Macquarie Group

 Robert Prince has been appointed associate director of Macquarie Financial Services, a division of Macquarie Bank Limited.

Macquarie Bank Ltd became a substantial shareholder with a relevant interest of 2,500,000 ordinary shares (5.59%).

Apex Minerals NL 5-Oct-05 Macquarie Bank Ltd ceased to be a substantial shareholder.

Macquarie Bank Ltd ceased to be a substantial shareholder

A clutch of small-to-medium Western Australian gold companies is carving out a significant niche in West Africa’s emerging, key mineral fields.

The rules of engagement between Macquarie Bank and Alinta have been set out, with a company announcement saying the bank had agreed to the utility's conditions for co-operation during the proposed management buyout process.

Macquarie Bank is in final-stage lease negotiations with Bishops See developers Hawaiian and Multiplex to take up two floors of the project's nine-storey office tower.

Confidence is the fuel of stock market booms. Run dry and the consequences are dire, as we have seen when earlier booms stalled.

Macquarie Bank Ltd changed its relevant interest from 39,621,675 ordinary shares (20.7%) to 39,838,260 ordinary shares (19.44%).

South Perth-based Australian Renewable Fuels Ltd will issue 25.8 million, 5 year options at a strike price of 19 cents to Macquarie Bank Ltd in return for its advice in relation to business development and financing and operational strategies.

Macquarie Group has posted a 52 per cent fall in annual profit - its first decline in 17 years - as chief executive Nicholas Moore takes a hefty 99 per cent pay cut.

Explorer Catalpa Resources plans to raise $20 million with part of the funds to be directed towards a restructure of an existing debt facility with Macquarie Bank.

Macquarie Group has appointed Perth deal-maker and company director Mark Barnaba as chairman of its Western Australian operations, bolstering its status as one of the top investment banks in WA.

Macquarie recruits Barnaba

WITH some experienced campaigners suggesting the current mergers and acquisitions market is the worst they have ever seen, there is plenty of finger pointing to overly exuberant deals of the past few years as the reason for reluctance in the current environment.

IT might not be the busiest of times in Western Australia’s corporate advisory scene, but that has not stopped positive moves by several firms – albeit without much fanfare – that have included the opening of new offices by Deutsche Bank and Credit Suisse.

AUSTRALIA’S two major ammonium nitrate producers are punting $1.3 billion that the mining boom has enough legs to justify their investment in new production capacity.

Four Perth property sales worth $210 million have been announced in the past fortnight, including Herdsman’s largest office building, an iconic city shopping arcade and two industrial properties.

PERTH’S property market has had a busy start to the year, with offshore investors and local syndicators negotiating five purchases worth about $230 million.

Macquarie Bank paid $20 million for a one fifth stake in Perth-based financial services group Homeloans.Macquarie bought the 19.84 per cent stake in the mortgage broker from financial services firm Challenger Group last week and announced the purchase yesterday.

Once seen as an attractive capital source for Australian companies, regulatory hurdles in Canada combined with depressed global markets have dampened enthusiasm for dual listings.

NEGOTIATING the often-rocky terrain of the environmental approvals process can be a daunting task for emerging miners, particularly those in the uranium space.

Perth-based stockbroking firm Hartleys has largely maintained its profitability in challenging conditions - a feat that few, if any, of its competitors managed to achieve in the 2013 financial year.

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Prominent Perth company director Tracey Horton is among a group of business leaders appointed to a new federal Treasury advisory council designed to replicate the discipline provided by a private sector governance board.

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After 20 years in the stockbroking business, Simon Lyons stepped away from equities to enter the fixed income sector as a director of specialist group FIIG, offering an alternative for investors and an option to bank finance for business.

Property transactions in the agribusiness sector are heating up, with considerable activity in the first six months of 2014, according to Colliers International.

Perth-based developer Twin Ocean Group has launched two major projects in Brisbane with a combined end-value of $300 million, with the developments largely funded by a network of Western Australian high net-worth investors.

The weak iron ore price has cast a shadow over the state government’s asset sales agenda and raised concerns the commodity’s slump will affect the sale price for the Kwinana Bulk Terminal and the Utah Point port.

