What Macquarie Group told shareholders about AI and its workforce.
ASX: MQG. Status: Read. Period: year ended 31 March 2026.
Mentions AI: Yes. Ties AI to efficiency: Plainly. Number for AI doing customer or operations work: None found in the documents listed. Number of people trained in or using AI: 90%. Workforce reduction in the same period: None found in the documents listed. Connects AI to the workforce reduction: Did not connect them.
What it said
- Mentions AI
Yes
On behalf of two of its managed funds and its co-investors, Macquarie Asset Management supported Aligned’s growth from two data centres to over 50 operational and planned sites across the Americas, helping meet rapidly growing AI and cloud demand.
Macquarie Group Appendix 4E and FY26 Annual Report, PDF page 4 - Ties AI to efficiency
Plainly
With 90% of our people completing training on using Generative AI, this investment is already significantly enhancing productivity and accelerating our broader AI transformation across the business.
Macquarie Group Appendix 4E and FY26 Annual Report, PDF page 118 - Number for AI doing customer or operations work
None found in the documents listed
None found in the documents listed.
- Number of people trained in or using AI
90%
With 90% of our people completing training on using Generative AI, this investment is already significantly enhancing productivity and accelerating our broader AI transformation across the business.
Macquarie Group Appendix 4E and FY26 Annual Report, PDF page 118 - Workforce reduction in the same period
None found in the documents listed
None found in the documents listed.
- Connects AI to the workforce reduction
Did not connect them
None found in the documents listed.
Documents read
Macquarie Group Appendix 4E and FY26 Annual Report. Annual report, lodged 8 May 2026, 346 pages.
AI terms found: 78. Not counted (job titles and team names): 2. Counted: 76.
Macquarie Group 2026 Chair Address. AGM address, lodged 23 July 2026, 6 pages.
AI terms found: 0. Not counted (job titles and team names): 0. Counted: 0.
Macquarie Group 2026 AGM Presentation. AGM address, lodged 23 July 2026, 40 pages.
AI terms found: 2. Not counted (job titles and team names): 0. Counted: 2.
Macquarie Group FY26 Presentation. Results presentation, lodged 8 May 2026, 68 pages.
AI terms found: 6. Not counted (job titles and team names): 0. Counted: 6.
Coded on 25 October 2026.
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Last updated 5 November 2026.