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The mortgage broking sector has picked up market share this year after a dip in 2020, according to a Mortgage & Finance Association of Australia report on the industry. read more

Small business lender Prospa has moved to diversify its business by acquiring commercial finance broker Loanezi. read more

Is the Finsure mortgage aggregation business of BNK up for auction? Or is the low-profit ADI core of the bank being flogged to a fintech, maybe even deemed surplus to requirements. read more

Fund manager Daintree Capital will this week launch a prospectus for an ASX-listed global bank hybrid fund. read more

The start of the Design and Distribution Obligation is still two weeks away but the new regulatory regime has already claimed its first victim. read more

The Clean Energy Regulator has recommended that buy now pay later finance arrangements used in the purchase of small-scale rooftop solar systems be monitored by regulators, with the aim of making the.. read more

ANZ has elevated housing affordability to a priority issue on its ESG agenda, alongside environmental sustainability and financial wellbeing. read more

The Australian Business Securitisation Fund has made two new investments, allocating funds to small business lenders GetCapital and OnDeck. read more

Pepper Money has completed its fourth public securitisation for the year, raising A$850 million with the latest deal and $3.2 billion so far in 2021. Margins have tightened through the year. read more

Pricing and time to approval are the critical considerations for mortgage brokers and their customers when it comes to choosing a lender, according to a broker survey. read more