SPECIAL REPORT
HOT LIST 2016 STEVEN DEGETTO Head of bank intermediaries Suncorp Group
After years of Suncorp presenting itself as “the genuine alternative” for brokers, 2016 saw it really deliver, clinching fourth place in MPA’s Brokers on Banks survey. That made it the highest rated non-major in the survey, and placed it above Macquarie and NAB, a huge result. Sharp interest rates and a popular packaged product played a part in this, as did investment and transparency around improving turnaround times. Suncorp also launched Elevate, a new broker rewards program.
MARSHALL CONDON CEO
YUVAL BLOOMFIELD
Neue Black
Broker
Marshall Condon has been a regular fixture of MPA’s Top 10 Commercial Brokers report in recent years, a great achievement for a young broker. Yet one couldn’t help but feel broking within a franchise was holding back Condon’s potential – a situation that changed when Condon established his own brokerage, Neue Black, at the start of this year. Targeted at wealthy millennials, the brokerage is a masterclass of branding, and writes both residential and commercial loans. Furthermore, Condon made it to No.2 in this year’s Top 10 Commercial Brokers report.
JACI SMITH CEO My Local Broker
My Local Broker has burst onto the aggregation scene this year, aiming to shake up the industry through their new CRM system Chief. Unlike many of the older legacy systems used by other aggregators, Chief has an open application programming interface, which means it can be easily updated. Although My Local Broker was originally launched in 2012 as a broker directory site, it needed to become an aggregator and technology provider in order to “make sure it wouldn’t become obsolete”, Smith told MPA back in March.
1st Street Home Loans
2016’s emerging star is undoubtedly 1st Street’s Yuval Bloomfield, who walked away with the Australian Young Gun award at this year’s AMAs. Bloomfield certainly hasn’t come from nowhere; after working in the UK (including at the prestigious Arsenal Football Club) he spent a decade at CBA and then NAB, rising to the position of senior business banking manager at the latter. With an established reputation and contacts in the industry, Bloomfield was well placed to enter the industry. Joining a brokerage such as 1st Street provides another advantage altogether: Bloomfield is working alongside multiple award winners, including Jeremy Fisher and Mardee Thomas-Blackwood. With such talent and support, Bloomfield’s rapid rise – he only started broking in 2015 – looks set to continue.
MARIO REHAYEM Managing director, Australian mortgages and personal loans Pepper
You may have noticed Mario Rehayem’s title change this year – and though the move from director of sales to managing director may seem technical, it puts Rehayem in a position of influence at an international lender that is continuing to grow. Pepper now has a presence in Europe, Asia and Australia and Rehayem’s repeated claims that non-conforming is much bigger than brokers think appears to be becoming a reality. Pepper is also continuing to run its roadshows and online learning courses for brokers.
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