Our Story

Tamer Tarchichi, B.A. (Hons)

Founder and Principal Broker, Lionsgate Financial Group LGF Inc.

Tamer still underwrites. It is the part of this business he enjoys most, and he has never handed it off. While he leads Lionsgate as its founder and principal broker, he stays on the files personally.

I love speaking with people across the country and understanding my clients directly. In too many firms there is a divide between management and the client, usually several layers deep. I am hands on. I connect with people myself, and that is how I keep a pulse on the market and understand market sentiment.

That is the standard Lionsgate University teaches: read the file yourself, understand the client, and structure the deal properly.

Tamer studied Strategic Business Management at Harvard University before leaving to focus on building Lionsgate, the brokerage he founded in 2015 and grew into a firm licensed across multiple Canadian provinces. Since 2015, Lionsgate has facilitated more than $500 million in financing and developed relationships with more than 238 funding sources.

Studied Strategic Business Management at Harvard University (2015 to 2017)
Canada Top 40 Under 40, Business Elite Awards (2023), for leadership, entrepreneurship, and the growth of Lionsgate Financial Group
Top Mortgage Producer Award, FMP Mortgage Investments Inc. (2014)
More than $500 million in financing facilitated since 2015
More than 238 funding sources
BBB A+ rating
Licensed in Ontario, British Columbia, Alberta, and Saskatchewan

Why Lionsgate University exists

Over the years, working as a brokerage licensed in multiple provinces, we recognized a gap in how mortgage professionals are trained.

There has never been a shortage of courses on compliance, and those courses matter. But there were no real courses on structuring a deal or understanding a file. Those are the skills that decide whether a file is placed well or placed badly, and they were usually passed down informally, especially to new brokers entering the industry, with no consistent standard and no way to measure them.

We decided to change that.

Built from real files, not theory

Lionsgate University takes the knowledge we have accumulated over years of underwriting and deal structuring, knowledge that is constantly evolving, and turns it into fundamentals that can be taught, tested, and learned at the same time.

Our courses and videos do two jobs at once. They test the applicant, and they teach the applicant what to look for: how to read the documents, how to understand the file, and how to place it on the best possible solution.

One point we want to be clear about: our videos use AI presenters to relay the information. That is all the AI does. None of the questions, and none of the material inside these courses, were created by AI. Every course, every question, and every answer comes from our own knowledge and experience. The material is our intellectual property, and we protect it that way.

Launched in 2019

We launched Lionsgate University in 2019, primarily as a way to assess applicants coming in for hire based on their experience. It has done extremely well for us. It helped us identify the right candidates for our company: the people who can actually do the work, not just describe it.

Since then, demand has grown. Through BDMs and other agents, we kept hearing the same request: this should be shared. So we decided to roll Lionsgate University out to the public and give everyone the same opportunity, to be tested and to learn from it at the same time.

We also added one more layer. If you score high, really high, we will provide you with a contract with secured payment, subject to applicable qualification and onboarding requirements.

Take it seriously, because we do

Lionsgate University is monitored. The system tracks activity and checks for misuse, and we take that with the utmost seriousness. Do the work honestly and on your own.

Be prepared: some of these courses are very hard. They build gradually, and the questions are weighted. A complex question carries more value than a basic one. In a series of questions, one heavily weighted question can carry more value than several simple questions combined, so you can do well on the simple questions and still fail on the one that matters most. That is deliberate. It keeps you on your toes, because real files work the same way.

Good luck, and we hope you enjoy it. We welcome your criticism and your suggestions, and we will be adding more courses as we go.

Thank you.

About Lionsgate Financial Group

Lionsgate Financial Group LGF Inc. is a Canadian mortgage brokerage led by its founder and principal broker, Tamer Tarchichi. The brokerage is licensed in Ontario, British Columbia, Alberta, and Saskatchewan, and its work is built around disciplined underwriting: understanding the borrower's file in full, structuring the deal correctly, and matching it to the right lender and the best possible solution. Lionsgate University is the brokerage's training and assessment arm, created to hold applicants and team members to that same standard.

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