Two Australia-based businesses expanding internationally have partnered to launch a new Irish fund platform, giving Australian fund managers easier access to European UCITS.

One of Australia’s most significant charitable trusts, the Wicking Trust managed by Equity Trustees, has committed $4.4m over four years to support a Digital Transformation initiative at Vision Australia.

Working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities led Australia’s leading specialist trustee company, Equity Trustees to adapt and change the way it delivers traditional trustee services not only in their trustee and philanthropic areas – but in an unexpected area of their business: Estate planning.

‘Ansett’ is a name familiar to most Australians. However, Sir Reginald Myles Ansett left another significant, if lesser-known legacy: the R.M. Ansett Trust.

The J.O. & J.R. Wicking Trust is one of Australia’s biggest charitable trusts. It is a shining example of the power of structured philanthropy.

Not many companies can say they had a Prime Minister serve on their Board, let alone one of the best-known and longest-serving.

When John Hampden Crutch joined Equity Trustees in September 1939, World War Two had just erupted with Germany’s invasion of Poland.

Australia’s leading specialist trustee company, Equity Trustees, has formalised its commitment to reconciliation between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and the broader Australian community with the launch of its Reflect Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP).