News and Insights

Professor Craig Ritchie Keynote Speech

For Professor Craig Ritchie, the Holy Grail of dementia research is not to find a cure, but to find ways to significantly delay and ultimately prevent its onset. Listen to his keynote speech from the 2015 Wicking Symposium Public Lecture.

Equity Trustees - Scheme Booklet

As announced on 3 July 2015, the EQT Group is implementing a corporate restructure. The first stage of the restructure is the establishment of a new, non-operating holding company (NewCo) by way of Scheme of Arrangement (Scheme).

The heart of dementia research

A group of 25 people from across Australia, some with dementia, others who are or have been carers, have been leading the way in improving dementia care – and changing the way research is done.

Wicking - Public Lecture Audio

Listen in full to the Inaugural Wicking Public Lecture, with special guest speaker Professor Craig Ritchie, Psychiatry of Ageing, University of Edinburgh, Leader of the European Prevention of Alzheimer's Dementia (EPAD) project in Europe. (1:25:22)

Dementia costs set to soar warns visiting expert

If better treatments are not found to prevent dementia the cost to Australia’s healthcare budget as well as the number of people with the disease will soar in the next few decades, according to Professor Craig Ritchie.

Equity Trustees Limited - Executive changes at Equity Trustees

Equity Trustees (ASX: EQT) has announced the appointment of Philip Gentry as Chief Financial Officer. Mr Gentry replaces Terry Ryan, who earlier this year advised that he would be retiring at a later date in 2015.

Equity Trustees Limited - Philanthropic approach evolves as Equity Trustees distributes more than $70 million

Equity Trustees distributed more than $70m in the 2015 financial year on behalf of the charitable trusts and foundations for which it is trustee following the wishes and directions of their founders.

Can Dementia Be Prevented?

With people living longer there has been a massive increase in the number of people with dementia which is now being thought of as the end stage of brain failure. But can we prevent dementia by reducing the risk of brain failure?

Congratulations Rigg Design Prize recipient

Equity Trustees, managers of the Cicely & Colin Rigg Bequest, the charitable trust supporting the triennial Rigg Design Prize, congratulates Adam Goodrum for receiving the 2015 Prize.

Equity Trustees Limited - Will apps and digital options may create estate planning disasters

There’s an app for that, or so the saying goes, but the rise of Will apps for android and iPhone, as well as the digital trend to supplement a written Will with a video recording, has the potential to create an estate planning disaster.

Equity Trustees Limited - ChAFTA major opportunity for financial services sector

In a submission on the China-Australia Free Trade Agreement (ChAFTA) to the Senate Foreign Affairs, Trade and Defence Committee, Equity Trustees Limited has said any agreement should include measures that lead to increased participation in each other’s financial services sector.

Equity Trustees Limited - Equity Trustees expands Sydney office

Equity Trustees Limited (EQT) has added to the Sydney estate planning team with the appointment of Terry Matthews as Estate Planning Solicitor. His appointment brings the number of estate planning team members in the Sydney office to four.