06 Feb “Royal Commission Special Report”: Your Silver Lining (as a borrower)
Watershed moments in anyone’s lifetime are few and far between. Events and incidents that will be scribed in books and become source learnings for generations to come. The invention of...
14 Jan 2019 Economic Barometer: 10 Second Story Line
Ian's top tips for money market activity this year...
14 Jan 2019 Business Lending Update
By Ian Robinson 2019 will be a year for many that they will want to forget. But only for those who are ill prepared. For the rest, they will recognise, realise...
14 Jan 2019 The Power of Imaginary Numbers
(Thomas Howard, before his “lights out” in 1572) By Ian Robinson 1572 Medieval Europe was transitioning into the Renaissance and the Age of Discovery with a spectacular dash of theatrical mortality. The...
12 Dec 2018 A Haggle(less) Country
by Ian Robinson (photo: Ian Robinson beside his tent) In 1999 I had finally approached Oqaatsut, 69 degrees North on the West Coast of Greenland. After days of hauling through frozen fjords...
12 Dec 2018 Our Story: Whispering Pines Organics – Rob and Betina Walker
By Ian Robinson A European tourist sitting on a milk crate in Hall Street, Bondi whilst being served Greek lemon yoghurt cake would have spared little thought to the journey of...
29 Nov 2018 5TH GENERATION FAMILY SUCCESSION PLANNING CALLS ON RSP TO NEGOTIATE
Case Study Example $15.0m By Ian Robinson For 130 years, a deeply entrenched and respected family banked with one bank. The stoic pride that embraces such an enduring relationship can only be...
22 Nov 2018 Tax savings that accounting firms are achieving for their clients
By Michael Stout The numbers tell the story. And it is a story of those that DO and those that DON’T. For Michael Stout, it is a test case of working closely...
22 Nov 2018 Is Your Bank Rewarding Your Loyalty? – CASE STUDIES
By Deb Purvis A generational farmer was preparing to purchase a neighbouring property. He was a lifelong client of his bank and normally would have approached the bank himself, comfortable in...
23 Oct 2018 LENDING MARKET UPDATE
Ian and Ben Dark had some serious things to discuss at Beef Ex! Ian Robinson presenting at BeefEx 2018. To read The Land story "The Hidden Trade Off of Drought Assistance", published...
16 Oct 2018 THE HIDDEN TRADE-OFF OF DROUGHT ASSISTANCE
(NEGOTIATE WELL: Director of corporate and agri finance at Robinson Sewell Partners in NSW, Ian Robinson, with client Michael Coughlan, who runs 4000 poll Hereford breeders in the Riverina). Story by...
08 Oct 2018 DAVID ROBERTSON CASE STUDY: BENCHMARKING TO CREATE RESILIENCE
I was contacted by a client with a view to benchmarking their current funding. Whilst we identified there was a potential advantage in more competitive funding options, as part of...