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It is possibly a measure of Outsider’s recent bout of insomnia (perhaps the Ashes is being played in mother England) that he found himself reading the so-called ‘Promonto...

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Outsider has to admit that Magellan co-founder, Hamish Douglass has more than earned his reputation for making the right investment calls. After all, Magellan’s financial...

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Outsider understands that when AMP Limited later this month announces its full-year results to the Australian Securities Exchange it will also be delivering investors som...

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Has paying market rates for executives worked for the Australian Securities and Investments Commission?...

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Outsider is conscious of Australia’s recent revolving door approach to Prime Ministerships but perhaps not as conscious as an erstwhile colleague and life company corpora...

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There was Outsider thinking that Royal Commissions and other factors had brought down the curtain on significant offshore conferences in the financial planning industry, ...

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As a student of history, Outsider knows that the 1920s and 1930s bred a particular type of national leader – the fascist - and he notes global media coverage suggesting t...

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Outsider noted the level of adviser angst at the news that the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) had selected the biggest industry fund, AustralianS...

Outsider knows all the jokes about actuaries such as you know when you’ve met a gregarious actuary when he/she is looking at your shoes rather than his/her own....

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Outsider, in a previous life, spent far too much of his time sitting in Parliamentary Committee rooms and watching as Senators and Members of Parliament appeared to relis...

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Outsider happens to know that the Australian Securities and Investments Commission has a very serious social media strategy, but he really does wonder whether any of the ...

Outsider always enjoys attending the Money Management Fund Manager of the Year Awards not so much for celebrating those who walk away with the trophies (but congratulatio...

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Outsider offers his heartiest congratulations to Premium China Fund Management’s Jonathan Wu on his recent marriage to Wendy....

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As we draw ever closer to the 18 May Federal Election, Outsider believes it is worth reminding readers that while we may have had no fewer than five Prime Ministers over ...

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Context is everything and thus Outsider acknowledges that the ABC’s recent election-time coverage of the franking credits debate may have served Bill Shorten and the Labo...

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So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

5 months 3 weeks ago

Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...

6 months ago

Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...

8 months ago

The RBA has handed down its much-anticipated rate decision, following widespread expectations of a close call....

3 weeks 4 days ago

Despite the financial adviser exam being rooted in ethics, two professional year advisers believe the lack of support and transparency from the regulator around the exam ...

2 weeks 3 days ago

ASIC has banned two advisers from the same advice firm for giving clients inappropriate superannuation advice that was not in their best interests. ...

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