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Looking for something to add to your summer reading list? We’ve reviewed more than 60 years of Miles Franklin award winners to recommend some great Australian novels to enliven and enhance your summer.

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.

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.

New Forests is a real assets manager specialising in sustainable investment strategies in forestry, land management and conservation. New Forests has 780,000 hectares and over AUD $9 billion under management. We talked to Chief Financial Officer Gavin Le Roux about the growth of their business and the groups long-term prospects.

The trustee of Australia’s most prestigious literary awards, Perpetual, has today announced ten talented authors who have been included in the 2019 longlist for the Miles Franklin Award.

Real estate investment manager Qualitas has appointed Perpetual Coprorate Trust (The Trust Company (RE Services)) as the responsible entity and Perpetual Corporate Trust Limited as the and Custodian for the Qualitas Real Estate Income Fund.

Perpetual Corporate Trust (The Trust Company (RE Services) Limited) has been appointed as the Responsible Entity of the Vitalharvest Freehold Trust which managed by goFARM Asset Management Pty Ltd.

Richard has played an instrumental role in PCT over the past 11 years - continually focusing on meeting clients’ current and future needs as the General Manger of Strategy, Sales and Product. He is particularly recognised for driving innovation to deliver new market solutions in the areas of digital, data and analytics.

Perpetual Corporate Trust has been working with industry and regulatory stakeholders on the development of the regulatory framework for CCIVs since the 2016-17 Budget Announcement. With the fourth tranche of legislative materials issued for consultation in January 2019, find out where we are up to now.

Perpetual announced its financial results for the first half of 2019 on 21 February with net profit after tax of $60.2 million. Investors will receive a fully franked interim dividend of 125 cents per share to be paid on 29 March 2019.