This week on The Fin podcast: senior reporter Jemima Whyte and associate editor Joyce Moullakis on whether Macquarie has lost its edge, who might be in line to take over the top job and what happens when you threaten the pay packets of a millionaires’ factory.

Further reading: 
Macquarie scrambled to lobby proxy firms ahead of fraught AGM
The company made the highly unusual move to understand if major investors would reject executive pay plans as it dealt with a backlash.
Glenn Stevens feels the burn from Macquarie’s worried investors
The former RBA governor has seen off a global financial crisis and angry borrowers. Can he turn around an undercurrent of anxiety at the Millionaires Factory?
Macquarie investors deliver wake-up call with strike on executive pay
Investors deliver an embarrassing rebuke to the Millionaires Factory over bonuses amid regulatory woes and the surprise exit of its CFO.

This week on <a href="https://www.afr.com/podcast/thefin" data-stringify-link="https://www.afr.com/podcast/thefin" data-sk="tooltip_parent">The Fin&nbsp;podcast:&nbsp;</a>senior reporter&nbsp;Jemima Whyte&nbsp;and associate editor&nbsp;Joyce Moullakis&nbsp;on whether Macquarie has lost its edge, who might be in line to take over the top job and what happens when you threaten the pay packets of a millionaires&rsquo; factory. Further reading:&nbsp; <a href="https://www.afr.com/companies/financial-services/macquarie-scrambled-to-lobby-proxy-firms-ahead-of-fraught-agm-20250731-p5mjec" data-stringify-link="https://www.afr.com/companies/financial-services/macquarie-scrambled-to-lobby-proxy-firms-ahead-of-fraught-agm-20250731-p5mjec" data-sk="tooltip_parent">Macquarie scrambled to lobby proxy firms ahead of fraught AGM</a> The company made the highly unusual move to understand if major investors would reject executive pay plans as it dealt with a backlash. <a href="https://www.afr.com/companies/financial-services/glenn-stevens-feels-the-burn-from-macquarie-s-worried-investors-20250729-p5mikg" data-stringify-link="https://www.afr.com/companies/financial-services/glenn-stevens-feels-the-burn-from-macquarie-s-worried-investors-20250729-p5mikg" data-sk="tooltip_parent">Glenn Stevens feels the burn from Macquarie&rsquo;s worried investors</a> The former RBA governor has seen off a global financial crisis and angry borrowers. Can he turn around an undercurrent of anxiety at the Millionaires Factory? <a href="https://www.afr.com/companies/financial-services/macquarie-s-cfo-alex-harvey-exits-as-group-faces-agm-protest-vote-20250721-p5mgnc" data-stringify-link="https://www.afr.com/companies/financial-services/macquarie-s-cfo-alex-harvey-exits-as-group-faces-agm-protest-vote-20250721-p5mgnc" data-sk="tooltip_parent">Macquarie investors deliver wake-up call with strike on executive pay</a> Investors deliver an embarrassing rebuke to the Millionaires Factory over bonuses amid regulatory woes and the surprise exit of its CFO.

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