As 2025 winds down, Optimise Aggregation is here to share yet another customer success story.
Casey Asset Finance was nominated as a finalist for the 2025 Lenders’ Choice Broker of the Year Award. Optimise’s 2025 Awards, which also include Best Individual Brokerage of the Year, Best Multiple Brokerage of the Year and Emerging Broker of the Year, recognise outstanding client outcomes and excellence in the asset finance industry, including both consumer and commercial.
Based in Melbourne, Casey Asset Finance is a finance brokerage within the Optimise Aggregation network. Founded and led by Michael Pajar, the firm specialises exclusively in business-purpose lending, helping Australian SMEs access fast, transparent and competitive finance solutions.
With a strong focus on industries such as construction, trades, retail and manufacturing, Casey Asset Finance simplifies complex lending processes while maintaining the highest standards of client care.
“Optimise Aggregation has been key to growing our brokerage”, Mr Pajar said.
“To be recognised by such a large group of lenders through Optimise Aggregation was a little bit overwhelming.
“We were extremely pleased to be listed as a finalist. As a specialist commercial broker, we love nothing more than seeing our customers’ businesses grow.
“Whether it’s unsecured finance, truck and equipment loans, invoice or cash-flow lending or even bad credit customers, we always work hard to find solutions for the SMEs who seek out our help.
“Myself and the Casey Asset Finance team are keeping our fingers crossed that we can take out the win.”
The Optimise Conference & Awards Gala is on Friday, 21 November. Keep an eye on Optimise Aggregation’s LinkedIn for the full list of winners.
Other finalists for the award include:
- Jaime Koukoutas – Easy Drive Auto Finance
- Corey Marino – XLend Finance
- Ian Brown – Royston Finance
- Louis Ye – Latem Finance
- Marco Cooper – Thor Finance
- Jordan Jones – LMTLS Finance
- Krishneel Sharma – Speaking Finance
- Jeremy Radovanovich – Speaking Finance
- Steven Emms – Speaking Finance
- Beau Jones – Focus Financial Solutions
- Chris Baisden – Baisden Pty Ltd





