Bendigo shies away from broker loans
Bendigo and Adelaide Bank: A Cautious Approach to Mortgage Broker Operations The Australian financial sector witnessed a significant development recently, as Bendigo and Adelaide Bank, one of the country’s leading banking institutions, reported a quarter-on-quarter decline in its mortgage balances for the September 2025 quarter. This marked a 5.6% annualised decrease, signalling the bank’s cautious […]
How to sell a minority stake in RIA M&A
This is the 26th installment in a Financial Planning series by Chief Correspondent Tobias Salinger on how to build a successful RIA. See the previous stories here, or find them by following Salinger on LinkedIn. The lava-hot wealth management M&A market is spilling into new currents of minority stake deals, with that infusion opening up […]
Gould intent on tackling debanking, tailoring issues
Addressing Debanking Concerns in the Banking Sector In a recent interview at the Money20/20 conference in Las Vegas, Jonathan Gould, the chief of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, highlighted the ongoing issue of debanking in the financial industry. Gould pointed out that debanking is not a new concern and has been a […]