CHALLENGER

Funds management

Challenger platforms are expected to continue to benefit from industry concerns around wealth management....

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People & Products

Brian Benari will retire as chief executive of Challenger and be replaced by Richard Howes....

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People & Products

Stanford Brown has hired a senior business development manager as demand for managed accounts grows. ...

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Financial planning

HUB24 has posted record net inflows for the first quarter of $638 million and representing a 19.3 per cent growth....

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People & Products

Challenger and HUB24 have announced that the former’s annuities should be available to advisers and clients on the platform by the 2019 financial year....

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Superannuation

Seventy per cent of Australians over 50 worry about the potential for another global financial crisis, according to the latest National Seniors Australia survey....

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Tools & guides

Funding aged care is one of the biggest obstacles advisers’ older clients may face. Sean Howard outlines strategies that may help ease the burden....

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Financial planning

The Financial Planning Association and the Association of Financial Advisers have cautioned against allowing a retirement income covenant trumping advice, but Challenger ...

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People & Products

The insurance giant and global fixed-income manager have teamed up to enter the retirement income solutions space, posing a competitive threat to annuities provider Chall...

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Financial planning

Challenger has reported lower total life sales in the March, driven by a lower Japanese reinsurance quota share....

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Tools & guides

Michael McLean looks at the technicalities of aged care, how to advise clients in need of it and why demand for it is growing....

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Superannuation

Challenger’s Yash Sodhi’s ‘Smarter Super’ proposal has won him the 2017 Financial Services Council Future Leaders Award....

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Funds management

Challenger’s first quarter 2018 update showed an increase in AUM, driven by its life and funds management businesses....

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Financial planning

AMP has expanded its wealth management adviser portal to allow adviser and customer access to Challenger annuities....

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Financial planning

Utilising platform, planner and industry funds distribution channels, Challenger Limited has recorded a 21 per cent increase in full-year profit on the back of record ann...

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