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Josh talks headwinds, Outsider talks toilet paper

Outsider should be feeling a whole lot more relieved after receiving an e-mail from the Treasurer, Josh Frydenberg, assuring him that while Australia faces economic headw...

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The computer and keyboard graveyard

Outsider has been around long enough to remember the day he switched from noisy typewriters to sleek dumb terminals. ...

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Slow and steady?

Outsider had a good chuckle when he was sedately walking down George St in Sydney and saw a large advertisement covering the side of one of the city’s brand-new trams, ex...

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From the corner office to the corner jail cell

It is well known there are bad apples in financial services and Outsider is always delighted when the appropriate punishment is meted out....

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Is FASEA imposing water torture?

Outsider knows that advisers have had to jump through hoops since the Royal Commission, especially the new education requirements....

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Broken leg, not legacy

Outsider knows that the girls and boys over at CommInsure have been just a bit distracted in recent times given the long, very long, nature of the transaction which will ...

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Indy and Michael got a gong, what about Outsider?

Once again, Outsider found himself missing out on an Australia Day award, notwithstanding his contribution to the restaurant industry, single malt manufacture and the spo...

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Himbury heads off into the sunset, kind of

And, as the sun finally sets in the west, Outsider bids farewell to the outgoing chief executive of IFS Investors, Brett Himbury....

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O Little Code of FASEA

O little board of FASEA How still we see thee lie...

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You won’t die wondering what P2 thinks

Given that this is the last Money Management print edition before the festive season, Outsider believes it is appropriate to launch a new award – the Outsider/Money Manag...

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Confusing ESG with sodium glutamate

Outsider chuckled as he sat back in the large auditorium at the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) conference in Melbourne while the event opened wit...

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Spooked about recession or just a bit bored?

Thanks to the guys at Fidelity International, Outsider has discovered that Australians are a timid lot because they can be spooked by things like recessions....

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Attention grabbing engagement techniques

Despite his jaunty step and fresh-faced demeanour Outsider is quite old and so doesn’t understand concepts such as employees being “engaged” when they come to work....

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Remember the Financial Systems Inquiry? It’s been trumped

Outsider knows that the Treasurer, Josh Frydenberg is absolutely focused on implementing the recommendations of the Royal Commission into Misconduct in the Banking, Super...

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Walking the walk on #MeToo

Having worked in journalism for many years, Outsider can cast his mind back to a time when sexist comments were frequently made about women and nobody blinked an eye. ...