Macquarie Group eyes new opportunities with capital raise as interim profit doubles to $2 billion

Macquarie Group (ASX: MQG) has more than doubled its first-half profit to $2.04 billion and announced a $1.5 billion capital raising to seize on emerging opportunities across its portfolio.

The net profit for the six months to the end of September is 107 per cent up on the same time last year and…