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The true role of the SME broker
Leo Tyndall, founder of marketplace lending platform Marketlend, says SMEs are being let down and preyed upon by both banks and fintechs – and brokers have an increasingly important role to play in tackling the issue
All aboard for policy changes
Robert Perks, MD of Fifth Avenue Finance Group, says APRA’s changes to serviceability rules cannot come soon enough

Luck favours the prepared
Jean-Pierre Gortan, founder of Simplicity Finance, says a solidified training framework is needed to prevent poor customer outcomes
Back to the basics of broking
Michael Trencher, director of Impact Consulting says brokers should turn off from the royal commission’s distractions and ask one simple question

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