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Equity Trustees adds Head of Risk and Superannuation Strategy to growing Superannuation Trustee Office

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).

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.

Leading trustee provider of philanthropic funding, Equity Trustees, today released a much-anticipated report containing analysis of $87 million of philanthropic granting and bequests overseen by the Company in the 2018 financial year.

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International Women's day - Celebrating women in Philanthropy

Did you know women make up 48% of our active philanthropists? They follow a tradition of women in philanthropy, and on this International Women’s Day in 2019, it’s important to remember who they were – as well as what their legacy continues to support.

She can do it the story and spirit of Phyllis Connor

Of all the iconic posters of World War 2, few have enjoyed such enduring popularity as “We can do it!” The image of a woman may as well have been Cecile Phyllis Connor.

EQT Holdings Limited (ASX: EQT), the holding company for Equity Trustees, today announced it has appointed non executive director James (Jim) Minto as Deputy Chair of the Board.