Perpetual
News and interviews on Perpetual including trends, features, blogs and community conversations from an Australian business perspective.
Job ads rise 2% in December: Economy RoundupTuesday, 11 January 2011
The number of job advertisements listed in newspapers and on the internet increased by 2% for an eight consecutive month, according to the latest ANZ job ads series. ...
Rescuing retail
Tuesday, 07 December 2010
The retail news is bad – consumer spending is dropping and the remaining customers are going online, eBay is taunting the big retailers who in turn are threatening to set up China-based online stores. ...
Why it’s time to look at quotas for female directors: Kohler
Monday, 06 December 2010
The debate about mandatory quotas for the number of female company directors has heated up again with comments from Heather Ridout and Elizabeth Proust. Both said they used to be against quotas, but now they are in favour of them. ...
ATOs stance on private equity profits still a sticking point: Bartholomeusz
Thursday, 02 December 2010
It has taken the Australian Taxation Office 12 months to come to the same conclusion about the structure TPG used to shift the $1.5 billion of profits it made from floating Myer to the Cayman Islands as it did a year ago. In the meantime, the private equity ...
Keeping IT simple not an option as complexity emerges from the cloud
Thursday, 04 November 2010
Keeping IT simple is a luxury most growing businesses cannot afford. Today, every business needs to communicate and keep track of finances on computers. Many also design, order, build or manufacture, track or test some aspect of their products or services on ...
Perpetual says private equity bid is too low, Shares move higher: Economy Roundup
Monday, 25 October 2010
Perpetual has said the $1.75 billion proposal from private equity firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts is undervalued, with the company hoping to hold discussions regarding the bid. ...
Shares and dollar fall after Chinese rate hike: Economy Roundup
Wednesday, 20 October 2010
The share market has fallen over 1% this morning, after the People's Bank of China announced last night it will raise the lending rate and the deposit rate by a quarter of a percentage point each. ...
Private equity returns
Tuesday, 19 October 2010
Yesterday’s US-based private equity firm KKR shocked the market by unveiling a $1.75 million bid for Perpetual, one of Australia’s oldest and most respected financial services companies. ...
Tabcorp to split casino and wagering divisions, Perpetual gets private equity takeover bid: Economy Roundup
Monday, 18 October 2010
Gambling giant Tabcorp has ended months of market speculation by announcing that it will split its casinos division from its wagering and gaming divisions and raise $430 million in fresh capital. ...
What GFC?
Friday, 01 October 2010
I had one of those weeks that started in Hong Kong and will end at the beach. Not bad, heh? ...
How to rebuild your share portfolio
Tuesday, 14 September 2010
Despite last year's powerful rebound in share prices and the flow of promising economic news for Australian economy in recent weeks, the S&P/ASX200 is still only 68% of its record high of 6,827 reached on November 1, 2007. ...
Seek profit up 62% to $89 million, Fosters slumps to big loss: Economy Roundup
Tuesday, 24 August 2010
Online job listings site Seek has recorded a 62% increase in full year net profit to $89.5 million, up from $55.3 million in 2009, with revenue up by 34.7% to $280.7 million. ...
My staff are not working hard enough on my future plans. Why?
Wednesday, 30 June 2010
Dear Aunty B, We have a mid-sized private company that has spent the last few years furiously pedalling and have got some good results. Now we need to really hit the expansion button but I can't seem to get anyone excited by our plan and staff are dragging ...
Perpetual chief David Deverall steps down, Shares slide: Economy roundup
Wednesday, 23 June 2010
David Deverall has stepped down as managing director of Perpetual, saying the decision to resign has been a difficult one. ...
John Hewson and other directors of collapsed investment company Elderslie face $18 million claim
Tuesday, 15 June 2010
The liquidator of collapsed investment company Elderslie Finance will launch an $18 million legal claim in the Federal Court in Sydney in the coming weeks against the company's directors, including former Liberal leader John Hewson. ...
SMEs feel the heat from the ATO
Thursday, 15 April 2010
Reports of banks and the ATO chasing SMEs for debts owing is a concern. As if running a small business is not difficult enough in these times, having the money men and the tax man after you is not a pleasant prospect. ...
Is a climate of perpetual discounting limiting choice and eroding our quality of life?
Monday, 15 March 2010
Gerry Harvey was recently bemoaning the culture of discounting in our retail sector. He was saying that retailers had lost the plot and didn't know how to sell real value anymore. He said they had fallen foul of a culture of constant discounting as the only ...
I have a stimulus response addiction...
Friday, 19 February 2010
Performance and productivity expert, Andrew May poses the question: 'What does the perfect week look like?'. Is it an eight day week, if you had an extra day what would you do with it? Apparently 63% of Australian workers are sleep deprived... (not me, since ...
Former Dodo director Mark Baranov loses home in court battle
Monday, 15 February 2010
Mark Baranov, a former director of internet and telecommunications company Dodo, has lost his home after the Victorian Supreme Court ruled a lender was entitled to sell it. ...
Former Elderslie Finance owner Peter George declared bankrupt
Wednesday, 03 February 2010
The founder of collapsed financial services company Elderslie Finance, Peter George, has filed for personal bankruptcy with debts of $10 million. ...
