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Challenger selects Five Oceans for Asian equities

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2009
Challenger Managed Investments has changed the investment manager of its Asian and China funds from Halbis Capital Management to Five Oceans Asset Management, resulting in a revised investment strategy. Challenger bought HSBC's asset management division ...

Challenger annuities post record sales

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2009
Challenger's Guaranteed Income Plan annuities product received a record $91 million in August alone as financial advisers look for ways to preserve client income in retirement. In addition, while financial advisers are also allocating client money to ...

OneVue buys 50pc of WealthCraft

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 17 SEP 2009
... result of a merger between APA portfolio services, Pentafin and Direct Portfolio. The firm's clients include AVIVA, ING, Challenger and Australian Unity, among others.

Packer cuts Challenger ties

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2009
Consolidated Press Holdings has sold its 21 per cent stake in Challenger - ending an 11 year relationship between the Packer family and the Challenger group. James Packer offloaded his shares last Friday, prompting a large jump in Challenger's share ...

Barclays owns 5pc stake in Challenger

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2009
Barclays Global Investors has become a substantial shareholder of Challenger Financial Services with a 5.01 per cent stake in the James Packer-backed firm. In an ASX announcement yesterday, Challenger confirmed that BGI became a holder of the firm on ...

Asset completes investment review

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2009
... Interest assets totalling over $120 million from State Street Global Asset Management to Barclays Global Investors (BGI). Challenger's Australian equities mandate totaling over $50 million has been divided and given out to four existing managers - Tyndall ...

Challenger returns to core

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2009
Challenger Financial Services has posted full year net profit after tax (NPAT) of $219 million, up 1 per cent versus last year on funds under management (FUM) down 27 per cent to $16 billion. The group said at the results presentation this morning that ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2009
... Company reporting continues, with Centrebet International Ltd and Fairfax Media Ltd delivering annual results, along with Challenger Financial Services Group Ltd, Austereo Group Ltd, Prime Media Group Ltd, Select Harvests Ltd and Worley Parsons Ltd. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2009
... Brambles Ltd, Wesfarmers Ltd, Macquarie Infrastructure Group, Lend Lease Corporation, Adelaide Brighton Ltd, Servcorp Ltd, Challenger Infrastructure Fund, Nick Scali Ltd, Platinum Asset Management Ltd, and REA Group Ltd. First half results are due from ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 18 AUG 2009
... cents at $57.00. National Australia Bank fell one cent to $27.07 after announcing it would pay $285 million to buy Challenger Financial Services Group's mortgage management business. NAB also will acquire about $4 billion of residential mortgages held ...