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Outsider believes the Royal Commission into Misconduct in the Banking, Superannuation and Financial Services Industry has become compulsory watching in the financial plan...

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The swoop of eagles, the rustle of silk

So who are the winners and losers from the Royal Commission into Misconduct in the Banking, Superannuation and Financial Services Industry?...

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Vale Tony Fenning

Outsider and the entire Money Management team offers condolences to the family and friends of Tony Fenning who passed away this month after a long illness....

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Outsider’s new friends at Money Management

Outsider wants to welcome Money Management's newest journalist – Nicholas Grove who joined the team straight after Easter....

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When enough friends are enough

It is well-known that while Outsider may have reluctantly embraced the interwebs, he has long eschewed anything to do with Facebook....

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Having your cake and eating it too

Outsider took one look at the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority’s Information Paper on Remuneration Practices released last week and found himself once again bei...

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Compare the pair of sole purpose tests

Outsider knows that all financial planners will be gratified to have heard that Industry Super Australia has joined with research and consultancy outfit SuperRatings to u...

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Has the music stopped yet?

What is it about March? Is March the month of financial services musical chairs?...

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Copping the super spotlight

Outsider found himself in Brisbane in mid-March attending that long-running industry funds event – the Conference of Major Superannuation Funds – but it was not the indus...

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First amongst equals

For most of the past four years Outsider has found himself surrounded by a team of young women and has therefore learned a thing or two about gender equality and, let’s b...

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An exercise in ministerial recycling

Outsider wishes a big welcome back to Helen Coonan....

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Vale Jennifer O’Donnell

It is with some sadness that Outsider notes the recent passing of former Australian Securities and Investments Commission executive director of compliance, Jennifer O’Don...

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ASIC chairman’s vague claim to fame

What do ‘Hot for the Teacher’, ‘Tobacco Road’ and ‘She’s My Machine’ have in common with the new chairman of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission, James S...

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Bleeding good stuff

Outsider knows a thing or two about [high] blood pressure and he remembers Winston Churchill’s vow, “I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat” but your co...

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Making sparks fly, old school

Outsider used to think that tinder was something you used to light a fire, so he has to be forgiven for thinking his young female colleague was thinking of going camping ...