OUTSIDER

Having been around the industry for nigh on 40 years, Outsider has seen his fair share of buzzwords come and go around the office. Never a day goes by these days without ...

The superannuation guarantee increase has come into effect from the beginning of this month and Outsider has noticed this has either been a call for celebration – or dism...

Equities? Bonds? Alternatives? If Outsider was to take investing advice from former Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, then perhaps the “market for crazy” is the best inves...

As a man of a certain age, Outsider might be forgiven for not being keen to celebrate his birthday when it rolls around each year. ...

Outsider was left feeling perplexed when he sat next to an AMP employee at a recent conference after his seat companion laughed at the idea that inappropriate behaviour w...

Outsider thought he already heard about the strangest rebrand of 2021 when he read about Standard Life Aberdeen rebranding as ‘Abrdn’ earlier this year. ...

Outsider was delighted to see some familiar and friendly faces at this year’s Money Management Fund Manager of the Year awards which invited guests to join as a live stud...

Outsider is not worried for AMP’s Francesco de Ferrari even though he may be out of job, having recently exited his role as chief executive to make way for ANZ’s Alexis G...

Senator Andrew Bragg, considered by very few to be a friend of the super industry, has once again called into question whether it was fair for compulsory public funds to ...

As an older gentleman, Outsider has already felt flustered trying to navigate the world of alternative investments, including cryptocurrency....

Outsider has long accepted that when politicians retire they frequently pop up in what could quite accurately be described as corporate sinecures....

Outsider loves a fund manager prepared to back themselves and, frankly, such people are never in particularly short supply....

 

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Squeaky'21

My view is that after 2026 there will be quite a bit less than 10,000 'advisers' (investment advisers) and less than 100...

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Jason Warlond

Dugald makes a great point that not everyone's definition of green is the same and gives a good example. Funds have bee...

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Jasmin Jakupovic

How did they get the AFSL in the first place? Given the green light by ASIC. This is terrible example of ASIC's incompet...

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AustralianSuper and Australian Retirement Trust have posted the financial results for the 2022–23 financial year for their combined 5.3 million members....

9 months 2 weeks ago

A $34 billion fund has come out on top with a 13.3 per cent return in the last 12 months, beating out mega funds like Australian Retirement Trust and Aware Super. ...

9 months ago

The verdict in the class action case against AMP Financial Planning has been delivered in the Federal Court by Justice Moshinsky....

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