Readers of the first unauthorised history of Macquarie Group – The Millionaires’ Factory – should not expect a racy thriller despite the best efforts of headline writers at The Australian to make it so.

Exclusive extracts published last Friday and at the weekend carried headlines such as: “Reserve Bank, CBA plotted GFC takeover of Macquarie” and “Mega salaries, strip clubs and office sex – work-hard, play-hard era of the Millionaires’ Factory”.