News & Insights

Whilst revenue and profit were down this Financial Year, Perpetual continues to invest in its brand, its services to clients and growth opportunities.

Australia’s most prestigious literary award, the Miles Franklin, has been awarded to acclaimed Indigenous novelist Melissa Lucashenko for Too Much Lip, published by University of Queensland Press.

Scape Australia was founded in 2012 and has its headquarters in London. Scape specialises in developing world-class purpose-built student accommodation premises in London, Surrey, Dublin, Sydney and Melbourne. In this video, Tim Peel Chief Financial Officer of Scape Australia talks further about Scape’s growth and their need to set up a trust structure.

Australia has a strong economy with 28 years of uninterrupted growth - and counting. It’s also a stable democracy with mature regulatory systems and a welcoming attitude towards foreign investment. When you combine this with a property market that has relatively high yields compared to other Asia-Pacific destinations as well as generous tax breaks for professional investors you can see why demand is strong for investment in Australian commercial real estate.

This century has seen a dramatic increase in the popularity of strategic philanthropy. Experts like Paul Brest from Stanford PACS have been refining their strategy based on their experiences and refine their practices to achieve maximum impact from their giving.

Paul Brest is one of the most influential voices for philanthropy of our generation, he is also a renowned legal scholar and accomplished viola player. Brest and other experts from Stanford PACs visit Australia in August in partnership with Perpetual.

This financial year, like every one before it, contained its share of shocks and of less obvious but equally remarkable trends. Our asset class heads review the year and explain their outlook for the next one.

Professor Bruce Warren is an acclaimed doctor and medical researcher whose life and achievements have stimulated his interests in philanthropy. While his medical career is winding down, the impact of his philanthropy is increasing.

With the industry under the spotlight, aged care providers need to get their investment strategy right. Perpetual’s Scott Hawker looks at the three components of an investment strategy that will meet the needs of clients, providers and regulators.

Perpetual’s successful partnership with the Stanford Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society (Stanford PACS) has been extended until 2021. Non-profits and philanthropists in Australia will benefit from world-class research and thinking from globally recognised experts.

Bridge Housing offers philanthropists a way to use their Sydney property portfolios to help solve our affordable housing crisis.

A two-time winner and three first-time nominees are among the talented Australian authors shortlisted for the 2019 Miles Franklin Literary Award, announced today at the Mitchell Library of NSW – the “literary home” of Miles Franklin.