Integrating lending into your practice

The Equilibria Finance team are experts in building strategic alliances and partnerships with financial advice and accounting practices and servicing the needs of their clients.

HOW WE INTEGRATE LENDING SOLUTIONS INTO YOUR PRACTICE

 

Equilibria finance comprises a team of mortgage and finance brokers. Our core business is residential home loan lending, commercial lending and business finance.

We specialise in building strategic alliances with financial advice and accounting practices to deliver lending and finance solutions to your clients.

Our focus is to provide tailored mortgage and finance solutions that are in keeping with a client’s values, aspirations, goals, objectives, financial profiles and plans.

Our financial services background means we understand how your business work, ‘stage of life’ planning and the types of clients you work with.

This enables us to deliver lending and finance solutions to your clients that are aligned with the financial strategy that you have developed for them.

We believe that the most effective way to integrate our lending solutions with your service offering is through a structured two-way process, that typically works like this:

A B2B DISCOVERY PROCESS

  • To ensure that both businesses understand the opportunity and benefits of working together.
  • That there is an alignment in values and expectations.
  • Both businesses understand each other’s service offerings, client engagement and service processes and culture.

IF WE DECIDE TO WORK TOGETHER

  • We agree upon the suitable service model from the three tiered B2B service offering structure we have developed.
  • We work with you to integrate into your client engagement and review process.
  • We work with you to ensure the appropriate referral process is in place for your client.

 THE KEY BENEFITS OF WORKING WITH US

 

WE HAVE A BACKGROUND IN FINANCIAL PLANNING

  • This means we understand how financial services businesses work, your clients’ service expectations and the importance of delivering credit and finance solutions aligned with your client’s overall financial strategy and future goals and objectives.

WE UNDERSTAND THAT INDIVIDUAL LOAN PORTFOLIOS FORM A CRITICAL PART OF A FINANCIAL PLAN

  • We have the knowledge and experience to provide solutions tailored to your client’s specific needs and aligned with your advice.

GIVES YOU THE ABILITY TO BRING LENDING INTO YOUR ADVICE BUSINESS

  • This means all the elements of your client’s financial life can be serviced and managed through your practice and the relationships you have with other professionals.

WE ARE A MORTGAGE AND FINANCE BUSINESS NOT AN ADVICE OR ACCOUNTING PRACTICE

  • As such we understand that we are working with your clients.

WE UNDERSTAND THAT DELIVERING FINANCIAL SERVICES IS ABOUT RELATIONSHIPS NOT TRANSACTIONS

WE ARE ALIGNED WITH A PANEL OF LENDERS WHO DELIVER A QUALITY, RELIABLE SERVICE

YOU RUN YOUR PRACTICE AND WE RUN OURS

  • Partnering with us saves you from having to obtain the expertise, capital or credit licence to offer mortgage broking or start an additional business unit with all the compliance, financial and operational challenges this presents.
  • You can focus on your area of expertise knowing your clients are being properly treated and serviced the way you would expect them to be.

SECOND OPINION SERVICE

  • We can provide your clients with a second opinion on existing structures and facilities to ensure it is still the most appropriate solution for them.

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 HOW WE WORK WITH YOUR CLIENTS

 

We provide a comprehensive and dynamic process that is engaging, will keep your client informed, and is designed to assist them from the initial discovery meeting throughout the life of the loan or credit facility in place. This includes presenting your client with options, facilitating the loan application process, handling all their documentation, answering questions at each progressive stage and ongoing review to ensure the loan always remains appropriate and competitive after settlement.

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IDENTIFY THE OPPORTUNITY

  • Opportunities are identified by our partner practices through the initial engagement and onboarding of a new client, through the review process or through an out of cycle client need.
  • When the opportunity is identified the partner practice will make the appropriate client – Equilibria Finance introduction.

DISCOVERY AND NEEDS ANALYSIS

  • focuses on understanding what your clients are wanting to achieve, their financial situation and profile as well as any existing strategies that you have put in place that need to be understood and considered.
  • It is also an opportunity for your client to understand how we work, ask any questions they may have and understand the process involved in obtaining their loan.
  • These meetings can be conducted in conjunction with the advisor or not depending on what suits the client and practice.

PRESENTATION OF RECOMMENDATIONS

  • Based on the information obtained in the discovery meeting we build our recommendations.
  • The recommendations will be discussed and finalised with the partner practice to ensure it aligns with the clients’ overall strategy.
  • We will then organise to present and discuss these recommendations with the client and answer any questions they may have. This will include appropriate loan structures, product rates, terms and features as well as any important information they need to be aware of.

IMPLEMENTATION OF RECOMMENDATIONS

  • Once the recommended solution is agreed upon, we manage and facilitate the process.
  • This will include the loan application preparation and submission, documentation handling and requests, the approval process and through to settlement.
  • We keep you and the client informed and answer any questions at each progressive stage.

BEYOND SETTLEMENT

  • Life is dynamic – needs and circumstances change.
  • As such we will be there for the client through the life of the loan to ensure the structure and features remain appropriate and the rates competitive and for future financing needs.

LENDING PANEL

Adelaide Bank   |   AMP   |   ANZ   |   Bankwest   |   Beyond Bank  |   CBA   |   Citibank   |   Heritage Bank   |   ING Direct   |   La Trobe   |   Liberty   |   Macquarie   |   ME Bank   |   NAB   |   Newcastle Permanent   |  Pepper   |   PLAN Lending   |   Suncorp   |   St George   |   Virgin Money   |  Westpac

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