Rollover

13 November

Rollover

Smooth as Silk, the $1 million question

On the subject of Tim Wilson and tough questions for superannuation funds, Rollover also notes that his questions

13 November

Rollover

Digging, digging, always digging for dirt

Rollover recognised that there would be those inside TWUSuper who would like to hope that the events of the Trade

13 November

Rollover

Will those in Tiger Land be asked to enter the lion’s den?

It is November and so Rollover has noted the manner in which football fields have miraculously been turned into

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4 September

Rollover

Fighting without fighting to see off tiresome Tim

Nobody has kept industry funds executives and their helpers busier than the chair of the House of Representatives

4 September

Rollover

Jumping the gun on announcing an engagement

Rollover believes that its just common knowledge that politics and ego are part and parcel of any merger process

4 September

Rollover

ASFA, Annastasia, borders and vaccines

Rollover is offering a big shout out to Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia chief executive, Dr

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26 June

Rollover

APRA wants to take down your PDC particulars

Rollover recalls that old and somewhat insulting maxim that those who can, do, while those who can’t, teach.

26 June

Rollover

Difficult diagnosis even for a doctor

Rollover is inclined to doff his cap to Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia chief executive, Dr

26 June

Rollover

Do Coalition backbenchers know what a tax rort looks like?

Rollover will be very interested to see whether the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) ever actually audits the

17 April

Rollover

Are APRA’s heatmaps in social isolation?

Rollover offers a big shout out to the girls and boys at the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA),

17 April

Rollover

How the wheel turns

It seems only a few short years ago that superannuation policy guru and sometime Super Review columnist, Blake

17 April

Rollover

Hello, hello is anyone there?

Rollover doffs his cap to all those superannuation industry operatives who have begun working from home, but after

21 February

Rollover

The value of endorsement

Rollover reckons it’s no secret that a number of Government back-benchers and, indeed, a number of front-benchers

21 February

Rollover

Ratings and the urge to merge

Remember when there was SuperRatings standing proudly as a ground-breaker in providing ratings to superannuation

21 February

Rollover

Where have all the super millionaires gone?

For as long as Rollover can remember, some sections of the media have been writing about superannuation being a

1 November

Rollover

When PJK calls a spade a bloody shovel who gets buried?

You know there’s a stoush looming on the future of superannuation in Australia when former Prime Minister and

1 November

Rollover

Reacting to regulatory writings

Rollover has a certain amount of sympathy for Colonial First State and the other superannuation fund trustees who

1 November

Rollover

Superannuation women leading from the front

Rollover wishes to offer his heartiest congratulations to the teams at industry funds HESTA and Cbus for doing so

30 August

Rollover

MySuper – beauty is in the eye of the beholder

Rollover feels a certain amount of sympathy for Deloitte’s superannuation partner, Russell Mason who candidly

30 August

Rollover

Avoiding making a Burke of oneself

Rollover does enjoy a good intellectual joust but he also knows when he is out of his league.

30 August

Rollover

Retail super wounded? “Tis but a scratch”

Rollover was greatly pleased to hear unanimity among panellists at the Future of Super Conference that retail

8 July

Rollover

Wet – dry = moist

Having worked both sides of the divide, Rollover was pleased to see the new assistant minister for Superannuation

8 July

Rollover

Reserving the right to use a reserve

Given that APRA is currently in the courts seeking to prosecute IOOF over the manner in which it used a member

8 July

Rollover

A very hospitable merger

In Rollover’s experience there would be few funds more suited to a merger than Hostplus and Club Super, and not

30 May

Rollover

When member disengagement is a good thing

Rumours abounded earlier this year that some industry funds may have ‘unwittingly’ invested in weapons traded to

30 May

Rollover

Superannuation policy. When everything old is new again

Ok, so Rollover will hold his hand up. He was utterly (and I do mean utterly!) wrong in his predictions about who

30 May

Rollover

Never bite off more than you can chew

Rollover’s mum used to tell him not to bite off more than he could comfortably chew, and your correspondent

11 March

Rollover

Is it corporate hospitality if it benefits charity?

If it’s March then it must be the Conference of Major Superannuation Funds, this year being held on Queensland’s

11 March

Rollover

The value of group life bragging rights

Rollover offers his congratulations to Brett Clark and his team at TAL for successfully completing the acquisition

11 March

Rollover

Busy is as busy does

Rollover notes that just a week after the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority had told a Parliamentary

10 December

Rollover

Dwyer given several curtain calls

Rollover wishes his very best to industry stalwart and recently departed First State Super chief executive,

10 December

Rollover

T’was the months before the election

T’was the months before the election when all through the house; Not a Senator was stirring, not even a louse.

10 December

Rollover

All off all change at this REST stop

Rollover was somewhat astonished to hear of all the senior executive departures from big retailing industry fund,

20 August

Rollover

Grilling, basting or wet lettuce?

If the opening day of the Royal Commission’s hearings into the superannuation sector were any guide, then most

20 August

Rollover

Michael Dwyer a worthy recipient

Rollover offers his hearty congratulations to First State Super chief executive, Michael Dwyer, for being honoured

20 August

Rollover

ASIC wants more of the super pie

Rollover notes that the still somewhat new chairman of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission, James

6 July

Rollover

Will the real Rollover please stand up

Rollover doesn’t go much for game-playing, unless that game involves 13 clubs, a dozen balls and 18 holes, but he

6 July

Rollover

Playing the ball and the man

Working as he does, cheek by jowl with the staffers at Money Management, Rollover can report that financial

6 July

Rollover

Channelling the Bishop (Bronnie, that is)

In the days when Rollover strolled the corridors of the Federal Parliamentary Press Gallery he noted the manner in

17 May

Rollover

ASFA vs Grattan – a growing enmity

It was once the industry funds versus retail fund battle that captured media attention in the superannuation

17 May

Rollover

Schadenfreude offset by looming reality

While many people believe industry superannuation fund executives enjoyed the squirming of bank and AMP limited

17 May

Rollover

Keeping flies out of the ointment

Rollover knows that the chief executive officer vacancy at NGS Super attracted a lot of interest from

8 March

Rollover

When it’s OK to be ignored

Rollover sends his sympathies to all those industry superannuation fund chief executives who opened their mail in

8 March

Rollover

Those than can do, those that can’t, count

Rollover, being a journalist, would never describe himself as being highly numerate and so acknowledges his deep

8 March

Rollover

Comings and goings

If there is one thing that distinguishes the superannuation industry at the start of any year it is the number of

24 November

Rollover

Moves and resurrections in the super sector

Rollover notes that it is hard to keep a good man down, thus he registered that his old mate, Steve Tremelling had

24 November

Rollover

O little town of Superland

O little town of Superland, how regulated we see thee lie, enmeshed in laws so very deep, the compliance teams,

24 November

Rollover

Karen Volpato aptly rewarded

Women have long been major players in the superannuation industry and Rollover has always noted that the number of

The prize this month was the Government’s desire to establish an Australian Financial Complaints Authority irrespective of the objections of a large cross-section of the industry and the very vocal resistance of the Credit and Investments Ombudsman, Raj

23 October

Rollover

Is one politician’s ‘recalcitrance’ another’s realism?

Rollover feels certain that Victorian Liberal Senator, Kate Hume, will go far in her parliamentary career if only

23 October

Rollover

Power, influence and the Silken touch

Has AustralianSuper’s chief executive, Ian Silk, retained the services of a spin doctor?

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A much better name than MTAA, since its open for anyone. I like it.

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That's 'toe the party line'.

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