Macquarie Group Ltd

Australia's government has appointed Nicholas Moore, who led Macquarie Group for a decade until 2018, to chair a new regulator review board to report on the effectiveness of the country's banking and corporate regulators.

Blockchain firm Blockstream Mining said on Thursday it would partner with Australian financial conglomerate Macquarie Group to develop bitcoin mining facilities that use renewable energy.

Macquarie Group said on Wednesday that first-half profit may not fall as much as some analysts feared, sending shares in the financial conglomerate to a record high.

BP Plc said on Tuesday it was conducting a joint feasibility study with Australian lender Macquarie Group to produce green hydrogen at the oil giant's former refinery site near Perth in Western Australia.

Macquarie Group's asset management arm on Monday agreed to buy a majority stake in Southern Water for more than 1 billion pounds ($1.39 billion), pledging to transform the British utility that has faced criticism and fines for polluting local rivers.

Australia's Macquarie Group said on Thursday first-quarter profit for fiscal 2022 was up significantly from the pandemic-hit period a year earlier, but warned of lower dividends to come as it diverts cash to grow its business.

Australian financial conglomerate Macquarie Group said on Thursday its first-quarter profit contribution came in higher than last year, helped by its asset and banking businesses.

Macquarie Group Ltd's asset management division has raised $6.9 billion for its latest fund dedicated to investing in North American infrastructure, well over its $5 billion target, the Australian bank told Reuters on Tuesday.

A consortium led by Macquarie Group is considering an offer for Sydney Airport Holdings, in a potential challenge to a A$22.3 billion ($16.7 billion) bid already on the table, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday.

AMP Ltd will sell its global equities and fixed income (GEFI) business to Macquarie Group's asset management arm, the two companies said on Thursday, as the embattled wealth manager shrinks itself ahead of a spin-off.

A consortium led by Macquarie Group Ltd is considering an offer for Sydney Airport Holdings, a potential challenge to a A$22.3 billion ($16.7 billion) bid already on the table, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday.

Australia's corporate regulator is investigating Macquarie-backed software provider Nuix over suspicious revenue forecasts in its prospectus, as well as its former CFO for alleged insider trading, court documents show.

Australia's corporate regulator on Friday defended its actions in allowing the initial public offering of Macquarie Group-backed software provider Nuix last year, despite a law firm flagging concerns with its prospectus.

France's TotalEnergies, Macquarie Group's Green Investment Group and Scotland's Renewable Infrastructure Development Group said on Wednesday they will jointly bid for sites in Scotland’s next offshore wind leasing round.

Italian state lender Cassa Depositi e Prestiti (CDP) and investment partners Macquarie and Blackstone have agreed a five-year lock-up for their joint investment in Atlantia's motorway unit, one source close to the matter said.

Australia's Nuix Ltd said on Tuesday its two top bosses would leave the company, in a blow to the software maker whose shares have tumbled about 68% since its listing late last year following earnings downgrades.

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A consortium led by Italian state lender CDP is set to send Atlantia a sweetened offer for its stake in Autostrade per l'Italia in a last-ditch attempt to salvage talks over the fate of the motorway business, three sources said.