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Iress loses key wealth executive

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAR 2024
... sustainability. Earlier she spent two years at Milliman as a director of insights and strategy, following five years at Challenger, where she served as senior manager of retirement income policy for five years. There, she covered a broad range of retirement ...

Challenger overhauls IT, awards mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 13 FEB 2024
Challenger has awarded a mandate to a major professional services firm to overhaul its technological infrastructure. Accenture has been mandated for seven years to upgrade Challenger's technology that will ultimately affect customers, financial ...

Oaktree's local head of distribution resigns

ELIZABETH FRY  |  MONDAY, 5 FEB 2024
... US$172 billion investing powerhouse co-founded by Howard Marks with 27 years of industry experience. He arrived from Challenger, where he worked as a senior institutional business development manager. Penprase began his career in equities at Global Funds ...

SimCorp names new country manager for Australia

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 16 JAN 2024
... chain, redeployment of scarce resources as well as access to continuous innovation," Cotroneo said. In 2022, SimCorp and Challenger launched Artega Investment Administration, a joint venture leveraging the former's technology for investment management ...

Commonwealth Super Corp selects Challenger for retirement products

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 28 NOV 2023
Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation (CSC) has joined forces with Challenger to launch the next stage of its retirement income strategy in early 2024. The longevity solution was developed by CSC under its RIS program to help meet its customer's ...

Conscious Investment Management fund receives $50m

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 27 NOV 2023
... non-executive director of HousingFirst and non-executive director and chair of Cafs. Previously, White held senior roles at Challenger Financial Services, HSBC and ANZ Banking Group. CIMSHF2 is currently open for investment. The fund is a 12-year closed ...

Challenger expands strategic relationship with Apollo

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 9 NOV 2023
The group has formed an origination partnership with Apollo Global Management, giving Challenger Life access to private global credit and alternative capabilities. Building upon its existing partnership, Challenger said the extended agreement grants ...

Macquarie appoints Byres, half-year results decline

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 3 NOV 2023
... Monetary Fund. Byres is one of three bank-only non-executive directors at Macquarie, together with former Challenger funds management chief executive Ian Saines and former Commonwealth Bank group executive David Whiteing. The appointment comes as Michael ...

Macquarie breaks into top 50 fund manager list

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 24 OCT 2023
... th place. Together with AMP Capital's US$84.3 billion, they made the top 200 list of the largest fund managers. Challenger, QIC, Charter Hall, Perpetual, and Pinnacle Investment Management made the top 250. Leslie Mao, head of equity research and ...

Challenger posts record annuity sales

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 17 OCT 2023
Challenger reported Total Life sales for the first quarter reached $2.8 billion, primarily driven by record annuity sales, contributing to substantial growth in its book value. The investment manager said annuity sales jumped by 17% to $2.1 billion ...