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Benjamin Wong – mentor, mergers & acquisitions, and Muay Thai instructor
Sydney, London, Abu Dhabi and now Hong Kong – Benjamin Wong’s (BAF / B Comm 2004) career in sovereign wealth funds, insurance, and global banking makes him a true global citizen. Benjamin is currently Vice President for the Asia-Pacific Regional Management team at Wells Fargo Bank – the second largest US-based bank (by market capitalization), responsible for strategic project manageme...
MQ Research: major study of homelessness finds housing policy is failing Sydney’s most vulnerable
There is an urgent need for more low-cost housing and alternative housing models of supported housing for Sydney’s homeless, given the high rates of serious mental illness among the homeless, according to new research from Macquarie University and the Matthew Talbot Hostel Clinic run by the St Vincent de Paul Society. In one of the largest studies of its kind, and the largest ev...
Macquarie Alumni Authors
Welcome to a new MQ Matters series showcasing the books and articles written by Macquarie alumni to add to your reading stacks. From fiction, biographies, non-fiction, children’s literature or articles, Macquarie alumni are researching, writing and publishing thought-provoking, insightful and entertaining books to enjoy and share. If you have a book or article to share with your Macq...
Joshua Ross – supporting Not-For-Profit charities one ticket at a time
Joshua Ross (B Applied Finance / B Commerce 2011) was a successful investment analyst at a leading hedge funds firm on track for a lucrative career. His work was “super interesting and stimulating, but it lacked soul or purpose and wasn’t how I wanted to spend the rest of my life.” Josh’s next step was planned in the sense that it was in line with his dreams and he saved up for it, ...
The Macquarie University Social Justice Clinic – championing the vulnerable
The Macquarie Law School has a proud tradition of serving the wider community. Through the new Social Justice Clinic, law students partner with public interest legal practices to service pro bono cases. The Macquarie Social Justice Clinic is a platform that allows the clinic to sustainably expand the legal services to those most vulnerable in society. Already, the clinic has assi...
Forget the couch: online therapy works just as well
More than 80,000 people around Australia have accessed anxiety and depression assessment services since 2013 through Macquarie’s revolutionary digital mental health portal, the MindSpot Clinic, which is fully funded by the Australian Government Department of Health. The clinic now also delivers interventions to help people with chronic pain manage their disability and distress. ...