Macquarie Bank Limited
Type	Public (ASX: MQG)
Founded	Sydney, Australia (1970)
Headquarters	Sydney, Australia
Key people	David Clarke, Chairman Allan Moss, CEO
Industry	Finance and Insurance
Products	Financial Services
Revenue	AUD 7.2 billion (2007)
Net income	AUD 1.46 billion (2007)
Employees	11000 (2007)
Slogan	Forward thinking
Website	www.macquarie.com.au

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During 2005, it raised more than $80 billion AUD in equity capital markets, capital raisings and floats, making it the largest player in Australia in capital raisings. It is the second largest player in the mergers and acquisitions area of corporate finance in Australia. Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The phrase mergers and acquisitions (abbreviated M&A) refers to the aspect of corporate strategy, corporate finance and management dealing with the buying, selling and combining of different companies that can aid, finance, or help a growing company in a given industry grow rapidly without having to create another business...

History

The bank was founded in 1969 and it began its operation from Sydney in January of 1970 as Hill Samuel Australia, a subsidiary of the UK's Hill Samuel, an entity founded by the same man as the Shell Corporation. The bank took its name from Lachlan Macquarie, an early Governor of New South Wales who dramatically transformed the early colonial economy. The company became a trading bank and changed to its present name in 1986, at which time it opened branches in Melbourne and Brisbane. The company listed on the ASX in 1996, with an initial market capitalization of 1.3 billion AUD. Year 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Hill Samuel is a wholly owned subsidiary of Lloyds TSBs Offshore Private Banking unit. ... Major General Lachlan Macquarie, Governor of New South Wales Major-General Lachlan Macquarie CB (31 January 1762[1] – 1 July 1824), British military officer and colonial administrator, served as Governor of New South Wales from 1810 to 1821 and had a leading role in the social, economic and architectural development... List of Governors of New South Wales See Governors of the Australian states for a description and history of the office of Governor. ... This article is about the Australian city; the name may also refer to City of Melbourne or Melbourne city centre. ... For other uses, see Brisbane (disambiguation). ... Market capitalization, or market cap, is a measurement of corporate or economic size equal to the stock price times the number of shares outstanding of a public company. ... One thousand million (1,000,000,000) is the natural number following 999,999,999 and preceding 1,000,000,001. ...

Macquarie Bank manages a number of listed investment funds. Over the past decade, the Macquarie Infrastructure Group, has become the world's largest operator of private toll roads both nationally and internationally. Other funds managed by the bank's subsidiaries have invested in projects such as airports, operating Kingsford Smith International Airport in Sydney and Bristol International Airport in the UK, for instance. Macquarie Bank Limited is an Australian merchant bank and financial services group, providing a broad range of services to businesses individuals. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Sydney Airport Control Tower International Terminal forecourt Sydney International Terminal International Terminal, Qantas check-in lounge International Terminal car park Memorial to Charles Kingsford Smith, International Terminal Qantas AVRO 504K replica, first plane flown by Qantas, Domestic Terminal Sydney Domestic Terminal entrance Terminal Control Unit including the old Control Tower... Bristol International Airport (IATA: BRS, ICAO: EGGD) is the commercial airport serving the city of Bristol and much of the south west of England. ...

International Market Presence

Macquarie's operations are still primarily Australian although it has built a substantial presence offshore with operations in the United Arab Emirates, India, South Africa, Brazil, Canada, the United States, China, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan, Thailand, New Zealand, Austria, Germany, France, Italy, Switzerland, Ireland and the United Kingdom. Notable recent acquisitions include Cook Inlet, now Macquarie Cook Energy, a gas trading and scheduling operation based in Los Angeles and Thames Water, one of the world's largest water companies. Macquarie employs 3,122 staff outside of Australia.

Macquarie Bank has developed a large presence in the Financial Services arena with their Financial Services Group's Wealth Investments Team managing over 479.8 Billion AUD of Funds Under Management.

Core Business

The bank's activities work within seven operating groups: Banking and Securitisation Group, Equity Markets Group, Financial Services Group, Funds Management Group, Investment Banking Group, Real Estate Group and the Treasury and Commodities Group.

Macquarie's managing director is Allan Moss, and the board chairman is David Clarke. Managing director is the term used for the chief executive of many limited companies in the United Kingdom, Commonwealth and some other English speaking countries. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ...

