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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investmentFinancial Services

AustraliaSuper chief investment officer Mark Delaney. AustraliaSuper chief investment officer Mark Delaney in his office on Lonsdale Street in Melbourne. Mark oversees investments in Australia's largest super fund - the $85 billion AustralianSuper.Picture: Eugene Hyland

AusSuper primed for $30bn spree as rates peak

AustralianSuper is keeping about ten per cent of its over $300bn in funds aside for opportunistic investments in a challenging outlook, chief investment officer Mark Delaney said.

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BankingFinancial Services

Macquarie Group signage is seen in Sydney, Friday, Sept. 11, 2015. (AAP Image/Joel Carrett) NO ARCHIVING

A third of Macquarie customers want better mortgages

Macquarie customer requests for better home loan deals is so high that the lender has had to digitise its loan review process.

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BankingFinancial Services

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Rate pain: mortgage stress worst since GFC

Rising mortgage stress levels reach post GFC-era highs as 1.43 million Australian home borrowers face stress, warns Roy Morgan.

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mortgagesFinancial Services

ANZ leads surprise loan surge despite rising rates

ANZ is winning big volumes of mortgage business with cashback offers, as its three major rivals focus on profit and temper their competitive drive.

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superannuationFinancial Services

Australian Retirement Trust chief investment officer Ian Patrick.

Megafund ART shines with 10pc returns

Australian Retirement Trust managed to offset challenges in the property market to deliver a resilient 10 per cent return for its members amid soaring interest rates.

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courtsFinancial Services

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IAL fined record $40m for deceiving customers

The Federal Court handed its largest ever insurance penalty, saying IAG’s subsidiary deceived hundreds of thousands of customers.

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WealthWealth

A trader reacts on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange at the closing bell on December 30, 2022 in New York. - Wall Street stocks marked a gloomy end to 2022, slumping to close lower in their worst annual showing in years. Surging inflation and steep interest rate hikes to cool demand have battered markets and investor sentiment this year, on top of global shocks like Russia's invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by TIMOTHY A. CLARY / AFP)

Live the American dream with US equities

The most popular offshore stocks held by Australians just happen to be the big winners of the year, but analysts warn those looking overseas to tread carefully amid looming headwinds.

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BankingFinancial Services

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos December 11, 2020: Commonwealth Bank Signage at a branch in the Sydney CBD. Picture: NCA NewsWire / James Gourley

CBA workers furious at back-to-office mandate

Hundreds of CBA workers have contacted their union representatives to complain about the policy requiring staff to be in the office for at least half of their working time.

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CYBERCRIMEFinancial Services

At Home 2023: April 29 issue, how to make sure smart appliances and devices aren't exposing your household to cyber crime. Smart refrigerator concept. Picture: iStock

Perpetual hit by ransomware attack

Local clients of the $210bn fund manager are the latest to be hit by ransomware attacks, with systems down and some personal information compromised.

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SUPERANNUATIONFinancial Services

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AustralianSuper bolsters team to drive growth

The nation’s largest pension fund has named a new deputy chief investment officer, based in London, as it gears to manage $500bn of worker’s savings.

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