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Funds management veteran joins First State Super

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 31 JUL 2018
... management industry. His extensive board experience includes serving as chair of SAS Trustee Corporation (2000-2007) and Challenger (2008-1014). He was also a director at the NSW Treasury Corporation (2002-2009). Cole said First State Super has established ...

Aussie seniors fear GFC repeat

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUL 2018
... with 25% unable to tolerate any annual loss on retirement savings. Latest research from National Seniors Australia and Challenger shows 70% of Australians over 50 are worried about the potential for another GFC, particularly among those who retired more ...

Innovators must cooperate: Stone and Chalk

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 16 JUL 2018
Fintech incubator Stone and Chalk has launched a national program designed to encourage cooperation between innovators based in its Sydney and Melbourne hubs. The new national program will close down operational silos and increase access to investors ...

Sydney boutique shutters

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 2 JUL 2018
One of the boutique fund managers under Challenger's Fidante Partners' multi-manager umbrella has closed. A spokesperson for Fidante confirmed Tempo Asset Management has closed after failing to reach sufficient scale of assets under management since ...

Former Magellan research head joins boutique

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2018
Former Magellan portfolio manager and head of research Nikki Thomas is joining a boutique manager. Thomas is joining Alphinity Investment Management as a global portfolio manager. The firm is partly owned by Challenger's boutique business Fidante. ...

PC puts spotlight on lifecycle super products

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 25 JUN 2018
... will come up with even better solutions for members, as this segment of superannuation is "short of anything optimal." Challenger retirement income chair Jeremy Cooper recently told a Sydney event the government is looking at governance around retirement ...

Super industry critiques PC draft report

KARREN VERGARA AND STEPHEN FAY  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUN 2018
... opportunity to respond to the Productivity Commission's draft report at a public hearing held in Sydney this morning. Challenger retirement income chair Jeremy Cooper said he welcomed Draft Recommendation 11 - Guidance for pre-retirees, but a problem ...

Industry leaders in sales and marketing recognised at MAX Awards

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUN 2018
... Your Future StatePlus - 3Cs Zurich - Facebook Energy Super - Putting the Energy into Super Video Campaign of the Year: Challenger - Aged Care Finalists: Zurich - We Stand by our Claims, So You Can Stand by Yours CareSuper - Compare PM Capital - Moneyball ...

Fidante eyes actively managed ETFs

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUN 2018
... Saines said fixed income was a "natural entrance product" for ActiveX because other managers are focused on equities. Challenger owns multi-affiliate asset manager Fidante Partners. "Some of our fixed income managers run some of the most popular fixed ...

Technical Services Forum looks at tax and aged care

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUN 2018
A room full of finance professionals tackled tricky case studies at the Challenger Financial Standard Technical Forum in Sydney yesterday afternoon. Technical services professionals from IOOF and BT Financial Group presented case studies based on two ...