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Outsider knows that there a certain number of financial advisers who like nothing better than sticking the boot into the Financial Planning Association and the Associatio...

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Outsider was delighted to read the news that, finally, the Commonwealth Bank had found an outfit with the will and the pockets deep enough to take on Colonial First State...

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Outsider is sure he was not the only one who scratched his head in confusion when Elon Musk announced his newborn son would be named X Æ A-12. ...

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Outsider was absolutely outraged to learn that some of the denizens of major consultancies such as Deloitte, KPMG and EY had been obliged to absorb pay cuts of up to 20% ...

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Outsider is the first to admit that he suffers from the green-eyed monster of envy when it comes to remuneration but he thought he had put that all to one side when he he...

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As a man of a certain age, Outsider wouldn’t say he enjoys using modern technology. He also understands that weeks of Government-enforced social distancing rules can driv...

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While airlines are feeling the hit of lockdown on their share prices, to the point where they may need Government bailouts, Outsider spares a thought for those who have i...

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Outsider has discovered something disturbing. According to the medicos and the Government he is elderly....

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Well, apologies to Banjo Paterson because Outsider’s working from home arrangements are not quite that bad, although Outsider notes that Banjo, writing Clancy of the Over...

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Nothing annoys Outsider more than fellow hacks failing to point fingers and name names and so he wants to know the identity of the senior financial services type who, wit...

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Hats off to a certain life insurance sector identity who knows how to leverage both time and space....

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As Outsider sits in his big red leather chair enduring what some are now choosing to call self-isolation, he has been given to reflect that in these days of social media ...

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It’s hard to break the habits of a lifetime but even Outsider is putting aside some of his less attractive attributes to meet with company policy during these difficult ...

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Outsider felt a pang of disappointment when the CMSF conference in Adelaide was called off due to the ever evolving COVID-19 pandemic. ...

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Outsider understands that Liberal back-bencher, Tim Wilson, has been keeping quite a few industry fund officials busy in his role as chair of the House of Representatives...

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