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Packer cuts Challenger ties

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2009
... per cent stake in Challenger - ending an 11 year relationship between the Packer family and the Challenger group. James Packer offloaded his shares last Friday, prompting a large jump in Challenger's share price. An ASX letter to Challenger's secretary ...

Barclays owns 5pc stake in Challenger

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2009
... Investors has become a substantial shareholder of Challenger Financial Services with a 5.01 per cent stake in the James Packer-backed firm. In an ASX announcement yesterday, Challenger confirmed that BGI became a holder of the firm on 26 August 2009. ...

Challenger to use SimCorp Order Mgmt3

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 25 FEB 2008
James Packer-backed Challenger Financial Services Group has upgraded its use of SimCorp Dimension by licensing Order Management3 to manage its front office operations. Order Management3 is the recently released trade order management software module ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUL 2007
... sector, APN News & Media Ltd will hold its annual general meeting today after a bid for the company was rejected. James Packer's Ellerston GEMS Fund today makes its share market debut. In Adelaide, IBM Australia & New Zealand chief executive Glen Boreham ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAR 2007
... February and the Reserve Bank of Australia releases its monthly bulletin. Publishing and Broadcasting executive chairman James Packer speaks at the Australian Subscription Television and Radio Association 2007 conference. The Australian stock market ...

Challenger buys into Homeloans

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  MONDAY, 26 FEB 2007
... previous year on portfolio volumes of $46.4 billion, up 17 per cent. The group, which is part owned by billionaire James Packer, saw three out of four divisions namely funds management, mortgage management and asset management all meeting or beating ...

Hatfield leaves Pengana

... privately," he told Financial Standard in an earlier interview. Mackay and Douglas head the new group which counts James Packer (from Consolidated Press Holdings) and Naomi Milgrom (founder of clothing retailer Sussan Group) as investors. Pengana's founder ...

Pengana's hedge fund arm finds a new home

... Turnbull's brainchild and 'house of hedge funds' Pengana Hedge Funds has been turned over to a new consortium, including James Packer and former UBS investment bank chairman, Chris Mackay, who will also be launching a new long only global equities fund. ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  THURSDAY, 24 AUG 2006
... petroleum and aluminium were up about 24 per cent and carbon steel materials were up about 60 per cent. The strategy of James Packer to direct PBL into gambling and the new media sectors such as the internet paid off with the company recording greater ...

James Packer steps down as chairman of Challenger

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUN 2004
James Packer has stood down from the post of chairman at financial services group Challenger Financial Services Group. The announcement comes one day after a major overhaul of senior staff at Publishing & Broadcasting, where Mr Packer is executive chairman. ...