Over the years, there have been a number of mergers and name changes within the industry. The table below provides details.
| Used to be... |
Now... |
| ANZ Executors & Trustee Company |
Name changed to ANZ Trustees |
| Austrust |
Taken over by Tower Financial Services in Mar 1996. Changed name to Tower Trust in Mar 1999 |
| AXA Trustees |
Acquired by Perpetual Trustees Australia in Dec 2000 |
| Bagot's Executor and Trustee Company |
Acquired by Farmers' Co-operative Executors and Trustees in Mar 1975 |
| Ballarat Trustee Executors & Agencies Company |
Became Fidelity Trustees |
| Burns Philp Trustee Company (except Canberra) |
Taken over by Permanent Trustee Company |
| Burns Philp Trustee Company (Canberra) |
Taken over by America Pacific group of companies in 1991. Subsequently liquidated by Ferrier Hodgson in 1994 |
| Eagle Star Trustees |
Taken over by Permanent Trustee Company |
| Elders Trustee & Executor Company |
Changed name to Austrust in 1990 |
| Equity Trustees Company of Tasmania |
Merged with Tasmanian Permanent Executors and Trustees Association in 1979 to form Tasmanian Permanent Executors and Equity Trustees |
| Equity Trustees Executors & Agency Company |
Name changed to Equity Trustees |
| Executor Trustee and Agency Company of South Australia |
Name changed to Executor Trustee Australia in 1989 |
| Executor Trustee Australia |
Taken over by Austrust in Aug 1991 |
| Farmers' Co-operative Executors & Trustees |
Bought by IOOF and name changed to IOOF Australia Trustees in Feb 1992 |
| Fidelity Trustees |
Merged with Union Trustees in 1962 to become Union Fidelity Trustees |
| Guardian Trust Australia |
Taken over by JP Morgan in 2003. Subsequently sold to Trust Company |
| IOOF Australia Trustees and IOOF Australia Trustees (NSW) |
Bought by Tower Trust in Sep 2000 |
| National Executors and Trustees Company of Tasmania |
Merged with Perpetual Trustees Executors and Agency Company in Dec1967 to form Perpetual Trustees and National Executors of Tasmania |
| National Mutual Trustees |
Changed name to AXA Trustees in Aug 1999 |
| National Trustees Executors & Agency Company of Australasia |
Renamed National Mutual Trustees |
| Permanent Trustee Company |
Merged with Trust Company of Australia in Dec 2002, now trading as Trust |
| Perpetual Executors & Trustees Association of Australia |
Became Perpetual Trustees Victoria |
| Perpetual Trustees and National Executors of Tasmania |
Became Perpetual Trustees Tasmania |
| Perpetual Trustees Tasmania |
Merged with Tasmanian Trustees in Dec 2001 to form Tasmanian Perpetual Trustees |
| Queensland Trustees |
Now Perpetual Trustees Queensland |
| R & I Trustees |
Became Trustees of Western Australia in 1994, trading as TrustWest. |
| Tasmanian Permanent Executors and Equity Trustees |
Changed name to Tasmanian Trustees |
| Tasmanian Trustees |
Merged with Perpetual Trustees Tasmania in Dec 2001 to form Tasmanian Perpetual Trustees |
| Tower Trust |
Changed name to Australian Executor Trustees in Feb 2005 |
| Trustee & Executors Agency Company |
Taken over by ANZ Executors & Trustee Company |
| Trustees of Western Australia (trading as TrustWest) |
Became subsidiary of Precedent Financial Services in 1999, 50% owned by Bank of Western Australia (trading as BankWest). Precedent changed its name to Plan B Financial Services in Mar 2000 |
| Union Trustees |
Merged with Fidelity Trustees to become Union Fidelity Trustees |
| Union Fidelity Trustees |
Name changed to Trust Company of Australia in 1988; later changed to Trust Company |
| West Australia Trustee Executor and Agency Company |
Now Perpetual Trustees WA |
| Winchcombe Carson Trustee Company |
Bought by IOOF and name changed to IOOF Australia Trustees (NSW) in Feb 1992 |
