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Asia specialists join Premium China

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAR 2011
... Asia income specialist with over eight years experience in finance and fund management. She has previously worked for Challenger First Pacific, Bell Potter Securities and HFA Asset Management. George Fattal, once a financial planner at Westpac and development ...

Alphinity grows new business

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 28 FEB 2011
New funds management firm Alphinity Investment Management has enjoyed a flying start after taking over two Challenger products late last year. The Alphinity Concentrated Australian Share Fund, formerly known as the Challenger Select Australian Share ...

TOWER, CommInsure tie as top insurers

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 24 FEB 2011
... Year, other categories included product and service quality, annuity provider of the year and awards for innovation. Challenger set an early record with a hat trick in the income stream categories, winning three of the four awards. "I think it is refreshing ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 21 FEB 2011
... to December 31, up 6.9 per cent on $US1.474 billion in the previous corresponding period. In other news on Monday, Challenger Ltd's first half 2011 net profit fell 33.3 per cent to $117.9 million, but the financial services group's full year cash earnings ...

Challenger boutiques and annuities enjoy strong half year

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 21 FEB 2011
Challenger has upgraded its growth targets for its funds management and life sales business after posting record returns this morning. In the group's half yearly 2011 results, Challenger's total assets under management rose 8 per cent to $25.8 billion ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 21 FEB 2011
... Bluescope Steel Ltd, Flight Centre Ltd, West Australian Newspapers Holdings Ltd, Platinum Asset Management Ltd, and Challenger Financial Services Group Ltd. On Friday, the Australian share market closed flat as a disappointing quarterly trading update ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 FEB 2011
... Commonwealth Property Office Fund, Primary Health Care Ltd, Brambles Ltd, GWA Ltd, Village Roadshow Ltd, Foster's Group Ltd, Challenger Infrastructure Fund, and Cardno Ltd. Full year results are expected from Australand Property Group and AXA Asia Pacific ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 14 FEB 2011
... futures dropped 1.5 per cent. Nokia, the world's largest mobilephone maker, and Microsoft teamed up to build an iPhone challenger in an attempt to take on Google and Apple in the fast-growing smartphone market. US-listed shares of Nokia slumped 14 per ...

Smarter annuities can plug retirement savings gap

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 10 FEB 2011
... issuing annuities but I think they have to do their risk management a bit better." Richard Howes, chief executive of Challenger Life, said there is a perfectly adequate global market for insuring against annuities with a diverse portfolio and that demand ...

Former Amundi CEO joins Apostle

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 17 DEC 2010
... Management Australia. Meanwhile, Apostle also appointed Nicole Krebs as client service manager. She was most recently with Challenger and UBS Asset Management. Apostle Asset Management provides investment related services to Australian and New Zealand ...