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16 September 2004 | Outsider must say that he is a little disappointed by the lack of imagination shown by our funds management community.
7 December 2000 | Whether its wine or trees or birds, Outsider sees many an exciting investment scheme pass across his desk.
26 October 2000 | "Money Management magazine does it even better."
28 September 2000 | Financial planners are well known for their rollicking sense of humour and knee slapping laugh fests but evidence of this was still hard to find until US website Ihatefinancialplanning.com rolled out its site and decide to use the old humour and a dry topic routine.
17 August 2000 | It was almost like being back in the eighties. A large box arrives, full of gifts, to announce yet another new float.
6 July 2000 | When the Credit Suisse crowd rolls out the freebies, they do it in style. They did not let down the faithful last month when they invited a select band of advisers to the first screenings of that Tom Cruise stunt fest, Mission Impossible II.
22 June 2000 | As the seemingly endless stoush over the GST continues Outsider is finding it hard to refrain from laughing at some of the political antics that have come our way. Making fun of politicians doesn't seem like hard work anyway.
8 June 2000 | Planners are a generous lot when locked in a room and force-fed a few glasses of the noble red.
At Hobart, they raised $21,800 in the charity auction held during the formal dinner. The proceeds went to the Smith Family.
8 June 2000 | It was going to be a bit of a coup for the Melbourne chapter of the FPA.
ASIC’s most senior stick waver, Alan Cameron was coming down to Melbourne to chat to the assembled planners over a chicken lunch and a glass of reviving white.
8 June 2000 | With Commonwealth descending on Colonial from a great height, one big concern has been the axing of State Bank branches.
25 May 2000 | What on earth is going on with the our banking system? This is a question Outsider has pondered on may evenings while supping on port and smoking cigars.
25 May 2000 | Outsider likes a good investment, especially one that manages to get off the ground, even if it takes two attempts.
25 May 2000 | Robbie Bennetts’ cohorts are sure sticklers for being true to label.
In this case the label is PIS, or Professional Investment Services for those unfamiliar with the group’s 500 advisers.
11 May 2000 | Outsider is well known for enjoying a free feed whenever possible, especially when other hacks are about so he can hide his appetite among the clink of cutlery and chit-chat.
11 May 2000 | It appears there are a few people around the traps with a fair bit of time on their hands.
Sure it doesn’t take much time to string together a few humorous words to make your colleagues day a little brighter, but to re-write an entire song and base it around a 1970s standard?
11 May 2000 | It was going to be the clash of the research titans.
The venue was to be the Melbourne chapter of the FPA monthly luncheon and the event was billed to have spills, thrills, chills and possibly some dills, too.
27 April 2000 | The other night Outsider went to the footy at the spanking-new Colonial Stadium.
Not wishing to sit with the Great Unwashed, he supped in Colonial’s well-appointed hospitality box. Natch.
27 April 2000 | This year we are getting just about every conceivable thing offered as a way of investing your hard-earned dosh.
27 April 2000 | With those ruddy big blocks of concrete being set up in Homebush, you could be forgiven for thinking that Sydney was going sports mad.