Further growth [...]

The release today of the AFG Competition Index shows the flow of business to lenders has once again been volatile, highlighting evidence that mortgage brokers are the only ones equipped to [...]

I would like to share with you AFG’s response to the Productivity Commission’s Draft Report on Competition in the Australian Financial System. As you are aware we have been engaging with the [...]

Monthly BBQs at Perth’s Ruah Centre As part of our ongoing commitment to give back to the community, AFG engage in numerous volunteering and charity work throughout the year. From Christmas gift [...]

AFG (ASX: AFG) has today released the AFG Mortgage Index figures for the final quarter of 2017. As the year drew to a close, Victoria stands out as the state to watch with an increase in average [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

2017 has been an impressive year for so many of our 2850 brokers around the country, and for the industry more broadly. With broker market share now widely reported at around 55% there are many [...]

Australian Finance Group (ASX:AFG) is pleased to announce the appointment of Lifebroker to AFG’s life insurance referral program. The new arrangement will make it easier for AFG’s 2850 brokers to [...]

AFG’s latest Mortgage Index results released today shows that major structural change in the Australian lending landscape is continuing. “Today’s results paint a very different picture from this [...]

In a sign of renewed commitment to the broker channel, major lenders have taken back control from the non-majors with a lift in market share across the last month according to the latest AFG [...]

Australian Finance Group (ASX:AFG) has today priced its AFG 2017-1 Trust Residential Mortgage Backed Securities (RMBS) issue. AFG Chief Executive Officer David Bailey said this latest transaction [...]

Australian Finance Group (ASX: AFG) today reports a net profit after tax (NPAT) of $30.2 million for the 2017 financial year (FY2017). This excludes the impact of the recognition of AFG Home [...]

We are searching for a strategic thinker, experienced in driving businesses to achieve their objectives, to join our innovative, entrepreneurial and collaborative business. AFG is a publicly [...]

Non-majors and fixed rates in favour Australian Finance Group (ASX: AFG) has today released the AFG Mortgage Index for the final quarter of the 2016/17 financial year. AFG CEO David Bailey [...]

Non-majors step up Data out today would suggest Australians are testing the competitiveness of the lending market with AFG data showing the non-major lenders picking up nearly 35% of the market, [...]

The Board of Australian Finance Group (ASX:AFG) is pleased to announce that Mr David Bailey, AFG’s current Interim CEO, has today been appointed as the Company’s Chief Executive [...]

AFG has today asked the regulator to keep a watchful eye on the big banks to ensure they do not use the Government’s recently announced major bank levy and their own Australian Bankers’ [...]

First home buyers step up AFG (ASX: AFG) has today reported promising signs in the first home buyer (FHB) market as the 17 year old scheme, introduced to offset the effect of the GST on home [...]

The world of finance may have traditionally been thought of as a male-dominated industry, but that has clearly been changing in the past few years. A clear example of this is our South Australian [...]

Major lenders slide Australia’s major lenders have again taken a hit as the non-majors continue to appeal to those seeking to finance a home. The latest AFG (ASX:AFG) Competition Index shows the [...]