Outsider

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Waxing up to surf the second adviser exodus wave

Outsider wishes his hearty congratulations to his old mate, Wayne Leggett, who is amongst a bevy of highly experienced financial advisers to announce they passed the late...

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Rhythm or blues: Getting the old BTFP band back together at Lonsec

Outsider loves it when old bands get back together but acknowledges that not all the fans appreciate a trip down memory lane....

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Taylor moves to new pastures but Outsider remains in the MM paddock

Outsider knows that a lot of readers have believed that he is the nom-de-plume of Money Management managing editor, Mike Taylor – something which Taylor has frequently, a...

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Plenty of fizz in Douglass as he backs himself

Outsider would never be so unkind as to repeat the rather cruel description of Magellan boss, Hamish Douglass as “the San Pellegrino of Australian funds management” just ...

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Aberdeen, Abrdn – the devaluation of vowels?

It goes without saying that Outsider is an elderly gent who sometimes struggles to keep up with modern practices and idioms....

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If only advisers Persevered like Jane Hume

“Did you know that the marginal tax rate in 1973/74 was 66%? Oh my heavens, thank goodness for the Liberal Party,” our persevering Senator Jane Hume said at the FSC Life ...

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Being out-Bragged by an ex-garbo and an old workmate

Outsider notes that the class wars between industry superannuation funds and retail master trusts have never really ended....

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No incentive applies if Francesco has left the building

Outsider well understands that diligent corporate house-keeping waits for no-one and, at times, can be quite revealing....

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Why spend $33k when you can go to the pub?

Outsider chuckled when he read that Australian Securities and Investments Commission executives paid $33,000 to a team-building consultancy....

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Sotto voce not the language of ASIC leadership aspiration

It has been a long time since Outsider involved himself in thespian pursuits but he does recognise a ‘stage whisper’ when he hears one....

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Will the real Tim Wilson please stand up?

Outsider is giving 10 out of 10 to the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) for deftly avoiding becoming entangled in the somewhat arcane politics of superan...

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Is there anything Persevering Jane should be telling her boss?

Outsider finds it interesting and just a bit baffling that someone who would advocate that financially-stressed female victims of domestic violence should be able to raid...

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Is the Govt turning superannuation into Afterpay?

Make no mistake, Outsider is a big fan of superannuation possibly because he was reporting on it when the Hawke/Keating Government cemented the Prices and Incomes Accord ...

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Blends are OK, but why aren’t diversity panels diverse?

Outsider is pleased that, even though it took too long, the issue of diversity has become an important matter for many financial services firms, on the surface at least....

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Will offshoring result in yesterday’s answer tomorrow?

As someone who has had to deal with offshore service providers, Outsider is very interested in the suggestion that paraplanning services can be satisfactorily provided by...