01 Dec Fixed Rates
By Deb Purvis FIX YOUR RATES, AND YOU FIX YOUR CUSTOMER MARGIN Brad mentioned in his newsletter that you should refrain from fixing any debt until you...
13 Oct 7 Business Money Mistakes
By Deb Purvis Avoid making these costly financial mistakes in your business Making financial mistakes in your business can be expensive and stressful, however we understand it...
14 Sep Interest Rate Direction – RBA
Where do we stand regarding current interest rates and future direction? A dive into the recent RBA announcements on Tuesday 7th September reveals the tone. A...
01 Sep Case Study August 2021
The client had a large portion of their loan fixed at nearly 7%. They watched the rates falling and felt frustrated that they couldn’t participate...
01 Sep The Power of Negotiation
By Deb Purvis You don’t get what you deserve, you get what you negotiate Quote: ‘Everything is negotiable. Whether or not the negotiation is easy is another...
11 Aug Oils Ain’t Oils
By Michael Stout In the 80’s we had the mechanic Sol, who worked for ‘the gangster’ on our TV explaining to him that not all oils...
11 Aug Kissing the Death Zone
By Ian Robinson I had arrived at the Yellow Band, a formidable and geologically distinguished cliff of yellow rock and ice, just as the pink hue...
21 Jul 1991 – 2021, What’s changed for an Agribusiness Bank Manager?
Why are deals taking longer to settle in the agricultural lending sector compared to in 1991 when I started in the industry? With 30 years agricultural...
09 Jun Australian farming by numbers
By Ian Robinson Let us take stock on just how big agricultural business in Australia at the farm gate level. It is not just a checkerboard...
26 May Can you afford not to borrow?
By Brad Sewell Brad is presently staying with the Herd family, who emigrated to Australia in 2011. On their coffee table is the September 1960 edition...