2016 Finalists

AFM Best Customer Service from an Individual Office

Astute Ability Group
Home Loan Connexion
Intelligent Finance
Intuitive Finance
KeyInvest Lending Services
Link Finance Group
Loan Market Townsville City
Smartmove Professional Mortgage Advisors
Violeta Finance

Best Community Engagement

1st Street Pty Ltd
Astute Ability Group
Beach Finance
Cairns Mortgage Brokers
Mortgage Success Pty Ltd
Pink Finance
Violeta Finance

Best Industry Advertising Campaign

ANZ
La Trobe Financial
Liberty
NAB Broker
Pepper Money

Best Industry Service

Boutique Outsource Solutions
Breezedocs
CoreLogic
Loanworks Technologies
NextGen.Net

Most Effective Internet Presence

ARG Finance
Cairns Mortgage Brokers
Entourage Finance
Go Mortgage Corporation
N1 Loans - LoanRobot.com.au & Chengdai.com.au
Naked Loans
Violeta Finance

Best Major Bank BDM

James Higgs, ANZ
John Kakakios, ANZ
Rick Pudsey, ANZ
Ian Jeffries, CBA
Keryn McLennan, CBA
Susan Kennedy, Nabbroker Qld
Erin Williams, National Australia Bank
Shannon Gibbons, Westpac
Glenn Howlett, Westpac

Best Non-Bank BDM

Karen Kay, Advantedge financial services
Lili Amphone, Australian First Mortgage
Anusha Haran, Bluestone Mortgages
Andrew Crossley, Homeloans
Jasmine Kourouche , Homeloans
Alf Vasta, Liberty Financial
Kama Atcheson, Pepper Money
Natalie Pavlovich, Pepper Money
Dianne Robinson, Pepper Money
Darren Stratford, RESIMAC
Rachel Walsh, Virgin Money

Best Non-Major Bank BDM

Robert Thomas, AMP Bank
Christopher-Lee Emanuel, Bank of Melbourne
Heather Gallagher, Bank of Queensland
Trent Clyne, Bankwest
Stuart Moore, ING DIRECT
Emily Farrell, Macquarie Bank
John Loukadellis, Macquarie Bank
Sally Hillman, St. George Bank
Romney Ferguson, Suncorp Bank
Dino Pacella, Suncorp Bank

BANKWEST Best Aggregator BDM

Chris Straw, AFG
Fiona Brown, Connective
Justine Hockley, Connective
Nick Dalamagas, eChoice
Mark Lewis, FAST
Damien Thompson, Finsure
Suzi Trajanovski, Loan Market Victoria
Helen Taylor, PLAN Australia
Peter Bryant, Vow Financial

Aggregator of the Year (>500 brokers)

Choice Aggregation Services
Connective
FAST
Finsure Finance and Insurance
Vow Financial

Aggregator of the Year (<500 brokers)

Astute Financial Management
Buyers Choice Home Loan
eChoice
Finconnect (Australia) Pty Ltd
KeyInvest Lending Services
Loan Market
Outsource Financial
Specialist Finance Group

ANZ Brokerage of the Year (≤5 staff) – Independent

Astute Ability Group
Lending4U
Mortgage & Finance Solutions
PFS Financial Services
Priority Home Loans
The Financiers Group
Touch of Finance
Unique Finance Services Pty Ltd

ME Brokerage of the Year (>6 staff) - Independent

1st Street Pty Ltd
Acceptance Finance
Astute Sydney City Central
Green Finance Group
iconic home loans
N1 Loans
Oxygen Home Loans
Shore Financial
Smartmove Professional Mortgage Advisors
The Australian Lending & Investment Centre

Brokerage of the Year - Diversification

Assured Home Loans
Astute Sydney City Central
Finance Made Easy
Green Finance Group
Hunterwood Solutions
N1 Loans
Shore Financial

NEXTGEN.NET New Brokerage of the Year

Cairns Mortgage Brokers
Entourage Finance
Equatorial Finance Solutions
Hunterwood Solutions
N1 Loans
Peasy
Right Angle Home Loans
The Financiers Group
VIP Mortgage Solutions

