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ILB protect fixed-income: HSBC

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2012
... because they return what inflation was expected to be before the decline." Part owned by Fidante Partners (formerly Challenger Boutiques), Ardea manage The Ardea Inflation Linked Bond Fund and the Ardea Wholesale Inflation Linked Bond Fund.

Volatility hits managed funds despite March boost

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUN 2012
... negative growth of 3.1% across the year for a total of $79bn. In unitised wholesale funds, both Schroders Australia and Challenger managed to record double-digit annual growth in funds under management despite overall figures for wholesale funds retracting ...

Consortium buys Challenger Infrastructure Fund assets

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUN 2012
Challenger Infrastructure Fund has sold half of its asset base for $A286.79 million to a consortium which includes Australian super funds and a Dutch pension fund. Challenger Infrastructure Fund (CIF) has entered into a binding sale agreement for its ...

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 ...

UBS expands wholesale team

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAY 2012
... Management following six years as a national sales manager at BT Investment Management (BTIM). Prior to that, he worked at Challenger. Tomkins has seventeen years of investment industry experience, having previously worked in sales roles at BTIM, Westpac ...

Henderson grows footprint in Asia-Pacific

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAY 2012
... has over 20 years experience in the industry both in Australia 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 ...

Fidante expands Asian footprint with MIR

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAY 2012
... MIR Investment Management in a milestone deal announced this week. Rob Woods, chief executive in funds management at Challenger, the ASX-listed owner of Fidante, said MIR's expertise in Asian equities fits in with the firm's objective to develop international ...

Australia eyes Israeli super system

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAY 2012
... Jeremy Cooper. Just back from a research trip to Israel led by federal Minister for Financial Services Bill Shorten, Challenger's chairman, retirement incomes said that while Israeli asset allocation tends to be quite conservative, despite vibrant start-up ...

Insurance bonds back in favour

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2012
... between $7bn and $10bn, he said. Approximately 20 practicing technical services managers from companies such as MLC, Challenger, CommInsure and Perpetual attended the forum. The FS Technical Services Forum is held every quarter, with the next event on ...

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 ...