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TAL big winner in AFA annual awards

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 23 FEB 2012
... Quality, AXA for Trauma Insurance, CommInsure for Income Protection, BT and Macquarie for Risk Product Innovation and Challenger for Overall Annuity Provider of the Year. AFA national president Brad Fox applauded the range and calibre of services and ...

Strong half year results for new Challenger boss

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  MONDAY, 20 FEB 2012
Challenger's new chief Brian Benari has started off his new role on a positive note with the investment management firm posting strong half yearly results. Benari, who took over from Dominic Stevens on Friday, announced record interim total annuity ...

Financial services digging deep for FICAP

RACHEL DAVIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2012
... including Aberdeen Asset Management, AMP Capital, Bennelong Funds Management, BlackRock, BT Investment Management, Challenger, Count, Genesys, IOOF, Ironbark, Macquarie, MLC, Morningstar, Pinnacle Investment Management, Profusion Group, RARE Infrastructure ...

Franklin Templeton hires ex-INGIM head

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 15 DEC 2011
... was previously managing director of a private wealth management firm, managing director for the Garrisons Group at Challenger and head of retail business and group product management at Goldman Sachs JB Were. Franklin Templeton has also hired Juliana ...

Challenger dominates annuity market

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 5 DEC 2011
... of the retirement product closing in on $2 billion for this year alone, according to research by Plan For Life, with Challenger dominating the space. According to the latest figures, the total number of Australian annuity sales is set to reach $2 billion ...

Super industry responds to MYEFO

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2011
... draw-down relief for account-based pensions, something which Cooper said highlights serious superannuation flaws. As Challenger's chairman of retirement incomes, Cooper said this fifth consecutive government rescue effort highlighted the need for super ...

Challenger appoints head of Boutique Partnerships

RACHEL DAVIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 NOV 2011
Challenger Limited's funds management business has appointed Cathy Hales as its new General Manager, Boutique Partnerships. Hales joins Challenger from RREEF in New York, where she was Chief Operating Officer, Client Relations. Hales has also worked ...

Challenger's Stevens resigns, names successor

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 10 NOV 2011
Challenger chief executive, Dominic Stevens, will step down in February next year with the group's chief financial and operating officer, Brian Benari, today named chief executive designate. After nine years with Challenger, Stevens will remain as chief ...

SG Bill enters parliament with strong support

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 NOV 2011
... aged 75 and over will get the benefit of superannuation if they continue working." This will commence on July 1 2013. Challenger's chairman, retirement income, and author of the Cooper Review, Jeremy Cooper, said the lift to 12% and more policy work ...

Funds should target retirement income not returns

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 27 OCT 2011
... an accumulation system, we haven't built a retirement system," said Jeremy Cooper, chairman of retirement income at Challenger Ltd. Cooper was speaking this week at the Superannuation and Social Purpose: Nation Building, Governance and Politics conference ...