Mark Chen
General Manager of Investor Relations
Good morning, everyone, and thank you for joining us in person and online to Challenger’s 2026 Full Year Results Briefing. I’m Mark Chen, Challenger’s General Manager of Investor Relations. We’re pleased to be coming to you today from 5 Martin Place in Sydney. Before we begin, I would like to acknowledge the Gadigal of the urination, the traditional custodians of the land on which we are hosting the event today and pay my respects to Elders, both past and present.
Today’s presentation will be delivered by our Chief Executive Officer, Nick Hamilton; and Chief Financial Officer, Alex Bell. It will then be followed by a Q&A session. You can ask a question either in person via the online portal or the telephone.
As you’ll see from today, FY ’26 was an important year for Challenger and it reflects the benefits of the strategy we’ve been executing. We have delivered strong earnings and record annuity sales strengthened our leadership in retirement income through new partnerships, expanded funding and reinsurance capabilities through product innovation and strengthen the foundations for future growth.
Combined with APRA’s new capital standards and strong capital position, we’ve been able to return excess capital to shareholders through a higher ordinary dividend, special dividend and expanded share
