Macquarie Bank

 

A renowned Australian investment bank headquartered in Sydney, Macquarie Bank Limited is a global investment banking and diversified financial services group. Founded in 1969, the bank operates in over 70 office locations in 26 countries, including Africa, the Americas, Asia, Australasia and Europe. Macquarie Bank was restructured as a wholly owned subsidiary of Macquarie Group Limited in November 2007.[br]

 

 

A renowned Australian investment bank headquartered in Sydney, Macquarie Bank Limited is a global investment banking and diversified financial services group. Founded in 1969, the bank operates in over 70 office locations in 26 countries, including Africa, the Americas, Asia, Australasia and Europe. Macquarie Bank was restructured as a wholly owned subsidiary of Macquarie Group Limited in November 2007.[br]

 

Listed on the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) on July 29, 1996, the bank has been providing the following services to investors, corporations and governments through its five operating groups:

• Banking

• Financial

• Advisory

• Investment services

 

Macquarie Bank: Awards

Macquarie Bank has been consistently associated with a stream of major financial innovations that have underpinned the bank’s reputation as a market leader. The bank has won several awards since 1997. Some of the popular awards bestowed on Macquarie Bank in 2008 were:

• Business Excellence Award – Large Companies

• Best Domestic Investment Bank – Australia

• Best Equity House – Australia

• Most Innovative Investment Bank by Finance Asia, Achievement Awards – Australia

 

Macquarie Bank: Business Structure

Macquarie Bank comprises of the following businesses:

• Macquarie Capital (formerly Investment Banking Group): With offices in Australia, New Zealand, Asia, North America, Europe, South Africa and the Middle East, Macquarie Capital provides corporate advisory, equity underwriting and specialized funds management services.[br]

• Macquarie Securities Group (MSG): Formed in April 2008, this business unit offers:

  • Full service institutional cash equities brokerage services in the Asia Pacific region.

  • Equity finance, arbitrage trading and synthetic products to institutional and hedge fund clients.

  • Equity-linked investments, trading products and risk management services to wholesale and retail clients.

• Treasury and Commodities Group (TCG): This business unit offers:

  • Commodity, energy and environmental financial products, physical and derivatives structuring and trading.

  • Commodity (metals, bullion and agricultural) and energy finance.

  • Futures (listed derivatives) execution and clearing and platform provision.

  • Debt arrangement, structuring and placement activities.

  • Trading of interest rate and credit derivatives.

  • Foreign exchange trading.

  • Bond broking and advisory services.

• Macquarie Funds Group (MFG): The group offers a range of investments, such as equities, listed infrastructure, cash, fixed income and currencies, for both retail and institutional investors across a variety of asset classes.

• Banking and Financial Services Group (BFS): This unit offers services such as full service stock broking, online broking, Macquarie life insurance, credit cards and private portfolio management.