Yesterday
The twin forces that led to Macquarie’s $2.8b retreat
The sale of Macquarie’s public investments business in North America and Europe speaks to important shifts in financial markets and Wikramanayake’s strategy.
This Month
Star Macquarie executive is the master of corporate drivel
Macquarie’s head of asset management Ben Way shows humility gets lost on LinkedIn.
CEOs pile onto Macquarie conference agenda as volatility reigns
The conference – which is in its 27th year – normally signals the start of ASX confession season.
March
WGEA gender targets quack like quotas
Just as the critics of the Workplace Gender Equality Agency warned 20 years ago, what starts off as an aspiration has become a must-do for companies.
Wikramanayake: Diversity is not woke, it’s smart business
Corporate leaders shared stories of success and failure at a dinner honouring the 40th anniversary of Chief Executive Women.
What I learnt at Harvard: women leaders sharpen their skills
Recipients of the Maureen Kerridge AM Scholarship, offered by Chief Executive Women, are learning valuable leadership skills at universities abroad.
AustralianSuper’s Schroder has a productivity fix: Build, baby, build
The chief executive of the country’s largest superannuation fund says too much capital is tied up as he urged more housing development.
What Goldman, Macquarie, CBA and AusSuper are really watching amid chaos
Five burning issues for Australian business leaders and global investors have emerged from the tumult of Donald Trump’s first six weeks in the White House.
‘Heck of a lot of work’ to do on gender gap: Wikramanayake
Chief executives at some of Australia’s biggest businesses have welcomed the latest pay gap data, but said much of the gap is due to challenges with the talent pipeline.
Sydney to host return leg of Australian global super summit
The summit spruiking bilateral investment will return later in 2025, with Sydney to play host to super chiefs and US investors
February
Chalmers courts Blackstone, Citi in big super’s US push
The Albanese government is hoping to highlight the two-way investment opportunities between the US and Australia in the hope of wooing the Trump administration.
What we learnt: The ASX giant that can’t excite investors
CSL consistency isn’t winning over investors, Ryan Stokes explains the new dump truck dance, and Macquarie’s return on equity puzzler.
Macquarie’s $58m man left a hole no one can be sure how to fill
Whoever can work out how to model and value Macquarie’s commodities unit should get a bronze statue in Martin Place.
Macquarie strikes careful tone, answering to new global mood
The investment bank and asset manager maintains a “cautious stance”, noting transaction timing, foreign exchange and geopolitics are unpredictable.
Millionaire’s factory? Macquarie is a hotbed of office romance
Macquarie Capital’s Asia Pacific chief Tim Joyce has made complete disclosures to continue his relationship with a former direct report.
January
CEOs reveal how to fix the productivity problem
Business reckons it’s ready to invest to help bolster living standards for all Australians. It just needs some policy help.
December 2024
‘Australia is falling behind’: 55 CEOs demand election action
Top chief executives say the next federal government must make the nation’s crippling regulatory burden and housing supply top priorities.
Australia’s 50 highest-paid CEOs in 2024 revealed
Macquarie Group’s Shemara Wikramanayake is Australia’s best-paid CEO for the fourth year in a row.
November 2024
Is Macquarie’s jewel losing its shine?
Macquarie became a world leader in infrastructure investing, but the growth in this division is slowing as competition rises. It speaks to a bigger debate around the giant.
Weckert and Wikramanayake paint a bigger picture on profits
Big business deserves big scrutiny. But we shouldn’t lose sight of the bigger picture that the Coles and Macquarie bosses are painting on why profits are important.