It was with some regret but absolutely no surprise that Outsider learned that Dr Martin Fahy and his crew at the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia had post...

A few weeks ago Outsider noted the Financial Services Council’s decision to have NSW Liberal Senate tyro, Andrew Bragg, discuss/debate his book “Bad Egg” with actuarial v...

Outsider has made it a rule never to attend either school or company reunions. Why? Because he does not wish to rub shoulders with those who peaked in high school or thos...

Outsider has nothing but sympathy for his friends and colleagues in Victoria as they seek to deal with the surge in COVID-19 infections and so he is not going to make che...

Outsider has often contemplated owning a little pied a terre – somewhere to which he can retreat when the vicissitudes of life at Money Management Central become a little...

There are stories which Outsider would have liked to be the first to tell and then there are stories that Outsider reckons are so good that they need retelling....

You know times are tough when a major consultancy like Deloitte announces the loss of 700 positions in Australia including, apparently, some partners....

There have been lots of personnel changes at the Commonwealth Bank since its former child actor chief executive, Ian Narev, was succeeded by the current chief executive, ...

Mrs O likes to do things old school. No electronic billing, just what comes in the mail....

Pandemic or no pandemic, Outsider has been back at his desk at Money Management Central for a few weeks now and he knows that Mrs O is grateful that he is no longer under...

Amid persistent reports that National Australia Bank is well down the path of flogging off MLC to private equity, Outsider wonders whether any of the buyers are keeping a...

So, what does the cost of a motorcycle trail bike have in common with the average drawdown of superannuation early release?...

Outsider was relieved but not particularly surprised to read that over half of British expats would not move back to their UK motherland – and not just because one of his...

Outsider knows that the Financial Planning Association (FPA) and the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) seek to represent financial planners and he knows that the Fi...