Brokerage of the Year - Franchise

Aussie Parramatta
Century21
Choice Home Loans North Parramatta
Loan Market Bayside
Loan Market Chermside
Mortgage Choice Buderim
Yellow Brick Road West End

FBAA Broker of the Year - Independent

George Karam, Byblos Finance
Justin Doobov, Intelligent Finance
Andrew Mirams, Intuitive Finance
Colin Lamb, Mortgage & Finance Solutions
Joel Wyld, Peasy
Daniel O'Brien, PFS Financial Services
Theo Chambers, Shore Financial
Kevin Agent, The Australian Lending & Investment Centre
Mark Davis, The Australian Lending & Investment Centre

PEPPER MONEY Broker of the Year – Non-Conforming

Stuart Styles, Arthurmac & Co
Benjamin Hennessey, Aussie Home Loans Dapto
George Karam, Byblos Finance
Giulio Avian, Fundsnational Pty Ltd
Oliver LI, Option Finance Australia Pty Ltd
Abraham Tuckett, PTR Property Finance
Bryan Gregory Freemantle, Wealth First Lending Pty Ltd

ANZ Broker of the Year - Commercial

David Kimmorley, Balmain Commercial Canberra
George Karam, Byblos Finance
Daniel Green, Green Finance Group
Dan Holden, HoldenCAPITAL
Daniel O'Brien, PFS Financial Services
Jayden Vecchio, Red & Co

COMMONWEALTH BANK Broker of the Year - Productivity

Moshe Moses, Astute Sydney City Central
George Karam, Byblos Finance
Griffin Czipri, eChoice
Justin Doobov, Intelligent Finance
Will Rademeyer, Mortgage Box
Oliver LI, Option Finance Australia Pty Ltd
Joel Wyld, Peasy
Daniel O'Brien, PFS Financial Services
Ismail Ozsoy, Touch of Finance

ALI GROUP Broker of the Year – Insurance (Mortgage Protection & Life)

Steven James, Astute Financial Townsville
Kathy Doherty, Aussie Home Loans
Rochelle Hall, Aussie Home Loans Strathpine
Nicholas Kakalis, Finance Unlimited
Maxine Farmer, Maxon Finance Pty Ltd
Terry Hill, Queensland Financial Services Pty Ltd
Martin Ireland, Resolve Finance

Quality Young Gun of the Year - Franchise

Christopher Franklin, Aussie Home Loans Gisborne
Sharon Bal, Loan Market
Nelson Bedoya, Loan Market
Lee Wisniewski, Loan Market
Alex Politis, Rams Home Loans Adelaide Central
Gavin Tandon, Smartline Home Loans
Sze Chuah, Yellow Brick Road Parramatta
Hung Chuy, Yellow Brick Road Randwick

Quality Young Gun of the Year – Independent

Yuval Bloomfield, 1st Street Pty Ltd
Weng Wong, Equatorial Finance Solutions
Matthew Posselt, iconic home loans
Steven Ryan, INTERSTELLAR Finance
Harry Favetti, Shore Financial
Paris Galombik, Shore Financial
Mitchell Shad, Smartmove Professional Mortgage Advisors
Natasha Choi, The Australian Lending & Investment Centre
Chris Huynh, The Financiers Group
Carl Violeta, Violeta Finance

WESTPAC Australian Broker of the Year

The finalists in this category comprise the winners of the individual broker categories (Broker of the Year – Productivity, Broker of the Year – Insurance (Mortgage Protection & Life), Broker of the Year – Independent, Broker of the Year – Non-Conforming, and Broker of the Year – Commercial).

NAB Australian Brokerage of the Year

The finalists in this category comprise the winners of the brokerage categories (Brokerage of the Year ≤5 Staff – Independent, Brokerage of the Year > 6 Staff – Independent, Brokerage of the Year – Franchise, Brokerage of the Year – Diversification and New Brokerage of the Year).

COMMONWEALTH BANK Australian Young Gun of the Year

The finalists in this category comprise the winners of the individual Young Gun categories (Quality Young Gun of the Year – Franchise and Quality Young Gun of the Year – Independent).

Australian BDM of the Year

The finalists in this category comprise the winners of the individual BDM categories (Best Major Bank BDM, Best Non-Major Bank BDM, Best Non-Bank BDM and Best Aggregator BDM).

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