CHALLENGER

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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Tools & guides

Sean Howard looks at strategies advisers can use to maximise Age Pension entitlements, minimise income-tested care fees, and provide income to a person that needs home ca...

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Financial planning

Challenger has joined Lonsec Research’s industry panel to help advisers create implementable solutions for their clients....

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Features

It is time for planners to bring aged care advice into sharper focus and initiate conversations with their clients around cost, structures, and implications for other are...

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Awards

‘Old world’ lifetime annuities that offered little access to capital have been flipped on their head by Challenger, which saw its Challenger Guaranteed Annuity named the ...

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