14 Jan 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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...
08 Oct MICHAEL STOUT CASE STUDY: OUTSTANDING DEPRECIABLE TAX SAVINGS ACHIEVED
Over the past 12 months Michael has completed a number of farm depreciation reports for an accounting firm in Narrabri. In August they referred Michael to Tim, a client of...
08 Oct JOHN WATERMAN CASE STUDIES: MIXED AND DRYLAND FARMING ENTERPRISES NEGOTIATE BETTER RATES
I have recently acted for clients in North-West NSW and the Lachlan Valley, with some outstanding results achieved and some very happy people. (For confidentiality purposes, they are referred as client...
08 Oct IAN ROBINSON CASE STUDY: PURCHASE OF BUSINESS IN SUCCESSION PLAN
My farming clients were crossing the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco when I sent news that their refinance went through successfully! After 8 months of negotiating with solicitors, accountants and...