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YBR wealth management CEO resigns

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUL 2016
Yellow Brick Road's wealth management chief executive has resigned from the role. Having joined YBR five years ago, Matt Lawler will conclude his time as CEO on 30 September 2016. During his tenure at YBR he was responsible for laying the foundations ...

YBR announces director resignation

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 2 MAY 2016
Yellow Brick Road has announced the departure of a non-executive director. Melanie Kansil joined YBR in 2013, having previously been acting director of strategy and digital at Nine Entertainment. She replaced David Coleman, who went into politics and ...

YBR acquires News Corp platform

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2016
Yellow Brick Road has acquired News Corp's consumer-direct investment service brightday, which runs on the OneVue platform. YBR's statement said the acquisition forms part of its digital plans which included the release of robo-advice tool Guru in 2015. ...

YBR chair appoints two chief executives in business revamp

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 25 FEB 2016
Yellow Brick Road has appointed two new chief executives ahead of a business and management restructure. Vow Financial chief executive Tim Brown has been appointed chief executive, lending; Yellow Brick Road chief executive Matt Lawler has been appointed ...

YBR robo-advice to make Celebrity Apprentice debut

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 OCT 2015
Yellow Brick Road's robo-advice tool, Guru, will be launched to the public via a Celebrity Apprentice Australia challenge. The Guru "pilot" was unveiled in June, and since then over 50 YBR practices are able to use the service. "Our network has been ...

Macquarie exec leaves to join boutique fund manager

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2015
... regardless of the direction of equity markets." Earlier this month, NWQ announced that it had been selected by Yellow Brick Road to manage the YBR Protected Equities Fund which was designed to deliver returns that are similar to those of the overall ...

OneVue close to turning profit

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 25 AUG 2015
... completed the acquisition of Select Investment Partners which generated additional revenue. OneVue was also behind Yellow Brick Road's recently launched robo advice solution, guru.ybr.com.au. These initiatives helped boost revenue year on year from $7.35 ...

Fat Prophets partners with OneVue

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUN 2015
... Brett Marsh said: "Our strategic relationship with Fat Prophets, as well as the more recent launch of GURU with Yellow Brick Road, is part of a broader growth plan for OneVue and caters for both advised as well as non-advised clients."

YBR launches robo-advice platform

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2015
Yellow Brick Road is launching GURU, a robo-advice platform that generates a holistic financial "roadmap." GURU is the first step in YBR's new low-cost advice model, and it can factor in savings, investments, liabilities, insurance and financial goals ...

YBR boutique wins $50 million mandate

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2015
... Boutique fixed income manager Smarter Money Investments, a joint venture between Coolabah Capital Investments and Yellow Brick Road, has been awarded a $50 million institutional mandate. SMI's Smarter Money Active Cash Fund (Assisted Units) also received ...