2016/17 December-January Supplement

Feature: Nonbank momentum builds
In a time of increasing opportunity Australian nonbank lenders are deploying a variety of business models across a raft of target markets. All are built around the common themes of nimbleness, high-quality service and specialised risk management.

Roundtable: Nonbanks relish the present and embrace the future
Australia’s leading nonbank lenders share their views on their sector now and in the years ahead. Their insights reveal a degree of optimism about the role of nonbank lenders in the local market and beyond.

Nonbank profiles
Q&A interviews with the key players, and facts and data about all the yearbook supporters.

Firstmac
Firstmac is unusual in the Australian nonbank space because of its exclusive focus on prime mortgage lending and the extent of its online distribution profile.

Liberty Financial
Liberty Financial has a background in Australian nonconforming mortgages, but its lending book is now much more diverse. The company stands on its sector-leading capitalisation and track record of high-quality risk management.

Pepper Group
The Pepper Group business started in Australian nonconforming mortgages but has spread to include interests across a range of global locations and product types.

Resimac
Resimac is at a key stage of business development in late 2016 as it completes a substantial merger following a period of portfolio and business acquisitions.

La Trobe Financial
La Trobe Financial operates as one of Australia’s leading credit specialists, dedicated to providing financial solutions for borrowers and investors whose financial needs are under-served by traditional institutions.

Thinktank Commercial Property Finance
Thinktank Commercial Property Finance is an independent nonbank financial institution specialising in the provision of finance to the SME sector secured by first-registered mortgages over commercial properties.

Market data
Exclusive information from the KangaNews deals database covering securitisation transactions issued by Firstmac, La Trobe Financial, Liberty Financial, Pepper Group, Resimac and Thinktank Commercial Property Finance from 2014 to the end of Q3 2016.