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As any long-term reader of Outsider would know, he occasionally (actually quite frequently) suffers from remuneration envy....

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Outsider wishes his old mate, former IOOF managing director, Chris Kelaher, a comfortable retirement/change of outlook following the company’s announcement that both he a...

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Outsider was reading a statement from the president of the Law Council, Arthur Moses SC, when he suddenly started thinking about financial advisers and asset-based fees....

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Outsider thought he might be being “April fooled” when, on 1 April, he noted the colourful Graham Rich celebrating Morningstar’s 20th birthday in Australia....

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Outsider wonders where his old mate Brad Cooper will turn up when he finally exits Westpac after well over a decade with the big banking group....

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As the May Federal Election looms ever closer, Outsider notes that the polls are suggesting that it remains pretty much a two-horse race, with one particular horse carryi...

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The scuttlebutt had been in the industry for weeks, but Outsider still noted the element of surprise when Westpac announced that it was largely getting out of personal ad...

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Outsider usually steers clear of people handing out brochures on the street and, to be fair, those handing out the brochures usually steer clear of Outsider because his p...

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Outsider can think of few personalities more different than Ken Henry and Phil Chronican and so he expects significant cultural change at National Australia Bank now that...

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Outsider was pleased to see his old mate and former Australian Securities and Investment Commission deputy chairman, Peter Kell, bob up as part of an external ratings com...

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Outsider has a list of people’s names on his desk which he believes may be similar to a list provided to the Australian Securities and Investments Commission by the Royal...

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Every cloud has a silver lining, it seems. Even when that cloud takes the shape of the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority regime....

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Outsider is prepared to bet that when the team at ASIC were ticking off their 2018 unfinished business list just before Christmas, they thought it possible that no-one wo...

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As any senior public servant will tell you, the minister is always right until he is no longer the minister....

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What’s in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet....

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