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...
Outsider loves it when old bands get back together but acknowledges that not all the fans appreciate a trip down memory lane....
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 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 ...
It goes without saying that Outsider is an elderly gent who sometimes struggles to keep up with modern practices and idioms....
“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 ...
Outsider notes that the class wars between industry superannuation funds and retail master trusts have never really ended....
Outsider well understands that diligent corporate house-keeping waits for no-one and, at times, can be quite revealing....
Outsider chuckled when he read that Australian Securities and Investments Commission executives paid $33,000 to a team-building consultancy....
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 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...
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...
Make no mistake, Outsider is a big fan of superannuation possibly because he was reporting on it when the Hawke/Keating Government cemented the Prices and Incomes Accord ...
Outsider is pleased that, even though it took too long, the issue of diversity has become an important matter for many financial services firms, on the surface at least....
As someone who has had to deal with offshore service providers, Outsider is very interested in the suggestion that paraplanning services can be satisfactorily provided by...
Interesting. Would be good to know the details of the StrategyOne deal....
It’s astonishing to see the FAAA now pushing for more advisers by courting "career changers" and international recruits,...
increased professionalism within the industry - shouldn't that say, FAR register almost halving in the last 24 months he...