05 Jan Be kind to yourself, Be integral in your actions and take 10 steps forward
(Shock and Awe: Forster - mid north coast November 2019) As we kick off 2020 in such challenging times, it’s hard to imagine the anticipation and...
03 Dec Risk Discovery and the Cost of Complacency
By John Waterman Most of us in business think of risk as a threat - something needed to be removed or minimised. If the cost of...
08 Oct When Should I Negotiate with my BANK?
By Ian Robinson By popular opinion we will outline three key scenarios about when you should consider negotiating, when you should hold your position and when...
26 Sep How Big is Your Dam?
By Brad Sewell It goes without saying that NSW is in the grip of a drought. The new Banking Order around lending The normal rules of banking and...
11 Sep Funding Success: Robinson Sewell Partners
Client Position The customer is a partner in a successful professional firm in Sydney. The family’s material investment into agriculture has been well supported by notable...
19 Aug Tailored Rural Funding Success Achieved
CLIENT POSITION The clients are broadacre and sheep farmers who were disappointed with the service from both bank and manager. The loan product that had...
12 Aug 0% Borrowing Rates
By Ian Robinson Conceptually you could buy large farming aggregations, industrial warehouses, portfolios of commercial property and blue-chip waterfronts. Without interest to pay, there is no...
09 Jul What Bank cut what Rates?
By Ian Robinson Two rate cuts in two months with maybe more to come. But with hundreds of loan products over dozens of lenders, how did...
09 Jul Breaking a Fixed Loan
By Ian Robinson Interest rates have materially fallen. That is the good news for all holders of variable loans. BUT there is a large percentage of fixed...
20 Jun Which is the Best Bank?
By Ian Robinson Writing commercial and agribusiness loans for the past 15 years builds up a war chest of intellectual property and proprietary from the perpetual...