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Dear Jane, it’s a different tune but the same hymn sheet

Outsider has been hoping beyond hope that “Persevering Jane”, the Minister for Superannuation, Financial Services and the Digital Economy, Senator Jane Hume, was speaking...

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Heroes come and heroes go but advisers soldier on

Financial planners are more often kicked than heaped with bouquets in the Federal Parliament and so when politicians come along prepared to listen to financial planners a...

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Manfully facing up to the impending absence of Facebook

It will surprise no one that Outsider is not “on” Facebook. He is definitely on what most would know as “Wrinkly Facebook” aka LinkedIn, but he has never thought that Fac...

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Persevering through a political thought-bubble

It is not often that Outsider feels a sense of surprise. But the usually unfazed Outsider was left feeling shocked when he attended what must have been one of the first i...

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A fly on the wall when someone puts a fly in the ointment

There have been times when Outsider just wanted to be a fly on the wall – you know the sorts of occasions – Queensland’s Annastasia Palaszczuk seated next to NSW’s Gladys...

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A fun game – playing 20 Questions with Bert and ASIC

Outsider is old but well remembers playing that game “20 questions” in which you get to ask 20 questions of someone to determine the right answer....

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From the folks who brought you Viagra – a vaccine

Outsider regrets to say that his extensive portfolio of investments does not include pharmaceutical giant Pfizer which at the time of writing has announced that with its ...

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Graceful or not. Who exited fastest in 2020?

As this is the last print edition of Money Management for 2020 but Christmas is still some weeks off, Outsider thought he would start a new tradition – The Rapid Exit Awa...

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Sleepy Joe Awakens

Outsider has previously mused over Donald Trump’s messaging cutting through in Australia, with the “Sleepy Joe” moniker catching on with the delegates at the Association ...

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In the dark, out of the loop and an execrable diet

Outsider knows what it’s like to be treated like a mushroom. He is not unfamiliar with being kept in the dark and being fed execrable information....

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Bountiful experiences as first mate takes the helm

At the time of writing, Australian Securities and Investments Commission chair, James Shipton remains stood aside awaiting a Treasury-instigated independent review of the...

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Getting to the bottom of illicit habits

Outsider knows that there are those who believe that some inhabitants of Sydney’s so-called big end of town occasionally indulge in illicit substances reflective of their...

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Not alarm bells, just a wake-up call on the US election

Outsider must admit to currently having more than a passing interest in the outcome of the US Presidential election but he is clearly not as invested as a number of the o...

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APRA believes in global warming, what about the Govt?

Outsider has noted it before but its probably worth noting again that while the politicians squabble over climate change in the so-called “Canberra bubble” the nation’s f...

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A virtual conference shared is a virtual conference halved

Outsider likes to think of himself as seasoned when it comes to conference reporting. ...