I partner with Australia’s leading Mortgage Brokers and together we build the most profitable and valuable businesses in the industry 👉 DM or email me to learn more.

𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐦𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐲 𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐝𝐨?

→ From Practitioner Scars to Value-Accretion Engine, I bring a unique advantage to Recludo’s capital partnerships.

“𝘈𝘴𝘩’𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘣𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘴, 𝘢𝘥𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘱𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘯𝘦𝘳 𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘴 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘙𝘦𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘥𝘰 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘫𝘰𝘣. 𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬, 𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦, 𝘒𝘗𝘐 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘢𝘧𝘦𝘨𝘶𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘰𝘯𝘦, 𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘯𝘦𝘸 51% 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘢 𝘱𝘳𝘦-𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘷𝘢𝘭𝘶𝘦-𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵.”
~ Tim Brown | Recludo Group CEO

𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐈𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬

→ De-risked entry: No trial-and-error phase. Proven systems and governance are embedded from the start.
→ Pre-engineered value creation: Businesses are transformed into scalable assets, not speculative ventures.
→ Aligned pathways: Broker ambition and investor ROI move in lockstep.

𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐁𝐫𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐫𝐬

→ Access to playbooks, KPIs and safeguards that shortcut growth.
→ Pathways to succession that protect both business legacy and personal ambition.
→ A partner with scars, stripes, and strategy already earned, so they don’t have to.
→ Recludo is not an experiment. It’s an operationalised model of accelerated value creation, led by a practitioner who has lived every step of the journey.

✅ 𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐫𝐬: Growth without guesswork.
✅ 𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬: Compounding returns, pre-engineered.
✅ 𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐡: Trust built on four decades of lived experience.


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Ash Playsted

We’ve seen the movie before haven’t we Tim … and it will end the same way - by alienating the broking industry and intensifying consumers trust in independent brokers.

Empowering 50 Ambitious Mortgage Brokerage Owners to Create Life Changing Personal Wealth | Executive GM – Broker Performance at Recludo

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐢𝐠 𝐅𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 — 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲’𝐫𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞.


According to a piece recently published in The Australian Financial Review [ read it here https://lnkd.in/gTHMdt4B ] Australia’s major banks are once again trying to claw back market share from mortgage brokers. But here’s the truth: they’ve already lost the trust of the customer.

In this new editorial, Recludo Group CEO Tim Brown calls out the short-sightedness of recent bank behavior — from threats to remove trail commissions to misleading claims about market share — and makes it clear where the real value lives → with the brokers who earn and maintain the customer relationship every day.

“𝘉𝘳𝘰𝘬𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯’𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘮 — 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺’𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯. 𝘐𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘬𝘦𝘳𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘯𝘬𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘧𝘪𝘹 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘱𝘶𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵.”
 — Tim Brown, CEO, Recludo Group

📖 Read the full statement from Tim Brown below and join the discussion on how our industry should respond to this renewed attack on competition, trust, and consumer choice. 

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By Tim Brown, CEO – Recludo Group It’s astonishing — and frankly disappointing — to watch Australia’s major banks once again attempt to wrestle back c

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