Barbiecore and ‘spicy cough’: pop culture and the pandemic deliver updates to the Macquarie Dictionary ‘Goblin mode’, situationship and pyrocumulonimbus among 3,000 new entries to the ninth edition The Guardian - AU · Sep 7, 2023
Southern Water owner Macquarie invests further £550m Australian investment bank funds troubled UK utility’s overhaul of pipes and sewage works The Guardian - UK · Aug 11, 2023
Microsoft's new A.I. tool could bring in $14 billion in revenue if it has modest success The Wall Street firm's estimates mean that Microsoft could instantly recoup its $13 billion investment in ChatGPT-maker OpenAI. Fortune · Jul 19, 2023
London faces water rationing ‘imminently’, claims leading environmentalist River Action chief executive James Wallace made his comments at a Greater London Authority hearing about Thames Water. Evening Standard · Jul 11, 2023
Inside the capital’s water crisis — are Londoners’ taps about to run dry? After years of piling on debt and sucking out profits to pay shareholders rather than improve infrastructure, Thames Water is near collapse — leaving the city 24 hours away from having its supply turned off. Claire Cohen investigates Evening Standard · Jul 10, 2023
Private equity is failing water companies again. Get these firms back on the stock market Listing would allow the market to be admirably brutal – inflicting pain on the owners and forcing management changes The Guardian - UK · Jul 5, 2023
Ex-Thames Water owner accused of ‘money-grabbing’ cuts to Cadent pension scheme Exclusive: Cadent Gas, owned by Australia asset manager Macquarie, is considering closing its defined benefit scheme The Guardian - UK · Jul 3, 2023
The Guardian view on private water companies: a disaster made in the City Editorial: England has become an asset management society with predictably calamitous results The Guardian - UK · Jul 2, 2023
Now, water bosses, you must show how capitalism can work for the common good If there’s a lesson to be learned from the collapse of Thames Water, it is that utility giants have to pioneer a new kind of company The Guardian - UK · Jul 2, 2023
Scottish pension fund’s hidden stake in firm controlling Russian gas pipeline LOTHIAN Pension Fund has a hidden stake in a firm which runs coal power plants and controls part of a major pipeline transporting Russian The National (Scotland) · Jul 2, 2023
In charts: how privatisation drained Thames Water’s coffers Decades of underinvestment and bumper dividends have left the firm debt-laden and under investigation The Guardian - UK · Jun 30, 2023
Ministers must get a grip: no bailout for Thames Water’s backers Any financial reconstruction of Thames is simple. Shareholders and bondholders are on the hook The Guardian - UK · Jun 29, 2023
The biggest water company in the U.K. is also polluting its rivers. Now, it desperately needs a government rescue to turn things around The water company has been piling up debt for years, and its old infrastructure has harmed wildlife and the environment. Fortune · Jun 28, 2023
What went wrong at Thames Water and what could a bailout look like? The lowdown as ministers and regulator make contingency plans amid fears company may collapse The Guardian - UK · Jun 28, 2023
Leeds Live · May 30, 2023 Leeds United's early Championship advantage over Leicester City amid relegation complications Leeds United will be receiving parachute payments next season following their relegation from the Premier League
StockNews.com · May 26, 2023 Buy, Sell or Hold: Walt Disney Co.(DIS) The streaming industry faces significant challenges, including a slowdown in advertising market. In this uncertain landscape, media and entertainment company Walt Disney (DIS) recently received a downgrade from a Macquarie analyst, adding to the company's near-term uncertainties. SO, should investors buy, sell, or hold the stock? Keep reading to find…
The Guardian - UK · May 14, 2023 UK ministers urged to intervene if Australian bank takes 100% of gas business Macquarie has option for all of National Grid gas transmission and metering despite tainted history of owning utilities
The Guardian - UK · May 5, 2023 Banking firm that owns Southern Water posts record profits Macquarie’s net profit is up 10% with its top commodity trader landing A$58m through profit-share deal
The National (Scotland) · Apr 23, 2023 Corporate con? Giant polluting investors are behind the push for hydrogen heating image('10974478', type="article-full")
The Guardian - AU · Apr 20, 2023 Gendy nooch, cozzie livs and murder noodle: Australian words lining up for a Macquarie dictionary debut Linguist says Australians are unique and creative as we ‘take each word and turn it into a diminutive and then put an S on the end’
The Conversation · Mar 30, 2023 The Millionaires' Factory lays bare the good and bad about Australia's millionaire manufacturer – Macquarie bank The Millionaires’ Factory, subtitled “the inside story of how Macquarie Bank became a global giant” by financial journalists Joyce Moullakis and Chris Wright is an impressive, informative book that I enjoyed reading.
The Times of India · Mar 13, 2023 'Banks in India stand out amid Silicon Valley Bank crisis' NEW DELHI: Indian banks’ large reliance on local deposits cushions them as global peers are facing potential contagion from the woes emanating from Silicon Valley Bank, according to Macquarie Group Ltd.
The New Daily · Mar 4, 2023 From Aussie politics to catering funerals: Here are 10 new books to check out in March Looking to lose yourself in a crime thriller or learn about one of Australia's top politicians, this month's new releases have you covered
ABC News · Dec 6, 2022 Violence far lower at Macquarie Prison where serious offenders enjoy more freedoms Inmates convicted of murder, rape and terrorism are given many freedoms at the 'fully relaxed' Macquarie prison and data shows violence against staff and fellow inmates is much lower.
The Guardian - UK · Nov 30, 2022 Revealed: more than 70% of English water industry is in foreign ownership Guardian unpicks complex web of investment firms, wealth funds and tax haven-based businesses that own most of sector