2026 Macquarie Asset Management Graduate Programme

Overview

Our Macquarie Asset Management teams focus on generating positive outcomes and delivering superior long-term results for clients, portfolio companies, and communities. We provide access to specialist investment expertise across fixed income, equities, multi-asset solutions, private credit, infrastructure, green investments, natural assets, real estate, and asset finance. We are a global financial services group operating in 31 markets with 56 years of unbroken profitability, and we foster a collaborative environment where everyone contributes ideas and drives outcomes.

What role will you play?

As a graduate in Macquarie Asset Management, you’ll provide investment solutions to a broad range of clients and help manage critical infrastructure assets such as electricity networks, renewable energy platforms, data centers, port terminals, and other essential businesses.

Areas of hiring

• Client Solutions Group — provides clients a single point of contact across the breadth of our asset management platform, including strategic partnerships, institutional and international wealth distribution, wealth product, marketing and communications.
• Macquarie Asset Management Risk — supports the business in providing risk guidance on transactions, new products and opportunities, and implementing a strong risk management framework.

What does our Programme offer?

Joining the Macquarie Graduate Programme gives you the opportunity to immerse yourself in the financial services industry and build the technical skills and knowledge to advance your career. During this twelve-month programme, you’ll be encouraged to examine problems from every angle, challenge the status quo, and develop innovative ways to progress our business, with support from an inclusive team.

As part of this programme, you’ll:

• Develop and utilise new skills while working side-by-side with our business leaders, learning on the job and contributing to transactions from day one.
• Develop your technical skills and business knowledge, and participate in internal and external training with the opportunity to build your network.
• Be encouraged to give back through the Graduate Volunteer Network and the Macquarie Group Foundation, which provide support to hundreds of community organisations each year through financial support, volunteering and skills sharing.

What you offer

• You have a unique perspective. We want to hear it. We welcome applications from students from all degree backgrounds in their final year, graduating in 2026.
• No prior financial experience is required, just an innate curiosity and eagerness to learn.

What we offer

• Benefits
• At Macquarie, you’re empowered to shape a career that’s rewarding in all the ways that matter most to you. Macquarie employees can access a wide range of benefits which, depending on eligibility criteria, include:
• 1 wellbeing leave day per year and a minimum of 25 days of annual leave.
• 26 weeks’ paid parental leave for primary caregivers along with 12 days of paid transition leave upon return to work and 6 weeks’ paid leave for secondary caregivers.
• Paid fertility leave for those undergoing or supporting fertility treatment.
• 2 days of paid volunteer leave and donation matching.
• Access to a wide range of salary sacrificing options.
• Benefits and initiatives to support your physical, mental and financial wellbeing including comprehensive medical and life insurance cover.
• Access to our Employee Assistance Program, a robust behavioural health network with counselling and coaching services.
• Access to a wide range of learning and development opportunities, including reimbursement for professional membership or subscription.
• Access to company funded emergency and backup dependent care services.
• Recognition and service awards.
• Hybrid and flexible working arrangements, dependent on role.
• Reimbursement for work from home equipment.

How to apply

Applications close on 31 October 2025. We recommend that you submit your application as early as possible as we recruit on a rolling basis. To be considered for this opportunity, please complete your application through the Macquarie website at www.macquarie.com/careers.

Our commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion

We are committed to providing a working environment that embraces diversity, equity, and inclusion. We encourage people from all backgrounds to apply regardless of identity, including age, disability, neurodiversity, gender (including gender identity or expression), sexual orientation, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy, parental status, race (including ethnic or national origin), religion or belief, or socio-economic background. We welcome further discussions on how you can feel included and belong at Macquarie as you progress through our recruitment process.

Our aim is to provide reasonable adjustments to individuals as required during the recruitment process and in the course of employment. If you require additional assistance, please let us know during the application process.