A group of Refund franchisees are still hopeful of putting together a deal to acquire the mortgage broking business, which has been in administration since October last year.

ANZ has taken out top honours at the ninth annual Mortgage and Finance Association of Australia (MFAA) Excellence Awards in Sydney last Friday, taking home the Lender of the Year award.

Vow Financial was proclaimed industry Aggregator of the Year at the 2012 MFAA Excellence Awards.

The right structure, recruitment strategy and cutting-edge technology can add millions of dollars to the final price tag of a broker’s business.

Aggregators intent on differentiating themselves should add new products to their brokers businesses to introduce extra income streams, Vow Financial's Tim Brown has said.

Financial planning businesses are increasingly looking to diversify their revenue streams in an attempt to secure their business models in the face of looming Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) reforms - and potentially a second global financial crisis.

Vow Financial has claimed brokers bucked the trend of a weak housing market to end 2011, and that 2012 could see strong volumes as well.

Vow Financial has enlisted the services of contributing best-selling small business author David Staughton to launch its Vow Academy, offering free webinars to improve its brokers' trading skills.

Mortgage aggregator Vow Financial has launched a program of interactive webinars to improve the skills base of its mortgage brokers.

Aggregator Vow Financial has kicked off the year by launching a series of webinars that will be open to all brokers via their Facebook pages - not only its member brokers.

The Adviser asks whether its past offers any clues as to aggregation’s future...

Since its inception almost 20 years ago, aggregation has evolved and the volume of aggregators has grown dramatically.

Still smarting from the battering they received post-GFC, the non-bank sector now has several opportunities to claw back market share – provided the individual lenders and their brokers are onboard.

Insurance is expected to become a key revenue stream for financial planners once FoFA scraps all other commission-based income.

Vow Financial CEO Tim Brown has said it will be hard for other lenders to ignore NAB's initiative in increasing its broker commission model.

Vow has officially launched a conveyancing and legal service for its brokers, after touting the move for several months.

Financial services group Vow Financial has branched out further, launching a legal service to its mortgage broker network.

Aggregator Vow Financial has launched Vow Legal to provide online conveyancing and other legal services for its broker and financial planning network.

Tim Brown talks to Broker News TV regarding Financial Planning building your wealth as a mortgage broker.

For the latest on aggregator diversification strategies, watch Market Focus with Tim Brown talking about our Wealth Management, Leasing, Legal and other diversification initiatives.

Mortgage aggregator Vow Financial has teamed with Davlin Finance Group to open its second wealth services office in Sydney.