Paulina Duran

Paulina Duran is a Sydney-based journalist at The Australian covering financial services, with 15 years of experience as a corporate finance, debt and banking specialist. She was previously a senior financial correspondent at Reuters, and has also worked as a reporter at Bloomberg and the Australian Financial Review.

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ScamTechnology

Deepfake vid of Domionic Stevens on TV, saying he's leaving the ASX immediately to set up a whatsapp group offereing investment tips.

Facebook’s deep-fake ASX video scam

A deep-fake Facebook video ad showing ex-ASX boss Dominic Stevens promoting an ‘Australian Securities Exchange-ASX’ chat group has been reported but remains on the social media platform.

BankingFinancial Services

MELBOURNE AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos MARCH 8, 2024: Generic photos of people walking past the Commonwealth Bank in Melbourne.Picture: NCA NewsWire / Luis Enrique Ascui

CBA rebuked for scrapping bonus caps

ASIC has labelled Commonwealth Bank’s move to officially scrap best practice bonus caps for home loan bankers ‘disappointing’.

boardroomTechnology

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This is the biggest blind spot on boards

A new CSIRO report highlights an urgent need for Australian directors to take these forthcoming risks seriously.

wealthWealth

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Inflation threatening retirement dreams

Inflation is a threat to the nest eggs of millions of Australians nearing or in retirement, with Challenger research finding that protecting their lifestyles is now a top priority for them.

wealthFinancial Services

21/11/2023 Future Fund CEO Raphael Arndt during a panel on the State of Economy during the ASIC annual forum at the Sofitel in Melbourne. Aaron Francis / The Australian

Future Fund sees inflation staying higher for longer

Australia’s sovereign wealth fund has been buying more domestic and overseas stocks, and adding to private debt bets, as it believes inflation will stay elevated in a strong global economy.

BankingFinancial Services

Steady or better dividends in store for bank investors

JPMorgan’s banking analysts say big Aussie lenders are likely to easily meet expectations, maintain or increase dividends and that ANZ may even trigger a share buyback worth up to $1.5bn.

courtsBusiness

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Magnis shareholder guilty of assaulting journalist

A disgruntled Magnis Energy Technologies shareholder has pleaded guilty to an assault charge following an incident at the company’s AGM last November.

Financial ServicesCompanies

DAILY TELEGRAPH 10TH AUGUST 2023 Pictured at Westpac offices at Barangaroo in Sydney is Westpac Group Chief Executive Officer Peter King.Picture: Richard Dobson

No takers for RAMS as Westpac scraps sale process

Westpac has scrapped the sale of its mortgage broker franchise business RAMS Home Loans after an unsuccessful Morgan Stanley-led attempt to sell it couldn’t secure an acceptable offer.

GovernanceRenewable energy & economy

PALM SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA - MARCH 05: Wind turbines operate at a wind farm on March 05, 2024 near Palm Springs, California. Mario Tama/Getty Images/AFP (Photo by MARIO TAMA / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)

‘Greenwashing’: Climate stamp under fire

A Senate inquiry has taken aim at the government’s Climate Active Carbon Neutral labelling program, saying it is currently doing little more than enabling greenwashing.

CourtsCompanies

Macquarie cops $10m fine

Macquarie Bank will cough up a $10m penalty for poor systems and checks on its cash management deposit accounts that allowed a rogue adviser to siphon almost $3m in client funds.

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