Were it not for the fact that fund manager Schroders was named Money Management Fund Manager of the Year in three successive years, Outsider would have been suspicious ab...
At the AFA conference, Outsider learnt a valuable lesson. If you have to do a PowerPoint presentation and you choose to include screenshots of websites, ensure you close ...
Peter Wilmshurst looks at where the next pocket of opportunity for bargain hunters will emerge amid the current rally in global value stocks....
While fixed-income investors may be looking to bonds as a safe harbour, recent events have highlighted some ongoing risks, Alex Vynokur writes....
When FIIG brought its Managed Income Portfolio Service (MIPS) to market early last year it broke new ground and Lonsec’s analysis suggests there are good reasons why some...
Col Fullagar examines the claims section of the Life Insurance Code of Practice and believes while the code is a commendable beginning it has a long way to go....
Mike Taylor writes that seven years after AMP Limited acquired AXA Asia Pacific, IOOF has moved from bit-player to dominant non-institutional wealth organisation....
Mike Taylor writes that the Turnbull Government’s determination to avoid a Royal Commission may have resulted in successive exercises in political expediency and the purs...
Investment bonds can be an effective strategy for those subject to marginal tax rates more than 30%. Read to learn more about pros and cons of investment bonds....
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has received a substantial increase in its powers over the past decade but there are no guarantees this will translat...
There’s nothing Outsider enjoys more than an early departure from the office on a Friday afternoon, followed by his customary sally onto the golf course....
A new niche reporting career path has been opened to Outsider’s eyes – financial advisers competing on reality TV. ...
So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...
Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...
Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...