05 Feb Fixed or Variable
Fixed or Variable It’s been headline news for some time, Australian bond markets have been sold off in recent months increasing the yield (interest rates) at the back end of the...
23 Jan OFF THE BEATEN TRACK: Bolivia Part 1: Salar de Uyuni
There are commercial means of travelling from Bolivia to Chile, and then there is the Salar De Uyuni traverse. Bolivia is a South American landlocked nation surrounded by Peru, Paraguay, Argentina,...
23 Jan A Better INTEREST RATE for Everyone
Saving the world one business at a time is long game. It is little known or even harder to digest that just about every business owner with material borrowings, either agribusiness or commercial, can...
23 Jan Corporate Partner: Andrew Toole
We are most excited to introduce you to our newest Corporate Partner: Andrew Toole. Andrew brings with him a wealth of agribusiness finance experience and deep commercial banking knowledge from working within...
09 Jan The World is Your Oyster
Summer is a time for celebration, feasting and the beach (for some). It is a time for reflection that conjures the metaphoric expression The World is your Oyster.    Join with me to...
12 Dec Outback Rabbiter to a National Award Winning Financial Advisory Business
When I lost my first job as a jackaroo 800km west of Sydney during the wool crash of the late 1980’s, little did I know that I would become an...
29 Nov 7 Habits of a Financial Winner
When borrowing money for a business, the process of bank engagement can be as daunting as child birth. It can be an emotionally (and financially) charged experience. For the experienced, it...
29 Nov The $104 Coffee!
Would you pay $104 for a cup of coffee? I would hope not. What if I said that most commercial borrowers and coffee lovers are? If you borrow money for your business (agribusiness or commercial)...
29 Nov Customers urged to ‘switch not bitch’ when it comes to banks
Easing the financial regulations imposed on customer-owned banks would challenge the dominance of the big four, their lobby group says. Â Â Â The peak body representing credit unions, building societies and mutual banks...
15 Nov Interview with Patrick Hutchinson: A livestock Value Chain Expert
Robinson Sewell Partners caught up with Patrick Hutchinson recently and was privileged to interview him on some highly topical discussion points around the livestock industry. Patrick Hutchinson is a well credentialed agribusiness expert with extensive...
15 Nov 7 Confessions of a Financial Sinner
At various points in our lives, we all bow down to temptation with a conscious recognition that various actions could be improved upon. We then create a narrative in our...
31 Oct OFF THE BEATEN TRACK: From Russia with Love
PHOTO GALLERY The current warning on the web states… “The North Caucasus is a volatile, unpredictable region. While not the war zone it once was, organized crime, separatist activity and government counter-action...