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PM: Labor taking reform road on super

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  MONDAY, 5 DEC 2011
... abolition of the age cap would change peoples' futures. Pointing to the work of "visionary" Labor figures including Bob Hawke, Paul Keating and trade unionist Bill Kelty, Gillard said her party was once again "taking the reform road" on superannuation. ...

Unlocking the door to adviser education

RACHEL DAVIS  |  TUESDAY, 25 OCT 2011
Jordan Hawke, executive general manager of Asteron announced the winner of the AFA Excellence in Education Award yesterday and said he was "blown away" by the calibre of nominees and how they transferred their educational skill sets to their communities. ...

Asteron takes on CFS FirstChoice risk offering

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUL 2011
... retail solution, they now offer a choice to advisers. They went through a process of talking to all the insurers," Jordan Hawke, Asteron executive general manager, told Financial Standard. "From an advisers point of view, they now have choice between ...

The seventh day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUN 2011
And on the seventh day, they rested. After six straight days of non-stop selling, script hawkers took a breather. Yes, you read right - a breather - they'll be back again. There'll be more selling down the road. But this does not mean that I've given ...

Zurich poaches IUS Life team

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 31 JAN 2011
For three years, Zurich's Group Risk business in Australia has stayed relatively below the radar. That will now change after the insurer scored a hiring coup - successfully recruiting the key team of rival IUS Life, including general manager, Phil Collins. ...

Faster and easier insurance: Asteron

MEDIA RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 NOV 2010
... cover - regardless of the disclosure a PMAR is required in all instances," said Asteron's executive general manager, Jordan Hawke. "So we're reducing the problem of delays caused in obtaining mandatory PMARs, some of which can take an inordinate length ...

Super back in the spotlight

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 20 SEP 2010
... superannuation system as we know it was borne out of an agreement between the Australian Council of Trade Unions and the Hawke Government in 1986, whereby the ACTU sought a three per cent superannuation contribution from employers in lieu of a pay increase. ...

New leadership at ANZ wealth

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUL 2010
... has an MBA from the University of Western Australia and is a Fellow of the Institute of Company Directors. Meanwhile Louis Hawke, formerly managing director retail distribution at ANZ, has been appointed to a new integrated role as managing director ...

Stress test stress

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 JUL 2010
... democracy. How do you choose? Slogan? Gender? Hair colour? What a shame they can't both win. Perhaps this is the time to do what Hawke began, a marriage of political parties in the service of unsustainable growth and big business. We could call them ...

Broking firms back Suncorp update

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2010
... company' and when we asked them to name one they mentioned AAMI and GIO. "They're telling us 'it's all insurance'." Jordan Hawke, executive manager at Asteron, has been charged with developing the Asteron business while David Carter has been appointed ...