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Macquarie Group chair Glenn Stevens, a former Reserve Bank governor.

Macquarie Group cops historic backlash on executive pay

The investment banking giant’s chairman Glenn Stevens has conceded that a lot of investors feel the board had not done enough to adjust pay.

  • Clancy Yeates

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The Macquarie headquarters in Sydney.

Macquarie’s day of reckoning: Millionaires’ factory shareholders draw the line

In a humiliating first strike, management has been reminded that in achieving its objectives, executives also need to colour within the lines.

  • Elizabeth Knight
Macquarie Group CEO Shemara Wikramanayake.

A frustrated corporate watchdog is out for blood at Macquarie

ASIC has turned apex predator with its decision to take alleged misreporting of the number of “short sales″⁣ Macquarie traded to the Supreme Court.

  • Elizabeth Knight
Macquarie Group’s chief executive Shemara Wikramanayake said the bank’s businesses had been resilient in an uncertain environment.

Macquarie chief’s pay cut to $24m as ‘millionaires’ factory’ rakes in $3.7b

As Macquarie reported its profits on Friday, the investment bank known for its bumper pay packets also revealed how much its top executives were paid.

  • Clancy Yeates
Macquarie Group chief executive Shemara Wikramanayake.

Macquarie Group profits squeezed by ‘subdued’ energy markets

Macquarie is expecting to rake in less income from its commodities business over the next six months due to lower market volatility.

  • Sumeyya Ilanbey
Macquarie CEO Shemara Wikramanayake speaking at the Infrastructure Partnerships Australia conference in Sydney.

RBA will cut rates six months after rest of world: Macquarie boss

Shemara Wikramanayake says Australian inflation is six months behind countries where rates have already been cut, but the economy is stronger in other areas.

  • Penry Buckley
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Macquarie chief executive Shemara Wikramanayake

Macquarie chief takes $7.6m pay hit as profits fall

Many of the investment behemoth’s top executives have had their pay cut by millions as green investments and lower commodity prices weighed on fiscal 2024 profits.

  • Millie Muroi
Macquarie chief executive Shemara Wikramanayake noted in July that deal-activity had slowed.

Macquarie flags weaker first half as deal-making slows

Shares in the investment giant slumped after it warned of a weaker first half for its flagship asset management business.

  • Millie Muroi
Transurban CEO-elect Michelle Jablko

Why appointing a female CEO to run a big company doesn’t feel like progress

What passes for success – or even progress – is still a low bar.

  • Elizabeth Knight
Nick O’Kane has been the highest-paid senior executive at Macquarie for several years in a row.

Bumper Macquarie result sparks $57.6m payday for executive Nick O’Kane

The hefty pay packet comes after the division led by O’Kane drove the wider group’s full-year earnings 10 per cent higher to $5.2 billion.

  • Clancy Yeates

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