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Outsider is an old rugby player so he knows there are rules about kicking a player on the ground, so notes that AMP was further kicked in the guts when it recently receiv...

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Don’t rattle the SG can, it might erode the base

Outsider has been around long enough to reflect that when the superannuation guarantee was first established by the then Labor Treasurer, Paul Keating who envisaged it re...

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A game that’s worth a try

Having spent many years living in Canberra before moving to Sydney, Outsider was excited that the Canberra Raiders made the final against the Sydney Roosters and watched ...

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Considering one’s mortality

Outsider was disturbed to read Money Management's article about how he was a ‘decaying vessel’. Although he understood the point made in William John’s very well-written ...

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Having a good lie down until the mood passes

No names, no pack drill, but Outsider has heard tell of a recent financial services company off-site (love-in) which ended with two participants being tended to in the em...

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‘Philante’ – a robust fusion or delicate hybrid?

Let it be said that nobody is happier than Outsider to see the Financial Planning Association and the Association of Financial Advisers working together to generate a uni...

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Horsing around or a timely shot in the arm

Outsider was excited when he found out Thai cave rescue diver Dr Craig Challen was to speak at Money Management's Future of Wealth Management – Advice conference as he, i...

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When events overtake outcomes

Outsider has been wondering how his old mate and erstwhile IOOF managing director, Chris Kelaher, has been getting on after standing aside in the wake of Australian Prude...

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Hume has been hanging with the shoeless one

Outsider really wonders whether the “barefoot investor”, Scott Pape, is really barefoot given his book sales and the spotter’s fee he is probably owed by a particular sup...

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Supping tea with the oracle

Regular readers of Outsider will remember that he recently questioned what, precisely, born again One Nation Senator, Malcolm Roberts, would bring to last month’s Financi...

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An idea with very little currency

Outsider has never exactly been quick to embrace new technologies and still hankers after his old Olivetti portable typewriter when it comes time to bash out a newsflash ...

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Avoiding making a Burke of oneself

Outsider does enjoy a good intellectual joust but he also knows when he is out of his league....

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The FSC and the accidental oracle

Outsider has concluded that those organising this year’s Financial Services Council Leaders Summit have taken the view that diversity can trump relevance when it is coupl...

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Celebrities walking NAB’s halls

Outsider was disappointed to find that the Royal Commission did not find that a future Z-grade celebrity was working within NAB’s walls, namely Australia’s current bachel...

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When perceptions of history weigh more than gold

Outsider was among those who were somewhat surprised that the Commonwealth Bank opted to close down the Financial Wisdom license rather than sell it....