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Challenger directors resign in wake of merger approval

Challenger International Ltd directors Gil Hoskins and Bill Ireland have resigned from the board of Challenger following the Federal Court approval the proposed merger between Challenger and CPH Investment Corp. Last week's approval has also prompted ...

Federal Court approves CPH merger with Challenger

... The Federal Court approved Kerry Packer's CPH Investment Corp Ltd's $1.1 billion merger with financial services group Challenger International Ltd today. This means the merged entity can begin trading as Challenger Financial Services Group in early July. ...

Challenger closes down operations in the UK

Challenger International Limited (CLI) has decided to close its UK operations after reviewing the company's operations. The decision follows the results of the review that began in January this year. The decision sees the Neville James businesses being ...

Challenger appoints Sullivan as first head of property securities

Challenger International has appointed David Sullivan as its first head of property securities, adding to the multitude of personnel changes made since new chief executive Chris Cuffe started in April. To date Challenger has not offered property securities ...

Hamer joins Suncorp as business development manager

Former head of master trust services at Challenger John Hamer has joined Suncorp Investment Services as its Sydney-based business development manager, Suncorp has announced. Hamer, who started his new role today, will be responsible for sourcing new ...

Challenger to close New Zealand retail operations

Challenger International has decided to close its New Zealand retail operations, effective June 30, following an extensive assessment of the company's existing position in that market. Challenger will also cease managing wholesale monies invested in ...

Ireland sets new course for Mariner

Former Challenger managing director Bill Ireland has wasted no time in plotting a new course for Mariner Financial and Mariner Retirement Solutions by unveiling a link-up with Industry Fund Services (IFS) and investment bank Babcock and Brown that will ...

van Eyk calls for investor caution in retail hybrid sector

... credit markets, with higher than expected default events and downgrades, and rising interest rates. van Eyk assessed the Challenger High Yield fund, the JB Were Enhanced Income fund, the Schroder Hybrid fund and the UBS High Yield fund. The review concluded ...

Morningstar gives Challenger a three-star mortgage rating

Morningtar has awarded three stars to Challenger International's commercial mortgages management. Morningstar said its portfolio construction process is "relatively satisfactory", loan application and assessment processes are "generally sound," although ...

Challenger to split in two, receive $235 million injection: Cuffe

Chris Cuffe, the acting chief executive officer of Challenger International, has announced plans to split the merged CPH Investment/Challenger entity along life and non-life business lines. The merged company, to be called Challenger Financial Services ...

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Treasury responds to Debelle's review into the AOFM

KARREN VERGARA

Treasury has responded to the Guy Debelle-led review into the Australian Office of Financial Management (AOFM), agreeing to all six recommendations.

Bravura ups guidance, reports earnings increase

RIDDHIMA TALWANI

Bravura Solutions informed investors cost discipline will protect its full year earnings result after a client migrated to a Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) early in the year.

MaxCap hires from Vanguard, AustralianSuper

MATTHEW WAI

MaxCap has welcomed two senior directors, including a portfolio manager from Australia's largest super fund, reporting to the recently named chief executive Kylie Robb.

Zenith snags mandate from Granite Bay

MATTHEW WAI

Granite Bay Private Wealth has selected Zenith Investment Partners to support their investment governance and due diligence.

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