Julian Barnes

Julian Barnes

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Julian Barnes is a senior journalist for Broker Daily, one of Momentum’s mortgage titles. He covers residential, commercial and business lending, with a focus on technology, product innovation, economic trends and the issues impacting brokers and the wider industry. Julian also hosts Broker Daily’s podcast network, including Finance Specialist, Business Accelerator, Broker Daily Uncut and Broker Daily Spotlight. Before joining Broker Daily in late 2025, Julian worked as a journalist in the UK for Clearsky Publishing and Tindle Group. Get in touch with Julian at [email protected]

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Business loan demand booms as asset finance falters

National business loan demand rebounded in July, while asset finance demand dropped, a new Equifax report has found.

ECONOMY • Sun, 23 Aug 2026

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No love lost as broker confirms tennis match with Albanese

A tennis match between a broker campaigning against the government’s tax reforms and the Prime Minister has been confirmed.

BROKER • Sun, 23 Aug 2026

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Solomons Capital joins Money Quest lender panel

Solomons Capital has joined the Money Quest Group lender panel, giving its brokers access to short-term private credit for transactions.

LENDER • Sun, 23 Aug 2026

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Younger buyers go big on deposits despite affordability pressures

Younger Australians are entering the property market with larger deposits than previous generations, despite elevated house prices and ongoing cost-of-living pressures, ...

ECONOMY • Thu, 20 Aug 2026

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Acquisition deal strengthens brokerage’s commercial capability

Melbourne-based Acceptance Finance has completed the acquisition of a brokerage as it seeks to expand into commercial finance.

BROKER • Thu, 20 Aug 2026

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The policy round-up: Lender changes at a glance 14–21 August

Lenders have been pushing out new products and tweaking policy to keep their offerings competitive. Here’s all the changes you need to know about.

LENDER • Thu, 20 Aug 2026

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Banks battle for SME lending as margins hit 5-year low

Strong lending competition has pushed the margin on small business loans above the cash rate to a five-year low, the Australian Banking Association has found.

LENDER • Wed, 19 Aug 2026

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Cynario launches automated client review tool for brokers

AI fintech Cynario has launched a new feature that automates the client review process into an automatic pipeline for social media and branded content.

TECHNOLOGY • Wed, 19 Aug 2026

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Banking associations back ATO data sharing after AUSTRAC fraud probe

Australia’s banking associations have renewed calls for ATO data to be made available through the Consumer Data Right, following AUSTRAC’s discovery of “potentially ...

REGULATION • Wed, 19 Aug 2026

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