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EQT wins Austock Life mandate

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 24 APR 2012
Life insurance company Austock Life has added Equity Trustees Limited's Mortgage Income Fund to its Imputation Bond menu. "It is very important to many of our investors - especially those using the Imputation Bond's estate planning and aged care strategies ...

Govt overhauls aged care

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2012
The introduction of means testing for aged care by the Federal Government is set to reshape the entire industry, with flow-on effects expected for advice. In the biggest revamp of the national aged care system in 15 years, the Gillard Government said ...

Retirement funding needs aged care inclusion

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 12 APR 2012
As budget cuts to public spending loom, wealth providers are warning the cost of aged care needs to be factored into retirement planning. "The likelihood of care and its associated cost needs to be recognised at the beginning of retirement, not when ...

Estate planning specialist joins Equity Trustees

RACHEL DAVIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 APR 2012
Equity Trustees has appointed Anna Hacker to the newly created role of senior manager - estate planning, reporting to Lachlan Wraith, head of personal estates and trusts. Hacker joins Equity Trustees (EQT) from Moores Legal where her role included providing ...

Risk-averse investor pitfalls

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAR 2012
Capital risk is being ignored in favour of investor preference for risk-averse bank deposits, according to Equity Trustees. Shaun Manuell, head of asset management at Equity Trustees Limited, said the dangers of capital risk are not being expressed ...

Equity Trustees appoints director

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 29 NOV 2011
Kevin Eley has joined the board of Equity Trustees as non-executive director. He will also become a member of the audit and compliance committee. Currently, Eley is a non-executive director of HGL Ltd and Kresta Holdings. From December 1, he will also ...

Mortgage funds to rise post-govt guarantee

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 27 OCT 2011
Mortgage funds will soon be a favourite for investors and advisers if market conditions remain the same and once the bank guarantee is reduced, according to investment group, Equity Trustees. A mortgage fund will be the attractive alternative to term ...

Call for realism on planner services

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 SEP 2011
The financial advice industry needs to establish better ways to communicate exactly what it can offer to potential clients, as the direct link between service and cost becomes more tangible. According to Philip Galagher, head of wealth management at ...

New emerging markets fund earns super mandates

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 26 SEP 2011
Neuberger Berman has launched a new emerging markets equity trust aimed at Australian institutional investors and has secured cornerstone investments from Intrust Super and Energy Super. The Australian-domiciled unit trust opens with around $100 million ...

Planners unprepared for second stage clients

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 1 AUG 2011
Equity Trustees is preparing to acquire two niche aged care planning practices to target a new emerging class of clients, something it said the planning industry is not ready for. Equity Trustees (EQT) is in negotiations with planning practice, Paragon ...