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Cooper starts new role at Challenger

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 6 DEC 2010
... deputy chair of ASIC and architect of the recently completed Super System Review, has quietly started a new role at Challenger Financial Services. A spokesperson for the company confirmed that Cooper has been appointed to the newly created position of ...

Shareholders vent fury over exec pay

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 19 NOV 2010
... all-time high. Despite a surging share price and strong business performance in the last financial year, shareholders in Challenger Financial Services overwhelmingly voted down the company's remuneration report yesterday. Almost 65 per cent of shareholders ...

Fund manager challenges 'avoid' rating

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 18 NOV 2010
... Morningstar gave Alphinity's Concentrated Australian fund an 'avoid' rating citing concerns about the fee structure - but Challenger, which has a stake in the boutique, questioned the report calling the comments "emotional rather than logical". The ratings ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 18 NOV 2010
... average weekly earnings in August. In equities news, annual general meetings are due for Woolworths Ltd, Brambles Ltd, Challenger Financial Services, Sonic Healthcare Ltd, West Australian Newspapers Holdings Ltd, New Hope Corporation Ltd, Infigen Energy ...

Fin services execs earn big bucks

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 NOV 2010
... suspects - including chief executives of the big 4 banks - there are some surprisingly high entries from the industry. Challenger Financial Services is one company to feature prominently on the list with chief executive Dominic Stevens total remuneration ...

The lure of the boutique

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 8 NOV 2010
... role. S&P said the boutique phenomenon locally, which has seen the likes of Ascalon, nabInvest, Treasury Group and Challenger establish themselves as viable incubation businesses, providing institutional support for separately branded, part employee ...

Bendigo and Adelaide Bank completes Linear deal

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 NOV 2010
... Additionally, managed accounts specialist OneVue has signed numerous clients over the last twelve months including ING, Challenger, Aviva Investors, Australian Unity, Yellow Brick Road and a large number of independent advisers.

Unitholders approve Challenger mortgage fund restructure

JOHN MCDULING  |  TUESDAY, 2 NOV 2010
The Challenger Howard Mortgage Fund's 80,000 unitholders have overwhelmingly supported proposals to restructure the fund, the company said in a statement today. Challenger said that 94 per cent of retail investors and 100 per cent of wholesale investors ...

Cashed up AustralianSuper ready to pounce

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 22 OCT 2010
... and debt. Earlier this year, AustralianSuper awarded a $200 million Australian equities mandate to Northcape Capital. Challenger also won $200 million from the fund to invest in an unlisted debt portfolio, which holds a combination of property and private ...

Challenger buoyed by annuities, boutiques

JOHN MCDULING  |  TUESDAY, 19 OCT 2010
... The guaranteed income streams provided by annuities continue to prove popular with Australian retirees post GFC, with Challenger Financial Services posting another record quarter for its annuities' business. In figures released yesterday, Challenger ...