09 Feb WHERE IS MY BANK MANAGER?
What a great time to be in business. Low interest rates, industry in full swing and a clean calendar year ahead to execute much anticipated strategy. So, what unexpected business gophers...
02 Feb THE VIEW OF THE WORLD ON BANKING
To understand what is driving the shifting demand for finance at the farm gate, we must first understand what the banking environment is like for the borrowers who are operating...
14 Jan Robinson Sewell Partners welcomes JOHN WATERMAN: MBA (Fin). Assoc.Dip (Farm Mngt)
By way of a quick introduction, John has more than 25 years management experience within private and corporate agriculture. He has an in depth understanding of agricultural production and possesses...
14 Jan Borrower, Bank & Broker: The Winning Formula
The headline by an article published by the MPA (11th Jan 2018) announced that “Brokers take credit for plummeting business interest rates”. “According to the RBA, brokers have played an important role...
14 Jan Brokers take credit for plummeting business interest rates
Small business rates are the lowest they’ve been in decades, thanks in part to brokers Small business interest rates are at their lowest level since records commenced, RBA data reveals. Interest repayments...
04 Jan Three Big Predictions for 2018
There is no benefit in rehashing 2017. It was all too raw and real for all of us, in only ways that has meaning to you personally. But what about 2018? ...
27 Nov 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 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 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 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 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 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...