The hidden factor driving 90% of commercial deals today (hint: it's not rate)

Thirty year loan terms, no annual reviews, no GSAs on trading businesses, and loans up to $15 million. In the latest Broker Bulletin, Blue Crane Capital's Chris Hall sits down with Ben McKell, Head of Commercial at Brighten for LMG, to reveal how the newest kid on the LMG Lending block wins  again…

The real cost of non-compliance (and why compliance-by-design works)

The real cost of non-compliance (and why compliance-by-design works) Investigation volumes are at record highs. Lenders are suspending accreditations fast, and the fraud behind it is getting harder to spot. In this episode of Broker Bulletin, LMG Chief Risk Officer Luke Jarmaine sits down with Me…

The AI mistakes that can put your accreditation at risk — and the safeguards every broker needs

Your cyber insurance won't save you from a phishing link. Neither will an ISO 27001 certificate. So what will? In this episode of Broker Bulletin, Mel Cooney sits down with LMG's Group Chief Risk Officer Luke Jarmaine to unpack the real risks brokers are facing as AI adoption accelerates across th…

Nine systems down to one: how these brokers built smarter, not harder (Kayla Smith & Kristina Siegert)

The two-minute phone call that could save your business: inside My Lending Co's compliance-first growth story Nine systems to complete one deal. A security scare sorted from the school pick-up line. And a broker note lenders keep thanking them for. In this episode of Broker Bulletin, LMG's Luke J…

How to grow your brokerage without burning out

How do you grow a brokerage without becoming the bottleneck? Growing isn’t usually the hard part.  Letting go is.  This week on Broker Bulletin, Mel Griffin sits down with Liz Zaki, Managing Director of OneSite Finance, to unpack the systems, habits and mindset shifts that helped her build a succ…

Why smart investors are about to pivot to commercial

Rate cuts, sticky inflation, and a federal budget that just rewrote the rules on negative gearing, CGT and SMSF lending. In this episode of Broker Bulletin, Clare George from LMG Commercial catches up with Vanessa Rader, Head of Research at Ray White. Together, they unpack why that gap is about to…

The good, the bad and the ugly of the biggest tax shake-up in a decade

The federal budget breakdown to find opportunities for brokers following fundamental changes to capital gains tax (CGT), negative gearing and the scrapping of residential SMSF lending.  Loan Market Business Owner Blake Chandler and Thinktank's Head of Partnerships and Distribution, Joel Harrison, …

Why going niche was Caroline’s boldest (and best) business move

Caroline Mundey was told that narrowing her focus was a risky move. She did it anyway, and it paid off.  Having lived through the instability of renting as a single parent, Caroline knows firsthand what it means to feel financially vulnerable. That experience gave her a clear direction on who she …

Are 20% deposits dead? Or is high LVR lending really too risky?

High LVR: super high cost, complicated, high risk, only for first home buyers. Sound familiar? In this episode of Broker Bulletin, Kath Persoglia sits down with Mario Emmanuel, Co-Founder of Skip by LMG, to debate the realities of high LVR lending and the current sentiment in the market around the…

Why I tell my brokers to beat me (and why I’ll never let them)

Jason Wylie has always been a high performer. But writing big numbers was never the actual goal. In this episode of Broker Bulletin, the Director and Principal Broker at Loan Market Capital sits down with Alberto Gorgioski and gets candid about what building a business really looks like from the i…