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Challenger attributes 20% profit growth to annuity/life

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 20 AUG 2012
Challenger Limited has announced a normalised net profit after tax (NPAT) of $297 million for FY12, up 20% on FY11 following record Life and retail annuity product sales. Challenger's Life division posted total product sales of $2.66 billion, with a ...

Fidante Partners continues expansion with new hire

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAY 2012
Fidante Partners, the boutique business division of Challenger Limited, has hired Brett Chatfield as an institutional business development manager, based in Melbourne. This is Fidante Partners' first new appointment since the business was separately ...

Henderson grows footprint in Asia-Pacific

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAY 2012
... and the UK. Most recently, he was chief executive at Challenger Funds Management; a division of ASX listed Challenger Limited. Australian and UK listed fund manager Henderson Global Investors, wholly-owned by Henderson Group plc, is an international ...

Challenger AUM jumps 16pct

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 19 APR 2012
Challenger Limited's assets and funds under management have hit $31.4 billion, jumping 6% since last quarter and a total of 16% since March 31 2011. Citing strong life sales, positive boutique inflows and positive market movement for the period, Brian ...

Fixed income fund released

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 16 APR 2012
Challenger Limited's new fixed rate, fixed income fund has officially been launched in a platform-based format to appeal to requests from financial advisers. Initially reported in late March, the newly-launched fund will manage the cashflow needs and ...

Challenger appoints head of Boutique Partnerships

RACHEL DAVIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 NOV 2011
Challenger Limited's funds management business has appointed Cathy Hales as its new General Manager, Boutique Partnerships. Hales joins Challenger from RREEF in New York, where she was Chief Operating Officer, Client Relations. Hales has also worked ...

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 ...

Advisers not ready for super changes

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAY 2011
... boomers hit age 65 and retired. Citing Rainmaker research, Cooper, head of the retirement products division at Challenger Limited, said there would be a 50 per cent rise in the amount of assets held in the pension phase over the next decade. Retirement ...

Super problems to short-change retirees

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAY 2011
... said today. In his keynote speech at the Morningstar Investment Conference in Sydney, Jeremy Cooper, head of Challenger Limited retirement products division, said longevity risk meant that $500,000 would not be enough to fund a 30-year retirement. A ...
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