Macquarie Asset Management

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Macquarie Asset Management is the global asset-management arm of Australia's Macquarie Group, spanning public-market funds, private infrastructure and real assets, and green investment.

Last updated October 30, 2026

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Overview

Macquarie Asset Management (MAM) is the asset-management division of Macquarie Group Limited, the Sydney-headquartered diversified financial group listed on the Australian Securities Exchange. MAM brings together Macquarie's long-standing investment businesses — public-market equities and fixed income, multi-asset and systematic strategies, private credit, and above all its specialist real-assets franchises in infrastructure, renewables and real estate — under a single global asset-management brand. It serves institutional investors, sovereign wealth funds, pension plans, insurers and, through Macquarie's retail distribution, individual investors, and it operates across Australia, Asia-Pacific, Europe, the United Kingdom and the Americas. MAM's identity is closely tied to Macquarie's heritage as an infrastructure investor and advisor. The group built its reputation on pioneering infrastructure funds and on the privatisation and long-term ownership of toll roads, airports, utilities, energy networks and communications assets, and MAM is the vehicle through which much of that capital and expertise is now managed for third-party clients. Alongside infrastructure, MAM manages green and energy-transition investments, real estate, agriculture and natural assets, private credit and a broad suite of listed funds and separately managed accounts. As part of Macquarie Group, MAM is not separately listed; its results are reported within the group's Asset Management operating group. The division is led by global leadership drawn from Macquarie's senior ranks and works closely with the group's investment banking and commodities businesses. Its positioning emphasises specialist, active and real-asset-led investing, long investment horizons and deep operational involvement in assets, rather than pure passive index management. The brand is a familiar name in global infrastructure and private-markets fundraising and is increasingly associated with energy-transition and decarbonisation strategies.

History

Macquarie Asset Management's history is inseparable from that of Macquarie Group. Macquarie was founded in Sydney in 1969 as Hill Samuel Australia, a subsidiary of the UK merchant bank Hill Samuel, and became Macquarie Bank in the 1980s after being granted an Australian banking licence. From the 1990s the firm developed a distinctive model combining advisory work, principal investing and specialist funds, and it became a pioneer of private infrastructure investment — advising governments on privatisations and then raising funds to own and operate toll roads, airports, ports, utilities and energy networks for the long term. Those activities were organised over time into Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets (MIRA), which grew into one of the world's largest infrastructure managers, and into parallel businesses in real estate, agriculture, private credit and listed funds. Macquarie also built a substantial public-markets asset-management business through its securities and funds-management divisions, including equities, fixed income and multi-asset capabilities, and expanded internationally across Europe, the Americas and Asia. In the 2010s and 2020s Macquarie sharpened its focus on energy transition and green investment, consolidating activities under the Green Investment Group, acquired from the UK government, and positioning its infrastructure franchise around renewables, grid and decarbonisation assets. The group reorganised its asset-management activities under the unified Macquarie Asset Management brand, bringing MIRA, public markets, real estate, private credit and green investment together as one global division reported within Macquarie Group's Asset Management operating group. MAM has continued to raise large global infrastructure and energy-transition funds and to manage assets on behalf of institutional clients worldwide, while remaining a division of the ASX-listed Macquarie Group rather than a separately listed entity.

Macquarie founded in Sydney as Hill Samuel Australia
Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets (MIRA) becomes a leading global infrastructure manager
Macquarie acquires the UK Green Investment Group, strengthening its energy-transition platform
Asset-management activities consolidated under the Macquarie Asset Management brand

Products and positioning

Specialist, active, real-asset-led global asset manager within Macquarie Group, known for infrastructure, energy-transition and private-markets expertise.

Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets funds
Green Investment Group platform
Global listed infrastructure strategies
Private credit and real estate strategies

Recent events

2026-08-17
Deutsche Telekom agrees to acquire Fiberhost and Inea for €1 billion[2]德国电信同意以10亿欧元收购Fiberhost和Ineatelecom.economictimes.indiatimes.com
Reported: 2026-08-18
Deutsche Telekom said on Monday it had agreed to buy Polish network operator Fiberhost and retail broadband and TV provider Inea from Macquarie Asset Management for €1 billion ($1.16 billion), subject to customary Polish competition approvals, with financial close expected at the end of 2026.
Weekdays and relative dates follow the original report; their exact calendar dates have not been verified.
Unconfirmed
Macquarie completes acquisition of IHS Towers’ South American operations[3]Macquarie完成收购IHS Towers南美业务miragenews.com
Macquarie Asset Management, on behalf of a privately managed infrastructure fund, completed its acquisition of IHS Towers’ South American wireless tower operations, including more than 8,700 sites in Brazil and 250 sites in Colombia.
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Macquarie Asset Management agrees to acquire Danish logistics property portfolio[4]Macquarie Asset Management达成协议收购丹麦物流地产组合miragenews.com
Macquarie Asset Management, on behalf of its European logistics real estate fund, reached an agreement to acquire a portfolio of logistics facilities in Denmark from Savills Investment Management LLP.
2021-11-23
Macquarie Asset Management acquires CityFlex properties in Poland[5]Macquarie Asset Management 收购波兰 CityFlex 房地产financialstandard.com.au
Reported: 2021-11-23
Macquarie Asset Management acquired a €63 million portfolio of CityFlex properties in Poland from real estate developer 7R on behalf of one of its managed accounts.
2021-10-29
Macquarie Asset Management announces acquisition of Thyssengas[6]麦格理资产管理宣布收购Thyssengasnaturalgasworld.com
Macquarie Asset Management announced that it had acquired Thyssengas from DIF and EDF for an undisclosed sum; the transaction's closing date had not been stated.
2021-10-22
Macquarie Asset Management acquires Central Park Group[7]麦格理资产管理收购 Central Park Groupfinancialstandard.com.au
Reported: 2021-10-22
Macquarie Asset Management acquired an independent investment advisory firm providing private clients access to institutional alternative investments. The article identifies the firm as Central Park Group.
Unconfirmed
Macquarie Asset Management agrees to acquire Central Park Group[8]Macquarie Asset Management同意收购Central Park Groupitbusinessnet.com
Macquarie Asset Management announced that it had agreed to acquire Central Park Group. The transaction was expected to close in early 2022.
Unconfirmed
Macquarie Asset Management acquires Corso Europa 12[9]麦格理资产管理收购Corso Europa 12miragenews.com
Macquarie Asset Management, on behalf of its Macquarie GLL pan-European property strategy, acquired Corso Europa 12, an office building with ground-floor retail units in Milan, for €63 million. The source does not state when the acquisition occurred.
2021-07-07
AMP Capital announces planned sale of equities and fixed income business[10]AMP Capital宣布计划出售股票及固定收益业务brisbanetimes.com.au
Reported: 2021-07-07
AMP Capital announced plans to sell its global equities and fixed income business to Macquarie Asset Management in a binding agreement valued at $185 million.
Unconfirmed
Macquarie Asset Management establishes Goodstone Living with sector partners[11]Macquarie Asset Management与行业合作伙伴成立Goodstone Livingmiragenews.com
Macquarie Asset Management established Goodstone Living, a UK-focused rental housing development and investment management business, in partnership with two sector pioneers. The new business aims to acquire, develop, and operate purpose-built rental communities across the UK.

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