Macquarie vies for $2.4b German gas storage firm
Macquarie Group, 3i Infrastructure and Deutsche Bank's RREEF fund plan to submit separate offers for the oil and natural gas storage unit of Germany's IVG Immobilien AG.
Analysts see more taxing year for Macquarie
Macquarie Group's bumper $1.8 billion profit has not staved off a downgrade and cuts to price targets after analysts picked over the bank's extraordinary 23 per cent surge in net profit.
New Mac boss pulls $26.8 million
Nicholas Moore maintains Macquarie Group's record of employing Australia's highest-paid chief executive.
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