Can the ‘millionaires factory’ continue its bumper run of profits?

Can the ‘millionaires factory’ continue its bumper run of profits?

Macquarie Group shareholders had plenty to cheer during the era of ultra-low interest rates,but conditions and likely profits are getting softer.

  • byClancy Yeates

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Philip Lowe and Jim Chalmers should become fluent in ‘Macquarie Speak’
Opinion
Inflation

Philip Lowe and Jim Chalmers should become fluent in ‘Macquarie Speak’

The Millionaires’ Factory is not the only organisation that regularly under-promises and over-delivers,but for consistency it has no peer.

  • byElizabeth Knight
Macquarie’s Glenn Stevens says ‘be alert’ to risk of global recession

Macquarie’s Glenn Stevens says ‘be alert’ to risk of global recession

Former RBA governor Glenn Stevens says central bankers globally faced a tough job in containing inflation without sparking a major economic slump.

  • byClancy Yeates
Nuix and Macquarie’s dirty laundry aired in sizzling affidavit
Opinion
Courts

Nuix and Macquarie’s dirty laundry aired in sizzling affidavit

Data analytics company Nuix is never far from the headlines with scandal after scandal since listing in December 2020. An affidavit alleges some shocking practices inside the group,which is majority owned by Macquarie.

  • byAdele Ferguson
Macquarie admits $10m Nuix payment was ‘golden handshake’ for founder

Macquarie admits $10m Nuix payment was ‘golden handshake’ for founder

Macquarie says a $10 million payment for worthless Nuix options was a golden handshake for its founder and former CEO Eddie Sheehy who is suing the tech group over losses relating to his remaining share options.

  • byColin Kruger
Former Disney boss Bob Iger says streaming is not ‘oversaturated’

Former Disney boss Bob Iger says streaming is not ‘oversaturated’

“We were being disrupted by others,so why not disrupt ourselves?” former Disney global chief executive Bob Iger told a Macquarie conference on Tuesday.

  • byNick Bonyhady
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Macquarie seeks to ‘disrupt’ by paying up for transaction accounts

Macquarie seeks to ‘disrupt’ by paying up for transaction accounts

Investment giant Macquarie Group says it wants to disrupt a key part of the retail banking market by raising interest rates sharply on transaction accounts.

  • byClancy Yeates
Tectonic shifts:Macquarie CEO warns coal industry will ‘run off’

Tectonic shifts:Macquarie CEO warns coal industry will ‘run off’

Macquarie chief executive Shemara Wikramanayake says the current profitability of the coal sector will not last and has called for greater investment in reskilling affected communities.

  • byCharlotte Grieve
Cash in the bank? You’re likely to be losing money

Cash in the bank? You’re likely to be losing money

Savings account interest rates are falling well short of resurgent inflation. There are better rates available,so it pays to shop around for the best deals.

  • byJohn Collett
‘Multiple failures’:ASIC sues Macquarie Bank after $2.9m embezzlement

‘Multiple failures’:ASIC sues Macquarie Bank after $2.9m embezzlement

The corporate watchdog is taking legal action against Macquarie Bank for failing to properly monitor and control transactions by financial advisers in their clients’ accounts.

  • byClancy Yeates
‘I don’t need to bang the table’:Brady’s velvet glove smashes glass ceiling at Telstra

‘I don’t need to bang the table’:Brady’s velvet glove smashes glass ceiling at Telstra

Vicki Brady joins Macquarie Group’s Shemara Wikramanayake and Woodside boss Meg O’Neill sharing the rarefied air of women that govern Australia’s top 20 businesses.

  • byElizabeth Knight