Macquarie Group
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Earnings season
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.
- by Sumeyya Ilanbey
Latest
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.
- by Penry Buckley
Macquarie affirms bet on green energy shift after ‘soft start’ to year
Macquarie Group boss Shemara Wikramanayake says any change in policies, including under a Trump presidency, won’t derail the long-term green energy transition.
- by Millie Muroi
Banks not doing enough to help struggling borrowers, says ASIC
As the number of customers falling behind on their repayments rises, the watchdog says too many people in hardship are finding it hard to get help.
- by Clancy Yeates
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.
- by Millie Muroi
Exclusive
Hydrogen
Macquarie exits BP’s $55 billion WA green energy project
Australia’s biggest renewable energy project in WA’s Pilbara region has lost the backing of “the millionaires factory” Macquarie Group.
- by Peter Milne
Macquarie boss flags lower profits amid deal-making slump
Macquarie chief executive Shemara Wikramanayake says confidence remains weak in the market for mergers and acquisitions despite the recent pause in interest rate rises.
- by Millie Muroi
Macquarie to fight illegal profiteering allegations in four US class actions
The energy trading arm of Macquarie Group faces claims it illegally profiteered from a deadly 2021 ice storm by deliberately pushing up gas prices by more than 1000 per cent.
- by Sarah Danckert
Macquarie profit sinks as commodities stabilise, deal-making slows
Macquarie boss Shemara Wikramanayake blamed lower volatility in commodity markets and a tough deal-making environment for the company’s lower profits.
- by Millie Muroi
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.
- by Millie Muroi
Opinion
Aviation
The eye-watering bill that Qantas CEO Alan Joyce left his successor
A falling Australian dollar and rising interest rates that make debt more expensive will add to Qantas Group’s capital expenditure bill, which is already giant.
- by Anne Hyland
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