Articles tagged with 'Q Group'
Dealer group changes; New association welcoming advisers
31 March 2023 - Veteran mortgage adviser Geoff Bawden sells his dealer group. Find out more here The Financial Services Federation is extending membership to New Zealand’s...
Veteran mortgage adviser Geoff Bawden sells his dealer group
31 March 2023 - Q Group gets a new owner.
Veteran adviser Geoff Bawden steps back
20 January 2023 - A doyen of mortgage advice has announced he is stepping back from the mortgage front line to oversee other advisers and achieve a better work-life balance.
Businesses doing it tough
4 November 2020 - Advisers say their business clients are finding it difficult to obtain financing, despite measures to kick-start SME lending during the Covid crisis.
Advisers optimistic about alert level one
9 June 2020 - Mortgage advisers are cautiously optimistic about the move to alert level one, as businesses return to normality across the country.
Industry welcomes wage subsidy extension
14 May 2020 - Advisers have welcomed the extension of the Government's Covid-19 wage subsidy scheme, and say the additional payments will help those hit hardest by the lockdown.
Advisers plan return to the office
12 May 2020 - Mortgage advisers are planning their return to the office this week as New Zealand enters level two lockdown, but face-to-face client meetings could pose challenges for the sector.
Fears over tougher servicing tests
15 April 2020 - Advisers say servicing tests have become even tougher during the Covid-19 crisis, with banks testing borrowers on virus-constrained current income.
Advisers head into uncharted territory
24 March 2020 - Mortgage advisers are changing their business models amid the coronavirus outbreak, and diversifying ahead of a downturn in the housing market.
Westpac,TSB, ASB rate cuts; Q Advisor Group sets out licensing stance; Avanti Christchurch role
14 August 2019 - A busy morning for rate cuts. Westpac has cut its special fixed rate home loans as of this morning. Its 1 year special is down to 3.69%, the joint lowest...
Q Advisor Group sets out licensing stance
13 August 2019 - Q Advisor Group will give advisers the choice of becoming a FAP in their own right or operating under its FAP licence under the new regulatory regime.
Non-bank sector booming
14 December 2017 - Advisers are increasingly beating a track to the doors of non-bank lenders who are benefitting from the tightening up of bank lending.
Mortgage Express and Q Advisor groups join together
10 August 2017 - Mortgage Express and Q Advisor Groups have combined together to appoint a joint internal Compliance and Training Manager. Leigh Hodgetts, is a qualified...
Mortgage Express, Q Advisor Group signal closer ties
4 April 2017 - Q Advisor Group and Mortgage Express have signed an agreement to create a joint platform to help meet new regulatory requirements.
New advisor group with a difference
17 September 2015 - Greater complexity characterises the broker business these days – and this has led an industry veteran to establish a unique, new dealer group.