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News and Insights

Over the last 18 months we have had some consistent, high conviction views concerning key macro drivers and market conditions.

Listening to what babies tell us

When baby Matilda was born at only 24 weeks, she weighed just 590 grams and was so small she could be held in the palm of your hand.

How the Prince of Wales Hospital Foundation is funding world leading research

An Australian-first smartphone app-based model of cardiac care has cut hospital readmissions in half thanks to seed funding from The Prince of Wales Hospital Foundation.

Pay what it takes

What does it take to run an efficient, effective, outcomes-driven, for-purpose organisation?

Identifying a new gene that could help control obesity

Researchers at the O’Brien Institute have taken one step closer to discovering a gene that could switch fat on and off, paving the way for new treatments to combat the global obesity epidemic.

The long tail of COVID 19 will children bear the biggest burden

While most children have been fortunate to escape severe illness caused by the COVID-19 virus, they are likely to bear the burden of the pandemic in other ways for years.

Why all Australians need to be aware of heart disease

Around 1.4 million Australians have a high chance of having a heart attack or stroke in the next five years yet few are aware they’re at risk.

How Equity Trustees is supporting medical research and health

Medical research plays a key role underpinning the health of Australians, yet the sector faces fundamental challenges.

Hope in the fight against the mind beast

Motor Neurone Disease (MND) is a terminal illness with no effective treatment or cure despite 150 years of medical research since it was first identified.

Gene therapy research offers new treatment for eye diseases

Rapid advances in gene therapy are offering new hope to people facing blindness from untreatable eye diseases.

Honouring life after a tragic death

It took sensitivity and heart to provide one man, who died in tragic circumstances, with the dignity he deserved.

How a fallen soldier's legacy continues today

One small fund that honours an Australian soldier continues to make a difference more than a century after it was established.