Board games:Is a cosy directors’ club a risk to corporate Australia?

Board games:Is a cosy directors’ club a risk to corporate Australia?

A small group of powerful men,and increasingly women,dominate the boards of Australia’s biggest companies. And some fear the group is too small.

  • byAnne Hyland

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Macquarie profits prosper in low-rate world

Macquarie profits prosper in low-rate world

Macquarie Group is cashing in on a boom in infrastructure asset values and buoyant financial market conditions.

  • byClancy Yeates
A $30b bank buyback bonanza in store for investors

A $30b bank buyback bonanza in store for investors

Banks are primed to hand back billions of dollars of excess capital to investors,in sharp contrast to last year when they were told to batten down the hatches.

  • byAdele Ferguson
Boomsday scenario:Earnings season set to defy COVID doom

Boomsday scenario:Earnings season set to defy COVID doom

Anyone keen to understand why the sharemarket is hitting record highs despite lockdowns would do well to pay attention to the corporate earnings season.

  • byColin Kruger
Dividend-tax trades were criminal and ‘blatant’ money grab,German court says

Dividend-tax trades were criminal and ‘blatant’ money grab,German court says

Cum-Ex trading,which involved dozen of global banks including Macquarie Bank,was illegal and can be punished as crimes,Germany’s top criminal court ruled.

  • byJosefine Fokuhl,Karin Matussek,Miriam Steffens andClancy Yeates
‘No corners cut’:Macquarie defends role in disastrous Nuix float

‘No corners cut’:Macquarie defends role in disastrous Nuix float

Macquarie Group says an internal review has found the bank followed a rigorous process in handling the initial public offering.

  • byClancy Yeates
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Team behind Nuix disaster backs a new tech gem

Team behind Nuix disaster backs a new tech gem

The controversial team behind the disastrous float of Nuix is involved with another tech startup,Haventec - a company closely associated with the troubled e-forensics group.

  • byColin Kruger
Sydney Airport jumps on speculation of rival bid from Macquarie

Sydney Airport jumps on speculation of rival bid from Macquarie

Investors have pushed Sydney Airport shares to their highest closing level since the start of the coronavirus pandemic.

  • byClancy Yeates
Macquarie consortium weighs rival bid for Sydney Airport

Macquarie consortium weighs rival bid for Sydney Airport

A consortium led by Macquarie Group is exploring a rival offer for Sydney Airport in a potential challenge to IFM Investors’ $22.3 billion bid,people with knowledge of the matter say.

  • byHarry Brumpton,Gillian Tan andManuel Baigorri
Macquarie takes $1.9b bet on UK housing market

Macquarie takes $1.9b bet on UK housing market

Macquarie Group is branching into UK rental housing with the creation of a new business that’s planning to invest more than $1.9 billion.

  • byOlivia Konotey-Ahulu
‘Wake up moment’:Nuix whistleblower’s lawyer breaks silence

‘Wake up moment’:Nuix whistleblower’s lawyer breaks silence

A public inquiry is needed to restore confidence in the financial sector following regulators’ failure to act on warnings about the embattled tech company.

  • byAdele Ferguson