AFG News

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 [...]

(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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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’ [...]

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 [...]

Australian Finance Group (ASX: AFG) today announced that after more than 23 years with AFG, CEO and Managing Director Brett McKeon will step back from his full-time executive role. Mr McKeon will [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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. [...]

Australian Finance Group (ASX: AFG), one of Australia’s largest providers of mortgage broking services, today announced its strategic alliance with Biz2Credit Inc. (Biz2Credit), a leading [...]

Media Release: AFG (ASX: AFG) is pleased to announce the appointment of two new non-executive directors to the board. Ms Melanie Kiely and Ms Jane Muirsmith have been appointed as non-executive [...]

With the current broker remuneration review underway, AFG has created a website, MyBrokerMyChoice to gather feedback to help inform the current debate and to spread the word on the importance of [...]

AFG (ASX: AFG) has today announced its financial results for the first six months of FY2016. Today’s results show the company’s continued strength and capacity to deliver solid profit results [...]

In a show of support, AFG held a fundraiser allowing staff to generously donate to those who suffered losses in this month’s Yarloop tragedy. We were very proud to see many staff contributing [...]

AFG (ASX: AFG) is expanding its management team with the appointment of its Chief Financial Officer David Bailey to the newly created role of Chief Operating Officer.? This appointment will [...]

The Mortgage & Finance Association of Australia (MFAA) announces the appointment of Malcolm Watkins as an Additional Director to the MFAA Board. This appointment will commence in November [...]

Today Bank Australia and AFG announced a partnership to provide consumers looking for home loans through brokers with another option. According to Bank Australia’s Chief Operating Officer, John [...]

Leading mortgage broker AFG (ASX:AFG) today announced it has secured a new white label agreement with Macquarie Bank. AFG Managing Director Brett McKeon said the agreement will see a new product [...]

QUEENSLAND POLICE CREDIT UNION LIMITED (QPCU) HAS ANNOUNCED IT WILL BE PARTNERING WITH AUSTRALIAN FINANCE GROUP (AFG), BECOMING ONE OF THE ONLY QUEENSLAND BASED MUTUALS ON ITS PANEL. QPCU Sales [...]

A household name when it comes to football, premiership winning player and former Port Adelaide club captain Dom Cassisi is now creating a name for himself as the rising star in the finance [...]

Australia’s largest mortgage broker, Australian Finance Group (AFG), has added Australia’s largest online business lender Prospa to its lending panel. AFG Managing Director Brett McKeon said the [...]

AFG’s fourth annual Commercial and Equipment Finance Conference in Melbourne has just come to a close. Top AFG commercial and equipment finance brokers from across the country came together with [...]

The AFG (ASX:AFG) board today congratulated long-standing non-executive director John Atkins on his appointment to the role of Western Australia’s Agent General, based in London. Mr Atkins [...]

Australian Finance Group (ASX: AFG) (AFG), is pleased to announce it has?been admitted to the Official List of the Australian Securities Exchange?(ASX) and that its ordinary shares will commence [...]

Australian Finance Group Ltd (AFG) today successfully completed the institutional?bookbuild for its initial public offer (IPO) and is anticipated to be listed on the Australian?Securities [...]

Australian Finance Group Ltd (AFG or the Company) today lodged a prospectus (the Prospectus) with the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) for an initial public offer (IPO) and [...]

Australia’s largest mortgage broker has appointed Chris Slater, former Head of Sales and Operations for the own label division, to the role of General Manager AFG Home Loans. Chris has been with [...]

Australian Finance Group (AFG) was first made aware of an ASIC investigation regarding Mr Aizaz Hassan through media reports on 6 January 2015. Allegations against Mr Hassan relate to his [...]

AFG, Australia’s largest mortgage broker, passed a milestone today as its loan book hit the $100 billion mark. AFG may not have the public profile of competitors with a retail presence or an [...]