Articles On Australian Finance Group (ASX:AFG)

Australian Finance Group’s (ASX:AFG) acquisition of finance aggregator Connective is all but set to go ahead. This morning it announced the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) gave the thumbs up. The ACCC’s sign-off comes...

Want to know which stocks the fund managers have been putting their money in (and out) of? We’ve been keeping track so you don’t have to. Trading Places is Stockhead’s recap of substantial holder movements among ASX small caps in the last f...

The property market in Australia might not be as badly hit by COVID-19 as initially feared. The value of home loans fell 4.8 per cent in April, but economists were predicting falls double that. The overall market is holding up. CoreLogic da...

ShareCafeAFG – Macquarie rates the stock as Outperform The broker had been on research restriction for Australian Finance Group’s capital raising but returns to retain an Outperform recommendation. Funding is now in place to support book gr...

In the past fortnight there were over 30 directors trades of $100,000 or more among ASX small cap directors. The list included multiple groups of directors. Five directors from water treatment stock Phoslock (ASX:PET) put in $1.3m between t...

Australian investors seeking growth opportunities should not overlook a select group of Australian technology stocks that withstood the pandemic and have strong growth prospects. Some tech is growing despite COVID Macquarie Securities analy...

Stockhead’s Top 10 at 10 highlights the best (and worst) performing ASX small caps in morning trade. It’s a short, sharp update to help frame the trading day by showing the biggest movers in percentage terms. The market opens at 10am (easte...

Mortgage broking house Australian Finance Group is set to pitch a $60 million equity raising to investors. 

ShareCafeAFG – Macquarie rates the stock as Outperform Australian Finance Group’s residential lodgements increased 33% year on year in the March quarter and 34% in April, although the broker notes last April was benign given the bank Royal...

ShareCafeAFG – Macquarie rates the stock as Outperform The broker has cut its Australian Finance Group earnings forecasts by -3% out to FY25 following a review of credit, hardship and investment risk. The broker notes the company has no deb...

The Australian home loan market saw heightened activity in the March quarter despite the looming threat of coronavirus. According to a report released by Australian Finance Group Ltd (ASX: AFG), the year began with a very active property m...

While achieving revenue growth is proving to be challenging for the banks at present with the impact of ultra-low interest rates and the effects of the Hayne Royal Commission, there are parts of the credit market that are generating very st...

By Rudi Filapek-Vandyck, Editor FNArena Guide: The FNArena database tabulates the views of seven major Australian and international stock brokers: Citi, Credit Suisse, Macquarie, Morgan Stanley, Morgans, Ord Minnett and UBS. For the purpose...

Two stock's we're happy to buy today – Australian Finance Group (AFG) and Cooper Energy Limited (COE).

    The federal government has chosen 17 industry-led projects in the second round of its $15 million, AustCyber Projects Fund to help the Australian cyber security industry grow. Industry, Science and Technology minister Karen Andrews has...

Australia's competition watchdog has raised concerns over a proposed $120 merger that would bring two in every five mortgage brokers in the country under the one banner. In August Australian Finance Group (ASX: AFG) entered into a binding...

Listed investment company (LIC) WAM Capital Limited (ASX: WAM) has reported its FY20 half-year result to 31 December 2019, it offers investors a very big dividend. WAM Capital profit numbers WAM Capital reported a 176.9% increase in its op...

On February 4 last year, former Chief Justice Kenneth Hayne handed down his findings from the Royal Commission into Financial Services. Justice Hayne did not hold back in calling for change in the financial sector. “The arrangements of the...

This time last year a housing slump had gripped the market. But in 12 months the situation has improved. A housing bubble occurred between 2012 and 2017 and it seemed that bubble had finally burst. Also it seemed a certainty that the Labor...

I believe that WAM Microcap Limited (ASX: WMI) could be one of the best ASX shares to own on the ASX. Small caps could be the best place to find those opportunities that most other ASX investors aren’t looking at. That means some of those...

Commonwealth Bank (CBA), National Australia Bank (NAB), Australian Finance Group (AFG) and Ramsay Health Care (RHC).

The housing market has been through a rough patch but signs of life are emerging. Beneficiaries of a recovery go beyond homeowners and include realtors, advertisers, and mortgage brokers. Industries adjacent to the property market are hopi...

In my video blog last week, I discussed why the major banks had not passed on the recent RBA rate cuts in full. This is due to an increasing proportion of each bank’s funding base approaching zero or close to zero interest rates. As most ba...

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) is set to probe mortgage aggregator Australian Finance Group Ltd (ASX: AFG)’s proposed takeover of rival Connective. Australian Finance Group is one of Australia’s largest mortgage...

Financial sector is a section of economy which provides financial services to customers like custody of money, managing money, providing credit and enabling of financial transactions. This sector comprises of commercial banks, insurance com...

Two of WA’s longest-serving company directors are stepping down as part of board retirements announced today by Seven West Media and mortgage broker Australian Finance Group.

Perth-raised Mader Group (ASX: MAD) has closed out its first week of trade on the Australian bourse on a high note, having grown the value of the business by about $30 million. Following completion of a $50 million initial public offering...

October appears to be living up to its reputation as a volatile month on global markets after horror nights on Wall Street this week. Marketwatch.com’s Mark Decambre noted that Wall Street’s fear index was on track for the biggest rise to s...

Dividend is the reward paid by the company from a portion of its earnings to a class of shareholders. These are often decided by the Board and approved by the shareholders using their voting rights. Dividend stock companies are those which...

Our High Conviction stocks are those that we think offer the highest risk-adjusted returns over a 12-month timeframe, supported by a higher-than-average level of confidence. We add Woodside and Cleanaway this month and remove Australian Fin...

Mortgage broker Australian Finance Group says its full-year profit dipped 0.8 per cent to $33 million.

S&P/ASX 200 Financial sector index settled the day’s trade at 6054.70 on 16 August 2019 which is ~7.8% down from the recent high made at $6528.60 on July 30, 2109. The major reason can be attributed to the recessionary fear, from the in...

The Australian Finance Group Ltd (ASX: AFG) share price rose by 11.8% after making two announcements yesterday. Australian Finance Group is one of the largest loan brokers in the country which has around 3,000 brokers and settles more than...

Earnings season ramped up on Monday with a large number of releases from companies including Bendigo and Adelaide Bank Ltd (ASX: BEN) and JB Hi-Fi Limited (ASX: JBH). Three results that might have slipped under your radar are summarised be...

Australian equity market closed in green today at 6590.3, dragged up by consumer discretionary, staples, energy and financial sector. Amidst domestic and macro developments including reporting season of ASX listed companies and ongoing glob...

Next week earnings season will kick off and, if February is anything to go by, it is likely to be a volatile period for many of Australia’s most popular shares. Ahead of the event, analysts at Morgans have been picking out the shares that...

At Stockhead, we tend to judge a company’s size by its market capitalisation. But a company’s enterprise value may be substantially greater – is this good or bad? In short, it depends. Using a base of $500 million, Stockhead has recapped s...

A mortgage company is a provider of loans, which utilises the funds from the borrowers to source finances from large banks at cheaper interest rates for the purpose of lending money. Mortgage firms are basically categorised into three disti...

In this week's Weekly Insights (published in two parts):-Crucial Question: Is It 1995 or 2007?-Conviction Calls -Gold Stocks: Winners & Losers-Rudi On Tour -Rudi TalksConviction Calls By Rudi Filapek-Vandyck, Editor FNArena Stockb...