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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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InvestmentsFinancial Services

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NCA NewsWire Photos - 12 OCTOBER, 2023: The Australian Stock Exchange in Sydney.Picture: NCA NewsWire / Christian Gilles

Mergers impending for listed fund managers

Listed fund management businesses face significant decisions about consolidation in the year ahead, say bankers and analysts.

Paulina Duran

Financial servicesFinancial Services

21/11/2023 ASIC deputy chair Sarah Court during the ASIC annual forum at the Sofitel in Melbourne. Aaron Francis / The Australian

ASIC shuts down payday money trap

The extension of the ban on payday loans carrying sky-high interest will prevent outlets returning to charging more than 400 per cent for 90-day loans.

Paulina Duran

BanksFinancial Services

09/08/2023: CBA's CEO Matt Comyn delivers the banks full year 2023 financial results. Source: Commonwealth Bank

CBA mortgage cuts ratchet up competition

CBA is quietly slashing mortgage rates in its own channels and undercutting the other three major banks as it moves to defend its dominant but shrinking market share.

Paulina Duran

MarketsMarkets

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - DECEMBER 29: Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on the last day of trading for the year on December 29, 2023 in New York City. The Dow was up slightly in morning trading in what has been a strong year for the stock market despite many economists predictions that the American economy would experience a recession. Spencer Platt/Getty Images/AFP (Photo by SPENCER PLATT / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)

Bull market to roar again in 2024

Australian shares are forecast to rise for a second consecutive year in 2024, although the recent epic bull run has left the market vulnerable to an early correction.

Paulina Duran

MarketsMarkets

Challenges to test bullish market mood in 2024

Equities markets finished 2023 with a surprising bang but the new year holds potential risks from prolonged inflation, corporate earnings and pivotal elections.

Paulina Duran

marketsMarkets

Boom in AI stocks ignites market returns

Investment returns improved sharply in 2023 thanks to a boom in artificial intelligence stocks, rapidly cooling inflation and resilient economic growth in the US and Australia.

David Rogers and Paulina Duran

MarketsMarkets

Crown Resorts listed on a digital market board at the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) in Sydney, Thursday, April 16, 2020. Crown Resorts has stood down 11,500 employees - 95 per cent of its staff - because of the coronavirus restrictions affecting its casinos in Melbourne and Perth, but it still will pay shareholders their interim dividend. (AAP Image/Joel Carrett) NO ARCHIVING

‘Extraordinary’: Shares round off bumper 2023

As investors bank on aggressive rate cuts next year, the Australian sharemarket ended the year 7.8 per cent higher after the best December rally in three decades.

Paulina Duran

BankingFinancial Services

ADELAIDE/ KAURNA YARTA, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos DECEMBER 21, 2023: Commonwealth Bank Chinatown, Adelaide. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Morgan Sette

CBA soars past $112 to record high as market bets on rate cuts

Commonwealth Bank shares hit a record on Thursday and are on track to gain 11 per cent this year, as markets rallied on bets of interest rate cuts by central banks next year.

Paulina Duran

ANALYSISFinancial Services

BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos - DECEMBER 21, 2023.ANZ Bank CEO Shayne Elliott during the bankÃs Annual General Meeting (AGM) in Brisbane.Picture: Dan Peled / NCA NewsWire

Executive shake-up looms for Australia’s top banks

The new year is expected to herald the start of a widescale reshuffle at the top level throughout Australia’s major banks.

Paulina Duran

The Australian’s CEO surveyFinancial Services

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos SEPTEMBER 14 2023. Generic housing & real estate house generics. Pic shows aerial view of suburban rooftops in Summer Hill, taken by drone. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Max Mason-Hubers

‘Australia’s biggest issue’: fixing housing shortage

Unlocking housing growth is the golden key to Australia’s economic future, banking bosses declare in The Australian’s 2024 CEO Survey.

Paulina Duran and Eric Johnston

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