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From small beginnings as the offshoot of a British merchant bank in 1969, Macquarie has become the world’s largest infrastructure asset manager, a powerful investment bank, a global commodities player and several other things besides. It has built all of this through a distinct culture built on risk management, individual empowerment and a capacity for constant reinvention – but it hasn’t always been popular along the way. A new book by Chris Wright and Joyce Moullakis examines the journey. ....
The first unauthorised history of Macquarie Group goes into granular detail about the personalities and decisions that turned it into the Millionaires’ Factory. ....
Share John Caldon, investment banker and entrepreneur, who died of complications of lung cancer on February 16, arguably had the greatest impact on Australia of any Yorkshireman since Captain Cook. The potential rivals to that honour were the English cricketers Freddie Trueman and Geoffrey Boycott, but with different repercussions. Caldon helped revolutionise investment banking in Australia. The deregulation and financial innovations under Hawke and Keating in the 1980s unleashed a climate for innovation. Caldon’s personality, drive, ambition, and creative approach to financial innovation made him see the potential. A founder director of Macquarie Bank in 1984, he was one of its most successful, early stars. ....