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Corporate and Asset Finance Group

Group contribution to profit
based on internal management accounts before tax and profit share

Full year to 31 March 2012: 35 per cent
Full year to 31 March 2011: 25 per cent

Staff: 953 (at 31 March 2012)

Activities: Corporate and Asset Finance Group (CAF) is the lending and leasing business of Macquarie Group

Staff locations: Australia, Canada, China, India, Ireland, Japan, Malaysia, New Zealand, Singapore, South Korea, Switzerland, Taiwan, the UK and the US.

CAF engages Macquarie Bank Limited's balance sheet to provide tailored finance and asset management solutions. The Group operates across 60 offices, services clients in over 40 countries and manages more than €15 billion of funded assets as at 31 March 2012.

Lending

CAF’s Lending business provides bridging and term finance to corporates and also invests in select debt assets trading in secondary debt markets. The Lending team has offices in London, New York, Chicago, Sydney and Singapore.

Asset finance

Aircraft

Macquarie provides operating leases of commercial jet aircraft to airlines globally. The business can help clients improve capital efficiency and flexibility, reduce fleet and technology migration costs, increase fleet management capability and minimise market risk and equipment obsolescence risk. CAF’s aircraft business includes Macquarie AirFinance, a leading global aircraft operating lessor.

Macquarie Leasing

Macquarie Leasing is a leading provider of finance leases to small to medium enterprises (SME), corporate, government and retail clients in Australia. Macquarie Leasing offers products including finance leases, novated lease agreements and commercial hire purchases for motor vehicles and other income producing plant and equipment.

Macquarie Equipment Finance

Macquarie Equipment Finance is a global business providing specialist equipment finance and services solutions for a broad range of equipment types, including healthcare, technology, communications, materials handling, manufacturing and related equipment. Macquarie Equipment Finance provides these services directly to large customers, through vendor finance solutions developed for equipment manufacturers and resellers, and in conjunction with other financial services partners.

Meters

Macquarie Meters owns an extensive gas and electricity metering portfolio for major UK energy providers. The portfolio comprises traditional electronic meters and newer 'smart' electronic meters, which are capable of communicating remotely via GSM and GPRS mobile technology. Clients are predominately major UK energy providers.

Mining

CAF’s Mining business provides finance for mining equipment through finance and operating leases and secured lending. This covers a range of surface and underground mobile mining equipment such as haul trucks, excavators and diggers. The team operates globally and its clients include miners, contract miners and rental companies. CAF’s mining equipment finance business complements Macquarie's existing capabilities in resources M&A and commodity hedging and trading.

Rail

Macquarie Rail offers a wide variety of operating lease structures, portfolio sale and leaseback and portfolio acquisition services for freight railcars and related services, supporting the rail equipment needs of shippers and railroads across North America.

Investments in any of the funds mentioned above are not deposits with, or other liabilities of, Macquarie Bank Limited ABN 46 008 583 542 (MBL) or of any other company in the Macquarie Bank Group and are subject to investment risk, including possible delays in repayment and loss of income and capital invested. Neither MBL nor any other member of the Macquarie Bank Group guarantees any particular rate of return on, or the performance of, any of the above funds, nor do they guarantee the repayment of capital from any of those funds. Any investment in the above funds involves risk (including the potential loss of principal) and the funds may or may not be able to achieve their respective investment objective(s) for a variety of reasons. Past performance is not indicative of future results.

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Macquarie only carries on banking activities in those countries it is authorised to do so. Macquarie Bank Limited (MBL) is authorised by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) in Australia to carry out banking business in Australia. Each of MBL, acting through its London branch, and Macquarie Bank International Limited, is authorised and regulated by the UK Financial Services Authority to carry on banking business in the United Kingdom. MBL, acting through its Seoul Branch, is authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Commission in Korea to carry out banking business in Korea. MBL, acting through its Singapore Branch, is authorised and regulated by the Monetary Authority of Singapore to carry out banking business in Singapore.

Other than MBL, any Macquarie Group entity noted on this page is not an authorised deposit-taking institution for the purposes of the Banking Act 1959 (Commonwealth of Australia). That entity's obligations do not represent deposits or other liabilities of MBL. MBL does not guarantee or otherwise provide assurance in respect of the obligations of that entity, unless noted otherwise.

Macquarie Group Limited and its related corporations are not otherwise currently authorised to accept deposits or conduct banking business in any other jurisdiction. Other members of the Macquarie Group are subject to regulation in the regions in which they operate. Further information can be found on this website or by contacting us.

Macquarie Bank Limited maintains Representative Offices in the states of Illinois, New York and Texas, but is not authorised to conduct banking business in the US.

Macquarie Bank Limited maintains Representative Offices in the states of California, Illinois, New York and Texas, but is not authorized to conduct banking business in the US.