27 Aug Butchers, Golf and Burke & Wills
By Brad Sewell With my trusty steed freshly serviced (car not mare), I headed first for Walgett and Brewarrina where I enjoyed the hospitality of various...
27 Aug Banking Back To The Future
By Ian Robinson Probability of Default Predictive analysis is forecast modelling based on a matrix of variables to determine future outcomes. It is usually an amalgamation of...
19 Aug Tailored Rural Funding Success Achieved
CLIENT POSITION The clients are broadacre and sheep farmers who were disappointed with the service from both bank and manager. The loan product that had...
12 Aug 0% Borrowing Rates
By Ian Robinson Conceptually you could buy large farming aggregations, industrial warehouses, portfolios of commercial property and blue-chip waterfronts. Without interest to pay, there is no...
12 Aug Access to Short Term Finance Success
CLIENT POSITION The client required short term finance to enable him to pay out his life/business partner in the time required by the court and...
05 Aug Rural Succession Planning Funding Success
CLIENT POSITION The client, a broadacre farmer, required funds to implement a final stage of their succession plan. It involved purchasing land from a family...
29 Jul Greenland PART II: Living with the Inuits
With Deano and Mic back in Europe after our ice trek, I was now uninhibited at 66 degrees and 53 minutes north of equator in...
19 Jul Major coastal subdivision funding Success!
CLIENT POSITION The client is an established, well respected property developer who was in the process of commencing a regional residential land subdivision. Certain delays in the...
09 Jul What Bank cut what Rates?
By Ian Robinson Two rate cuts in two months with maybe more to come. But with hundreds of loan products over dozens of lenders, how did...
09 Jul Breaking a Fixed Loan
By Ian Robinson Interest rates have materially fallen. That is the good news for all holders of variable loans. BUT there is a large percentage of fixed...