Rob Patterson Quotations

Unless an offer comes from someone else it's game over.

When you put his arm that was not bitten into an uncomfortable position, he does try to move that into a position of comfort, ... He wiggles his toes. As yet, we don't have a sense that on any continuous basis he knows exactly where he is ... but he does respond to outside stimuli.

We're looking at it, but we need to see Toll's response first.

We're certainly expecting a pretty solid result and potentially a capital return of that quantity.

We're a little bit cautious that David Kirk hasn't been there long and it's a pretty big move.

We're comfortable that the recovery is on track, although it's going to take a long time. Some investors were hoping for a positive surprise, and the stock is down a touch, but we're happy with the company's strategy.

We thought it was a good result, the dividend was above our forecasts and the acquisition of those life businesses from National Australia Bank makes sense.

To get it away, they are going to have to virtually give it away. There are too many uncertainties about the outlook to get it away satisfactorily at the moment. I think they ought to put it on hold.

We are cautious and the market needs to take a breather as it has run very hard.

Commodities stocks are clearly leading the rally on the back of global growth and China. The resource boom is alive and well.

The stock had a bit of a run leading into the result. We're happy with the result and the 10 percent earnings guidance.

The buyback is a bit larger than what was expected.

It's a good business, which is well placed with the global resource boom supporting its activities. It's a good defensive stock.

It's a disappointing result. Clearly, given the result, they do need to do some work on their operations.

It makes sense to have alternatives on the table.

It's clearly an issue. Performance fees will come and go, but the assets they manage have also grown so base management fees will increase.

It was a positive result and their outlook statement of 20 percent-plus EPS growth was pretty solid.

They've tried to improve Myer but they will be better off without it. Myer seems to be trying to be all things to all people and it needs to find a niche like David Jones.

If you believe in new management's plan to deal with all of the issues, it is going to be a more profitable future.

Clearly, it's the industry conditions and the regulatory environment that's damaging the pricing for the Telstra sale,