This Month
Macquarie’s Tim Joyce puts annual conference to good use
There’s nothing like the annual Macquarie Australia conference to drive home the synergies available to the full-service investment bank.
- Updated
- Myriam Robin
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
The four key themes dominating Macquarie’s talkfest
Macquarie chief Shemara Wikramanayake is the perfect person to open the biggest investor conference of the year with the last of her issues a sleeper for a lot of us in Australia.
- Updated
- Anthony Macdonald
ANZ reveals $2b buyback; Macquarie bets on AI; Bonza backers’ plot
Read everything that’s happened in the news so far today.
Macquarie bets big on data centres in AI revolution
Shemara Wikramanayake expects the biggest tech companies to consume more data in their quest to sharpen AI platforms.
- Aaron Weinman
Macquarie goes after big four’s business lending lunch
The investment bank’s share of small business lending is only 1.7 per cent, but its $15.8 billion book grew by 22 per cent for the year and Macquarie wants more.
- Updated
- James Eyers and Lucas Baird
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
Why Wikramanayake says a tough year proves Macquarie’s growth story
Investors have been looking past the group’s big profit drop and betting that the drought in renewable energy asset sales will end. But the rebound may be bumpy.
- Updated
- James Thomson
April
Macquarie, ANZ and Canva CEOs help power Australia’s India push
Governments hope to prevent another false dawn in bilateral trade and investment by getting business to work on policy.
- James Eyers
Macquarie mails out agenda for annual shindig
Leafing through the program, a handful of CEOs stick out as candidates that should be in hot demand with fundies for one-on-one meetings.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
March
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
The two tectonic shifts in markets that will decide the next decade
Are we headed for a world of higher rates, lower growth and more volatility, or will AI unleash a deflationary wave?
- James Thomson
Chalmers admits growth ambitions are too low
Business leaders welcomed the treasurer’s pitch to embrace what could be a “defining decade” but questioned government policies to fix weak productivity growth.
- Phillip Coorey, John Kehoe and Jonathan Shapiro
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
Why Shemara Wikramanayake is bullish (and you should be too)
Australia has the natural advantages and economic backdrop to outrun tepid growth forecasts, but top CEOs say we must make the right decisions and the right investments. Here’s how to do it.
- James Thomson
New measures will help business assess sovereign risk in SE Asia: PM
Anthony Albanese says it is no longer a “one size fits all” approach to investing in a region, parts of which have a history of political volatility and corruption.
- Updated
- Phillip Coorey
February
Macquarie’s war on big four escalates with business lending assault
Macquarie said it had appetite to deploy its retail banking technology into the business market to grow deposits and lending against CBA and NAB.
- Updated
- James Eyers
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
Macquarie loses its great problem solver
Nick O’Kane’s pay packet always grabbed the headlines, but his real legacy is to build one of Macquarie’s most important profit engines.
- James Thomson
January
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
How Macquarie wins from BlackRock’s 20-year infrastructure bet
BlackRock’s acquisition of Global Infrastructure Partners suggests the local market may underestimate the value of Macquarie’s world-leading asset management empire.
- James Thomson
December 2023
‘Aggressive and clever’: Inside Joel Thickins’ TPG
At 45, the pickleball-loving boss is raising a $9 billion fund and launching a new venture. He disdains investment bankers, and don’t mention Ben Gray.
- Jemima Whyte and Sarah Thompson
GDP misses forecasts; Dan Andrews slammed; Perpetual taps heavyweights
Read everything that’s happened in the news so far today.
Energy transition ‘a meandering journey’: Macquarie boss
Shemara Wikramanayake was a relentless presence at the COP28 summit in Dubai, as she lobbied for policies to help unlock investment in riskier emerging markets.
- Hans van Leeuwen
- Exclusive
- BOSS
Australia’s 50 highest-paid CEOs in 2023
Despite topping the pay ranks, Macquarie Group’s Shemara Wikramanayake is just one of two women on the list.
- Patrick Durkin
November 2023
Macquarie’s millionaire factory misfires | Origin brawl | Cup Day tips
In this week’s episode, James and Anthony see how the millionaire factory is performing at Macquarie, dip into the M&A battle of the decade, and look ahead to the biggest Tuesday of the year – Melbourne Cup Day and RBA day.
