Vow Financial will pursue only organic growth for now, despite previously indicating it was on the hunt for merger and acquisition partners.

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Mortgage aggregator Vow Financial has added four non-major bank lenders to its lending panel in a move it claims is indicative of a trend away from the big four banks.

Australia’s major lenders could see their market share slide as the non-majors employ aggressive strategies to increase their mortgage volumes.

Vow Financial hopes a new batch of four lenders it has added to its panel will offer unique options for brokers who are increasingly moving away from the majors.

Recent loan volumes indicate a trend away from the Big Four banks, according to Vow Financial's CEO Tim Brown.

The last major aggregator without a white labelling program could be poised to enter the mortgage management market.

Just four months after signalling its intention to launch into the third party distribution sector, ME Bank has expanded its broker footprint by securing a place on the lending panel of some of Australia’s largest aggregators.

Vow Financial has won the MFAA award for Wholesale Aggregator of the Year for the second time running - and lays the blame squarely at the feet of its 'every opportunity' earnings diversification strategy.

Ruan Burger from Home Loans Etc has been named mortgage broker of the year at the 2012 Mortgage and Finance Association of Australia (MFAA) Excellence Awards held in Sydney over the weekend.

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.