27 Nov 2017 The Cost of Your Loan: Agribusiness & Commercial
A quick soldier’s five on the cost of your loans with sneak preview into the “Inquiry into Small Business Loans” (by the Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman). Be...
27 Nov 2017 Tales from Tasmania
During November I’ve been spending time in the magnificent North West of the Tasmania visiting bankers, accountants, consultants, farmers and attending field days. The diversity of enterprises is astounding, with innovative...
15 Nov 2017 Barossa Grape & Wine Association Event: A Glass Half Full
Deb Purvis was fortunate to be able to present “You don’t get what you deserve, you get what you negotiate” at the Barossa Grape & Wine Association “Young People in...
15 Nov 2017 Bruce, Robyn and Ben Smith: Video Testimonial on Today’s Banking Landscape
Bruce Smith (ex-Director of Grain Growers Association and Graincorp) with his wife Robyn and son Ben talks about the essential requirement of engaging independent expertise to oversee the banking performance...
15 Nov 2017 The Professional Farmer: Farming Human Capital to Farm the Farm
Withholding the speakers name for fear of misguided reprisal, a prominent agricultural figurehead (and agricultural fund manager) once announced that… “it was not that long ago that a farming family sent...
07 Nov 2017 Sharing the Dream of Saving the World
OK, the headline is a little dramatic, but it certainly underpins the enthusiasm the Robinson Sewell Partner’s team shared when we all gathered last week in Victoria. It was evident from...
07 Nov 2017 Brad Sewell’s Interview with Beef Central
A rural finance advisor who has been involved in the rural property market for 25 years claims he has never seen anything like the current number of property sale transactions...
07 Nov 2017 Farming Mayday to Payday
There is little need to recap recent rainfall events across various parts of the farming communities in Australia. For some it was just too late. For others, it was business...
30 Oct 2017 Rural Broker named AMA Broker of the Year
Wagga Wagga-based broker beats Sydney-based brokers with a broad commercial and specialist lending offering. Ian Robinson, of Robinson Sewell Partners, has been named Westpac Australian Broker of the Year at the Australian...
16 Oct 2017 The BIGGER you in a SMALLER world
Amplification has always been about extending an existing idea, process or eminent object into the broader universe of acceptance and adoption. For business owners, traditionally this has meant big balance...
05 Oct 2017 Banking the Farm: A Financial Confession
There is around $67,000,000,000 lent to farmers around Australia from the traditional banks. Every day our farmers are banking on the banks banking the farm. The banks conduct compliant annual...
19 Sep 2017 The Farming Enigma
A tourist motoring the meandering roads through fog veiled valleys and rich rolling hills speckled black angus and merinos could easily assume the virtues of a farmer being that of...