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Macq coins onto mortgage agenda

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 11 APR 2011
Three out of four financial planning practices offer mortgage broking or referral services to their clients on their agenda, leading Macquarie to launch a mortgage module for COIN Office. The new module provides tools that will assist advisers to meet ...

Ponzi scheme operator jailed

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 28 JAN 2011
The sole director of failed Melbourne-based loan and mortgage broking business, Victorian Finance Broking Services (VFBS), has been sentenced to four years and nine months imprisonment following an ASIC investigation. Hazel Bucello plead guilty to five ...

Count expands lending

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUN 2010
... "Should finconnect not be able to fill any gaps in its coverage, it will look at entering into arrangements with mortgage broking groups located in those areas." Count's network includes 380 franchisees and 800 financial advisers.

New mortgage platform to offer top commissions

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAY 2010
... millionaires. We want to change that." Mitton said consolidation across the sector has seen many of Australia's leading mortgage broking groups bought out by larger financial institutions. This has left the door wide open for mortgage brokers to band ...

Ponzi scheme operator admits guilt

ASIC RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAR 2010
... cost investors over $2.5 million, following an investigation by ASIC. Bucello was the sole director of loan and mortgage broking business Victorian Finance Broking Services Pty Ltd (VFBS), which was based in Kew, Victoria. Bucello pleaded guilty to five ...

NAB launches new mortgage division

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 2 NOV 2009
... Advantedge and existing business; NAB Broker. This business will build partnerships with professionals across the mortgage broking, financial planning and mortgage management industries. "NAB Partnerships provides us with a great platform to build relationships ...

More mortgage brokers to sell insurance

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2009
... according to media reports. Meanwhile Russell said the new partnership with Lifebroker would not dilute the firm's mortgage broking core - but acknowledged that there would be extra revenue rolling in from the new venture. "The company retains mortgage ...

Broker swindled investor funds

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2009
... investigation by the Australian Securities & Investments Commission. According to ASIC, Asset Finance Service was a mortgage broking business that sourced its lending capital from private investors. During December 2005, the firm received a $123,441 ...

Nooo Commission strips trailing fees off home loans

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2009
... fee" model and are in discussions with others. The move coincides with new, stricter regulations imposed on the mortgage broking industry. Previously, the industry has been loosely regulated and the rules differed state-by-state. This year, the mortgage ...

Brokers consider their options

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2008
... some optimism within the industry remains, with more than 63 per cent of brokers expecting consumer demand for mortgage broking to increase. This pressure is forcing brokers to assess their options. The report found more than 30 per cent considered changing ...