After settling $329 million across 412 loans last financial year, Chris Bates took the top spot in The Adviser’s residential Elite Broker ranking 2024. We caught up with the CEO and broker principal at Sydney-based brokerage Alcove to learn what it takes to build an effective and efficient brokerage and how he thinks a broker’s role needs to evolve
Q. What made you pursue a career in broking?
IIn 2012, I’d been a financial adviser for five years. I needed a new firm to go to because I wasn’t happy where I was and I ended up joining a financial advice, mortgage broking, and buyer’s agents business that gave property and mortgage advice and financial advice.
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Ben Squires is a commercial content writer at mortgage broking title, The Adviser.
He primarily works with clients to deliver promoted and sponsored content – both in print and online – and also writes news and features on the Australian broking industry.
As an experienced writer and journalist, Ben can write across different mediums but specialises in commercial content that meets client objectives.
Before joining The Adviser in 2024, Ben was a commercial content editor at News Corp, writing for several titles including The Australian, Escape, GQ and news.com.au.
He’s interested in writing about anything related to finance and technology.
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