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Challenger appoints new chief executive

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2018
... Brian Benari steps down to retire. Replacing Benari is Challenger's head of distribution, product and marketing Richard Howes. Benari will step down from the board and retire as chief executive in January 2019. Howes is a long-time Challenger executive ...

Advisers to embrace aged care opportunities

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAR 2018
... families. Good financial advice makes a difference," Challenger chief executive - distribution, product and marketing, Richard Howes said. He said there is a role for advisers to play in assisting clients in planning ahead and achieving better outcomes ...

AMP and Challenger ink annuities deal

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 5 SEP 2017
... along with AMP Flexible Super and SignatureSuper. Challenger chief executive, distribution, product and marketing, Richard Howes said: "This is an important step in making Challenger annuities more easily available as AMP has Australia's largest network ...

Challenger launches advice tool as reforms loom

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 20 APR 2017
... with a greater focus on retirement income streams," Challenger chief executive, distribution, product and marketing Richard Howes said. Howes noted that no single product can solve all problems, but the combination of a range of products can prove beneficial. ...

Challenger distribution chief departs for start-up role

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2016
... annuity distribution footprint," Challenger chief executive Brian Benari said. Challenger chief executive Life, Richard Howes, will take on a similar role to Rogan's. Howes is now chief executive, distribution, product and marketing. Challenger Life's ...

FEATURE - Retirement income: Finding the right path

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2015
A new wave of retirees is learning that years of accumulation need further thought. Darren Snyder reports. A recent Commonwealth Bank media roundtable showed projections by Rice Warner that Australia's retirement market would reach more than $1.4 trillion ...

FEATURE: Defending wealth

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2015
Australia's retirees and those approaching retirement must fight harder than ever to protect their wealth. As rates fall and global growth slows, some are turning to riskier investments to preserve and guarantee their income in this unpredictable environment. ...

Planners race to plug gap in aged care advice

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 6 MAY 2013
... and it saw its annuities product line increase sales by 55% to $1.98 billion last year. Challenger chief executive Richard Howes said the dearth in aged care products was partly a result of the market's focus on accumulation prior to the GFC. AMP's ipac ...

Challenger gets Lonsec approval on annuities

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 11 MAR 2013
... they say they will do - making them ideal for providing bedrock retirement income," Challenger Life chief executive Richard Howes said. Howes told Financial Standard that the approval is a result of "an intensive work on Lonsec part with Challenger management ...

Fixed income fund released

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 16 APR 2012
... comparison, a fixed cashflow product can provide bedrock income and helps manage minimum drawdown requirements," said Richard Howes, Challenger Life chief executive. "Because it pays a known monthly amount regardless of interest rate and market movements ...