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Iress loses key wealth executive

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAR 2024
... sustainability. Earlier she spent two years at Milliman as a director of insights and strategy, following five years at Challenger, where she served as senior manager of retirement income policy for five years. There, she covered a broad range of retirement ...

Platforms ramp up innovation, back-end efficiencies

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 16 FEB 2024
... tax and social security benefits. Meanwhile, HUB24 and Netwealth have natively integrated Allianz Retire+ AGILE and Challenger fixed-term annuities respectively, allowing advisers to administer these solutions like other investments on the platform ...

Challenger overhauls IT, awards mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 13 FEB 2024
Challenger has awarded a mandate to a major professional services firm to overhaul its technological infrastructure. Accenture has been mandated for seven years to upgrade Challenger's technology that will ultimately affect customers, financial ...

Super funds lack data for effective retirement assistance: Study

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 5 FEB 2024
... retirement assistance and compliance with Retirement Income Covenant obligations, research by Capital Preferences and Challenger reveals. The survey of 4000 Australians showed 78% feel unprepared for retirement, with a similar number ambivalent when ...

Oaktree's local head of distribution resigns

ELIZABETH FRY  |  MONDAY, 5 FEB 2024
... US$172 billion investing powerhouse co-founded by Howard Marks with 27 years of industry experience. He arrived from Challenger, where he worked as a senior institutional business development manager. Penprase began his career in equities at Global Funds ...

SimCorp names new country manager for Australia

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 16 JAN 2024
... chain, redeployment of scarce resources as well as access to continuous innovation," Cotroneo said. In 2022, SimCorp and Challenger launched Artega Investment Administration, a joint venture leveraging the former's technology for investment management ...

MLC Life names general manager, remediation

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 11 DEC 2023
... acquisitions with AXA, including the sale of AXA Asia Pacific to AMP and, before that, the integrations of ipac Securities, Challenger Financial Planning and Genesys Wealth Advisers, and Sterling Grace. "... Ian will play an integral role in enhancing ...

Commonwealth Super Corp selects Challenger for retirement products

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 28 NOV 2023
Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation (CSC) has joined forces with Challenger to launch the next stage of its retirement income strategy in early 2024. The longevity solution was developed by CSC under its RIS program to help meet its customer's ...

Conscious Investment Management fund receives $50m

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 27 NOV 2023
... non-executive director of HousingFirst and non-executive director and chair of Cafs. Previously, White held senior roles at Challenger Financial Services, HSBC and ANZ Banking Group. CIMSHF2 is currently open for investment. The fund is a 12-year closed ...

Allianz Retire+ heavyweight jumps ship

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 17 NOV 2023
... arrived from Dexus, where he held a similar role. Before that, he was a regional manager with Russell Investments, Challenger, and BT.