Kim Cannon is the founder and managing director of Firstmac Limited. He has been in the Australian finance industry for the past 30 years, and has owned a number of different companies and brands in that time. He was there at the start of the non-bank lending industry in Australia, and was one of the leaders that challenged the banking industry at the time and made home loans more competitive for everyday consumers.
Technology is the broker’s friend
Many brokers haven’t realised how much value there is in social media for them.
TECH • Thu, 16 Apr 2015
A chip off the old block
The tangled web of bank ownership in Australia means it can be hard to define exactly what is a non-major bank in this country because the big four hold such a ...
SALES & MARKETING • Thu, 16 Oct 2014
Choose your friends wisely when dealing with an SMSF
The superannuation industry is moving at a frantic pace and, as is often the case in a rapidly changing environment, legislation is ever so slightly lagging.
SALES & MARKETING • Mon, 25 Aug 2014
Financial System Inquiry looks set to fail bank customers
It was with disappointment I read the Murray Review interim report to find it made little mention of non-bank lenders and the restrictions to obtaining authorised ...
BORROWER • Wed, 23 Jul 2014
Information is power
Recent years have seen the mortgage broking industry take strong steps towards legitimising its qualifications and standardising models of service, but there is an ...
SALES & MARKETING • Sun, 29 Jun 2014