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Perpetual Private Wealth boosts FUA to $8.5bn

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 DEC 2009
Perpetual caps the year with its third acquisition in private wealth, which takes the division's total funds under advice (FUA) to $8.5 billion. This week Perpetual bought Melbourne-based advisory firm Fordham Group for $35 million, a deal that is expected ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2009
... share price index contract was 34 points lower at 4,754. There is no major economic news due on Friday. In companies news, Ford Australia president and chief executive Marin Burela addresses The American Chamber of Commerce in Australia on "What Ford ...

Fidelity's Bolton back in the game

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2009
... increasingly excited by the prospect of managing a portfolio investing in the tremendous growth potential of China," he said. John Ford, the group's chief investment officer for Asia Pacific said that Bolton's return to portfolio management is a clear ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 3 NOV 2009
... at 4,546.3 points. NEW YORK - Wall Street ended higher after hesitant trade on Monday after a surprise profit reported by Ford Motor Co and a strong factory sector survey boosted sentiment after last week's drubbing. The Dow Jones Industrial Average ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 4 AUG 2009
... report predicted US manufacturing activity will grow next month, the government said construction spending rose in June, and Ford Motor Co said its sales rose last month for the first time in nearly two years. The day's reports were the latest indications ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2009
... down 27.6 points, or 0.75 per cent, at 3668.2. NEW YORK - Wall Street climbed higher on Friday as sentiment was boosted by Ford's narrower-than-expected loss, combined with data suggesting the ailing US economy may have found a bottom. Ford posted a ...

China could own America

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 FEB 2009
... good is that? Mr. And Mrs. Jones owning two of the biggest global banks and they can choose the latest model Chrysler, GM or Ford. The US government has already injected a huge amount of taxpayers' money into Citigroup and Bank of America by buying preferred ...

Self-fulfilling prophecy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 JAN 2009
... numbers no matter what the stats reveal it seems. Not to mention headlines of job shedding at RIO, ANZ, Macquarie Bank, Qantas, Ford, etc. Last month the financial press latched onto the 15,600 total jobs lost in November to support their negative spin ...

Beautiful set of numbers

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2008
... beautiful set of numbers reconcile with recent headlines printing about job shedding in the ANZ, Macquarie Bank, Qantas, Ford, etc? It could be that many businesses are still hiring but this does not make for as good a headline as 'Rio to sack 14,000 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 9 DEC 2008
... out billions to America's three biggest automakers within a week. Congress is expected to pass a $15 billion bailout for Ford Motor Co, General Motors Corp, and Chrysler as soon as Tuesday. Major US stock indexes fell last week after a number of negative ...