22 May The Miracle of YOU
By Ian Robinson As appalling as the thought conjures, the procreation of your parents created the inaugural and very special unique YOU. The micro-biology of that event alone is around one...
22 May Union of Banking Polarity: Green Shoots
By Ian Robinson The world of banking is seemingly becoming more alienated to the mere mortal borrower. Â There is outcry of Us vs THEM with an illusion of duress and oppression...
22 May Revelations of an Ex-Banker
(Yes that's Ian fishing for dinner at midnight on Greenland's west coast). By Ian Robinson With 20 years of banking stacked and compressed into a professional experience called life, I can deliberate...
29 Apr 5 Quick Clues to your Business Loan Strength
The business has carried commercial debt for decades in various forms. The relationship with the bank has been harmonious for most part in parallel to the highs and lows of...
29 Apr FUNDING APPROVED! THE 4 STAGES OF MINDSET
Pick up any paper and the business section headlines flashes DEAL APPROVED. Mergers and acquisitions, debt leveraged buyouts, equity raisings are all taking place with the Australian marketplace. The economic wheels...
25 Feb Climbing the World’s Coldest Mountain
Introduction The gravitational pull due to the Earth’s centrifugal motion is at its greatest on the equator. This means that the atmospheric pressure will be at its greatest and weather conditions...
25 Feb Measuring the Value of Advisors
by Ian Robinson Who’s to say that some businesses, if any at all, needs to be complimented by strategic advisors to extract maximum performance out of their enterprise. There have been...
25 Feb Honest to Goodness: A Great Food Story
Ian Robinson took the liberty to interview Hugh Campbell, General Manager for Honest to Goodness – A wholesale / retail food business that manufactures and distributes organic and wholesome food...
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 Economic Barometer: 10 Second Story Line
Ian's top tips for money market activity this year...
14 Jan 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...