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FSC names new chair

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 2 NOV 2020
... change to the board, Challenger chief financial officer Andrew Tobin's seat will go to Challenger chief executive Richard Howes, after Tobin tendered his resignation from the company on September 30. "Geoff's leadership has been integral in helping ...

Challenger shareholders revolt against remuneration

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2020
... funds management chief executive Ian Saines who left the business during the year, as well as their replacements of Richard Howes and Nick Hamilton respectively. Challenger's FY20 results were hit hard by COVID, industry trends and investing decisions. ...

Challenger loses chief financial officer

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2020
... services division of the Commonwealth Bank and chief financial officer at MLC in Hong Kong. Challenger chief executive Richard Howes thanked Tobin for his time with the company. "Andrew has been a key member of our executive team for almost nine years. ...

Challenger raising $300m, to add IG bonds

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2020
... ROEs in excess of 20% on the capital backing these investments," Challenger managing director and chief executive Richard Howes said. "This is well above our pre-tax ROE target of the RBA cash rate plus a margin of 14%. Importantly, we can capture these ...

Challenger winds up boutique partnership

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2020
... business stood at $79 billion, after falling 8% in the quarter, which Challenger chief executive and managing director Richard Howes attributed the March sell off and superannuation activity. "The drop in AUM includes the effect of major market movements ...

Challenger appoints funds management boss

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 17 SEP 2019
... multi-boutique business Fidante Partners since 2016 as its general manager. Challenger managing director and chief executive Richard Howes said Hamilton has strong relationships with the company's boutique partners and clients and is ideally placed to ...

Fidante loses $3.9bn of super fund assets

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 13 AUG 2019
... it was a "significant redemption" of equities by a profit-for-member fund. Managing director and chief executive Richard Howes said Fidante's remaining super fund clients have little known exposure to pursuing internalisation strategies. Another ...

Challenger funds management chief resigns

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2019
... Australian Financial Markets Association, and Air Lease Corporation. Challenger managing director and chief executive Richard Howes said Saines will retire from Challenger confident in knowing that he had built a talented team with the depth, strength ...

Profit downgrade hurts Challenger

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 24 JAN 2019
Challenger shares dropped by 17% overnight after recently appointed chief executive Richard Howes flagged a profit downgrade. Challenger's share price plunged from $9.23 to about $7.65 on the back of lower-than-expected December 2018 half-year results. ...

Challenger bolsters exec lineup

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 DEC 2018
Challenger has filled the role left open when Richard Howes moved to replace Brian Benari as the chief executive of the $5.6 billion company. Angela Murphy was announced as the chief executive of distribution, product and marketing this morning. She ...