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    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 A gift for many thousands of people

    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.

    Past Director and longest serving Prime Minister

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

    From Bourke St to the Pacific battlefields and back

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

    Equity Trustees launches Reconciliation Action Plan

    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).

    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).

    Equity Trustees' Harvey Kalman introduces two industry experts to speak on the topic of operational due diligence: Deloitte's James Oliver and the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees' Greg Nolan.

    1975: A historic year for both Australia and Equity Trustees

    Politically, 1975 was a tumultuous year for Australia; for Equity Trustees, it represented an important corporate milestone.

    Serving the generations
    Equity Trustees has a long and honourable tradition of serving families down through the generations.
    Blood is thicker than water
    That old saying, “blood is thicker than water”, is very apt when it comes to Equity Trustees.