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Annuity sales reinforce solid Challenger result

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 19 AUG 2013
Challenger Limited's total assets under management (AUM) has risen 34% to $44.8 billion in the 12 months to 30 June 2013 following record flows into its annuities and funds management businesses. Earnings before interest and tax stood at $365 million ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 19 AUG 2013
... motor vehicle sales for July. In equities news, BlueScope Steel, Amcor, Aurizon, The Reject Shop, Federation Centres, Challenger Financial, Dexus Property Group, and Bendigo and Adelaide Bank are all expected to post full year results. In Australia ...

Challenger listed property division profits up 9%

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 AUG 2013
Challenger Diversified Property Group (CDI) has posted a net profit increase of 9% for the full-year to 30 June 2013. Fund manager Trevor Hardie attributed the rise largely to the unrealised value of the group's interest rate swaps. In what Hardie described ...

Super funds urged to rethink 70/30 structure

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUL 2013
... time to build better retirement portfolios for all ages and lifestyles." Yesterday Financial Standard reported that Challenger's Jeremy Cooper - also chair of the Cooper Review - made a similar point, arguing more care needs to go into investment options ...

Retirees unlikely to recover GFC losses: Cooper

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 29 JUL 2013
... superannuation in recent years does not help retirees whose accounts took a beating in the global financial crisis, according to Challenger chairman of retirement income Jeremy Cooper. Cooper, who chaired the 2010 Super System Review that led to the ...

Bennelong FM consolidates presence in QLD

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUL 2013
... for the group's national network of advisory practices. Previously, she worked as a business development manager with Challenger Financial Services Group.

Challenger stages lifetime annuities comeback

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUN 2013
Lifetime annuities could be staging a dramatic comeback with Challenger targeting sales of $240 million in the 2013 financial year. According to figures from Plan For Life, the industry has not seen demand of that size since 2004, when the top six companies ...

Challenger refinances $300m debt facility

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUN 2013
Challenger Diversified Property Group (CDI) has refinanced $300 million of its debt facility. The total debt facility of $300 million remains unchanged after the refinancing, but Challenger has increased the weighted average term of the debt from 1 ...

Challenger in $602m alliance with Federation shopping malls

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUN 2013
Challenger has entered into an agreement to buy half shares in six Federation shopping malls in a deal worth $602 million. The asset manager will take a 50% stake in regional shopping centres in Bankstown and Roselands in New South Wales as well as ...

CSC awards Challenger $250 million mandate

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUN 2013
The Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation has awarded a $250 million mandate to investment management giant Challenger Limited, it has been confirmed. The mandate was the first to be signed to Challenger's "Relative Value Debt Strategy" (RVDS) which ...