Equity Trustees takeover offer for Trust Company

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Equity Trustees Limited announces its intention to make an off-market takeover offer for all of the issued shares in The Trust Company Limited to create a leading Australasian trustee, investment and administration

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Lonsec Recommended rating for EQT fund

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Lonsec has rated Equity Trustees Limited’s (EQT) Australian equities fund, the EQT Wholesale Flagship Fund, for the first time, giving the fund a ‘Recommended’ rating.  In its report, Lonsec made

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EQT tracking well in attractive industry

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The chairman of Equity Trustees Limited (EQT), Tony Killen, told shareholders at the company Annual General Meeting in Melbourne today that, despite challenging economic circumstances, the business is in an

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EQT appointed as responsible entity for 13 more funds

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Equity Trustees Limited (EQT) has been appointed Responsible Entity (RE) for thirteen funds managed by Ventura Investment Management Ltd and All Star Funds.  All Star, together with Ventura, is the

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Performance over time will still beat market volatility

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Investors’ continuing focus on short-term market volatility is bound to hurt their long-term wealth creation strategies, says Shaun Manuell, chief investment officer at Equity Trustees Limited (EQT).  “It is disconcerting

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Care needs long term planning

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When discussing the capital needed for a comfortable retirement, the likely cost of aged care needs to be included in the planning, warns Philip Galagher, head of wealth management at

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Risk averse investors face capital erosion

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Shaun Manuell, head of asset management at Equity Trustees Limited, says it is of concern that current commentary about the investor shift to bank deposits does not highlight the capital

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Retirees caught in generation squeeze

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Many retiring baby boomers are facing a generation squeeze where they still have elderly parents to worry about as well as children who are financially dependent on them, says Mr

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2012 to be a better year for advisers

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While advisers may think they have a lot to be depressed about, what with difficult operating conditions because of tough economic environment and continuing regulatory changes, they shouldn’t lose sight

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Charitable foundations not only the preserve of the very wealthy

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While clients may like the idea of setting up a charitable foundation in the name of a loved one, which then makes donations to a charity or good cause forever,

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