37 Quotes by Michael Thomas

We are appreciative of the additional funding we've gotten this year. We'll build it into the budget the best way we can. We're not anticipating any cuts.

The results of our policy implementation work have been impressive - on average, our clients have seen - at the plan level - nearly a quarter percentage point contributed to their return while reducing total fund tracking error.

There's a few areas in the economy that aren't doing as well, such as retailing. The central bank may keep interest rates on hold this year.

The trend should be a weakening one for the Australian dollar.

Russell has been an innovator in customized total-fund overlays that combine multiple strategies in one efficient, powerful and highly integrated package. More fund fiduciaries are considering Russell's total overlay solution to enhance performance, reduce risk, ease administration and implement cutting-edge strategies such as portable alpha.

Primarily, junk. But you can see just by the numbers, the growth is there for the fresh stuff.

People spend in their leisure time and in the modern economy people are more mobile. But it goes both ways. We get a substantial amount of our turnover from visitors.

Some people wait until the end of the year and accept the $2, $3 finance charge, but we have accounts that are owed in the thousands of dollars, some reaching up to over 20 years. Sometimes, people take the approach that if they don't pay, nothing will happen to them.

You need a lot of overhead clearance for all these technologies. The old building had a real low roof deck, and there was absolutely no room to put anything overhead. With this new design, we can continue to grow technologically. We just started an electronic medical records program. We hope to have computerized physician order entry sometime in the next year or so.