Hiring slow: How this former banker built an award-winning brokerage

While most growing brokers rush to hire, Jonathan Andela made it harder on purpose. In the latest Broker Bulletin, LMG’s Grace Ormsby sits down with Jonathan from Ledge Home Loans to unpack how 14 years in banking became running his own brokerage. Achieving Premier status in his first Financial Y…

An accountant’s playbook for sticky clients in a slow market

With nearly 2,000 clients of his own, accountant and podcast host Jeremy Iannuzzelli is the person who brokers email when a deal gets complicated. A firm believer that the best deals happen when brokers and accountants work together to get the best outcome for their clients, Jeremy says today’s mar…

Unpacking ASIC’s BID report, with the MFAA’s Naveen Ahluwalia

The good news first: brokers hold 81.6% market share and account for just 0.5% of AFCA complaints... But ASIC’s Report 840 also shows where files and complaints processes can be stronger. So, is this a compliance crackdown? And what should brokers be doing to better protect themselves? In this we…

How this husband and wife built a brokerage of 13 with one simple rule

Loan Market Ellenbrook swears by one rule that many brokers are too nervous to try. In the latest Broker Bulletin, Loan Market CEO Sam White sits down with Tania and Brett Richardson from Loan Market Ellenbrook to deep dive into the business' continued success since its inception back in 2009. Wi…

From Jetstar to car yards to NSW’s first Loan Market Asset Finance only franchise

Jetstar taught her to stay calm under pressure. The car yards, a tough, male dominated industry, founded her love for finance. Today, Nicole Romero is the Asset Finance Specialist at Loan Market Launch, NSW’s first Loan Market Asset Finance only franchise. In the latest Broker Bulletin, LMG’s Nata…

From a pool shed to a multi million dollar brokerage, and she still won't touch your home loan

Paper credit files. A pool shed for an office. Rebecca Justice built Benchmark Finance Group from nothing, and set one rule from day one: stick to what you're best at. In the latest Broker Bulletin, LMG's State Commercial Specialist, Todd Bateman, sits down with Benchmark Finance Group's Managing D…

$1 billion in loans. One mindset shift behind it all.

Balpreet Bal didn't set out to build a billion dollar business. He set out to give clients a better experience than the one he had as a first-time home buyer. Twelve years later, that instinct still anchors Loan Market Bal and Associates. The Perth-based brokerage has grown into a team of 15+, wit…

The $85 billion opportunity: why ‘complexity is our friend’

Nine thousand commercial properties sold last year. $85 billion in transactions. And most brokers still think commercial lending isn't for them. In this episode of Broker Bulletin, Mel Griffin sits down with John Flavell, Founder & Director of Wave Money, to bust the biggest myths around commercia…

What if flexibility wasn't a perk — but the whole point?

Jenna built a business around school pickups. Now it's reshaping what broking can look like for women and men everywhere. Fifteen years ago, Jenna Davenport left banking because there was no flexibility for a parent trying to do the school run…. In this episode of Broker Bulletin, Loan Market's E…

A Great Broker vs A Good Broker in the non-standard space

Why are deals still being left on the table in the non-standard lending space, and what do brokers need to do to achieve greatness in this niche? In this episode of Broker Bulletin, Michael Wasef, Director at Ontime Finance, sits down with Aaron Taylor, Head of Non-Standard Lending at Bluestone, t…