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PPM expands portfolio management team

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  MONDAY, 24 OCT 2011
... Group, a specialist high net worth advisor acquired by Centric Wealth, and was the group chief investment officer at Challenger, where he was responsible for more than $8 billion in funds under management. Founded in 1995, Private Portfolio Managers ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 20 OCT 2011
... financials also sold off, with Westpac leading the big four banks lower after losing 45 cents, or 2.06 per cent, to $21.40. Challenger shares firmed three cents to $4.49 after the company said it sold a record $509 million of retail annuities in the ...

Retail annuity sales boost Challenger results

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 20 OCT 2011
Challenger Life's retail annuity sales rose 13% in the quarter ending September 30, totalling $509 million for the three months. This was the biggest quarterly total the company has had, excluding one-off transactions. Challenger Life's total annuity ...

Tyndall creates roles, adds new investment heads

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 OCT 2011
... diversified funds range. Prior to Tyndall, Mullins worked in performance, risk analytics and security valuation with Challenger. Building out its investment teams, Tyndall has created two new investment writer roles within each of the Australian equities ...

FuturePlus restructure creates new head role

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 11 OCT 2011
... King has over 25 years experience in the financial services industry including roles with MLC, Colonial First State, Challenger Financial Services and Macquarie Bank. As reported in March by Financial Standard, FuturePlus has begun signing external super ...

Challenger creates new investment head

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 SEP 2011
Challenger has landed industry heavyweight, Geoff Stewart, for its newly-created role as head of investment research where he will provide portfolio construction insights into the group's ten boutique fund manager offerings. Formerly the senior investment ...

Vanguard tops US social media rankings

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 SEP 2011
... suddenly going to start doing it on twitter or facebook," said Stuart Barton, head of marketing and communications, Challenger. "Social media actually offers very poor leverage when compared with public relations, media relations and even advertising ...

Challenger taps CFSGAM head for retirement product

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 29 AUG 2011
Challenger Limited says it is seeking fresh thinking in retirement products and has hired Colonial First State Global Asset Management's former head of investment research for a newly created position. Aaron Minney has been appointed as head of retirement ...

Challenger results prove annuity winner

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 22 AUG 2011
Challenger Limited full year results has revealed a "stellar growth in annuities" with a 56% rise in retail sales growth to $1.46 billion and life cash earnings up 19% to $401 million. Challenger also posted normalised net profit after tax up 7% to ...

Challenger investment head lands Omgeo chair role

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 16 AUG 2011
Ross Gulliford, Challenger's head of investment operations for business services, has stepped up as the new head of the Omgeo Australia Advisory Board, replacing AllianceBernstein's Damian Davies. Gulliford, a board member since 2005, has worked in ...