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.
Former treasurer Peter Costello highlights value of brokers
Mortgage brokers provide an “extremely valuable service” that “should be properly remunerated”, according to former treasurer Peter Costello.
BROKER • Mon, 28 Feb 2022
A Mighty Task: What the Regional Banking Taskforce is looking at
Towards the end of 2021, the government announced the establishment of a Regional Banking Taskforce to assess the impact of bank branch closures on regional communities
LENDER • Mon, 28 Feb 2022
Connective brokers settled $75bn in mortgages in 2021
Brokers under the major aggregator settled a record $75 billion in home loans last year, up 44 per cent, the group has revealed.
AGGREGATOR • Thu, 24 Feb 2022
‘Price of broker being passed onto customer’: Stephen Jones MP
The cost of broker commissions is “priced into the cost of a mortgage”, the shadow financial services minister has claimed, but highlighted the “value” of the channel
BROKER • Wed, 23 Feb 2022
‘Give us a chance’: ANZ group head of retail asks brokers
“Significant progress” has been made in the bank’s turnaround times for brokers, the group executive of retail and commercial banking has said, urging brokers to see for ...
BROKER • Tue, 22 Feb 2022
Equity-One to be bought by Westlawn
Brokerage Westlawn Finance Limited is set to acquire Melbourne-based mortgage lender and funds management business, Equity-One Mortgage Fund Limited.
AGGREGATOR • Mon, 21 Feb 2022
Broker flows to majors drop to record low
Brokers are continuing to favour non-banks and non-major banks, according to the latest Broker Pulse survey, with the big four banks seeing record low share.
LENDER • Sun, 20 Feb 2022
NAB reveals key business sectors primed for broker help
The major bank’s head of behavioural and industry economics revealed target sectors brokers could be supporting as the country emerges from COVID restrictions.
BROKER • Thu, 17 Feb 2022
Aussie celebrates 30th anniversary
The major brokerage is today (16 February) marking 30 years in business and preparing for “a new era of growth” as it rolls out new technology and welcomes more brokers
BROKER • Tue, 15 Feb 2022