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Challenger creates new investment head

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 SEP 2011
Challenger has landed industry heavyweight, Geoff Stewart, for its newly-created role as head of investment research where he will provide portfolio construction insights into the group's ten boutique fund manager offerings. Formerly the senior investment ...

Challenger taps CFSGAM head for retirement product

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 29 AUG 2011
Challenger Limited says it is seeking fresh thinking in retirement products and has hired Colonial First State Global Asset Management's former head of investment research for a newly created position. Aaron Minney has been appointed as head of retirement ...

Challenger results prove annuity winner

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 22 AUG 2011
Challenger Limited full year results has revealed a "stellar growth in annuities" with a 56% rise in retail sales growth to $1.46 billion and life cash earnings up 19% to $401 million. Challenger also posted normalised net profit after tax up 7% to ...

Western Asset brings in fixed income manager

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUL 2011
... Australian investors. Shinnick has previously managed portfolios at Lehman Brothers Asset Management Australia, and Challenger Financial Services, having begun his career with HSBC asset management. For the last two years Shinnick was in the UK working ...

Rainmaker reveals 2011 Sales & Marketing Excellence Awards

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUL 2011
Challenger emerged as the biggest winner from the 2011 Rainmaker Sales & Marketing Excellence Awards Dinner last night, picking up three awards, while PIMCO, Legg Mason and AustralianSuper each scooped two. The awards dinner, compared by ABC newsreader ...

LG Super awards $150m global equity mandate

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUN 2011
... integrating ESG factors in their fundamental analysis," said Peter Lambert, chief executive, LGS. Five Oceans is part of Challenger's boutique stable with over $13.8 billion in funds under management as at 31 March 2011. The manager said its global equity ...

UniSuper freshens up board and investment committee

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUN 2011
... the depth and breadth of experience that he does," said Cuffe, a former CEO of Colonial First State Investments and Challenger Financial Services. UniSuper has also added to its investment committee with the appointment of former head of credit at Colonial ...

Bentham wins $350 million mandate

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2011
... Investments Group for security selection, he said. The new charter is a major achievement for the boutique firm, launched by Challenger Financial Services last year. The actively managed fund, run by portfolio manager, principal and managing director ...

Equities don't work in retirement

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAY 2011
... Jeremy Cooper, former head of the Superannuation System Review who now heads the retirement income products division at Challenger Financial Services, told ABC radio last night that poor investment returns are inhibiting the ability of savers to accumulate ...

Challenger boosted by life sales

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 18 APR 2011
Challenger reports strong boutique inflows and life sales with retail investors continuing to pour money into its annuities products. At March 31 2011, Challenger's total assets and funds under management had reached $27 billion, a 22 per cent rise ...