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Macquarie Group’s stellar $24bn divestment of AirTrunk may deliver it hefty performance fees as high as $1.3bn and stoke further demand for digital infrastructure assets, if lofty valuations don’t put them out of reach.

Meanwhile, ANZ’s lawyers have warned that contentious Federal Court action by former employee Etienne Alexiou, and the discovery of key documents, risked becoming a “roving commission” into the banking giant's culture and conduct.

And as Star Entertainment remains locked in talks with bankers and government officials, it has emerged that auditors at EY raised several red flags last year about the ability of the company’s debt-laden Queensland operation to continue as a going ­concern.

Perry Williams
Business editor
The markets


Making news this morning
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2
Trump to blow out budget deficit if elected
Donald Trump will increase the US budget deficit and wind back Joe Biden’s climate change policies if he is elected president, his former adviser Anthony Scaramucci has warned.
3
ASIC scores court win with Deloitte to administer Keystone
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Editor's picks
MARGIN CALL
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ACTU chief Sally McManus has taken aim at the banks and insurance companies for pushing up inflation but has been strangely quiet about rising fees in industry super funds.
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EXPLAINER
How did it all go wrong for Star?
A week after it opened the doors to its partly-completed $3.6bn Queen’s Wharf project, casino operator Star is in a world of pain. How did it make such a wrong bet?
By GLEN NORRIS
TRAVEL
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By ROBYN IRONSIDE
Commentary
AirTrunk is classic Blackstone: Go big, go for scale
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Associate Editor
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Government must play by the rules in mining
By CHRIS MERRITT
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Ministers must take relevant considerations into account – and ignore irrelevant factors – when making their decisions, and courts can intervene if they don’t.
Dataroom
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Gateway adds Asian heavyweight for Sydney site play
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GDC set to reveal handsome AirTrunk gains
Global Data Centre Group has closed off two investments in one week, including selling its stake in AirTrunk, and holders are waiting to hear how much they’ve made.