Macquarie chief’s pay cut as bank rakes in $3.7 billion

The Sydney Morning Herald
05-09

Senior Macquarie Group bankers including chief executive Shemara Wikramanayake have received a smaller share of profits in response to the corporate watchdog’s move to slap licence conditions on the bank over repeated compliance failings.

As Macquarie reported $3.7 billion in full-year profits on Friday, the investment bank known as the “millionaire’s factory” for its bumper pay packets also revealed how much it had paid its top executives.

Macquarie Group’s chief executive Shemara Wikramanayake said the bank’s businesses had been resilient in an uncertain environment.Credit: Max Mason-Hubers

The results came days after the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) said it had imposed extra licence conditions on the Sydney-based bank after “multiple and significant” compliance failures in its futures and its derivatives trading areas.

Macquarie’s annual report said the board had taken into account “risk and regulatory matters” when setting pay, particularly ASIC’s licence conditions, and this had been reflected in awarding executives including Wikramanayake and the chief executive of Macquarie Bank Limited, Stuart Green, a lower profit share.

Wikramanayake’s pay for the full year dropped to $24 million, from $25.3 million the previous year, as the profit share awarded to the CEO dropped by 5 per cent. Despite the lower profit share for Green, his overall pay edged up from $5.1 million to $5.2 million.

The chair of Macquarie’s board remuneration committee, Jillian Broadbent, said the board had considered both financial factors – including the bank’s higher profits, return on equity and dividends – and non-financial factors.

“The Board takes MBL’s obligations as a licensed entity seriously and acknowledges there are areas where we can further improve compliance,” Broadbent said.

The report said that among the group’s most senior executives, total comparable key management personnel awarded profit share had increased by 3 per cent to $82.3 million.

Macquarie’s results showed a 33 per cent rise in profit contribution in its flagship asset management business, as well as an 11 per cent rise in profits from the banking division.

Profits were weaker in commodities and global markets division due to less hedging by clients and more subdued conditions in key energy markets. Profit contribution from Macquarie’s investment banking unit, Macquarie Capital, was broadly flat.

Wikramanayake noted the volatile market environment, but said Macquarie’s various business units had remained resilient.

“Against a backdrop of ongoing market and economic uncertainty, Macquarie’s client franchises remained resilient over the past year, delivering new business origination and underlying income growth, contributing to our history of unbroken profitability,” she said.

Macquarie’s shares were 4.5 per cent higher shortly after midday at $204.65.

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