On the subject of the Super Review Super Fund of the Year awards, Rollover was pleased to see that The Heron Partnership managing director, Chris Butler, once again used his speech to the gala dinner to liken particular superannuation funds to various bird species.
The 2016 awards represented the third occasion on which Butler had used his bird analogies and Rollover noted that David Elia’s Hostplus was once again described as the “seagull” of the industry in large part because of its propensity to be seen at sporting venues.
It is hard to argue with Butler’s observation, in circumstances where the Hostplus logo has become an almost ubiquitous sight not only at major sporting arenas but on the jerseys and shorts of those playing there.
Rollover was pleased to note that Butler had this year promoted CommInsure to being the Yellow Hammer of the superannuation bird kingdom, largely as a result of the colour of its plumage.
Rollover has suggested to Butler that he might next year consider naming a fund as the Indian Miner – but then again, the Miner is regarded as an invasive pest and your correspondent cannot possibly say who deserves that title.
