Deirdre O'Reilly FCA has been appointed to the position of Independent Chair of the newly established Equity Trustees business in Ireland.

As Equity Trustees prepares the Fund Services division of the company for growth offshore, the business has promoted industry veteran Russell Beasley to Head of Fund Services Australia.

Equity Trustees has ensured it can maintain uninterrupted Management Company services to current Irish domiciled fund clients by transferring the Irish funds business from London to Dublin in preparation for the UK’s departure from the European Union.

After a thorough application process, Equity Trustees in Ireland has been authorised by the Central Bank of Ireland (CBI) to operate as a management company for Undertakings for Collective Investment in Transferable Securities (UCITS) and Alternative Investment Funds (AIFM).

Australia’s leading specialist trustee company Equity Trustees has appointed Justin Watts to the newly created position of Head of Risk and Superannuation Strategy in its expanding national Superannuation Trustee Office (STO).

EQT Holdings Limited (ASX: EQT), the holding company for Equity Trustees, announced on 25 February 2019 that it had signed an agreement with Zurich Australia to purchase its superannuation trustee, Zurich Australian Superannuation Pty Ltd (ZAS).  Equity Trustees is pleased to announce that the transaction completed today. 

The total funds invested in Australia of around A$3.5 trillion (A$2.7 trillion in retirement funds and approximately A$1.5bn in fund structures) pales in comparison to some global investment markets.

EQT Holdings Limited (ASX: EQT), the holding company for Equity Trustees, announced on 25 February 2019 that it had signed an agreement with Zurich Australia to purchase its superannuation trustee, Zurich Australian Superannuation Pty Ltd (ZAS).  Equity Trustees is pleased to announce that the transaction completed today.