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Video podcast: What’s Making Headlines – a flurry of last-minute regulatory activity

By Annie Kane• 14:22 PM, 19 Dec 2025•6 min read

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Welcome to The Adviser’s What’s Making Headlines podcast, your go-to source for the week’s biggest stories in finance and real estate, distilled into bite-sized insights.

Join host Annie Kane and commercial writer Ben Squires as they review the news of the week.

This week, they discuss:

The growing volume of lenders forecasting a rate hike in February.
The flurry of regulatory action taken against lenders and brokers.
The top brokers listed in the Elite Broker Ranking – Asset Finance, partnered by Optimise Aggregation.

And much more!

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Annie Kane

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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.

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