14 Sep 2021 Interest Rate Direction – RBA
Where do we stand regarding current interest rates and future direction? A dive into the recent RBA announcements on Tuesday 7th September reveals the tone. A summary of their notes are...
14 Sep 2021 Why Farming Assets Never Pay for Themselves but Create Substantial Wealth
By Ian Robinson A common outcry amongst the farming community is that the price of farms seems out of context to the income they can generate. There is a strong misconception...
01 Sep 2021 Case Study August 2021
The client had a large portion of their loan fixed at nearly 7%. They watched the rates falling and felt frustrated that they couldn’t participate in the low interest rates...
01 Sep 2021 The Power of Negotiation
By Deb Purvis You don’t get what you deserve, you get what you negotiate Quote: ‘Everything is negotiable. Whether or not the negotiation is easy is another thing.’ – Carrie Fisher 1. Review Information...
11 Aug 2021 Oils Ain’t Oils
By Michael Stout In the 80’s we had the mechanic Sol, who worked for ‘the gangster’ on our TV explaining to him that not all oils are the same and why...
11 Aug 2021 Kissing the Death Zone
By Ian Robinson I had arrived at the Yellow Band, a formidable and geologically distinguished cliff of yellow rock and ice, just as the pink hue of dawn transformed our lofty...
21 Jul 2021 Beware the “Line Fee”
We are seeing an increasing number of bank quotes where the ‘Line Fee’ represents a major portion of the interest rate. For the uninitiated, a ‘Line Fee’ (expressed as an interest...
21 Jul 2021 1991 – 2021, What’s changed for an Agribusiness Bank Manager?
Why are deals taking longer to settle in the agricultural lending sector compared to in 1991 when I started in the industry? With 30 years agricultural lending experience under my belt,...
06 Jul 2021 Robinson Sewell Partners’, Deb Purvis, wins State award
Over the last 4 years, Deb Purvis has saved her clients hundreds of thousands of dollars. And now, the agribusiness finance specialist has won big, after being named as South...
06 Jul 2021 Thinking of being an Agribusiness broker?
By Deb Purvis Here's 8 things you need to think about if you decide to go it alone. 1. Leave yourself enough time. Securing agribusiness finance isn't something you do with a single...
09 Jun 2021 Funding Success Case Studies June – Case 2
Case Study 2: Agribusiness Lending CLIENT POSITION Loan (Limit): $7,250,000 Enterprise: Beef farming and agribusiness retail Location: Victoria Lender Type: Major Bank Bankability: Improving Savings: ...
09 Jun 2021 Funding Success Case Studies June 2021
Case Study 1: Commercial Lending CLIENT POSITION Loan (Limit): $21,150,000 Enterprise: Commercial property (and property development) Location: Sydney +...