Macquarie Graduate Profile
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Macquarie is an Australian investment bank based in Sydney, with an international banking presence. Macquarie act on behalf of a range of institutional, corporate and retail clients and counterparties. The firm was founded in 1969, operates in 25 countries and employs more than 13,000 people.
Macquarie has been active in Europe since the late 1980s. The firm's European headquarters are in London, where there are more than 1,000 executives. The firm also has offices in Austria, Germany, Ireland, Italy and Switzerland, and global offices in New Zealand, Asia, Africa and the Americas.
Outside of Europe Macquarie has diversified and provides a range of financial services in Asia, Australia and New Zealand. Its focus in Europe is more selective.
Macquarie's expanding international presence means that graduate employees have the potential to work in Macquarie offices all around the world.
Competencies
[Edit]Macquarie have six key goals and values: integrity, client commitment, striving for profitability, fulfilment for our people, teamwork and the highest standards.
Community Work
[Edit]The Macquarie Group Foundation funds programs that benefit the entire community in areas of education, arts, health research, health care, welfare and the environment. Recently, the Foundation introduced Macquarie Giving, an initiative that enables staff to donate to charities on a committed regular basis and bring benefits to the wider community through regular deductions from employee's salaries.
Training
[Edit]When they start work, new graduate hires may be required to travel to the firm's head office in Sydney, Australia to take part in a two week professional development program.
Analysts joining Macquarie Capital will have the opportunity to study for a Master of Finance (Investment Banking) degree from INSEAD (a internationally recognised business school).
Unique to the investment banking industry, this is a post-graduate degree program undertaken while working at Macquarie. The curriculum for this degree was designed jointly by Macquarie and INSEAD and tailored specifically to a career in investment advisory. It includes residential on-campus study at INSEAD’s Europe and Asia campuses as well as in Australia and the US.
Now see - Macquarie Graduate Schemes.
