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YBR acquires mortgage aggregator for $17.6 million

ALICE URIBE  |  MONDAY, 19 MAY 2014
Wealth management firm Yellow Brick Road (YBR) has received irrevocable acceptance from all 24 shareholders in Vow Financial Holdings for its offer to acquire 100% of the mortgage aggregator. The offer valued Vow at $17.6 million and shareholders have ...

YBR poised to acquire mortgage aggregator

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAY 2014
Wealth management firm Yellow Brick Road (YBR) will grow its distribution channel with 700 new mortgage broker groups, following the acquisition of Vow Financial Holdings. YBR is set to acquire the mortgage aggregator following the board's acceptance ...

YBR adds 13 branches to its network

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAY 2014
Yellow Brick Road (YBR) has increased its distribution footprint to 197 branches across Australia, with 13 new additions in the first quarter of 2014. The group signed its first agreement in the Northern Territory and opened a retail branch in Melbourne ...

YBR doubles wealth management revenue

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2014
Yellow Brick Road (YBR) has more than doubled its wealth management revenue in the six months to December 30, 2013. The company reported a 129% increase to $1.64 million in the first half of financial year 2014. However, the lending retail side of the ...

YBR to service corporate super group clients

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 2 DEC 2013
Yellow Brick Road (YBR) will provide services to Super Advice Services' client base, a corporate superannuation and insurance provider serving over 50,000 employees in Australia and New Zealand. YBR has signed a joint venture agreement with Super Advice ...

Yellow Brick Road reshuffles board of directors

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 23 SEP 2013
Yellow Brick Road (YBR) solidifies its relationship with Nine Entertainment with the appointment of a Nine exec in its board of directors. David Coleman has resigned as non-executive director of YBR after being elected the first Liberal member representative ...

YBR and Morphic partner with Winston Capital

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 19 SEP 2013
Winston Capital Partners is consolidating its presence as a third party distributor for fund managers after it achieved two key agreements with investment management firms. Winston launched a year ago and has now partnered with Yellow Brick Road to ...

YBR posts loss but boost in wealth management

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 29 AUG 2013
Yellow Brick Road (YBR) has reported a $6.6 million loss of profit for financial year 2013, but its wealth management revenue was up 217%. YBR chief executive Matt Lawler said that the loss of profit is "in line with expectations" due to the firm's ...

Yellow Brick Road amends staff authorisations after ASIC concerns

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUL 2013
Yellow Brick Road (YBR) has changed the way it authorises companies and individuals to offer loan advice following concerns from the regulator. YBR has directly authorised more than 100 people working in its branches as credit representatives. However ...

Light-years before Macquarie and YBR bother banks

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2012
The latest tie-up between Yellow Brick Road and Macquarie to launch mortgage products makes sense for both businesses, but it will be a long time before they can begin to turn the proposition into a profitable enterprise, according to Lincoln Indicator's ...