Solutions for income

In these uncertain times, why not consider regular income. Challenger can offer your clients a range of income solutions to help them meet their investment goals.

Challenger and Fidante income solutions

Help find stability in unpredictable times with Challenger and Fidante – Australia’s home of income solutions. We aim to help protect your clients against market volatility so they can maintain their lifestyle and grow their savings, no matter what life throws at them. Whether they’re looking for guaranteed regular income for life, or more stable returns, Challenger and Fidante have a range of income solutions with different options to choose and help give you and your clients more freedom and peace of mind, now and in the future.

Annuities

Challenger Life

Challenger Life is Australia’s largest provider of annuities and provides regular income to thousands of customers. We’re a multi-award-winning Life Company and have around $25 billion in assets under management (as at 31 March 2025).

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Fixed Income

Ardea Investment Management

Ardea Investment Management is a specialist ‘relative value’ fixed income investment manager. Ardea’s differentiated pure ‘relative value’ investing approach offers a compelling alternative to conventional fixed income investments because it is independent of the prevailing interest rate environment.

Challenger Investment Management

Challenger Investment Management is a fundamentally driven, active investment manager that adopts a long-term focus. The team aims to provide diversified sources of income by seeking opportunities in both the public and private sectors, whilst aiming to maintain capital stability.

Kapstream Capital

Kapstream Capital are global absolute return fixed income specialists. Kapstream combines capital preservation techniques with unconstrained portfolio management skills in the pursuit of stable, absolute returns.

Merlon Capital Partners

Merlon Capital Partners is an Australian-based boutique fund manager established in 2010 specialising in equity income strategies with the objective of providing high quality investment management services to investors.

Ares Australia Management

Ares Australia Management (AAM) is an alternative investment manager offering investors access to Ares Management LLC expertise in credit, private equity and real estate. AAM seeks to deliver innovative investment solutions and attractive investment returns for investors throughout market cycles.

About Challenger

Challenger Life is Australia’s largest provider of annuities and provides regular income to thousands of customers. We’re a multi-award-winning Life Company and have $23 billion in assets under management (as at 31 December 2022).

Challenger is focused on providing customers with financial security for a better retirement. We do this by offering investment strategies that exhibit consistently superior performance, and by helping customers in retirement with safe and reliable income streams.

As Australia’s largest annuity provider, we provide regular income payments to thousands of Australian retirees. Our lifetime annuities protect retirees from the risk of running out of money late in life.

About Fidante

Fidante is Challenger’s multi-affiliate business. Fidante is a global investment management business, within the Challenger group; which forms long term alliances with best-in-class investment managers to provide investors access – across equity, fixed income and alternative assets.

Fidante affiliates that offer income solutions include Ardea Investment Management, Ares Australia Management, Challenger Investment Management, Kapstream Capital and Merlon Capital Partners. Other affiliates have a range of investment styles.