# Macquarie Group Ltd

Summary updated: 2026-10-02T10:29:27.368251Z
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## Overview

Macquarie Group Ltd is a diversified global financial-services group operating in asset management, banking, commodities and global markets, and advisory, capital raising and investing. Its businesses serve retail, business, institutional and government clients through services that include investment management, banking and wealth products, financing, risk management, market access, advisory and capital raising. Macquarie states its purpose as “Empowering people to innovate and invest for a better future.” [1](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P17586733)[2](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P50954249)[3](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P7750998)[4](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P35193773)

The group reported a presence in 30 markets and 19,124 employees as at 31 March 2026. For FY2026, it reported A$19.477 billion in net operating income and A$4.847 billion in profit attributable to Macquarie Group Limited shareholders. Macquarie traces its origins to a Sydney operation opened in 1969 and adopted the Macquarie name in 1985. [5](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P17500727)[6](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P72417890)[7](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P16028383)[8](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P13883736)[9](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P4660765)[10](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P111559194)[11](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P57489996)[12](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P108970368)[13](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=T9230000)[14](https://www.macquarie.com/us/en/investors/reports/full-year-2026.html)[15](https://www.macquarie.com/au/en/about/history.html)
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## Products & services

Macquarie Asset Management provides investment management across infrastructure, credit, real estate and green investments. Its infrastructure capabilities cover areas such as energy, utilities, transport, digital, waste management and social infrastructure; its green-investment activity includes wind and solar as well as emerging areas such as green hydrogen, battery storage and biogas. [16](https://www.macquarie.com/au/en/about/company/macquarie-asset-management.html)[17](https://www.macquarie.com/us/en/about/company/macquarie-asset-management/capabilities/infrastructure.html)[18](https://www.macquarie.com/us/en/about/company/macquarie-asset-management/capabilities/green-investments.html)

Banking and Financial Services offers transaction, savings and term-deposit accounts, home loans, business banking, wealth management and private banking. [19](https://www.macquarie.com/au/en/about/company/banking-and-financial-services.html) Commodities and Global Markets provides financing, market access, risk management and execution services across commodities—including power, gas, emissions, agriculture, oil and resources—as well as foreign exchange, interest rates, credit and listed derivatives. Its asset-finance offering includes leasing, secured debt, equity, equipment advisory, sourcing and procurement, and hardware-as-a-service solutions. [20](https://www.macquarie.com/au/en/about/company/commodities-and-global-markets.html)[21](https://www.macquarie.com/au/en/about/company/commodities-and-global-markets/commodities.html)[22](https://www.macquarie.com/au/en/about/company/commodities-and-global-markets/financial-markets.html)[23](https://www.macquarie.com/us/en/about/company/commodities-and-global-markets/specialised-and-asset-finance/asset-finance.html)

Macquarie Capital offers mergers and acquisitions advice, capital raising, project finance, private credit, and infrastructure and real-estate capabilities, alongside principal investing and project development. [24](https://www.macquarie.com/au/en/about/company/macquarie-capital.html)[25](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P99396428) The FY2026 materials describe a A$27.3 billion private-credit portfolio and a A$5.2 billion equity portfolio at 31 March 2026; these are portfolio amounts, not product-level shares of company performance. [25](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P99396428)
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## Geographic presence

Macquarie Group Ltd operates across four broad regions. In FY2026, its net operating income was geographically distributed as ANZ 32%, the Americas 31%, EMEA 28% and Asia 9%; international income accounted for 68% of total income. [14](https://www.macquarie.com/us/en/investors/reports/full-year-2026.html) [26](https://www.macquarie.com/us/en/about/news/2026/macquarie-group-fy26-result-announcement.html)

The group reported offices in 30 markets, with locations across Australia and New Zealand; Asia; Europe, the Middle East and Africa; North America; and Latin America. Examples include Sydney, Auckland, Hong Kong, Mumbai, Singapore, Tokyo, London, Dubai, Johannesburg, New York, Toronto, Mexico City and São Paulo. [27](https://www.macquarie.com/au/en/investors/reports/full-year-2026.html) Macquarie reported 19,124 employees globally; the cited disclosures do not provide a geographic employee breakdown. [27](https://www.macquarie.com/au/en/investors/reports/full-year-2026.html)
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## Business segments

For FY2026, Macquarie Group reported four operating segments. By net operating income (NOI), the largest was Commodities and Global Markets (CGM), at approximately 40.0% of consolidated NOI; Macquarie Asset Management (MAM) contributed 24.3%, Banking and Financial Services (BFS) 18.1%, and Macquarie Capital 15.7%. Corporate, a reconciling group rather than an operating segment, contributed the remaining 1.8%. These shares are calculated from FY2026 reported segment NOI of A$19.477bn in total. [28](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=T6957569)

MAM manages and advises on public investments and private-market assets, including infrastructure, real estate, renewables and energy-transition investments. [29](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P46458343)[30](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=T9491376) BFS provides banking and lending services, including home loans, business lending, car loans and credit cards. [31](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=T8111255) CGM provides capital and financing, risk management, market access, physical execution and logistics across commodities and financial markets, as well as asset finance. [5](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P17500727)[32](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=T13175036) Macquarie Capital combines advisory and capital-markets activities with principal investing, with reported focus areas including infrastructure, energy, critical minerals, technology and financial services. [33](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=T12391416)

The group also uses a Bank Group and Non-Bank Group distinction for funding and regulatory-capital purposes. The Bank Group generally includes BFS and CGM, subject to specified CGM activity exceptions; the Non-Bank Group includes MAM, Macquarie Capital and those specified CGM activities. This is an alternative grouping, not a replacement for the four operating segments. [34](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P100588554)
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## Company history

Macquarie traces its origins to 10 December 1969, when Hill Samuel Australia, a subsidiary of the British merchant bank Hill Samuel & Co., opened in Sydney with three employees. In the 1980s, the business introduced Australia’s first Cash Management Trust; in 1985 it obtained a banking licence and became Macquarie Bank Limited. [15](https://www.macquarie.com/au/en/about/history.html)[35](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P51202160)[36](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P49180968)

The company expanded into stockbroking in 1983 and began building its infrastructure-investment business in the 1990s, including the Hills Motorway Trust listing in December 1994. Macquarie Bank listed on the Australian Securities Exchange in July 1996. [15](https://www.macquarie.com/au/en/about/history.html)[37](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P104900856)

On 13 November 2007, Macquarie Group Limited was established as the non-operating holding company above Macquarie Bank. In 2008, Nicholas Moore became CEO, succeeding Allan Moss; Macquarie completed its acquisition of US asset manager Delaware Investments in January 2010. [15](https://www.macquarie.com/au/en/about/history.html)[38](https://www.macquarie.com/assets/macq/investor/reports/2008/MGL%202008%20Full%20year%20Annual%20report.pdf)[39](https://www.macquarie.com/th/en/about/news/2008/allan-moss-to-retire-nicholas-moore-to-become-managing-director-and-ceo-of-macquarie-group-limited.html)

Shemara Wikramanayake succeeded Moore as CEO in November 2018. In July 2026, Macquarie announced that Wikramanayake planned to retire in November and that Greg Ward would succeed her, subject to approvals. [40](https://www.macquarie.com/au/en/about/news/2018/nicholas-moore-to-retire-in-november-2018-shemara-wikramanayake-to-become-ceo-of-macquarie-group.html)[41](https://www.macquarie.com/au/en/about/news/2026/shemara-wikramanayake-to-retire-in-november-2026-greg-ward-to-become-managing-director-and-ceo-of-macquarie-group.html)
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