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Legalsuper cuts 17 fund managers

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JAN 2010
... has more than $1.3 billion in funds under management (FUM). Colonial First State Global Asset Management, Challenger Financial Services, State Street Global Asset Management, Schroder Investment Management and eight other fund managers were dropped from ...

UK variable annuity sales dive

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 7 DEC 2009
... annuities and income drawdown," said Andy Saunders, senior consultant at Watson Wyatt. These figures come after Challenger Financial Services' Guaranteed Income Plan gained $91 million in August alone with three and five year annuity terms the most popular. ...

Saint appointed chief executive at Genesys

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 NOV 2009
... 2008, Kirk has been chief executive and managing director of the group since 2006, where it was previously Challenger Financial Planning. "With the transition of ownership well behind us and our strategic planning process for 2010-2012 virtually completed ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2009
... meetings are due for Lend Lease Corp Ltd, BlueScope Ltd, Slater and Gordon Ltd, Abacus Property Group, RHG Ltd, Challenger Financial Services Group Ltd, Mariner Financial Ltd, Biota Holdings Ltd, ConnectEast Group and Mincor Resources NL. Oil and gas ...

Challenger selects Five Oceans for Asian equities

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2009
... of HSBC's entities, Halbis Capital Management. Michael Lovett, General Manager, Boutique Partnerships at Challenger Financial Services Group, said given the volatile nature of the Asian equity markets, the firm chose to review how the funds investment ...

Barclays owns 5pc stake in Challenger

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2009
Barclays Global Investors has become a substantial shareholder of Challenger Financial Services with a 5.01 per cent stake in the James Packer-backed firm. In an ASX announcement yesterday, Challenger confirmed that BGI became a holder of the firm on ...

Challenger returns to core

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2009
Challenger Financial Services has posted full year net profit after tax (NPAT) of $219 million, up 1 per cent versus last year on funds under management (FUM) down 27 per cent to $16 billion. The group said at the results presentation this morning that ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2009
... reporting continues, with Centrebet International Ltd and Fairfax Media Ltd delivering annual results, along with Challenger Financial Services Group Ltd, Austereo Group Ltd, Prime Media Group Ltd, Select Harvests Ltd and Worley Parsons Ltd. The International ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 18 AUG 2009
... $57.00. National Australia Bank fell one cent to $27.07 after announcing it would pay $285 million to buy Challenger Financial Services Group's mortgage management business. NAB also will acquire about $4 billion of residential mortgages held in warehouses ...

Challenger to ramp up life and funds mgmt after mortgage sale

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 18 AUG 2009
Challenger Financial Services said it intends to focus its resources on its life and funds management businesses following the sale of its mortgage management division to NAB for $385 million. This morning NAB and Challenger confirmed newspaper reports ...