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It is possibly a measure of Outsider’s recent bout of insomnia (perhaps the Ashes is being played in mother England) that he found himself reading the so-called ‘Promonto...

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Outsider has to admit that Magellan co-founder, Hamish Douglass has more than earned his reputation for making the right investment calls. After all, Magellan’s financial...

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Outsider understands that when AMP Limited later this month announces its full-year results to the Australian Securities Exchange it will also be delivering investors som...

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Has paying market rates for executives worked for the Australian Securities and Investments Commission?...

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Outsider is conscious of Australia’s recent revolving door approach to Prime Ministerships but perhaps not as conscious as an erstwhile colleague and life company corpora...

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There was Outsider thinking that Royal Commissions and other factors had brought down the curtain on significant offshore conferences in the financial planning industry, ...

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As a student of history, Outsider knows that the 1920s and 1930s bred a particular type of national leader – the fascist - and he notes global media coverage suggesting t...

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Outsider noted the level of adviser angst at the news that the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) had selected the biggest industry fund, AustralianS...

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Outsider knows all the jokes about actuaries such as you know when you’ve met a gregarious actuary when he/she is looking at your shoes rather than his/her own....

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Outsider, in a previous life, spent far too much of his time sitting in Parliamentary Committee rooms and watching as Senators and Members of Parliament appeared to relis...

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Outsider happens to know that the Australian Securities and Investments Commission has a very serious social media strategy, but he really does wonder whether any of the ...

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Outsider always enjoys attending the Money Management Fund Manager of the Year Awards not so much for celebrating those who walk away with the trophies (but congratulatio...

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Outsider offers his heartiest congratulations to Premium China Fund Management’s Jonathan Wu on his recent marriage to Wendy....

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As we draw ever closer to the 18 May Federal Election, Outsider believes it is worth reminding readers that while we may have had no fewer than five Prime Ministers over ...

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Context is everything and thus Outsider acknowledges that the ABC’s recent election-time coverage of the franking credits debate may have served Bill Shorten and the Labo...

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