The bank's high margins and profits, and the consequent rewards for its executives and shareholders, have seen news website Crikey dub the bank "The Millionaire Factory". Macquarie's capitalisation as at June 2007 was $23.5 billion AUD making it one of Australia's biggest companies by value. Look up crikey in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

In 2005 Macquarie announced a hostile takeover bid for the London Stock Exchange valuing the company at £1.5 billion, a bid rejected by LSE management as "derisory". Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Source by Greyworld, in the new LSE building Paternoster Square. ...

In 2007 the bank attempted to takeover Qantas in Australia along with a consortia of other private equity players. This eventually played out unsuccessfully and led many to see the bank as overly aggressive in trying to achieve ultimate profits.

Current Board Members

• David S. Clarke, AO, Executive Chairman
• Mark R.G. Johnson, Deputy Chairman and Chairman of Australian Gas Light Company
• Allan Moss, AO, CEO
• John Allpass, Former Managing Partner of KPMG's Queensland practice
• Laurence Cox, AO, Former Chairman of the Australian Stock Exchange
• Peter Kirby, Former Managing Director of CSR Limited
• Catherine Livingtone, Former Managing Director of Cochlear Limited
• Kevin McCann, Former Partner and Chairman of Allens Arthur Robinson
• John Niland, AC, Former President of the University of New South Wales, and former Cornell University professor
• Helen Nugent, AO, Chairman of Funds SA, Swiss Re Life, and Health (Australia) Limited

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Notable current and former employees

Business

• Simon Hannes - financial analyst, convicted of insider trading
• Allan Moss - CEO

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Public service

An unusual feature of Macquarie Bank, as a financial institution, is the very strong political connections that it maintains through the appointment of former politicians and senior political staffers to senior and highly paid positions. In financial economics, a financial institution acts as an agent that provides financial services for its clients. ... A politician is an individual involved in politics, sometimes this may include political scientists. ...

• Bob (I'm a greedy backstabbing bastard) Carr - Premier of New South Wales (1995-2005)
• Ross Cameron - Member of the Australian House of Representatives (1996-2004)
• John Hewson - Member of the Australian House of Representatives (1987-95)
• Max Moore-Wilton - former Secretary of the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet to John Howard
• Irene Moss - Commissioner of the New South Wales Independent Commission Against Corruption until November 2004; wife of Macquarie Bank CEO Allan Moss.
• Graeme Samuel - chairman of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (2003-present)
• Warwick Smith - former Federal Cabinet Minister
• Alan Stockdale - former Treasurer of Victoria

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Logo

Macquarie Bank's logo is a representation of the Holey dollar developed by Governor Macquarie as a solution to the monetary problems of the early Australian settlers. For the company, it represents financial knowledge and ingenuity. The Holey Dollar of P.E.I. Back in the 1700s, the Spanish government minted a large silver coin which through wide circulation became known as the Spanish dollar. ...

See also

• 407 ETR
• M6 Toll
• Chicago Skyway
• Indiana Toll Road
• Red Bee Media
• Qantas
• East London Bus Group
• Selkent
• East London (bus company)
• National Grid Wireless
• Arqiva

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External links

• Macquarie Bank global site
• Macquarie Bank Australian site

v • d • e Macquarie Bank
Infrastructure/Diversified:	Macquarie Airports • Macquarie Communications Infrastructure Group • Macquarie Infrastructure Group • Macquarie Infrastructure Company • Macquarie Media Group • Macquarie Regional RadioWorks
Property:	Macquarie Countrywide Trust • Macquarie DDR Trust • Macquarie Direct Property • Macquarie Goodman Group • Macquarie Leisure Trust • Macquarie Office Trust • Macquarie Pacific Star • Macquarie Prologis Trust
Corporate Directors:	David Clarke (Chairman) • Mark R.G. Johnson • Allan Moss (CEO) • John Allpass • Laurence Cox • Peter Kirby • Catherine Livingtone • Barrie Marton • Kevin McCann • John Niland • Helen Nugent
Annual Revenue: $4.393 billion AUD ( 17% FY 2006) · Employees: 10,000 · Stock Symbol: ASX: MBL · Website: www.macquarie.com.au

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