Independent schools across the state are benefiting from the experience some of Perth’s most prominent business leaders have brought to their boards, providing greater diversity and structure to the decision-making process.

Only four out of Western Australia's top 20 companies currently meet a gender target set by the Australian Institute of Company Directors, which wants women to fill 30 per cent of board positions on S&P/ASX 200 companies within three years.

Tough times are not tough for everyone, it seems, when two recent events are considered

Stuart McClure has been appointed as managing director of NWQ Capital Management. Mr McClure is a highly credentialed finance executive and has more than 19 years of experience working in financial markets, with the past 18 years spent in senior roles with Macquarie Group.

Macquarie Group is on track for a record annual profit above $2 billion due to a falling Australian dollar and improving market activity.

The recently renamed Avenira is finally realising its potential to become a supplier of phosphate, ticking off a decision to mine at its project in West Africa.

Tuggle is a website that allows shoppers to search online and offline shops in one place.

Kalgoorlie-based Goldfields Money has named former broker Simon Lyons as its new chief executive, concluding a lengthy board renewal process, which began three years ago when the company listed on the ASX.

Macquarie Group remains on track for a record full-year profit of more than $2 billion, though it says volatile market conditions make forecasting difficult.

Local vendors of The Big Issue showed prominent Perth business leaders and politicians what it’s like to sell the street magazine today as part of a campaign to increase awareness of the everyday challenges facing the homeless and disadvantaged.

The impact on economic development and power prices from a sale of the state’s electricity network could be managed by a strong regulatory framework, Premier Colin Barnett said today, as he continued to reassess his view on the ownership of Western Power.

Nine Entertainment has taken a 9.99 per cent stake in regional broadcaster Southern Cross Media, in the first of many moves expected in the sector as players position themselves ahead of a likely change in ownership rules.

In the first of a series of interviews with top WA business leaders, Business News met with inaugural 40under40 First Amongst Equals winner and Macquarie Group chairman (WA) Mark Barnaba. Far from the boardroom, in the relaxed setting of Julio’s restaurant in West Perth, Mr Barnaba spoke of his education, mentors, leadership style, culture, diversity, and social media.

The Australian dollar gold price hit an all-time record of $1,826 an ounce today after Britain elected to leave the European Union, with shares in local gold miners rallying strongly even though the broader stock market tumbled more than 3 per cent.

The Australian share market lost steam throughout the afternoon session to close slightly higher as gains in health care, resource and banking stocks offset losses in Woolworths and Telstra.

Macquarie Group managing director Nicholas Moore says the investment bank is on track to broadly match last year's record $2.06 billion profit despite a 2 per cent slip in half-year profit.

ANZ Banking Group has announced its second asset sale in two weeks as it continues efforts to streamline the business and bolster its capital.

Macquarie Group remains on course for a full-year profit in line with last year's record $2.1 billion despite a reduced third-quarter contribution from its capital markets-facing businesses.

Macquarie Group has lifted full-year profit 7.5 per cent to a fresh record of $2.217 billion and expects a similar performance in 2018.Net profit from Macquarie's banking and financial services unit soared 47 per cent to $513 million, with Australian lending and deposits both growing.

Big banks have warned that customers and shareholders will carry the cost of the federal government's surprise $6.2 billion levy on Australia's largest financial institutions.

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State Treasurer Ben Wyatt says the South Australian government's controversial bank levy is an attractive option and he'll watch with interest ahead of delivering his own budget in September.

Global demand for lithium is expected to increase by three to four times by 2025 and projected supplies will not keep up, Tianqi Lithium Australia general manager Phil Thick told a Mining Club lunch today.

Five years after joining Macquarie Group as its Western Australian chairman, Mark Barnaba is leaving to pursue a career as a non-executive director, with his first new role to be on the board of Australia’s central bank.

Macquarie Group expects its 2018 financial year profit result to be broadly in line with its previous year record profit of $2.2 billion.

After seven years at the helm of Fortescue Metals Group, Nev Power has announced he will hand over the reins and take a much-needed holiday.

Macquarie Group's board has approved an on-market buyback of up to $1 billion after posting a first-half profit of $1.25 billion.

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