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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...

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Outsider loves it when old bands get back together but acknowledges that not all the fans appreciate a trip down memory lane....

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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...

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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 ...

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It goes without saying that Outsider is an elderly gent who sometimes struggles to keep up with modern practices and idioms....

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“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 ...

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Outsider notes that the class wars between industry superannuation funds and retail master trusts have never really ended....

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Outsider well understands that diligent corporate house-keeping waits for no-one and, at times, can be quite revealing....

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Outsider chuckled when he read that Australian Securities and Investments Commission executives paid $33,000 to a team-building consultancy....

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It has been a long time since Outsider involved himself in thespian pursuits but he does recognise a ‘stage whisper’ when he hears one....

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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...

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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...

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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 ...

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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....

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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...

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