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How to attract and maintain relationships with referral partners
10 April 2017
Serena Huynh, referral partners, relationships with partners, broker referrals,

Referrals are the bread and butter of broking. The relationship we have with our referral partners is so crucial to our business as they constantly provide us with new leads.

Victorian first home buyers set to win – or are they?
3 April 2017
Marion Mays, Victoria, first home buyers, set to win, housing shortage

The Victorian state government's announcement that from 1 July first home buyers in Victoria will not have to pay stamp duty has brought about various opinions from experts on what the ...

Two ways to manage a team for higher performance
27 March 2017
Two ways to manage a team for higher performance

Like so many of us in modern business, William Muir, an evolutionary biologist at Purdue University, was interested in productivity and performance – only he turned his attention to chickens

Focus on cyber security from the start
20 March 2017
Michelle Weatherhead, focus, cyber security, cyber criminals, financial services

As financial services firms continue to innovate, cyber criminals are presented with new avenues of attack – which means cyber security should be a focus for companies from the beginning of ...

Business 101 — you're only as good as your last performance
13 March 2017
Business 101 — you're only as good as your last performance

Ever since we were young, we’ve been given advice.

My top 5 tips for 2017
6 March 2017
My top 5 tips for 2017

For many brokers, 2016 was a challenging year. Changes in credit policy were plentiful, with banks interpreting APRA’s guidelines in varied ways. Banks used pricing as a lever to drive and ...

What can we do to help first home buyers?
27 February 2017
Jai Martinkovits, help first home buyers

Federal MP Andrew Broad’s recent ill-considered suggestion for banks to lend 100 per cent of the purchase price to first home buyers would quickly see prices sky rocket, with borrowers ...

The truth behind Melbourne’s apartment oversupply
20 February 2017
Nicholas Smedley, Melbourne, apartment, property market, rental market, oversupply in market

Despite reports to the contrary, an oversupply crisis is not looming over Melbourne’s property industry.

Faster credit decisions with real-time technology
13 February 2017
Suzanne Steele, real-time technology, faster credit, data processing

Credit providers will need to embrace newer technologies and real-time data processing in order to meet changing client needs, writes Experian’s Suzanne Steele.

Dwelling approvals bounce but don’t expect it to continue
6 February 2017
Dwelling approvals bounce but don’t expect it to continue

According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) November 2016 building approvals data, there were 17,569 houses and units approved for construction across the country over the month

How on earth did ‘peer-to-peer’ lending become so popular?
23 January 2017
John Maxwell, peer to peer lending, mortgage broker, finance broker

Unless you’ve been too busy writing business to read any articles since 2010, you would have heard of the term peer-to-peer lending.

Rentvesting
16 January 2017
Rentvesting

As a representative of Gen Y, I will be the first to put my hand up to admit that I am incredibly demanding and I want everything.

Opportunities abound with open data
9 January 2017
Lisa Claes, financial services, data ownership, innovation, opportunities

There has been much debate recently about the use of open data in financial services, with government and industry alike weighing in on innovation, data ownership, privacy and related issues

Back to basics
3 January 2017
Back to basics

At this time of the year, business owners are naturally reflecting on the successes, failures and lessons of 2016 and setting their strategy and goals for 2017.

How to make database magic with Excel
19 December 2016
Debbie Mayo-Smith, database, Excel

The Christmas break may be the best time for professionals to freshen up some of their processes in preparation for the new year. Below are some of my tips and tricks to implementing or ...