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David Ellis
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Compulsory retirement savings system underpins long-term growth but risk management is critical.

We maintain our AUD 12.80 fair value estimate for no-moat Challenger but moderately reduce our 2018 earnings forecast following the release of its first-half 2018 results. Challenger reaffirmed its 2018 guidance of normalised net profit before tax, or NPBT, of between AUD 545 and 565 million, but we have reduced our 2018 NPBT forecast to AUD 552 million, from AUD 565 million. Our moderate reduction was driven by a larger-than-expected fall in the Life business cash operating margin to 4.05% in t...
Underlying
Challenger Limited

Challenger is an investment manager with offices in Australia and London. Co.'s operating segments are: Life and Funds Management (FM). The Life segment comprises Challenger Life Company Limited (CLC), a provider of annuities and guaranteed retirement income products, and Accurium Pty Limited, a provider of self-managed superannuation fund actuarial certificates. The FM segment comprises Fidante Partners and Challenger Investment Partners (CIP). Fidante Partners provides administration and distribution services. CIP develops and manages assets under Co.'s brand for CLC and third party institutional investors. The investments managed by CIP are mainly in fixed income and commercial property.

Provider
Morningstar
Morningstar

Morningstar, Inc. is a leading provider of independent investment research in North America, Europe, Australia, and Asia. The company offer an extensive line of products and services for individual investors, financial advisors, asset managers, and retirement plan providers and sponsors.

Morningstar provides data on approximately 530,000 investment offerings, including stocks, mutual funds, and similar vehicles, along with real-time global market data on more than 18 million equities, indexes, futures, options, commodities, and precious metals, in addition to foreign exchange and Treasury markets. Morningstar also offers investment management services through its investment advisory subsidiaries and had approximately $185 billion in assets under advisement and management as of June 30, 2016.

We have operations in 27 countries.

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David Ellis

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