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Sometimes Outsider walks into a room and he feels right at home. MLC Life’s 130th Anniversary Dinner at Sydney’s Museum of Contemporary Art was just such an occasion....

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Outsider is not one to kick a man when he’s down and out, but when the man in question is CPA Australia's Alex Malley going out with a reported $5 million or so in his po...

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Outsider’s dear old mum once told him it was impolite to discuss what one is paid lest it cause offence to those who are less well paid and now your humble correspondent ...

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Outsider notes that after nearly three years, the Commonwealth Bank’s Open Advice Review (OAR) program is reaching its conclusion and it is to be hoped that all affected ...

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Outsider doesn't intentionally seek out racial stereotypes but sometimes they just land on his lap like at a recent roundtable/luncheon....

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Outsider usually finds change challenging and quite distasteful but he must admit enjoying his move from Money Management's long-time home in Sydney’s Chatswood to the hu...

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Nothing pleases Outsider more than confirmation that winners of Money Management's Fund Manager of the Year award actually appreciate the accolade and celebrate their win...

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If Outsider recalls correctly, it was just over a decade ago that a book was published by a banking industry insider titled "All Banks are Bastards" and sold moderately w...

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Outsider wishes to report that after more than two decades he has been forced to move offices....

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Outsider suspects Treasury John Fraser must have received a few "Dear John" letters from bank executives following the Government's bank levy measure announcement....

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Outsider was reminded of the song penned by those Blackberry Smoke minstrels when reading about Michael Ohanessian's reappointment to Praemium: Payback's a bitch!...

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Outsider would like the industry to know subliminal messages in the form of research aren't going to work. He's not moving out of home anytime soon....

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Outsider has been removing the mothballs and generally dusting off his black tie, top hat and tails because May is black-tie month....

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Scott Morrison seems to be taking a softly-softly approach to the housing affordability crisis, preferring a scalpel over a chainsaw....

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Outsider wonders what Donald Trump's reaction would be to the voices that are becoming louder over the interest in investing responsibly. A chorus of 'fake news' perhaps?...

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