Annie Kane is the managing editor of Momentum's mortgage broking title, The Adviser. As well as leading the editorial strategy, Annie writes news and features about the Australian broking industry, the mortgage market, financial regulation, fintechs and the wider lending landscape. She is also the host of the Elite Broker, New Broker, Mortgage & Finance Leader, Women in Finance and In Focus podcasts and The Adviser Live webcasts. Annie regularly emcees industry events and awards, such as the Better Business Summit, the Women in Finance Summit as well as other industry events. Prior to joining The Adviser in 2016, Annie wrote for The Guardian Australia and had a speciality in sustainability. She has also had her work published in several leading consumer titles, including Elle (Australia) magazine, BBC Music, BBC History and Homes & Antiques magazines.
Mortgage lending industry favours Liberal-National election win
The mortgage and finance lending industry believes that Scott Morrison would make a better Prime Minister than Anthony Albanese, according to a new survey.
BROKER • Tue, 26 Apr 2022
Wisr surpasses $1bn in loan originations
After originating $158 million in the third quarter of the financial year 2022, the non-bank lender has now originated more than $1 billion in loans.
LENDER • Tue, 26 Apr 2022
RBA will hike by 40 bps in June: Westpac
The central bank may hike rates substantially in June to combat rapidly rising inflation, the major bank has said in a new cash rate forecast revision.
LENDER • Fri, 22 Apr 2022
How the broking industry could benefit from CDR data
Aggregators and lenders may be able to harness consumer data right and open banking data to speed up serviceability and affordability assessments, according to MogoPlus
TECH • Thu, 21 Apr 2022
MFAA takes discharge issue to Treasury
The broker association has flagged the issue of retention teams undercutting offers at the last minute, and the long delays in loans being discharged, to Treasury ...
BORROWER • Sun, 17 Apr 2022
FBAA slams lenders for ‘grubby’ discharge tactics
The undercutting practice demonstrated by some lender discharge teams is “grubby”, “ludicrous” and “narrow minded”, the FBAA managing director has said.
BORROWER • Thu, 14 Apr 2022
Brokers warn of rising channel conflict behaviours
Discounted interest rates and cashback incentives are being increasingly used by lenders to retain refinancing clients, sometimes at the detriment of the consumer, ...
BROKER • Wed, 13 Apr 2022
SME lender appoints first head of growth
Business lender Earlypay has welcomed its inaugural head of growth to help boost revenue growth and increase client and broker numbers.
LENDER • Wed, 13 Apr 2022
Eyes on the election
With a federal election set to be held in just a few weeks, we’re taking a look at some of the key issues that industry most wants addressing.
BROKER • Mon, 11 Apr 2022