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Charter Hall REIT adds director

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 1 DEC 2020
... officer at The GPT Group, managing director - investment management Australia at Lendlease and head of listed funds at Challenger. Hourigan is a director of the Property Council of Australia, serves as a special advisor to the Property Male Champions ...

Challenger seeks new life chief executive

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 30 NOV 2020
Challenger is searching for a new chief executive for its life business, as the incumbent moves to a new role in its group leadership team. Chris Plater has been the life business' chief executive for four years, when he took over the role from ...

Home ownership shouldn't be at expense of super

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2020
... be a better approach than using superannuation for a housing deposit, according to the chair of retirement income at Challenger, Jeremy Cooper. Speaking at the virtual ASFA Conference, Retirement Income Review Analysed, Cooper said that while home ownership ...

Fidante signs on new partner

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 NOV 2020
Challenger's Fidante Partners has signed on a private equity manager focused on food and agribusiness. Fidante will market Minneapolis-headquartered Proterra Investment Partners' Asia Food Strategy to European investors. Proterra has $4.4 billion in ...

Barrenjoey Capital hires from FIIG

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2020
... Kulkarni left the role of director, investment strategy group at FIIG to join the new venture established by former Challenger managing director Brian Benari. A spokesperson from FIIG confirmed Kulkarni had left the role and told Financial Standard a ...

Ares readies second credit fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 6 NOV 2020
Ares's joint venture with Fidante Partners will launch a second credit fund later this year. The Ares Diversified Credit Fund will use an open-ended structure, similar to Revolution Asset Management's last private debt fund. It will invest in ...

Life insurers recognised for innovation

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 3 NOV 2020
MLC Life Insurance, Challenger and TAL were big winners at this year's Plan For Life insurance awards, recognised for their innovative products and offerings. For health and wellness initiatives, MLC Life won four categories: the Overall Health ...

FSC names new chair

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 2 NOV 2020
... member of the administration and risk board committee and nominations board committee. In another change to the board, Challenger chief financial officer Andrew Tobin's seat will go to Challenger chief executive Richard Howes, after Tobin tendered ...

Challenger shareholders revolt against remuneration

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2020
... resolution" and need 50% to make the directors stand for re-election. Interestingly, the shareholder disapproval comes after Challenger put a company-wide salary freeze in place in April 2020. For its top executives, it kept the fixed remuneration stable ...

IOOF appoints executive, continues growth push

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 29 OCT 2020
... positions. Prior to that he was manager, wrap investments at MLC Australia. He has also held positions at Aviva and Challenger. "The executive team and I are committed to delivering on the value realisation opportunities these transformational acquisitions ...