His first black-tie appearance was at the Emerge Foundation’s Out of Africa charity ball in support of East Timor – something Mr and Mrs O greatly enjoyed not least because of the continuing good work being done in East Timor by the charity founded by Ian and Marionne MacRitchie.
Outsider regards the Charity Ball as being the curtain-raiser to the Emerge Foundation’s highly-regarded rugby lunch, albeit he rates Australia regaining the Bledisloe Cup as being about as likely as Outsider running a half-marathon in lycra.
Little more than a week away, Outsider will again be getting into his evening clobber to attend the 30th Anniversary Money Management Fund Manager of the Year awards where not only will Money Management and Lonsec be recognising the best of the best, but the magazine will be reflecting on 30 years serving the financial services industry.
Outsider believes there may be some drinking and dancing taking place. He knows for certain that a certain number of industry luminaries will be reminded precisely how they looked 30 years ago.
