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Women-led super funds outperform

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 8 MAR 2021
... share of women members at 85%; Australian Defence Force Super has the highest share of young women members (91%); while Challenger has the highest share of retired women of 84%. In 2020, Rainmaker found funds with female trustees and leaders can boost ...

Fidante strikes new partnership

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAR 2021
Challenger's multi-boutique business has partnered with a Japanese asset management giant in a two-way relationship. Nomura Asset Management, which has over $500 billion in assets under management, will support Fidante's Japanese ambitions. Fidante ...

Challenger names chief financial officer

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 1 MAR 2021
... Federation of Accountants for two years and is a director on The Accounting Professional and Ethical Standards Board. Challenger chief executive Richard Howes said Grimes brings an outstanding track record as a leader in her field with significant experience ...

Retirement income framework on track: Frydenberg

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 26 FEB 2021
... the 2022 launch date in providing retirement income products. QSuper's retirement product is in the works, while Challenger has offered strategies for a number of years that tackle longevity risk and provide an income stream in retirement. Furthermore ...

Revolution hires to investment team

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 FEB 2021
The private debt boutique has added a former Challenger investor as a portfolio manager, and an associate portfolio manager from JANA. Steve Sutinen has joined Revolution Asset Management as a portfolio manager. He spent 21 years at Challenger, including ...

Industry fund awards $60m small caps mandate

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 15 FEB 2021
A boutique founded by former the small caps team at UBS Asset Management has won a $60 million mandate from a $5.4 billion industry fund. TWUSUPER has selected Eiger Capital for the equities allocation. "This mandate furthers TWUSUPER's plan to ...

Challenger wins $200m mandate

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 15 FEB 2021
Challenger has scored a $200 million mandate in indexed global equities from an industry fund. Local Government Super, which manages $12 billion in retirement savings for current and former New South Wales government employees, picked Challenger for ...

Cbus appoints three investment heads

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 12 FEB 2021
... for four years. Prior to this, he was a property director at the Future Fund for five years, and has also worked at Challenger and HSBC. The fund has appointed James Crawford its head of equity portfolio construction. Crawford has worked at First Sentier ...

Challenger on track to performance target

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 9 FEB 2021
... basis, NPAT dropped by 29% to $136.8 million while normalised net profit before tax came down 30% to $196 million. Challenger chief executive Richard Howes said the performance is in line with guidance to deliver full-year normalised NPAT between $390 ...

Longstanding Challenger exec in new role

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2021
Challenger's executive director, real estate investments has taken on a new role with a fund manager. Chris Pak has joined EG as divisional director of business development after over seven years in his previous role and a further seven as general manager ...