James Mitchell has over eight years’ experience as a financial reporter and is the editor of Wealth and Wellness at Momentum Media.
He has a sound pedigree to cover the business of mortgages and the converging financial services sector having reported for leading finance titles InvestorDaily, InvestorWeekly, Accountants Daily, ifa, Mortgage Business, Residential Property Manager, Real Estate Business, SMSF Adviser, Smart Property Investment, and The Adviser.
He has also been published in The Daily Telegraph and contributed online to FST Media and Mergermarket, part of the Financial Times Group.
James holds a BA (Hons) in English Literature and an MA in Journalism.
Aggregation boss urges brokers to focus on data
The head of a major mortgage aggregator has stressed the importance of using customer data to build trust with clients and lenders.
AGGREGATOR • Tue, 17 Apr 2018
Vow awards top commercial brokers
The aggregator has honoured its top commercial performers at its annual commercial conference on the Gold Coast.
BROKER • Tue, 27 Mar 2018
Major aggregator tracking broker risk patterns
Vow Financial is ramping up its compliance processes by monitoring granular data of loan applications to identify poor behaviour and manage potential risks within its ...
AGGREGATOR • Fri, 23 Mar 2018
Major bank to suspend asset finance lending
A big four bank has announced that it will suspend providing new secured asset finance loans to retail customers in Australia while it undertakes a detailed review of its ...
LENDER • Fri, 16 Mar 2018
Major bank concedes brokers were ‘bypassing’ mortgage controls
A big four bank has faced another round of questioning before the royal commission over customer expenses, the broker channel and its white label lending programs.
BROKER • Wed, 14 Mar 2018
Broker urges MFAA, FBAA to ‘stand up’ to scrutiny
A top mortgage broker has expressed his frustration with the level of scrutiny and negative news plaguing the industry.
BROKER • Mon, 12 Mar 2018
Former eChoice managers, brokers join rival aggregator
The managing director of an award-winning boutique aggregator has confirmed that “a couple of familiar faces” will be joining the group.
AGGREGATOR • Sun, 11 Mar 2018
Credit union sees increase in broker flows
Mortgage brokers were responsible for originating just over $500 million in new lending for credit union CUA over the six months to December 2017.
BROKER • Fri, 02 Mar 2018
Court finds major bank breached NCCP
The Federal Court in Melbourne has published its findings and reasons for ordering ANZ to pay a penalty of $5 million for breaches of the responsible lending provisions ...
LENDER • Thu, 01 Mar 2018