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Macquarie Group

  • Sunday, 29 December, 2024
    Asia infrastructure to drive more deals after $15bn data centre sale, Macquarie says

    Australian asset manager sold AirTrunk business to Blackstone

    The Macquarie Group logo is prominently displayed on a desk in the reception area of the company’s Sydney office headquarters.
  • Tuesday, 26 November, 2024
    UK financial watchdog fines Macquarie Bank £13mn for fictitious trades

    Trader bypassed internal systems in bid to hide losses, says FCA

    A Macquarie Bank sign
  • Thursday, 14 November, 2024
    Southern Water Ltd
    Moody’s downgrade pushes Southern Water closer to default

    Macquarie-owned utility on verge of covenant breach as it loses investment-grade rating

    The logo of water company Southern Water sits on a glass of water
  • Monday, 7 October, 2024
    Southern Water PLC
    Southern Water seeks to borrow nearly £4bn from investors

    Utility’s investment-grade rating and debt covenants have come under pressure amid Thames Water crisis

    The logo of Southern Water seen through a glass of water
  • Thursday, 5 September, 2024
    Technology sector
    AI data boom mints Australia’s latest billionaire after $16bn Blackstone deal

    Cricket fan Robin Khuda came to country from Bangladesh and built AirTrunk into pan-Asian business

    AirTrunk founder and CEO Robin Khuda in corporate attire inside an office
  • Tuesday, 3 September, 2024
    Blackstone Group LP
    Blackstone set to acquire Australian data centre business AirTrunk

    World’s largest private equity group bets on growth of artificial intelligence in Asia-Pacific region

    Signage of the Blackstone headquarters in New York with the company name "Blackstone" prominently displayed on a black background.
  • Tuesday, 6 August, 2024
    Energy Source
    Macquarie’s competing energy ambitions on display at AGM Premium content

    Australian bank is championing the renewables revolution but has yet to abandon its support for the oil and gas sector

    The logo of Macquarie
  • Friday, 26 July, 2024
    Macquarie takes full ownership of Britain’s gas network

    World’s biggest infrastructure investor buys remaining stake in National Gas

  • Tuesday, 23 April, 2024
    Thames Water
    Thames Water crisis prompts jitters over ‘gold standard’ debt model

    Investors grow nervous over financing technique likely to be used by government for future projects

    The crisis at Thames Water has been exacerbated by a stand-off between water regulator Ofwat and shareholders
  • Tuesday, 9 April, 2024
    Thames Water
    Former Thames Water owner Macquarie among lenders to utility’s parent company

    Australian group had been criticised for loading UK utility with debt

    A person walking in front of a Thames Water signage
  • Wednesday, 13 March, 2024
    Mercuria Energy Group Ltd
    Commodities house Mercuria parts with global head of trading

    Magid Shenouda’s exit comes as Swiss group prepares for arrival of star Macquarie trader Nick O’Kane

    A oil pump at sunset
  • Saturday, 2 March, 2024
    Mercuria Energy Group Ltd
    Former Macquarie star trader agrees terms to join Swiss house Mercuria

    Nick O’Kane, who earned more than Jamie Dimon last year, to grow trading group’s gas and power business from Dubai

    Nick O’Kane
  • Sunday, 18 February, 2024
    UK energy
    Macquarie looks to cut stake in UK’s biggest gas network Cadent

    Sale will be a key test of investor appetite for gas infrastructure as Britain tries to shift to renewables

    A coffee maker being heated on a gas kitchen stove
  • Friday, 16 February, 2024
    Nick O’Kane: Macquarie’s best-paid manager bows out of ‘millionaires factory’

    Australian bank’s commodities chief earned A$58mn last year as the energy trading business he built flourished

    A montage featuring O’Kane and Macquarie’s “holey dollar” logo
  • Tuesday, 13 February, 2024
    Star Macquarie banker who earned more than CEO quits after 28 years

    Nick O’Kane is leaving after building booming commodities division at Australian group

    Nick O’Kane and Shemara Wikramanayake
  • Monday, 22 January, 2024
    Macquarie raises record €8bn for Europe infrastructure fund

    Australian group’s new vehicle marks latest sign of investor appetite for critical assets

    Virtus data centers
  • Monday, 27 November, 2023
    Exchange traded funds
    Macquarie Asset Management launches first Australian active ETFs

    The funds face stiff competition from other active ETF managers

    A cyclist is reflected in a window of the Australian Securities Exchange
  • Wednesday, 19 July, 2023
    ReviewNon-Fiction
    The Millionaires’ Factory — the rise and rise of Macquarie

    Joyce Moullakis and Chris Wright trace how a small Australian merchant bank became a global behemoth

  • Wednesday, 19 July, 2023
    UK energy
    Macquarie takes further control of Britain’s gas network

    World’s biggest infrastructure investor raises stake in National Gas and bets on bigger role for hydrogen

    Macquarie’s logo
  • Monday, 10 July, 2023
    LexThames Water
    Thames Water: capitalist cistern cracked by implicit contradictions Premium content

    The UK utility is a case study in some of the worst aspects of private equity-style financial engineering

    Repair site signage in London of the UK utility Thames Water
  • Friday, 7 July, 2023
    Southern Water Ltd
    Southern Water announces £550mn investment from Macquarie

    Latest UK water utility to seek additional cash as concerns grow about sector’s financial health

    Running tap
  • Thursday, 29 June, 2023
    ExplainerThames Water
    Why Thames Water is under growing strain

    Cost of utility’s £16bn debt has surpassed price increases it has been able to pass on to consumers

    A Thames Water tender
  • Wednesday, 28 June, 2023
    Due Diligence
    Private equity’s field of dreams Premium content

    Plus, Macquarie’s model for turning infrastructure into a lucrative asset and private credit targets blue-chip companies

    Due Diligence logo
  • Tuesday, 27 June, 2023
    The Big Read
    Managed by Macquarie: the Australian group with a grip on global infrastructure

    The investment management company was a pioneer in turning public utilities into lucrative assets, but does that model make for good policy?

    Montage image showing Shemara Wikramanayake, chief executive of Macquarie, some pipes and the Australian flag
  • Friday, 5 May, 2023
    Macquarie commodities head’s $39mn payout beats CEO’s after record group profit

    Nick O’Kane’s pay exceeds that of Shemara Wikramanayake for second year on back of strong trading business

    Nick O’Kane, left, Shemara Wikramanayake, right,
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