Tim Calder

Rabobank has to be the World’s Greatest Bank as they provide such excellent customer service and internet banking facilities. Every time I call the 0800 number I speak directly to my personal bank officer who straight away recognises me and is able to help me with any of my account enquiries. Rabobank was the first bank to have the RSA SecurID unique code generators which provide the highest level of security, since then other banks have started to bring out this high level of security. Not so long ago Rabobank released their high interest RaboPlus on call accounts which make saving very exciting as you can instantly wire across money to and from your account to take advantage of their excellent interest rates calculated daily. I have a RaboPlus account for all of my companies surplus funds including Share Investment company Chicken Stock Group Limited. I was introduced to Rabobank when I was very young through my parents as I come from a farming background where Rabobank is very well established and recognised around the world as a leader.

Our share investment company Chicken Stock Group Limited has just completed its purchase of Scott Technology shares which is a local public company in based in Dunedin. Earlier this year my Otago MBA syndicate studied Scott’s as part of our Financial Accounting case study report paper. After establishing that although Scott Technology is small compared to it international competition, with its large amount of cash reserves and innovative history this company is well positioned to take on international contracts that the larger firms have pulled back from. Thanks to the support of our broker Peter McIntyre from ABN AMRO Craigs, Chicken Stock Group also has shares in the New Zealand Agricultural sector as well as Australian Health care. I formed Chicken Stock Group Limited two years ago with four other friends that attended St Peter’s School in Cambridge.