Our History

The LA Group Expansion

The LA Group is a national financial services business that offers high end lending and insurance services across Australia. Having been in the industry for over 13 years, we have grown rapidly through our diverse expertise and attention-to-detail.

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Providing Trusted Advice Australia Wide

Our business has evolved to become one of Australia’s largest privately owned financial services companies with recent expansion of operations into Queensland and Victoria to provide trusted advice and service to our growing customer base.

In recent years, the LA Group has also expanded its lead generating capability through the creation of LA Partnerships, our referral partners now include major accounting firms and finance brokers seeking a trusted advisor to assist their customer’s complex needs.

LA Partnerships

All our brokers are employees of the company allowing for a strong and consistent culture, quick deployment and scalable growth not normally achieved within financial services companies.

With a team of over 150 people were proud to say we consistently deliver a great customer experience as evidenced by our NPS of +98

The LA Group Expansion

Lending Association is founded by Bill Constantinidis
Expanded offering to include Commercial Lending

2011

Expanded offering to include Asset Finance

2012

FUM (funds under management) of $500m

2013

FUM of $1bn

2014

LA Wealth Established

2015

LA Insurance established

50 employees

2017

60 employees

2019

FUM of $3bn

2020

LA Partnerships established

80 employees

FUM of $4bn

Opened 3 NSW offices

FAST Business Excellence Awards (10 years running)

2021

Opened QLD & ACT offices

Established niche businesses
- Doctors Only

- LA Private

- AgFin

130 employees

Exceeded settlement volume of $200m in a month

SMS Finance Acquisition

2022

Establishment of LA CST in Fiji

Sale of LA Wealth

Opened VIC office

2023