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Equities don't work in retirement

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAY 2011
... Jeremy Cooper, former head of the Superannuation System Review who now heads the retirement income products division at Challenger Financial Services, told ABC radio last night that poor investment returns are inhibiting the ability of savers to accumulate ...

UniSuper chair to retire

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAY 2011
... steps down from the role at the end of June. Cuffe was a former chief executive of Colonial First State Investments and Challenger Financial Services Group. He is a director of other organisations including Centric Wealth and Social Ventures Australia. ...

Challenger boosted by life sales

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 18 APR 2011
Challenger reports strong boutique inflows and life sales with retail investors continuing to pour money into its annuities products. At March 31 2011, Challenger's total assets and funds under management had reached $27 billion, a 22 per cent rise ...

ASX challenger chooses Equinix

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 14 APR 2011
Chi-X Australia, which is aiming to compete against the Australian stock exchange as an alternative share trading service, has chosen US-based IT infrastructure company Equinix to provide its primary data centre in Sydney. The would-be market exchange ...

Speed bumps to annuities

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAR 2011
... to contribute to a pool with payments made to those retirees who survive to a given age. On the Australian market, Challenger has released a new generation of lifetime annuity with AXA, Macquarie and OnePath entering the fray when it launched variable ...

Rising oil prices add to sovereign risk

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAR 2011
... may adversely Suncorp who is negotiating reinsurance in June. Property exposures from Astro Japan Property Trust and Challenger may also suffer along with some Platinum funds overweight in Japan equities.

BTIM adds portfolio manager

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAR 2011
... as portfolio manager and credit analyst for BTIM's income and fixed income boutique, headed by Vimal Gor. The former Challenger Financial Services portfolio manager and credit analyst will be the primary analyst on the financials, infrastructure and ...

RockStar charity raises $120k

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAR 2011
... be this year's industry 'RockStar' while raising funds for charity. This year's winner was Olivia Khosrobakshi from Challenger, who beat 14 other performers and serenaded the crowd with a killer version of the Katy Perry classic, 'I Kissed a Girl'. Kate ...

Annuities help combat longevity risk: Cooper

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2011
Jeremy Cooper, the newly appointed chair of Challenger Retirement Income, spoke at an adviser roadshow about the threats of longevity, inflation and market risks on retirement savings, raising concerns that most portfolios are too equities-focused in ...

More tailored advice for baby boomers: Salt

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAR 2011
... their baby boomer clients are better positioned to grow their business, said Bernard Salt, KPMG partner. Speaking at a Challenger briefing, Salt told over 300 planners and financial services industry professionals that the future of financial advice ...