OUTSIDER

Outsider knows that a lot of readers have believed that he is the nom-de-plume of Money Management managing editor, Mike Taylor – something which Taylor has frequently, a...

Outsider loves it when old bands get back together but acknowledges that not all the fans appreciate a trip down memory lane....

Outsider wishes his hearty congratulations to his old mate, Wayne Leggett, who is amongst a bevy of highly experienced financial advisers to announce they passed the late...

“Did you know that the marginal tax rate in 1973/74 was 66%? Oh my heavens, thank goodness for the Liberal Party,” our persevering Senator Jane Hume said at the FSC Life ...

It goes without saying that Outsider is an elderly gent who sometimes struggles to keep up with modern practices and idioms....

Outsider would never be so unkind as to repeat the rather cruel description of Magellan boss, Hamish Douglass as “the San Pellegrino of Australian funds management” just ...

Outsider notes that the class wars between industry superannuation funds and retail master trusts have never really ended....

Outsider chuckled when he read that Australian Securities and Investments Commission executives paid $33,000 to a team-building consultancy....

Outsider well understands that diligent corporate house-keeping waits for no-one and, at times, can be quite revealing....

Outsider is giving 10 out of 10 to the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) for deftly avoiding becoming entangled in the somewhat arcane politics of superan...

It has been a long time since Outsider involved himself in thespian pursuits but he does recognise a ‘stage whisper’ when he hears one....

Outsider finds it interesting and just a bit baffling that someone who would advocate that financially-stressed female victims of domestic violence should be able to raid...

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