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Challenger
Finance
Listed
on the Australian Securities Exchange, Challenger is
a diversified financial services organisation that is
committed to providing a broad range of investments
and financial products and services to institutional
and retail clients.
Challenger is the largest provider of retail annuities
in Australia, with its Life business growing substantially
as a result of recent acquisitions. The company is well-positioned
to serve the retirement income market, with investor
interest in guaranteed, long-term income streams growing
as a result of sharemarket volatility and greater awareness
of the mounting pressure on public age pension schemes.
Challenger
is one of Australia's largest non-bank lenders with
a mortgage book of $19.8 billion^, funding commercial
loans as well as a range of residential mortgage products
offered by a network of preferred lenders under their
own brands. The company's more recent acquisition of
interests in the distribution and aggregation segment
of the market have made it one of the largest mortgage
industry participants, with a network of 5,500 brokers
and more than $71 billion^ in mortgages under administration.
As
one of Australia's largest fund managers, Challenger
offers a wide range of investment choices across a variety
of asset classes and investment styles. The firm is
a quality investment manager in its own right, has acquired
early interests in number of leading boutique funds
and also acts as a gateway to other expert investment
managers.
With
operations in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide,
Perth and London, Challenger also benefits from strategic
relationships with key international partners Colony
Capital LLC, The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ and Mitsubishi
UFJ Securities.
^At
31 December 2008
Citibank
Citibank
in Australia is part of Citigroup, one of the world's
largest financial services organisations. Citibank commenced
consumer operations in Australia in 1985 when it was
the first foreign bank to be granted a banking licence.
By
combining local expertise with the strength of Citibank's
worldwide consumer banking network, we are able to offer
some of the world's leading range of financial services
including deposit accounts, foreign currency deposits
and investments as well as credit cards, mortgages,
insurance and charge cards.
St
George - Bank SA
We've
been a part of the fabric of South Australia since its
early years, having opened our first branch in 1848.
BankSA
is the largest financial institution in South Australia
and the State's main provider of housing, personal finance
and rural banking services. The Bank also plays a key
role in the community as a sponsor of major State events
and through the BankSA & Staff Charitable Fund,
makes donations to approximately 100 South Australian
and Northern Territory-based charities each year.
Whatever
stage of life you're at, we can help you achieve your
goals.
Whether it's to own your first home, pay off your home
loan faster, protect your assets adequately, earn an
attractive rate on your investments or plan for your
retirement, we can help you achieve your goals - while
still having enough money left to enjoy life. We help
South Australians get the best from their money, so
they can live their lives to the full.
We
take the same approach to our many customers in commercial
and rural businesses. With a full range of lending and
investment products, merchant card services and EFTPOS,
import and export finance services and leasing, we cater
to the financial requirements of South Australian businesses
across all sectors.
In
addition, we provide a wide range of funds management,
life and general insurance services and superannuation
and investment services.
And
we're a leading innovator, being the first South Australian
bank to provide transaction banking services to our
customers over the Internet.
Finally,
as the Bank of South Australians, we have the largest
network of branches and ATMs in South Australia - more
than 120 branches located in metropolitan and rural
South Australia as well as branches in the Northern
Territory.
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