Privatised, but Macquarie sticks to all the old ways
July 20, 2008
MACQUARIE Group is not budging from its model of externally managed funds if a scheme booklet for the privatisation of Macquarie Capital Alliance Group is anything to go by.
Volatile credit markets may dent Macquarie Group
Macquarie Group admitted yesterday that volatile credit markets might break its 16-year run of rising profits next year, even as it said that the squeeze may be easing.
Macquarie Group annual profit up 23%
Macquarie Group has delivered a 23 per cent lift in annual profit but says it may be a challenge to repeat its performance this year due to volatile markets.
Macquarie loses $750m
MACQUARIE Group lost about $750 million in the market value of its big Australian listed investment funds last financial year.
Leighton wins Australia's largest...
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Orica to demerge consumer products
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Babcock quiet on sell-off
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Asset Sales for Macquarie Airports
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Australia's Macquarie Group says first-quarter profit down amid global liquidity squeeze
Macquarie Group Ltd., Australia's largest investment bank, said Wednesday its first-quarter profit slid as deal activity slowed and equity trading volumes decreased amid a global liquidity squeeze.
Macquarie Group's 2009 fiscal profit low
Macquarie Group Ltd says its profit for the first quarter of fiscal 2009 was lower than for the same period last year, amid difficult market conditions.
Babcock CEO, Chairman Step Down
Babcock & Brown unveiled a major overhaul of its board and management but failed to stem the drop in its share price due to continued concerns about its financial position.
Margin Lenders Cap Funding to Babcock
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Australian merchant bank Babcock and...
Babcock & Brown Ltd., Australia's second-largest merchant bank that last week lost half its market value, is accelerating an examination of its listed funds as it faces its...
Macquarie, Babcock Weigh Privatizing...
Macquarie and Babcock & Brown took steps that could signal a further retrenchment of their funds from public markets, the latest sign of investor skepticism over their business...
Babcock plunges further
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Red Wings reward Babcock for winning...
AP - Mike Babcock's new contract allows the oldest of his three children to graduate from the same high school she's attending. And if all goes well with the Detroit Red Wings...
Australia's Macquarie Group says first quarter profit down on last year
Macquarie Group Ltd., Australia's largest investment bank, said Wednesday its profit for the first quarter of fiscal 2009 was lower than for the same period last year, amid difficult market conditions.
Fairfax moves to unwind margin loan
THE Fairfax Media director John B. Fairfax has unwound a margin loan over 159 million of the publisher's shares, which was believed to have prompted short-sellers to target the stock over recent weeks.
Macquarie Group reports 23 percent...
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$80m It's off the planet
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