Opportunity in fast tech change: Wikramanayake
The pandemic has sparked faster technology change than any other period in history, but the challenge is to identify the biggest opportunities, says Macqaurie’s CEO.
Macquarie Group
Australia’s top employers listed
The 25 best companies to work for in Australia this year have been revealed – and they are all hiring right now.
Playing Bingo: rubbish rules as Macquarie bids $2.3bn
Macquarie is teaming with Sydney’s wealthy Tartak family to expand its presence in waste management with a proposed takeover of Bingo Industries.
Macquarie trumps rival in Vitalharvest bid war
The competition for Vitalharvest Freehold Trust is heating up, with Macquarie’s agricultural arm lifting its offer to $229m.
Mac Bank hit with $500m capital charge
APRA will force Macquarie Bank to hold more capital after uncovering “multiple material breaches” of prudential and reporting standards.
Cut the PM some slack — he has a lot on his plate
Earning a twentieth of the head of Macquarie Bank, the Prime Minister has overall responsibility for the finance, health, defence, economics, international policy and welfare of 25 million people.
Macquarie eyes Investec loans
Macquarie Group, Bank of America and Metrics Credit Partners are believed to be lining up to purchase Investec’s $1bn loan portfolio.
Copper miners tipped for major earnings boost
Aussie copper miners, including a South Australian business valued at more than $7bn, are tipped for double-digit boost to earnings in line with powerful demand for the metal over the next five years.
Macquarie ‘played hardball’ in big Texas freeze trade
Macquarie is embroiled in a nasty US legal dispute after trying to capitalise on a massive windfall from the big freeze in Texas.
Winter chill as Griddy shut down, faces legal action
Macquarie provided financing to Griddy, which left scores of customers with $US5000 electricity bills for five days of power.
How big Texas freeze delivered windfall for Macquarie
The frozen Texas power grid has delivered a massive windfall for Macquarie Group, with its giant US gas trading unit cashing in on the polar vortex.
Banks drag ASX lower, Macquarie bucks trend
The ASX was dragged lower by bank stocks but the group known as the ‘millionaire’s factory’ bucked the downward trend.
Macquarie upbeat amid commodities boost
Macquarie shares jumped 6.6 per cent as it flagged annual profits would beat expectations, amid a commodities trading boom.
Macquarie finds buyers for $800m Martin Place tower
The bank’s sale is the first element of its multi-billion property play in the heart of the Sydney CBD.
Bingo just the start for private equity
The nation’s waste management sector is set for a shake up as private equity firm and Macquarie Group make the scene.
Xpansiv raising sets path for IPO
Macquarie Group and BP-backed Xpansiv CBL Holding Group is plotting a second-quarter ASX listing.
Ares in talks with banks for AMP bid
Ares Management is in talks with at least three parties, including Macquarie, to participate in buying AMP’s bank as part of its broader $6bn-plus takeover.
Macquarie sells Italian gas pipeline stake
Macquarie Group’s European infrastructure fund has offloaded a near 70pc stake in one of Italy’s biggest gas pipeline operators.
Macquarie emerges as US funds giant
In the first major US acquisition for Macquarie in more than a decade, it has agreed to buy Waddell & Reed for $US1.7bn.
Macquarie boss bets future on diversity
Shemara Wikramanayake sees herself as a CEO with the responsibility to take the $50bn Macquarie Group to the next level.
Mixed reviews for Macquarie on interim profit
Macquarie Group’s sharply lower interim profit of $985m has drawn mixed reviews.
Macquarie ‘looking for opportunities’
Macquarie Group is seeking to capitalise on COVID-19 financial market dislocation and weaker economic growth to snap up assets around the world.
Macquarie’s cautious outlook
Macquarie expects a ‘slow recovery’ in economic output through this calendar year.
Macquarie profit falls 32%
Macquarie Group has warned of an uncertain global recovery as it reported a 32.4 per cent slump in first-half profit.
Oxford buys stake in Investa platform
The deal closes out a chapter of the long-running saga over Investa’s ownership.
Ex-Obama lawyer named Nuix chairman
Former American ambassador to Australia Jeffrey Bleich is set to become the chairman of Macquarie Group-controlled forensic software company Nuix.
Ex-Macquarie chief optimistic about innovation
The pandemic will ‘accelerate technological innovation’, says former Macquarie Group chief executive Nicholas Moore.
Who will be Macquarie’s next chair?
The prestigious position is likely to be announced within six months, ahead of chair Peter Warne’s term ending.
Bank eager to grow home loans
Macquarie Bank has become the fifth largest home loan lender in Australia.
‘Don’t waste a crisis’: Macquarie CEO
Macquarie CEO Shemara Wikramanayake says governments are going to need private money to help recover from the pandemic and to fund the projects needed to prevent a repeat.
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