Challenger to launch in UK

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Australian life and investment group Challenger International is to launch a series of pension pro...

Australian life and investment group Challenger International is to launch a series of pension products in the UK market, writes James Phillipps. Challenger, with more than £2bn in assets under management, wants to roll out a range of life and investment products to the UK market using the existing management and IFA distribution network of Neville James, which it has purchased for £6.65m. Brett Newman, executive director of Challenger, said: "The first product we will launch in the UK is a compulsory purchase annuity and we will subsequently enter into the pensions and income drawd...

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